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My club down here is putting together a list of everyone's books and movies. Being pretty much self taught (and bored), my list is fairly long. Anyone have suggestions for others I may want to pick up?

Instructional Books
Sea Kayaking
Sea Kayaking Illustrated
Kayak: The New Frontier
Whitewater Rescue Manual
Whitewater Safety and Rescue
The Bombproof Roll and Beyond
Kayak Rolling: The Black Art Demystified
Whitewater Kayaking: The Ultimate Guide

Guide Books
Texas Whitewater
Canoeing Louisiana
Whitewater Classics
North Carolina Rivers & Creeks
The Buffalo National River Canoeing Guide
A Canoeing & Kayaking Guide to the Ozarks 
Guide to the Best Whitewater in the State of California

Other Books
Going Vertical
The Only Kayak
Never Turn Back

Instructional DVDs
The Kayak Roll
Steep Creek Skills
The Kayaker's Toolbox
Whitewater Self Defense
EJ's Rolling and Bracing
EJ's Playboating: Basics
EJ's River Running: Basics
EJ's River Running: Advanced
Sea Kayaking: The Ultimate Guide
Kayaking with Eric Jackson: Strokes, Concepts, and Rolling

Other DVDs
Riversense
Arkayakansas
Twitch/Twitch V
The Buffalo Flows
The Green Race Movie
Africa Revolutions Tour
Steve Fisher's Black Book
Grand Canyon Adventure: River At Risk

Joe Kane's "Running the Amazon" - loaned out my only copy and never got it back. True adventure kayaking and good writing to boot.

- Fish

Also I'd get the CRC (Colorado Rivers and Creeks) if you can find an old copy. Or spend the bucks and get the expanded/upgraded version, Whitewater of the Southern Rockies. We're basically about as far from west as east here.

- Fish

Same sentiment as Fish, "Northwoods Whitewater" because North is as close as East/West.

-Matt

Check out http://www.dougammons.com/. I've read some of Doug's essays from "Laugh of the Water Nymph"...some of the best stuff I've ever read...great stories very well written.

Siddhartha!

Sadly it's a fictional novel, but one that will help a person along in life, and certainly to view rivers with much respect and satisfaction.


Jim

The Liquid Locomotive, edited by John Long
anthology of short stories of mostly WW adventures, raft, kayak,canoe...excellent read!

I'm reading two books about the Green River in Utah right now, "The River Knows Everything, Desolation Canyon and the Green" a history and guide book, and, "Rock Me on the Water", a more complex biography by Renny Russell (co-author, On the Loose)who returns to the scene of a 1965 river tragedy.

One of favorite outdoor novels set in Arkansas is "The Earth is Enough" by the late Harry Middleton. A book of fly-fishing, some mentions of hunting, coming of age and the need for wild places.

Fish wrote:Also I'd get the CRC (Colorado Rivers and Creeks) if you can find an old copy. Or spend the bucks and get the expanded/upgraded version, Whitewater of the Southern Rockies. We're basically about as far from west as east here.

- Fish

Sweet...added some stuff to my Amazon wish list! Fish...I found some used copies of CRC, but CKS is selling a second edition new. It's about the same price as Whitewater of the Southern Rockies though.