Wilderness Society

From the author of The Agitators, the acclaimed and captivating true story of two restless society girls who left their affluent lives to “rough it” as teachers in the wilds of Colorado in 1916. In the summer of 1916, Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood, bored by society luncheons...

Renowned naturalist Kenn Kaufman examines the scientific discoveries of John James Audubon and his artistic and ornithologist peers in this fascinating “blend of history, science, art, biography, and memoir” (Booklist, starred review). Raging ambition. Towering egos. Competition under a...

No matter what your survival goals are, When Society Falls Into Chaos: The Ultimate Wilderness Survival Guide can help you to come out on the other side, alive and unscathed. Author Ben Anthony Gear is a survivalist who has spent time in the special forces branch of the military, and hopes to bring his substantial knowledge and skill sets to you as you read this book. Get ready to learn about everything from earthquake preparedness to how to thrive during a famine to a great many subjects in between. Gear organizes his book in an informative, exciting, and easy-to-read style that will leave...

Fourteen-year-old Torgu must complete the journey her father could not. On a distant world in an age before memory, Torgu faces the oldest duty of her people. When her father dies, she becomes the eldest of her family and must take his body to Miragor, the sacred mountain where her ancestors rest. Only there can his spirit be released to join them. Alone, Torgu sets out across an unforgiving wilderness, pulling her father behind her. Storms, hunger, and savage animals threaten every step, but the greatest danger may be the fear and doubt growing within her. To reach Miragor, Torgu must find...

1801. Meriwether Lewis is drawn into Thomas Jefferson’s grand vision of a perfectly ordered continent—one that exists more in theory than in stone. As science blurs into espionage and ambition eclipses mercy, Lewis is shaped, broken, and repurposed as the “eyes of the Republic.” Haunted by depression and driven west by impossible expectations, he must decide whether he is mapping a nation—or being erased by it. “One of the best books I have ever read” - Amazon Customer Review

Raised in a world of wild beasts, craven spirits, and noble souls, Neb dominates everyone around him. Only in love does he meet a force he cannot resist. His wife bears two sons who take opposite paths. Neb's curse follows both. Clans across the land await the future. Through the eyes of three alien worlds, so does the watching universe. One extended family traverses the course of history through Aram, Ishtar, and Neb in a world of wild beasts, craven spirits, and noble souls. Generations later, in the first century AD, Aram’s descendant, Georgios battles a world of dark secrets, ...

The Zombie Outbreak Handbook draws you into a world of thrilling yet frightening possibilities, painting a complex universe wherein the undead walk among us. As you delve into its absorbing chapters, prepare to navigate your way through a landscape littered with potential dangers and relentless predators. The danger? A zombie apocalypse. The predators? Hordes of the mindless undead, thirsting for the living. Starting with unraveling the zombie phenomenon, our Handbook serves as a survivalist's manual to understanding and deciphering the patterns of a creature that has stormed pop culture. ...

A Thoreauvian account of solitary life in the Scottish Highlands . . . delightful' - Kirkus Reviews 'Ken Smith’s advice for staying alive in inclement conditions could equally be applied to achieving hard-won dreams' – Geographical 'For anyone who feels they are merely going through the...

A man goes hiking alone in a faraway jungle. He steps off the well-marked trail and soon he’s lost in a dark maze of green and black. A group of barefoot hunters finds him and takes him back to their village as the sun starts to set. He looks around the clearing at small huts with reed walls and thatched roofs—groups of curious children daring each other to come closer to him—women with gourds marching across the packed red dirt—life going on just as it has for thousands of years as the hunters decide what to do with the strange man they found wandering alone in the forest. The next...

The International Bestseller 'A love story to the mountains in the mist, the pulsating northern lights and the red deer at dawn. And to independence' – The Washington Post 'A Thoreauvian account of solitary life in the Scottish Highlands . . . delightful' – Kirkus Reviews 'Ken Smith’s...