Powder Days: Ski Bums, Ski Towns, and the Future of Chasing Snow
By: Heather Hansman
3.91
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
*An Outside Magazine Book Club Pick * *Winner of the International Ski Association's Ullr Book Awar…
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1. Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
By: William Finnegan
4.27
Format: 447 pages, Hardcover
A deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer by the acclaimed New Yorker writer Barbaria… read more
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- memoir
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- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
"Writing felt like it justified, barely, my existence -- this extremity of obscurity I had chosen."-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
"I did not consider, even passingly, that I had a choice when it came to surfing. My enchantment would take me where it would."-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
"Still, I wondered what Sam, mental illness and all, might have to tell us about adulthood. Why, for example, did it seem to be always receding as a concept, even as we got older?"-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
"But surfing always had this horizon, this fear line, that made it different from other things, certainly from other sports I knew. You could do it with friends, but when the waves got big, or you got…"-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
2. Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave
By: Peter Heller
3.81
Format: 336 pages, ebook
With grit, poetry, and humor, Peter Heller, acclaimed author of The River and The Whale Warriors re… read more
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"Is it possible to love by simply not being an ass? I don't think so. But it goes a long way to clearing a space where love can happen."-Peter Heller, Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave
"Sometimes I catch myself being a person I wouldn't tolerate for five minutes at my own kitchen table. Being a thoughtless, self-centered jerk."-Peter Heller, Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave
3. The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
By: Kevin Fedarko
3.94
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From one of Outsidemagazine's "Literary All-Stars" comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boa… read more
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- nature
- history
- adventure
- nonfiction
- outdoors
- environment
4. 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
- history
- environment
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5. Higher Love: Skiing the Seven Summits
By: Conrad Anker , Kit DesLauriers
3.82
Format: None pages,
Kit DesLauriers made history by being the first person to ski from the summit of each continent's h… read more
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6. Unbound: A Story of Snow and Self-Discovery
By: Steph Jagger
2.75
Format: None pages, ebook
A young woman follows winter across five continents on a physical and spiritual journey that tests … read more
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7. 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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8. Found: A Life in Mountain Rescue
By: Bree Loewen
4.03
Format: 325 pages,
Now in her mid-thirties, Loewen has become a wife, a mother, and a leader of Seattle Mountain Rescu… read more
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9. Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
By: Yvon Chouinard
3.25
Format: 198 pages, Paperback
In his long-awaited memoir, Yvon Chouinard-legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and fo… read more
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10. The Brave Cowboy: An Old Tale in a New Time
By: Edward Abbey
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
Jack Burnes is a loner at odds with modern civilization. A man out of time, he rides a feisty chest… read more
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11. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
By: Andrea Lankford
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more
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- memoir
- adventure
- nonfiction
- outdoors
- nature
- audiobook
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
12. Rise: My Story
By: Lindsey Vonn
3.93
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The first ever memoir from the most decorated female skier of all time, revealing never-before-told… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
"Part of what I always loved about being on the mountain was the feeling that anything could happen. I would stand there before every run and think anything is possible. I believe that I could win and…"-Lindsey Vonn, Rise: My Story
13. 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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- memoir
- adventure
- nonfiction
- outdoors
- environment
- nature
- audiobook
14. The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
By: Finn Murphy
3.96
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
“There’s nothing semi about Finn Murphy’s trucking tales of The Long Haul .”―Sloane Crosley, Vanity… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
"Books are completely disappearing. Remember in Fahrenheit 451 where the fireman's wife was addicted to interactive television and they sent fireman crews out to burn books? That mission has been larg…"-Finn Murphy, The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
"It’s too late now. The game’s been won by companies who don’t two shits about community character or decent jobs. Congratufuckinglations, America! We did the deal. Now we’ve got an unlimited supply o…"-Finn Murphy, The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
"It’s too late now. The game’s been won by companies who don’t give two shits about community character or decent jobs. Congratufuckinglations, America! We did the deal. Now we’ve got an unlimited sup…"-Finn Murphy, The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
15. Nowhere for Very Long
By: Brianna Madia
4.11
Format: 304 pages, ebook
In this beautifully written, vividly detailed memoir, a young woman chronicles her adventures in an… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- audiobook
"Many times I wanted to delete the app entirely, but it felt like people had bought shares in our lives. These people saved my dog's life. I felt I owed them my own in some ways."-Brianna Madia, Nowhere for Very Long
16. 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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- history
- adventure
- nonfiction
- outdoors
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- nature
- audiobook
17. The Winter Army: The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America's Elite Alpine Warriors
By: Maurice Isserman
3.85
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The epic story of the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division, whose elite soldiers broke the last line … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
18. Swell: A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening
By: Liz Clark
4.38
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
True surfers understand that surfing is not a sport, a hobby or even a lifestyle. Instead, it is a … read more
