Diving on the Hawaiian Reef: is a stylized photography-based educational book about various ocean life found off the Hawaiian coast. This is a fact-based book that educates about native Hawaiian sea life. The photos have all been taken off the coast of Oahu in Hawaii. Enjoy beautifully stylized photos of underwater marine life paired with interesting and fun facts about the critters featured.
A stylized child's photography book about the wildlife seen during a safari adventure. This 13-page book is rhyming based and features facts about the animals seen.
Tex the dog explores the Fort Worth Stockyards and finds new friends. A 14-page book about how Tex finds friends and adventure in the western setting of the Fort Worth Stock Yards in Texas.
Tex the dog meets three kittens and has to learn to be friends with them. This is a 10-page book about how three new kittens move in with tex and he must learn to live with them. Along the way not only does he befriend the new additions but he falls in love with them.
Matt Warshaw knows more about surfing than any other person on the planet. After five years of research and writing, Warshaw has crafted an unprecedented history of the sport and the culture it has spawned. At nearly 500 pages, with 250,000 words and more than 250 rare photographs, The History of Surfing reveals and defines this sport with a voice that is authoritative, funny, and wholly original. The obsessive nature of this endeavor is matched only by the obsessive nature of surfers, who will pore through these pages with passion and opinion. A true category killer, here is the definitive history of surfing.
A stylized photography-based book filled with beautiful photos and educational facts from the northern United States. Stops include Yellowstone and other well known national parks as well as places off the beaten path like the Great Corn Palace.
With more than 300 vivid photographs, this inspirational guide reveals the planet's best destinations for hikers, skiers, divers, rafters, and more. Combining adventure with cultural experiences, this one-of-a-kind collection leads readers to new heights of exploration.
**Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography** Included in President Obama’s 2016 Summer Reading List “Without a doubt, the finest surf book I’ve ever read . . . ” —The New York Times Magazine Barbarian Days is William Finnegan’s memoir of an obsession, a complex enchantment. Surfing only looks like a sport. To initiates, it is something else: a beautiful addiction, a demanding course of study, a morally dangerous pastime, a way of life. Raised in California and Hawaii, Finnegan started surfing as a child. He has chased waves all over the world, wandering for years through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa. A bookish boy, and then an excessively adventurous young man, he went on to become a distinguished writer and war reporter. Barbarian Days takes us deep into unfamiliar worlds, some of them right under our noses—off the coasts of New York and San Francisco. It immerses the reader in the edgy camaraderie of close male friendships forged in challenging waves. Finnegan shares stories of life in a whites-only gang in a tough school in Honolulu. He shows us a world turned upside down for kids and adults alike by the social upheavals of the 1960s. He details the intricacies of famous waves and his own apprenticeships to them. Youthful folly—he drops LSD while riding huge Honolua Bay, on Maui—is served up with rueful humor. As Finnegan’s travels take him ever farther afield, he discovers the picturesque simplicity of a Samoan fishing village, dissects the sexual politics of Tongan interactions with Americans and Japanese, and navigates the Indonesian black market while nearly succumbing to malaria. Throughout, he surfs, carrying readers with him on rides of harrowing, unprecedented lucidity. Barbarian Days is an old-school adventure story, an intellectual autobiography, a social history, a literary road movie, and an extraordinary exploration of the gradual mastering of an exacting, little-understood art.
Now available in PDF format. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Hawaii will lead you straight to the best attractions Hawaii has to offer, from in-depth coverage of the unforgettable sights to the rich culture, history, and cuisine of this unique state. DK's essential guide will help you discover Hawaii island-by-island, from hiking along the spectacular national parks and volcanoes to golfing Kaua'i's lush North Shore to surfing and swimming at world-class beaches. This travel guide to Hawaii includes street maps cutaways, floor plans, and must-see city sights in Honolulu and Waikiki, plus 3-D aerial views of the key districts to explore on foot. You'll find detailed listings of the best hotels, restaurants, bars, and shops for all budgets in this fully updated and expanded guide. Whether you want to find the best markets or nightspots or great attractions for children, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Hawaii shows you what others only tell you.
