July is a busy month for new additions to our stock - various walking guides including the Yorkshire Dales, an epic collection for Southern England and further afield to the mountains of northern Montenegro are just a few. We've taken on a raft of kayaking dvds, excuse the pun - and having been talked about, and worked on for many years Gary Latter's 'Scottish Rock Volume 1' finally sees the light of day.

Here are our bestsellers of the moment. There are the all-time favourites alongside a selection from the best of some of the new generation of outdoor publishers. What they all have in common is that they are published by enthusiasts and experts.

A recommendation from Danielle, who looks after our customers during the day and takes long walks with her springer spaniels whenever she can 'This month I've been browsing I love The Last Polar Bear and the website just doesn’t do it justice. Photographed over the last six years the pictures show the polar bears in their wild habitat. But this is a book with another message - the effect of climate change on its future. Apparently scientists agree that by the the end of this century the polar bear will be the first mammal threatened with extinction due to climate change. It seems too cruel to believe.