Books & Stationery

During the 1950s and '60s, writers E.B. White and Edmund Ware Smith carried on a long correspondence by letter, despite living only a few miles apart on the coast of Maine. Often the letters were...

The Greatest Dog Stories Ever Told is an enthralling compilation of some of the most moving and illuminating stories ever penned on the subject of our canine companions. You'll find selections from...

From the craftsman behind the popular YouTube channel Primitive Technology comes a practical guide to building huts and tools using only natural materials from the wild. John Plant, the man behind...

A simple, fully-illustrated introduction to backyard nature comes packaged with a sturdy magnifying glass, a portable nature ID chart and an activity poster. Armed with a magnifying glass and an...

What is it about lighthouses that make them bastions of spiritual activity? Built for strength and permanence, they are nonetheless vulnerable, protecting lives yet isolated and remote. Unforgiving...

Long the dominant icon embodying the spirit of America's frontier past, the image of the cowboy no longer stands alone as the ultimate symbol of independence and self-reliance. The great canvas of...

Worried about ever-rising fuel bills and longing for the day when you can be off-grid and independent? Anxious about the quality of the food you eat and planning to go organic? Yearning to get back...

Life is a journey, and some of the best journeys are camping trips. Use this logbook to record the details of your camping adventures, so you can look back on and share experiences and favorite spots...

Stars offers a straightforward guide to what we know and how we know it - from the Big Bang to star nurseries and to the beginnings of life on planet Earth. Find out why you can't draw a diagram of...

White Pine by Andrew Vietze is a compelling and surprising page-turner. The history of the ubiquitous pine tree is wrapped up with the history of early America - and in the hands of a gifted...

Whether you're walking in the woods or along the beach, camping, hiking, canoeing, or just enjoying your own backyard, this book will help identify all your nature discoveries. With authoritative and...

This book makes dying by heart attack seem downright boring. Simply by living a normal life, you have an excellent chance of becoming yet another statistic on the list of leading causes of death. But...

There once was a bear, a moose and a beaver who were the best of friends, though they often disagreed. So when the three friends go canoeing together one sunny day, it doesn't take long for them to...

Through a hole in the book's cover, an owl invites you inside to meet a majestic tree and all its forest inhabitants during the changing seasons. With clever peekaboo holes throughout, each page...

One part science, one part cultural history and countless parts fascination, Bees celebrates the important role that these intriguing insects have played in our ecosystem throughout the ages. From...

John McDonald has been making people laugh for decades with his humorous yarns poking fun at people from away, people from Maine, and life in general. Following up the wildly popular A Moose and a...

This is a book about ecology, environment, nature and the misleading information that plagues the discussions of these topics. It doesn't have to be read all at once; you can pick it up for five or...

Whether in a temperate, tropical, arctic or subarctic region, you might find yourself alone in a remote area with little or no personal gear. This thoroughly revised new edition of the classic U.S...

Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills - the kind employed by our forefathers - and adapt them for a better life in the twenty-first century need look no further than this eminently useful,...

What could be more wonderful that being able to soothe your own and your family's aches and pains naturally? Here Melissa Corkhill gives advice for treating common conditions and illnesses at home...