Short, to-the-point, and humorously illustrated by famed outdoor illustrator Mike Clelland, this book presents everything hikers and backpackers need to be safe, comfortable, and well fed while carrying a very small and lightweight pack.

"From quick snacks to meals you can savor around the campfire, The Family Camp Cookbook helps families plan, pack, and cook great food in the great outdoors"--

From the 1930s to today, this definitive primer on the basketball sneaker traces its origin, from the very first iconic shoe, the Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star, to the best-selling Nike Air Jordan sneaker line, and covers design, technical advancements and the athletes who made the shoe famous.

The farming episode looks at a plow and haybine working to make hay. Then at the sawmill shows machines that help turn trees into lumber. Mighty machines are also needed underground to help tunnel into a salt mine, then scoop the salt and carry it back to the surface.

Lena Blackburne loved baseball. He watched it, he played it, he coached it. But he didn't love the ways players broke in new baseballs. Tired of soggy, blackened, stinky baseballs, he found a better way. Thanks to a well-timed fishing trip and a top-secret mud recipe, Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud was born. For seventy-five years, baseball teams have used Lena's magic mud to prepare baseballs before every game. Read the story of how Lena's...