Books & Field Guides

Campfire Stories Deck is a collection of 50 cards with storytelling prompts to help people of all ages find engaging and meaningful ways to connect with family and friends. While the glow of a campfire is the iconic setting for intimate stories, these...

Maine folklore is rich in tales of humans confronted by strange beasts, both wonderful and terrifying. The Abenaki, or First People, had their tales of Glooskap and Pamola. Other tales came with European settlers; and others sprang up almost out of...

The seventh edition of the bestselling NOLS Wilderness Medicine includes all the key first-aid information that made previous editions so valuable, now updated throughout with the latest medical recommendations. This guide is used in NOLS and WMI...

Toadstools, truffles, boletes and morels, witches' butter, conks, corals, puffballs and earthstars: mushrooms are both mysterious and ecologically essential. They can also be either delicious or deadly. Thousands of different species of mushrooms appear...

More than 30 years since its first publication, Kathleen Meyer delivers an update to the beloved guide to relieving yourself responsibly. Meyer's delightfully shameless discussion of a once-secretive activity examines the environmental impact of too much...

The original 50 Hikes guide is new again, covering northern New England's most legendary range, the crown jewel of Northeast hiking. The splendor of the White Mountains will inspire you to visit Crawford Notch and Pinkham Notch regions, as well as take...

Including Tumbledown, Saddleback, the Bigelows, and of course Katahdin, Maine has 14 mountains over 4,000 feet in elevation. For hikers, it's a shared goal to summit all 14 of them. Registered Maine Guide Doug Dunlap has done just that, multiple times in...

Conveniently sized to fit in your pocket and featuring full-color, detailed illustrations, this informative guide makes it easy to identify birds in a backyard, favorite parks and wildlife areas. Each bird is accompanied by a detailed listing of its...

This book covers the best day hikes and weekend backpacking trips in New Hampshire's breathtaking White Mountains. It takes readers to the most scenic hikes in the state, some well-known and others off the beaten path. Hikes suited to every...

From beach peas to serviceberries, hen of the woods to Indian cucumber, ostrich ferns to sea rocket, Foraging New England guides the reader to the edible wild foods and healthful herbs of the Northeast. Helpfully organized by environmental zone, the book...

New England is one of the best regions in the country for rockhounds to hunt for minerals, gems and fossils. The complex geology of the region hosts a stunning variety of material from gold-bearing placers to fossiliferous limestone; from gem-bearing...

If you've ever considered the absurdity of sleeping on the ground in a place where bears live, pooping in a bag on a glacier, or trying to teach someone you love a sport that scares them to the point of loudly threatening to kill you in front of...

The White Mountains of New Hampshire are home to many gushing, cascading waterfalls waiting to be discovered. This completely revised and updated edition of Waterfalls of the White Mountains outlines hiking trails ideal for observing the more than 100...

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 innate sense of curiosity, any child can be a nature...

Outdoor photographer, writer and veteran hiker Greg Westrich adds new hikes to Hiking New Hampshire, making it one of the most comprehensive resources on hiking the finest trails in the Granite State. Each of the hike descriptions contains...

Mount Katahdin, in Baxter State Park, is Maine's highest mountain. It's also the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. Tucked away in the remote North Woods, it's an adventure seeker's paradise. Hiking, climbing, backpacking, snowshoeing,...

Nothing goes better with gooey s'mores and a glowing campfire than a ghost story. Vampires, werewolves, witches, Bloody Mary, the Wendigo and other frightening specters populate the pages of this compelling collection of S.E. Schlosser's best ghost...

On Mount Washington, it’s lack of preparation, not the mountain, that kills. The weather is highly changeable with wind gusts of 140 mph and -35 degree temps. Then there are the avalanches and icefalls. Combine this with inexperienced hikers in...

For a generation, the Basic Illustrated series has been as much a part of the outdoors experience as backpacks and hiking boots. In Basic Illustrated Edible Wild Plants and Useful Herbs, you'll learn how to forage for wild plants and herbs and identify...

Being able to identify a bird's song is a skill that brings joy and fosters an appreciation of nature. Some bird songs are distinctive and easily recognized, like the common loon and wild turkey. Hawks as a group are distinctive but the individual...