FIELD & STREAM, America’s largest outdoor sports magazine, celebrates the outdoor experience with great stories, compelling photography, and sound advice while honoring the traditions hunters and fishermen have passed down for generations.

What do you do when your wife abducts your children? This was the question facing Douglas Galbraith when, in 2003, he returned home to Scotland from a few days' work in London. The house was silent, empty and locked; his four and six-year-old sons' pyjamas lay on the bedroom floor. And on the doormat, confirmation from the Post Office of a forwarding address - in Japan. He has not seen them since. This book goes to the very heart of relations between parents and children, men and women, and between races and nations - to the heart of what it is to be alive.

From conversations with like-minded sports buffs, fly-casting instructor Raye Carrington discovered that many besides herself find inspiration in fishing literature. So she compiled this treasure trove of angling excerpts that are certain to encourage and enchant every fishing enthusiast. Short and sweet, the quotes in HOOKED take the bait every time.

How you can incorporate exciting outdoor experiences into your busy life.