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- memoir
- adventure
- nonfiction
- outdoors
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- audiobook
19. 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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- memoir
- adventure
- nonfiction
- outdoors
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- 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
20. Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir
By: Brianna Madia
4.22
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In this stunning and triumphant memoir, the author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Ver… read more
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- memoir
- nature
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21. The Darkest White: A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him
By: Eric Blehm
4.26
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From Eric Blehm, the bestselling author of The Last Season and Fearless , comes an extraordinary n… read more
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- history
- memoir
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- nonfiction
- sports
- nature
- audiobook
"You go up into the mountains empty, even with no lunch, you come home full."-Eric Blehm, The Darkest White: A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him
"It's braver and more honorable to turn back than to forge forward into uncertain terrain. Snowboarding is about living, not about dying."-Eric Blehm, The Darkest White: A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him
"I'm honestly not that concerned with what's modern, or what's up-to-date, or what's cool, stylish... The smile after a good run, to me, is all I need to know about snowboarding. -Craig Kelly"-Eric Blehm, The Darkest White: A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him
22. Sidecountry: Tales of Death and Life from the Back Roads of Sports
By: John Branch
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Breathtaking tales of climbers and hunters, runners and racers, winners and losers by the Pulitzer … read more
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- audiobook
23. This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West
By: Christopher Ketcham
4.07
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
"A big, bold book about public lands . . . The Desert Solitaire of our time." --Outside A hard… read more
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- nature
- history
- nonfiction
- environment
- audiobook
"In eastern Oregon and Washington, where grazing reigns supreme, an estimated 90 percent of the sage biome is gone."-Christopher Ketcham, This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West
"The fate of our national mammal is decided by ranchers who act as self-appointed representatives of the American people."-Christopher Ketcham, This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West
"The top 10 percent of grazing-permit holders on federal lands own 50 percent of all livestock on those lands; the bottom 50 percent own just 5 percent."-Christopher Ketcham, This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West
"Among all the factors that contribute to habitat fragmentation--which is the leading threat to biodiversity in the West--roads are at the top of the list."-Christopher Ketcham, This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption are Ruining the American West
24. Powder Days: Ski Bums, Ski Towns, and the Future of Chasing Snow
By: Heather Hansman
3.91
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
*An Outside Magazine Book Club Pick * *Winner of the International Ski Association's Ullr Book Awar… read more
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- history
- memoir
- adventure
- wilderness
- nonfiction
- sports
- outdoors
- environment
- nature
- audiobook
25. Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West
By: Justin Farrell
3.69
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
A revealing look at the intersection of wealth, philanthropy, and conservation Billionaire Wilde… read more
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- nature
- history
- nonfiction
- environment
- audiobook
"This scholarly shortfall did not happen by chance. Part of it has to do with particular discomforts characteristics of left-leaning academic social scientists. Conducting high-quality ethnographic or…"-Justin Farrell, Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West
26. The Art of Shralpinism: Lessons from the Mountains
By: Jeremy Jones
4.20
Format: None pages, None
Not a technical guide on snowboarding but, rather, a very personal approach to how to think about m… read more
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- nonfiction
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- audiobook
27. A Fine Line: Searching for Balance Among Mountains
By: Graham Zimmerman
4.07
Format: 8 pages, Paperback
" A Fine Line reveals the realities of climbing and highlights an intentional approach to reaching … read more
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28. The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
By: Cory Richards
4.22
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A renowned climber and National Geographic photographer shares his incredible adventures—and the ea… read more
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- memoir
- adventure
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- audiobook
"Madness lives in me."-Cory Richards, The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
"Blame is useless amidst madness."-Cory Richards, The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
"In the bible, everyone comes from a fucked up family."-Cory Richards, The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
"Only the summit can illuminate its own insignificance."-Cory Richards, The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
29. Tracking the Wild Coomba: The Life of Legendary Skier Doug Coombs
By: Robert Cocuzzo
4.41
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
"Doug Coombs had a huge impact on my life; much of my overall approach to mountains comes from his … read more
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- audiobook
- sports
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30. Freedom Found: My Life Story
By: Warren Miller
4.23
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Warren Miller is known as skiing’s greatest storyteller and as the godfather of action-sports film … read more
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31. Ski Bum
By: Colin Clancy
3.90
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A flunking Midwestern college student drops out and moves west to live the ski bum life. In the Col… read more
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"Naked in the moonlight, we peered over the edge. I grabbed her hand and we swung our arms back and forth. With the third swing, we jumped together—a frozen ephemeral moment, suspended in air, the wor…"-Colin Clancy, Ski Bum
"At its best, skiing distills life to one run at a time, a two-thousand foot burn from top-to-bottom--the world becomes a single mountainside-- your tracks behind you, your past, and the untracked sno…"-Colin Clancy, Ski Bum
"…fresh, bottomless powder is the Holy Grail, but pow is elusive. True enlightenment can be found in things like soft corduroy on a 27-degree bluebird day. It's times like these when the perfect wax, …"-Colin Clancy, Ski Bum
