Hiking the Grand Canyon: A Sierra Club Totebook
by John Annerino
from Sierra Club Books
Hiking the Grand Canyon provides detailed, authoritative descriptions of more than one hundred of the best trails—from easy, level day hikes along the Canyon’s North and South Rims, to rigorous but rewarding rim-to-river treks and trans-canyon expeditions. Author and seasoned Grand Canyon adventurer John Annerino offers invaluable information to help visitors plan their trips, ensure their safety and comfort, and enhance their enjoyment of the Grand Canyon’s natural wonders—including sage advice on hiking equipment and technique, clothing and food requirements, and map selection; vital information on water sources and on climate and weather; and tips on lodging and camping, as well as on how to book guided hiking, rafting, and muleback or horseback trips. The book also features chapters on the park’s natural history and geology and on its Native American history.
For first-time visitors as well as adventurers familiar with the Canyon’s many attractions, this is the most user-friendly and comprehensive guide to one of our nation’s premier natural wonders.
The Deserts of the Southwest: A Sierra Club Naturalist's Guide (Sierra Club Naturalist's Guides)
by Lane Larson
from Sierra Club Books
Abundantly illustrated with line drawings, maps, charts, and diagrams, The Deserts of the Southwest offers both the outdoor adventurer and the armchair naturalist a clear and detailed portrait of this complex, beautiful, fragile wilderness.
Foot-Loose in the Swiss Alps (A Sierra Club Totebook)
Alaska: Images of the Country (Sierra Club Books Publication)
by John McPhee
from Sierra Club Books
This compelling portrait of modern Alaska pairs excerpts from John McPhee's classic, Coming Into the Country, with the incomparable images of wilderness photojournalist Galen Rowell.
Chosen from more than 10,000 images taken by Rowell on nine separate expeditions to the Yukon State, the 112 full-color photographs featured here seamlessly complement McPhee's vivid prose. Together, text and images capture the overwhelming beauty and variety of America's last frontier - from the rapidly expanding city of Anchorage to the heights of Mount McKinley to the vast expanses of Alaska's frozen tundra.
McPhee's text includes profiles of a diverse collection of Alaska residents, providing fascinating glimpses of the people who thrive in the desolation and freedom of the Arctic: the self-proclaimed "weird characters" inhabiting the remote town of Eagle; 114-year-old Liza Malcolm, whose only language is an Indian tongue understood by less than a dozen living people; and violinist Frances Randall, who practices while working at a landing site on the Kahiltna Glacier.
This classic book offers readers an incomparable portrait of the complex and dramatically beautiful land that is Alaska. Indeed, as the Conservationist declared, "For those who have longed for years to visit America's last frontier, the purchase price of the book may be the least expense incurred in furthering a deep and abiding interest."
Slickrock: The Canyon Country of Southeast Utah (The Sierra Club exhibit format series)
Adventuring in East Africa: The Sierra Club Travel Guide to the Great Safaris of Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Eastern Zaire, and Uganda
by Allen Bechky
from Sierra Club Books
Navajo wildlands;: "as long as the rivers shall run." (A Sierra Club/Ballantine book)
SC-WALKING EUROPE (Sierra Club Adventure Travel Guides)
by Susanna Margolis
from Random House, Inc.
The Sierra Club Guides to the National Parks of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska (The Sierra Club Guides to the National Parks)
by Sierra Club
from Random House, Inc.
Newly revised and updated, this bestselling guide offers practical travel information and detailed histories of America's national parks.
Adventuring in Belize: The Sierra Club Travel Guide to the Islands, Waters, and Inland Parks of Central America's Tropical Paradise
by Eric Hoffman
from Sierra Club Books for Children
Only Two Hours by plane from the United States. Belize is the perfect destination for travelers who want to interact with unbridled nature in the tropics. Here are vast tracts of rainforest and mangrove swamps, the greatest reef system in the Western Hemisphere, more than 170 low-lying islands (or cayes), dazzling white sand beaches, and the "Blue Hole"-made famous by Jacques Cousteau. Here, too, is a dazzling array of wildlife-tapirs, ocelots, jaguarundis, margays, monkeys, crocodiles, and manatees, as well as the only jaguar and howler monkey preserves in the world.
Belize has set aside nearly one-third of its land mass as nature reserves, national parks, and wildlife sanctuaries, and this comprehensive guidebook provides all the information travelers will need for enjoying its rich natural heritage as well as its many historical attractions. Features include:
-- A thorough guide to travel, lodging, and food: resorts, retreats, hotels, guest houses, campsites, restaurants, rental cars, and bus services
-- Comprehensive information on outdoor recreational opportunities, including snorkeling, scuba diving, sailing, fishing, birdwatching, sea kayaking, river rafting, horseback riding, camping, and hiking
-- Reviews of dive charter operators, boat and yacht charters, dozens of islands, and scores of underwater dive and snorkel sites
-- Descriptions of every readily accessible national park, with local site information, descriptions of flora and fauna, recreational opportunities, access, and accommodations
-- Historical background and directions for visiting every major Mayan site, including Tikal, nearby in Guatemala
-- Tips on language, visa requirements, currency, climate, health concerns, and much more
"A wonderful book ... packed with practical information for the scuba diver, adventurer, and nature lover."
-- Therese Bowman Rath, President, Belize Audubon Society
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