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 Woodcraft and Camping
by George W. Sears Nessmuk
Classic instructions for roughing it, camping, hiking, firemaking, cookout, shelters, miscellaneous wood lore.
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 Camp-Lore and Woodcraft
by Daniel C. Beard
Easy-to-follow advice for boys and girls on building campfires; packing, saddling, and mounting a horse; choosing a campsite, pitching a tent, cutting down a tree, chopping wood, and much more. 377 black-and-white illustrations.
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| |  Scouting for Boys: The Original 1908 Edition
by Robert Baden-Powell
This blueprint for the Boy Scout movement not only provides energetic tips on camping, tracking, and woodcraft, but offers proper Victorian-era advice on manners, self-discipline, and good citizenship. Includes the original illustrations.
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 Survival Handbook: The Official U.S. Army Guide
by Department of the Army
This special edition of the Army field manual is geared toward civilians. An essential companion for campers and all lovers of the outdoors, it constitutes the most authoritative wilderness guide.
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| |  The Field and Forest Handy Book
by Daniel C. Beard
Written by a co-founder of the Boy Scouts, this appealing guide offers illustrated instructions for building kites, birdhouses, boats, igloos, and other fun projects, plus numerous helpful tips for campers.
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| Products in General | | |  | 25 Kites that Fly
by Leslie Hunt
Full, easy-to-follow instructions for novel kites made from inexpensive materials. 70 illustrations.
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| |  | The Art of Horsemanship
by Xenophon, Morris H. Morgan
Among the earliest known works on choosing, caring for, and riding horses, this book is still hailed as one of the most complete, thoughtful, and accessible guides of its type.
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|  | Athletics in the Ancient World
by E. Norman Gardiner
Concise, convincing book emphasizes relationship between Greek and Roman athletics and religion, art, and education. Colorful descriptions of the pentathlon, foot-race, wrestling, boxing, ball playing, and more. 137 black-and-white illustrations.
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|  | Boat-Building and Boating
by Daniel C. Beard
Construction and operation dos and don'ts for everything from simple rafts and birch-bark canoes to a small sailboat and a speedy motor-boat. 238 illustrations.
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|  | Boomerangs: How to Make and Throw Them
by Bernard S. Mason
Dozens of designs: tumblestick, boomabird, pinwheel, cross-stick, curved-stick boomerang, and many more. Complete throwing instructions included.
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| | Camp-Lore and Woodcraft
by Daniel C. Beard
Easy-to-follow advice for boys and girls on building campfires; packing, saddling, and mounting a horse; choosing a campsite, pitching a tent, cutting down a tree, chopping wood, and much more. 377 black-and-white illustrations.
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|  | Cheryl the Cheerleader Sticker Paper Doll
by Robbie Stillerman
Dress a diminutive dynamo in swirling skirts and tops displaying emblems and school letters. Megaphone, pennants, pom-poms accompany traditional outfits. 1 doll, 23 full-color stickers.
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|  | The Complete Kano Jiu-Jitsu (Judo)
by H. Irving Hancock, Katsukuma Higashi
The best and most comprehensive guide to learning jiu-jitsu, this study features the complete system of 160 holds and throws. It is clearly illustrated by 487 photographs and four charts.
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|  | A Dictionary of the Martial Arts
by Louis Frédéric, Paul Crompton
From popular forms such as ju-jutsu, karate, and kung-fu to the less familiar practices of kyudo, kendo, and yabusame, this reference contains the rules of contest for all the major martial arts. 301 illustrations.
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|  | The Fair Weather and Rainy Day Handy Book
by Daniel C. Beard
This book features dozens of indoor and outdoor activities, with simple instructions and easy-to-follow diagrams for building a backyard clubhouse, setting up a workshop, picnic games, papercrafts, and other diversions.
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| | The Field and Forest Handy Book
by Daniel C. Beard
Written by a co-founder of the Boy Scouts, this appealing guide offers illustrated instructions for building kites, birdhouses, boats, igloos, and other fun projects, plus numerous helpful tips for campers.
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|  | The Fly and the Fish
by John Atherton
This classic, originally published in 1951, combines evocative reminiscences of Vermont fishing expeditions with practical directions for fly-tying. Exquisite sketches of tools and fishing scenes complement the text. 105 illustrations.
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|  | Fun with Soccer Stencils
by Paul E. Kennedy
6 sturdy, pre-cut stencils depict players running, kicking, heading the ball and more. Great for tracing and coloring fun; also ideal for adding sports flavor to walls, furniture, other flat surfaces.
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|  | Fun with Track and Field Stencils
by Paul E. Kennedy
Six stencils depict athletes sprinting, jumping hurdles, pole vaulting, throwing the discus and javelin, and high jumping.
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|  | Great African-American Athletes
by Taylor Oughton
Forty-five expertly rendered illustrations of Willie Mays, Jim Brown, Jesse Owens, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Magic Johnson, Julius Erving, Arthur Ashe, many other remarkable athletes. Fact-filled captions.
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|  | Handbook of Recreational Games
by Neva L. Boyd
18 categories of games — pursuit and escape, throwing and catching, etc. — with up to 59 games (plus variations) in a category.
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|  | Hockey Stickers
by Bob Censoni
Twenty-four full-color illustrations of players moving puck across the ice, defending the goal, facing off, colliding, more. Plus illustrations of hockey sticks, pucks, helmets, skates.
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| |  | I Love Sports
by Steven James Petruccio
Twenty-six ready-to-color illustrations depict kids playing soccer and volleyball, doing graceful turns on ice skates, and much more. Includes 20 sports-related stickers to use wherever you want.
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