My Life With the Eskimo
By: Vilhjálmur Stefánsson
4.04
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
Who are the Eskimo peoples? And how do they survive in the freezing conditions of the far north? Vi…
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1. Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter
By: Steven Rinella
4.42
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exploration of humanity’s oldest pursuit and its relevance today Steven Rinella grew up in Twin… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
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- nonfiction
- outdoors
2. Old Yeller
By: Fred Gipson
4.10
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
At first, Travis couldn't stand the sight of Old Yeller The stray dog was ugly, and a thieving r… read more
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"... I guessed that when you are nearly a man, you have to learn to put up with a lot of aggravation from little old bitty kids."-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
"You're getting to be a big boy; and while I'm gone, you'll be the man of the family. I want you to act like one. You take care of Mama and Little Arliss. You look after the work and don't wait around…"-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
"Well, when you're fourteen years old, you can't afford to mix in a rock fight with your five-year-old brother. You can't do it, even when you're in the right. You just can't explain a thing like that…"-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
"That was as rough a thing as I ever heard tell of happening to a boy. And I'm mighty proud to learn how my boy stood up to it. You couldn't ask any more of a grown man... It's not a thing you can for…"-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
3. Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
4.22
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
'This was much more than a bunch of guys out on an exploring and collecting expedition. This was a … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- adventure
"Anyone who has ever canoed on the upper Missouri River knows what a welcome sight a grove of cottonoods can be. They provide shade, shelter, and fuel. For Indian ponies, they provide food. For the Co…"-Stephen E. Ambrose, Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
4. The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey
By: Rinker Buck
3.95
Format: 254 pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Bill Bryson and Tony Horwitz, Rinker Buck's "The Oregon Trail" is a… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- adventure
- nonfiction
5. Matterhorn
By: Karl Marlantes
3.30
Format: 107 pages,
A big, powerful saga of men in combat, written over the course of thirty-five years by a highly dec… read more
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6. Legends of the Fall
By: Jim Harrison
4.12
Format: 29 pages,
'Legends of the Fall, an epic tale of three brothers and their lives of passion, madness, explorati… read more
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7. Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard
3.67
Format: None pages,
A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abrah… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
8. Black Hawk Down
By: Mark Bowden
3.75
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
On October 3, 1993, about a hundred U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into a teeming market … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
9. American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon
By: Steven Rinella
3.50
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the host of the Travel Channel's "The Wild Within." A hunt for the American buffalo--an advent… read more
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- history
10. Scavenger's Guide to Haute Cuisine, The
By: Steven Rinella
4.00
Format: None pages,
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11. The Crossing (The Border Trilogy, #2)
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.47
Format: 1 pages, Hardcover
Following All the Pretty Horses in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy is a novel whose force of langu… read more
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12. The Gods of Guilt (Mickey Haller, #5; Harry Bosch Universe, #23)
By: Michael Connelly
2.76
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Defense attorney Mickey Haller returns with a haunting case in the gripping new thriller from #1 Ne… read more
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13. The Fifth Witness (Mickey Haller, #4; Harry Bosch Universe, #20)
By: Michael Connelly
3.91
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to … read more
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14. The Sellout
By: Paul Beatty
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Sellout is the first book by an American author to win the UK's prestigious Man Booker Prize. A… read more
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15. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
By: Candice Millard
4.24
Format: None pages,
At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Dou… read more
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16. The Brass Verdict (Harry Bosch, #14; Mickey Haller, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #17)
By: Michael Connelly
4.71
Format: None pages,
Things are finally looking up for defense attorney Mickey Haller. After two years of wrong turns, H… read more
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17. Day of War (Lion of War #1)
By: Cliff Graham
4.34
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
In ancient Israel, at the crossroads of the great trading routes, a man named Benaiah is searching … read more
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18. The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game: Volume 1: Big Game
By: Steven Rinella , None
3.93
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
A comprehensive big-game hunting guide for hunters ranging from first-time novices to seasoned expe… read more
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19. Empire of the Summer Moon
By: S.C. Gwynne
4.23
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the for… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"Buffalo Hump had one of those Comanche names - there were a large number of them - that the prudish whites could not quite bring themselves to translate. His Nermernuh name, properly transliterated, …"-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
"For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed to the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression... Only in the mid 19th century, after the growt…"-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
20. Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
By: Cormac McCarthy
4.16
Format: 351 pages, Paperback
Blood Meridian is an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expa… read more
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"See the child."-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
"If war is not holy man is nothing but antic clay."-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
"Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle."-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
"There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto."-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
21. Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
By: Jon Krakauer
4.08
Format: 383 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, and Under the Banner of Heaven delivers a s… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
22. 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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- biography
- nonfiction
- adventure
23. Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
By: Dan Flores
3.98
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2023 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award Shortlisted for the 2023 Phi Beta Kappa So… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- anthropology
"The prescription I've come to seems to be this. Know the heaven and earth that was, but experience the world that is."-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
"Our disruption of ecologies around the world isn't just threatening wildife extinctions. It's posing an existential threat to our own species."-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
"And it wasn't just passenger pigeons and buffalo. A legacy of animal cleansing was visible everywhere you looked in the United States of the 1920s."-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
"...we Americans have never been good at accepting blame for screwing up the world. Surely the gods, or the government, or the Chinese, or the sun! must be doing this. It can't be us."-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
24. Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering
By: Cameron R. Hanes
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
THE EXPLOSIVE NEW YORK TIMES AND NATIONAL BESTSELLERPush beyond your physical limits to improve you… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- health
"This is about abolishing the ego and taking the first step toward becoming the real you!"-Cameron R. Hanes, Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering
25. Red Sky Mourning (Terminal List #7)
By: Jack Carr
4.54
Format: 576 pages, Kindle Edition
You think you know James Reece. Think again. A storm is on the horizon. America’s days are numbe… read more
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26. Tenth Legion: Tips, Tactics, And Insights On Turkey Hunting
By: Tom Kelly
4.54
Format: 114 pages, Paperback
Tenth Legion has long been considered the greatest--and most hilarious-book on turkey hunting. Many… read more
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- outdoors
27. Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
By: Buddy Levy
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Based on the author's exhaustive research, the incredible true story of the Greely Expedition, one … read more
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- biography
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- adventure
28. MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes & More Close Calls
By: Steven Rinella
4.50
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Ten harrowing firsthand tales of survival from the creators of the New York Times bestselling audio… read more
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- outdoors
- nonfiction
- adventure
29. Gallop Toward the Sun: Tecumseh and Harrison's Struggle for the Destiny of a Nation
By: Peter Stark
4.00
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A vivid account of the rivalry between William Henry Harrison and Tecumseh, and the Native American… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
30. My Life With the Eskimo
By: Vilhjálmur Stefánsson
4.04
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
Who are the Eskimo peoples? And how do they survive in the freezing conditions of the far north? Vi… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- health
- adventure
- wilderness
- nonfiction
- outdoors
- sociology
- anthropology
31. The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game: Volume 2: Small Game and Fowl
By: Steven Rinella
4.64
Format: 384 pages, ebook
A comprehensive small game hunting guide for hunters ranging from first-time novices to seasoned ex… read more
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- nonfiction
