Washoe County Library System

Kayaks enable fishermen to go into virtually any fishing location in near-total silence, and to be completely mobile and have all gear at hand. This guide, for both fresh and saltwater fishermen, covers: choosing a kayak, outfitting the craft with rod-holders, electronics, storage, anchoring systems and techniques for fighting fish from the kayak.

Describes the equipment, skills and techniques, safety concerns, and conservation issues of white-water kayaking.

"The Art of Stand Up Paddling" includes everything both new and not-so-new paddlers need to know--from buying a board and getting started on your local lake to paddling rivers and surfing waves in Hawaii. Also included is a fascinating and controversial history of stand up paddling, which, although new to many, actually dates back hundreds of years to Peruvian and Hawaiian fishermen.

"In this 'How-to' guide, learn the basic skills of canoeing and kayaking including how to launch a canoe and kayak, how to read a river, and how to stay safe while out on the water"--

It is the Everest of rivers, a maelstrom of water and rocks, gradient and flow. It is the world's last great adventure prize, remote, forbidding, and hidden from Western eyes. Long considered unrunnable, the Tsangpo River has drawn extreme kayakers since the sport was born. It's killed them too. One group did it. A mammoth, old-school adventure team led by a young, fiery river cowboy battled the white water, their Sherpa, and a Himalayan winter...

This memoir is filled with insight into the geography, culture and history of Ireland. The author takes readers for a white-knuckle ride on the furious Irish seas, part of his three-month odyssey that also takes in the desolate isle of Skellig Michael, home to 6th-century monastic ruins.

"In [his earlier book] 'Making Toast,' Roger Rosenblatt shared the story of his family in the days and months after the death of his thirty-eight-year-old daughter, Amy. Now, in 'Kayak Morning,' he offers a personal meditation on grief itself. 'Everybody grieves,' he writes. From that terse, melancholy observation emerges a work of art that addresses the universal experience of loss. On a quiet Sunday morning, two and a half years after Amy's death,...

"A child and his beloved giraffe go on a grand sea adventure"--