The Backyard Adventurer
By: Beau Miles
4.16
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
After years of adventuring around the globe – running, kayaking, hitchhiking, exploring – Beau Mile…
Want to Read $ 8.04"Backyard adventuring is about concocting meaningful events and experiments that challenge me, that redefine my childhood sense of the hero’s journey, that force me to look intimately in everyday places, and question how I live among others."-Beau Miles, The Backyard Adventurer
"Backyard adventuring is about concocting meaningful events and experiments that challenge me, that redefine my childhood sense of the hero’s journey, that force me to look intimately in everyday places, and question how I live among others."-Beau Miles, The Backyard Adventurer
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1. Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
By: Joe Simpson
4.23
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
Touching the Void is the heart-stopping account of Joe Simpson's terrifying adventure in the Peruvi… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- adventure
- travel
- nonfiction
"Life can deal you an amazing hand. Do you play it steady, bluff like crazy or go all in?"-Joe Simpson, Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
2. Fear the Sky (The Fear Saga, #1)
By: Stephen Moss
4.07
Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition
In eleven years time, a million members of an alien race will arrive at Earth. Years before they en… read more
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- audiobook
3. The Pants Of Perspective: One Woman's 3,000 kilometre running adventure through the wilds of New Zealand
By: Anna McNuff
3.69
Format: 216 pages,
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- biography
- memoir
- adventure
- travel
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
4. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
By: Christopher McDougall
4.57
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of al… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- adventure
5. Microadventures: Local Discoveries for Great Escapes
By: Alastair Humphreys
4.00
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
'Enthusiastic, pleasingly madcap' Geographical Adventure - something that's new and exhilarating, o… read more
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- travel
- audiobook
- nonfiction
- adventure
6. Mud, Sweat and Tears
By: Bear Grylls
3.66
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
Bear Grylls is a man who has always loved adventure. After leaving school, he spent months hiking i… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- adventure
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
7. Fear the Future (The Fear Saga #3)
By: Stephen Moss
4.38
Format: None pages,
A predator hunts the skies over Earth. Its intent is peaceful, and its mission is essential, but it… read more
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- audiobook
8. Fear the Survivors (The Fear Saga, #2)
By: None
4.19
Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition
The earth lies shaken in the aftermath of a conspiracy. Some of the smartest minds on the planet ha… read more
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- audiobook
9. Walking the Nile
By: Levison Wood
3.87
Format: 144 pages, ebook
A major Channel 4 series and a Sunday Times bestseller His journey is 4,250 miles long. He is walki… read more
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10. The Wild Places
By: Robert Macfarlane
3.73
Format: None pages,
"An eloquent (and compulsively readable) reminder that, though we're laying waste the world, nature… read more
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11. Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration
By: David Roberts
3.30
Format: None pages, Paperback
"An important missing story from the heroic age of Antarctic exploration."--Laurence Gonzales, auth… read more
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12. American Nomads: Travels with Lost Conquistadors, Mountain Men, Cowboys, Indians, Hoboes, Truckers, and Bullriders
By: Richard Grant
4.28
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
Fascinated by the land of endless horizons, sunshine, and the open road, Richard Grant spent fiftee… read more
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13. Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work
By: Matthew B. Crawford
4.00
Format: None pages,
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14. Dark Emu
By: Bruce Pascoe
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Dark Emu puts forward an argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer tag for precolonial … read more
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15. Feet in the Clouds: A Tale of Fell-Running and Obsession
By: Richard Askwith
3.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
Exploring the world of fell-running--to run the ancient, wild landscape and stay a hero within one'… read more
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16. North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
By: Scott Jurek
4.22
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the bestseller Eat and Run , a thrilling memoir about his grueling, exhilarating… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- adventure
- travel
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"It was just numbers. I knew I could outrun numbers."-Scott Jurek, North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
