adirondack mountains (n.y.)

Chronicles the author's search for hopeful signs that it is possible to save the environment, following his travels from his Adirondack home to the Brazilian city of Curitiba, to Kerala, a state in Southern India--places where people are living less earth-damaging lives.

A collection of writings in which the author describes his many canoeing experiences in the waters of the Adirondacks, and offers his thoughts on environmental protection of the region.

Contains articles in which sixteen experienced local fisherman and outdoor columnists share their knowledge of fishing in the Adirondacks and its fringe areas.

Bill McKibben recounts the experiences he had during a three-week walk from his current home in Vermont to his former home in the Adirondacks.

With the help of his wife, best friend, and two dogs, Young Hunter must protect his prehistoric village from the last survivor of the Ancient Ones and an evil beast the size of a hill.

On a wintry morning, in the remote Adirondack village of Wedeskyull, New York, Nora Hamilton wakes to find her life utterly changed: her rock-solid policeman husband has committed suicide. The life that Nora has grown to know and love in her husband's peaceful hometown is gone.

Presents a illustrated guide to the mountains of Adirondack Park in northern New York State, including text and photographs that highlight the natural beauty of the park's six million acres.

Ten-year-old Winks and thirteen-year-old Josh inadvertently bring a serial murderer back to life when they use his hat and scarf to dress a snowman for a winter carnival, freeing him to seek revenge against the vigilantes who killed him.

While camping in the Adirondacks teenage best friends Doug and Loop fall in with Ernie and her belligerent brother, as a Soviet missile attack heralds the beginning of a dangerous war with biological weapons and the entire country enters a state of chaotic emergency conditions.