Was It Worth It?: A Wilderness Warrior's Long Trail Home
By: Doug Peacock
4.33
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
“If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.” Edward Abbey In a collection of grip…
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1. The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
By: Edward Abbey
4.08
Format: 421 pages, Paperback
Ed Abbey called The Monkey Wrench Gang, his 1975 novel, a "comic extravaganza." Some readers have r… read more
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- nature
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"The night. The stars. The river."-Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
"I piss on you from a considerable height."-Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
"Poor Hayduke: won all his arguments but lost his immortal soul."-Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
"There are some places so beautiful they can make a grown man break down and weep."-Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
2. One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
By: None , None , Sam Keith , Richard L. Proenneke
4.35
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
To live in a pristine land unchanged by man...to roam a wilderness through which few other humans h… read more
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- memoir
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- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
"This country makes a man younger than his birthdays."-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
"The more I see as I sit here among the rocks, the more I wonder about what I am not seeing."-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
"There is always a sadness about packing. I guess you wonder if where you're going is as good as where you've been."-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
"I enjoy working for my heat. I don't just press a button or twist a thermostat dial. I use the big crosscut saw and the axe, and while I'm getting my heat supply I'm working up an appetite that makes…"-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
3. Hayduke Lives! (Monkey Wrench Gang, #2)
By: Edward Abbey
3.66
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
The sequel to The Monkey Wrench Gang featuring the ex-Green Beret George Washington Hayduke who was… read more
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- nature
- adventure
4. The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture
By: Wendell Berry
4.34
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
Since its publication by Sierra Club Books in 1977, The Unsettling of America has been recognized a… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
"The crisis of community has its source in the corruption of character."-Wendell Berry, The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture
"If we do not live where we work and when we work we are wasting our lives and our work too."-Wendell Berry, The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture
"If we removed the status and compensation from the destructive exploits we classify as “manly,"-Wendell Berry, The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture
"The specialists are profiting too well from the symptoms, evidently, to be concerned about cures—just as the myth of imminent cure (by some “breakthrough"-Wendell Berry, The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture
5. Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
By: Dan Flores
3.41
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
Finalist for thePEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "A masterly synthesis of scientific … read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
6. Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River
By: David Owen
3.44
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, eye-opening account of where our water comes from and where it all goes The Colorado … read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
7. Basin and Range
By: John McPhee
4.22
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
The first of John McPhee's works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
8. Arctic Dreams
By: Barry Lopez
4.13
Format: 334 pages, Paperback
Barry Lopez's National Book Award-winning classic study of the Far North is widely considered his m… read more
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9. Desert Solitaire
By: Edward Abbey
4.00
Format: None pages,
When Desert Solitairewas first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. Rude an… read more
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10. Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
By: Jon Krakauer
4.38
Format: 234 pages,
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11. The Last Season
By: Eric Blehm
3.14
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
To pick up The Last Seasonis to lose oneself in a mesmerizing story about a place few could survive… read more
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12. Ranger Confidential: Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks
By: Andrea Lankford
3.92
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The realstories behind the scenery of America's national parks For twelve years, Andrea Lankford li… read more
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13. Encounters with the Archdruid
By: John McPhee
5.00
Format: 87 pages, Paperback
The narratives in this book are of journeys made in three wildernesses - on a coastal island, in a … read more
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14. Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
By: Robert Macfarlane
4.33
Format: 57 pages, Paperback
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15. Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves
By: James Nestor
4.15
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
An Amazon Best Book of 2014 While on assignment in Greece, journalist James Nestor witnessed someth… read more
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16. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- adventure
17. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.45
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
18. Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2019 PEN/EO Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing In Eager, environmental jour… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
"Pandemonium isn’t convenient, but often it’s more natural than stability."-Ben Goldfarb, Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
19. Tracing Time: Seasons of Rock Art on the Colorado Plateau
By: Craig Childs
4.16
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
"An engaging glimpse into a world both fascinating and fundamentally unknowable to those who aren't… read more
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- nonfiction
"One of the more flexible words in the English language, art is defined as a human creative skill, doing something as a result of knowledge and practice. It is the mind's eye rendered in visual form."-Craig Childs, Tracing Time: Seasons of Rock Art on the Colorado Plateau
20. The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
By: Mark Synnott
4.14
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
***NPR Books We Love selection*** “If you’re only going to read one Everest book this decade, make… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- adventure
21. Was It Worth It?: A Wilderness Warrior's Long Trail Home
By: Doug Peacock
4.33
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
“If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.” Edward Abbey In a collection of grip… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
22. Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map
By: Rick Ridgeway
4.53
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A life worth living is lived at the edges where it is wild At the beginning of his memoir Life Liv… read more
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- adventure
- nonfiction
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- audiobook
23. Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver
By: Jill Heinerth
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From one of the world’s most renowned cave divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth’s fin… read more
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- adventure
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
24. A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey
By: Jonathan Meiburg
4.18
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An enthralling account of a modern voyage of discovery as we meet the clever, social birds of prey … read more
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- nature
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25. The Adventurer's Son
By: Roman Dial
3.93
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
"I’m planning on doing 4 days in the jungle. . . . It should be difficult to get lost forever": The… read more
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- adventure
- nonfiction
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"During that golden age, we shared music and books, swapped interests and insights. And as he grew to know more than I did in economics, genetics, and politics, he shared his knowledge enriching my li…"-Roman Dial, The Adventurer's Son
26. A Wild Idea
By: Jonathan Franklin
4.29
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In 1991, Doug Tompkins abandoned his comfortable life in San Francisco and flew 6,500 miles south t… read more
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- nonfiction
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27. The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
By: Ben Rawlence
4.25
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Barry Lopez, a powerful, poetic and deeply absorbing acco… read more
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- nature
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28. Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World
By: Barry Lopez
4.29
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An urgent, deeply moving final work of nonfiction from the National Book Award-winning author of Ar… read more
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- memoir
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29. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
By: Kevin Fedarko
4.36
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more
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- adventure
- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
30. Ghost Town Living: Mining for Purpose and Chasing Dreams at the Edge of Death Valley
By: Brent Underwood
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A long-abandoned silver mine for sale sounded like an adventure too great to pass up, but it turned… read more
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31. Cracked: The Future of Dams in a Hot, Chaotic World
By: Steven Hawley
3.66
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The ugly truth about dams is about to be revealed. During the first two decades of the twenty-firs… read more
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