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The Last Gentleman’s Adventure |
Beaublerk-Maurice |
Personal storey of living with Eskmos in the 1930's this
is a one book author but what a book |
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What ever you do "Don’t Run"
True tales of a Botswana Safari Guide |
Peter Allison |
Wonderful short chapters and very funny |
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The Solace of Open Spaces |
Gretel Ehrlich |
About a woman who worked on sheep ranches in Wy, great
insight into the life of ranchers. |
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Log of a Cowboy |
Written by the Author decades
after his experience on one of the last cattle drives. |
True tale of one of the last
Cattle Drives from Texas, to the north to the Rail Road and Northern
Markets. Everything you read in Mitchners Texas, or Larry McMurtry
was based on this book |
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River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelts darkest Journey |
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Great read about Teddy Roosevelts expedition down the
Amazon, which ultimately was the cause of this death. |
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Nothing Like it in the World |
Stephen Ambrose |
Great Read- easy and informative about the building of
the transcontinental rail road in the 1860's, |
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Undaunted Courage |
Stephen Ambrose |
Great Book about the Lewis and Clarke Expedition |
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Under the Banner Of Heaven |
John Krakauer |
Great informative book about
theMormon religion by an author that is better know for his outdoor
writing, |
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Into Thin Air |
John Krakauer |
I
Read this three times,
it is The true storey of
the Everest Expedition which claimed the lives of a dozen people in the
1980's
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The
Wild |
John Krakauer |
The true storey of a young man's
life and utimate death in Alaska |
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Seabiscuit |
Laua Hillenbrand |
Great storey and insight
onAmerica and its love affair with Seabiscuit |
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The Last Place on Earth
( originally called “Scott and Amundsen) |
Roland Huntford |
I
Read this twice
The true storey of who and how
the south pole is first reached |
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Ship Of Gold |
Gary Kinder |
Amazing storey of the search and
recovery of the U.S.S. Central America, a side wheeler ship with 20 tons
of gold that sank in deep water in the 1860's, |
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Lost Moon |
James Lovell |
Jim Lovells perspetive on Appollo
13. I liked that book as well. |
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Grey Skys Under |
Farley Mowat |
Tales of a Salvage-Rescue Tug based out of Northern Canada |
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The Long Walk – The True Story of a Trek to Freedom |
Slavomir Rawicz |
True storey of a Polish soldier who escapes from a
Siberian Gulag and walks to India, this is a one book author but what a
book |
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The Killer Angels |
Michael Shaara |
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Endurance |
F.A. Worsley |
An Unbelievable true tale of
Ernest Shackleton and the experiences after the sinking of the Endurance |
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The Professor and the Madman – oxford Dictionary |
Simon Winchester |
History of the creation of the Dictionary |
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A short history of Nearly Everything |
Bill Bryson |
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A Walk in the Woods |
Bill Bryson |
One of the Best Humorous Books
that is non fiction |
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Calibab's Shore
The
Wreck of the Grosvernor and the strange fate of her Survivors |
Stephan Taylor |
Returning from India
in the 19th century a ship is wrecked on the desolate South East of
Africa |
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Water for Elephants |
Sara
Guen
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If you grew up in the mid 20th
century you might remember when the circus was real and mobile |
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The Da Vinchi Code |
Dan Brown |
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The End of the Road |
Tom Bodett |
Great Humor about Homer Alaska |
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The Prince of Tides |
Pat Conroy |
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Hornblower- Young Hornblower |
CS Forester |
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Hornblower- Admiral Hornblower in
the west indies |
CS Forester |
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Beat to Quarters |
CS Forester |
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Mr Midshipman Hornblower |
CS Forester |
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Admiral Hornblower in the west Indies |
CS Forester |
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During the Crisis |
CS Forester |
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Commander Hornblower |
CS Forester |
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Flying Colors |
CS Forester |
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Ship of the Line |
CS Forester |
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Any of the Books of
Tony Hillerman |
Tony Hillerman |
His books on the Native peoples of the four Corners are great detective
tales but offer amazing insight into another culture |
Any of the Books of
John Grisham |
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Good lawyer stories |
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Most any of the Spencer Books by Robert Parker |
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Boston detective tales that are quick to read, have humor and good
character develoment |
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Kill a Mockingbird |
Harper Lee |
If
you only saw the movie you will love the book, note that the
character Dill was based on Truman Capote, who was a childhood friend of
Harper Lee |
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