Moffat Library Databases: Recreation & Hobbies

This book gives a complete introduction to the hobby of wargaming with miniatures, especially suitable for the newcomer but also containing sufficient depth and breadth of information to attract the more experienced gamer. Packed with color photographs, maps and diagrams, the book is a visual treat, but one built on the solid foundations of a highly literate and engaging text that does not 'dumb down' the hobby.

The Back Yard Bird presents a guide to creating a bird-friendly backyard, providing advice on everything from choosing bird houses and offering specific birdseed mixes to preparing home-made suet blocks and creating shelters for habitat-threatened species.

A fascinating history of collecting, visual directory of stamps, and guidance on acquiring your own.

Heirloom Wood combines traditional techniques with contemporary design, teaching you how to identify wood types, source timber, and set up a basic toolbox, then offering step-by-step carving and cutting techniques for making your own pieces. With little experience and very few tools, you'll learn to create hand-carved bowls, cutting boards, spoons, knives, and spatulas, perfect for adding a touch of the handmade to your home.

Relief prints have a classic, almost folk art look that is universally appealing. With this informative introduction, crafters and beginning artists alike can create handsome designs and well-decorated objects.

While there are numerous guidebooks focusing on outdoor activities in the vast Adirondack Park, this is a completely updated handbook to the historic, cultural, geographic, lodging, dining, shopping, and recreational opportunities that abound in the park and its gateway cities, including Saratoga Springs and Glen Falls.

Hiking through History New York profiles forty hikes, going beyond stating miles and directions for each hike to include rich descriptions of the history underfoot. Whether you're a curious tourist or a local history buff, this is a comprehensive guidebook to the area's natural and human history.

This updated trail guide is geared towards intermediate-to-expert hikers, detailing every public hiking trail in the Catskill Park. Trek through some of the area’s most scenic destinations with the help of trail directions, suggested hikes, and a full-color pull-out topographic trail map.

The bestselling and most complete guide to the gorgeous Hudson Valley is back in a new, totally revised edition. Local author Joanne Michaels guides you through its treasure trove of restaurants, cozy inns, galleries, antiques shops, and wineries, and to its many outdoor activities.

With hikes of all types and difficulties from lower Westchester County to the Shawangunks, 50 Hikes in the Lower Hudson Valley has something for hikers of every experience level.

25 Bicycle Tours in the Hudson Valley gets you to the quiet routes through the rolling farmlands and stunning vistas that grace the region. Some tours are gentle; others are more strenuous; and then there are the full-body-experience tours that tackle the escarpment of the great river, challenging the cardiovascular system with steep climbs, tickling the adrenal glands with thrilling descents, and expanding the spirit with unsurpassed views.