"AT legend has it that Pennsylvania hiking clubs and trail crews are proud of their state's nickname of Rocksylvania and don't remove rocks from the trail. In fact, some people claim they actually dum…"-Scott Jurek, North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
17. The Rise of the Ultra Runners: A Journey to the Edge of Human Endurance
By: Adharanand Finn
4.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An electrifying look inside the wild world of extreme distance running. Once the reserve of only… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- adventure
- nonfiction
- audiobook
18. Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
By: Rich Roll
4.02
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover for this edition can be found here. Finding Ultra is an incredible but true a… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
"I loved the pain, and the pain loved me back."-Rich Roll, Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
19. The Lost Art of Running: A Journey to Rediscover the Forgotten Essence of Human Movement
By: Shane Benzie
4.08
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
'Heads up – here's how to run like a pro' - The Times'A fascinating book' - Adharanand Finn, author… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. Showing Up
By: Nedd Brockmann
4.34
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Get comfortable with being uncomfortable–the story of a 23-year-old tradie who put his body ‘throug… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
21. Let Go: It's time for us to let go of shame, expectation and our addiction to social media
By: Hugh van Cuylenburg
4.20
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
If ever there was a time for us to be resilient, it was when a deadly virus emerged and engulfed th… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
22. Finding Hildasay: How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness
By: Christian Lewis
4.40
Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition
Join Christian Lewis as he walks the entire coastline of the UK – his dog Jet in tow – and rebuilds… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- adventure
- travel
- autobiography
- nonfiction
23. Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness
By: Alastair Humphreys
4.44
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
‘Agile, wryly funny and wise’ Robert Macfarlane A search for nearby nature and wildness After years… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- memoir
- adventure
24. A Simpler Life
By: The School of Life
4.05
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
This book explores ideas around minimalism, simplicity and how to live comfortably with less. Th… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. The Backyard Adventurer
By: Beau Miles
4.16
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
After years of adventuring around the globe – running, kayaking, hitchhiking, exploring – Beau Mile… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- adventure
- travel
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
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26. Born to Run 2: The Ultimate Training Guide
By: Christopher McDougall
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Born to Run 's Chris McDougall and long-time running coach Eric Orton show us how to join the globa… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
27. The Frenchman (The Frenchman #1)
By: Jack Beaumont
4.14
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A gripping debut thriller based on the real-life experiences of a former French intelligence operat… read more
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28. Serendipity: A History of Accidental Culinary Discoveries
By: Oscar Farinetti
2.98
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Eataly founder Oscar Farinetti reveals the accidental, serendipitous discoveries that gave birth to… read more
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29. First Generation: Recipes from My Taiwanese-American Home [A Cookbook]
By: Frankie Gaw
4.44
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
ABOUT FIRST GENERATION In this stunning exploration of identity through food, the blogger behind L… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
30. Never Give Up: My Life in the Wild
By: Bear Grylls
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Admired by millions as the star of Man vs. Wild and the acclaimed NGC series Running Wild, global a… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- adventure
- travel
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"We live in a world where everything tends to get oversold, then all too often under-delivers. I’d prefer to be known for the opposite."-Bear Grylls, Never Give Up: My Life in the Wild
"That’s how we make the world a little better. Partner with the best, look beyond ourselves, and know that, as with everything, what we sow is what we reap."-Bear Grylls, Never Give Up: My Life in the Wild
"Life just says: Keep moving. Always forward. Use the fear as a driver. An emotion to sharpen us. And as for the marks, the scars, the wrinkles… they make us who we are."-Bear Grylls, Never Give Up: My Life in the Wild
"My job was simple: have faith through the storm, be determined in my actions, smart in my decisions, trusting of my instinct, and free from worrying about whether I succeeded or failed."-Bear Grylls, Never Give Up: My Life in the Wild
31. Gone Bush: A Life in the Backcountry and Beyond
By: Paul Kilgour
4.19
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
The story of a wanderer, long-distance tramper and hut-bagging legend. Paul Kilgour was bitten b… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- memoir
- adventure
