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Provides both new and experienced paddlers with the knowledge and skills necessary to safely and comfortably enjoy sea kayaking.

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

Part of the award-winning "Mountaineers Outdoor Expert" series, this title offers advice for paddlers of all levels, from beginners considering their first gear purchase to competitive kayakers looking to perfect their forward stroke.

While competing in a fishing tournament in a remote area of northern Minnesota, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers gets a call from Lucas Davenport to investigate a murder at a nearby resort, where a woman has been shot while kayaking. The more he digs, the more he discovers the arrows of suspicion that point in many directions--then he finds that this is not the first murder, that there was a second, seemingly unrelated...

Profiles fifty boating, canoeing and kayaking destinations around the world, including advice on where to stay and when to go, the history of each place, anecdotes, and more. In Fifty Places to Paddle Before You Die, the newest addition to the Fifty Places series, Chris Santella explores the best destinations for the diverse sport of paddling. The book features the world's top spots for kayaking, rafting, canoeing, and stand-up paddleboarding. Destinations...

One moonlit night, thirteen-year-old Miles O'Malley slips out of his house, packs up his kayak and goes exploring on the flats of Puget Sound. But what begins as an ordinary hunt for starfish, snails, and clams is soon transformed by an astonishing sight: a beached giant squid. As the first person to ever see a giant squid alive, the speed-reading Rachel Carson-obsessed insomniac instantly becomes a local curiosity. When he later finds a rare deepwater...

"Explore the more than 13,000 miles of roadways and byways of one of the nation's most fascinating and unique landscapes--Alaska"--Container.