Book Description
'The Adventurer's Handbook' is a light-hearted romp through the history of exploration, using the style of how-to manual with tips, techniques and instructions on all kinds of adventures and expeditions.
Author : Mick Conefrey
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 18,51 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Explorers
ISBN : 9780007260843
'The Adventurer's Handbook' is a light-hearted romp through the history of exploration, using the style of how-to manual with tips, techniques and instructions on all kinds of adventures and expeditions.
Author : Mick Conefrey
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 26,69 MB
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0230113265
Combining The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook and Into Thin Air, award-winning documentarian Mick Conefrey's The Adventurer's Handbook draws lessons from the glory days of exploration. What makes a good explorer? Adaptability, ambition, stamina, self-confidence, curiosity, optimism, authority—and fundraising ability. Though few of us will ever have to face a charging elephant, or survive solely on penguin stew, when it comes to project management, crisis aversion, or any number of everyday problems, there is much we can learn from the larger-than-life tales of the world's most famous adventurers. Here, award-winning documentarian Mick Conefrey pulls practical advice from their original diaries and logs, like how to survive an anaconda attack (wait until it has swallowed your legs, then reach down and cut its head off), and how to keep morale up (according to Ernest Shackleton, "A good laugh doesn't require any additional weight"). In addition to the wonderful characters and stories, this book offers many lessons on how to set sail without a clear path home. Answers to some important questions, courtesy of The Adventurer's Handbook: * How many corpses are believed to be on Mt. Everest? Answer: 120 * How is polar bear meat best prepared? Answer: Raw and frozen. * What do you do if attacked by a charging lion? Answer: Stand very still and stare it down. * What should you wear when crossing a desert? Answer: Lots of layers—fabric absorbs sweat and prolongs its cooling action.
Author : Alan S. North
Publisher :
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 42,58 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780898153736
Author : Drew Knowles
Publisher : Santa Monica Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 30,29 MB
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1595809252
Route 66 Adventure Handbook is your personal guide to the vanishing American roadside, with all of its exuberance, splendor, and absurdity. For this updated and expanded fourth edition, Drew Knowles has included it all: magnificent architecture, natural wonders, Art Deco masterpieces, vintage motels and cafes, unique museums, offbeat attractions, fascinating artifacts and icons, and kitschy tourist traps. The addition of city maps, showing the multiple paths of Route 66 and displaying the exact locations of points of interest, is a major improvement over the already critically acclaimed third edition of the book. The fourth edition also includes hundreds of beautiful new photographs and the addition of dozens of new attractions. Filled with wonderfully quirky side trips and fun bits of trivia, Route 66 Adventure Handbook is the most authoritative resource for anyone looking to explore the Mother Road. Fasten your seatbelts!
Author : Richard Friedberg
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 47,53 MB
Release : 2012-07-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0486152693
This witty introduction to number theory deals with the properties of numbers and numbers as abstract concepts. Topics include primes, divisibility, quadratic forms, and related theorems.
Author : Anita Ganeri
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 34,77 MB
Release : 2010-05-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0312580908
A how-to guide to survive the world's most extraordinary adventures!
Author : Gav Grayston
Publisher : Skipstone Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,20 MB
Release : 2017-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781680511116
Provides more than twenty-five ways to creatively explore the outdoors from playing in the backyard to hiking a nearby trail.
Author : Evan S. Rice
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 18,47 MB
Release : 2017-04-25
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0316271357
An inventive and visually-appealing passport to the wide world of travel, The Wayfarer's Handbook doesn't tell readers to go anywhere, it shows them how to go everywhere. The Wayfarer's Handbook is a treasure trove of information about the art of travel that is specifically crafted for the modern adventurer. The book is an offbeat guide full of actionable advice, a worldwide exploration reference work, an unconventional collection of world trivia, and an exciting resource of inspiration, all designed for use in a great global adventure. With a visual aesthetic inspired by the look of vintage field guides, The Wayfarer's Handbook is tailor-made for modern readers, providing the distilled essentials of hundreds of interesting topics, presented in a direct and precise but stylish way. This twist on traditional travel genres covers everything from the world's 27 most common travel scams and the fascinating history of hot air balloons to everyday gestures that are offensive in foreign cultures and how to avoid a hippopotamus attack. Sketches, infographics, small maps, and illustrative charts appear throughout, allowing readers to open to any page and discover fascinating new insights into the art of travel. Though The Wayfarer's Handbook is compact enough for the road, it is equally suited to be a gem in the library of anyone interested in exploration.
Author : Sarah Perrem
Publisher : Universe Publishing(NY)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,35 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Survival
ISBN : 9780789324771
Provides a reference to dozens of basic-level wilderness survival, from telling time by the sun and building a raft to creating an open fire and purifying water.
Author : Ben Hewitt
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 46,91 MB
Release : 2020-11-24
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0834843358
45 step-by-step, illustrated activities that teach kids everything from how to see like an owl to build the world's coolest fort from sticks. (ages 8-12) Calling all adventurers! Want to know how to build a fort from nothing but sticks? Or find your way through the forest? This survival guide is your ticket to getting down and dirty in nature and learning to make the coolest things with your own two hands. Look inside to learn how to: • Use a knife without bleeding • Sleep in the woods without freezing • Escape a bear without getting eaten • Poop in the woods without falling down • Find your way home without a GPS • Eat bugs without throwing up • And so much more!