All and Nothing: Inside Free Soloing
By: Jeff Smoot
4.05
Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition
*An insider’s perspective on free soloing *From the author of the critically acclaimed Hangdog D…
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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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"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. Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
By: Laurence Gonzales
4.00
Format: None pages,
In Deep Survival, Laurence Gonzales combines hard science and powerful storytelling to illustrate t… read more
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3. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
By: Marc Reisner
4.53
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
The story of the American West is the story of a relentless quest for a precious resource: water. I… read more
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4. The Tower: A Chronicle of Climbing and Controversy on Cerro Torre
By: Kelly Cordes
4.61
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Patagonia's Cerro Torre, considered by many the most beautiful peak in the world, draws the finest … read more
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- nonfiction
5. Snowstruck: In the Grip of Avalanches
By: Jill Fredston
4.70
Format: 84 pages, Paperback
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6. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
By: Jon Krakauer
4.38
Format: 234 pages,
A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Kraka… read more
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7. Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
By: Jon Krakauer
4.38
Format: 234 pages,
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8. No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
By: David Roberts , Ed Viesturs
4.32
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
This gripping and triumphant memoir follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes h… read more
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9. Reinhold Messner: My Life at the Limit
By: Reinhold Messner
4.34
Format: 640 pages,
Reinhold Messner: My Life at the Limit, the newest book by the famed mountaineer, is a conversation… read more
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10. Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education
By: Stephanie Land
3.62
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling m… read more
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11. Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
By: Arthur C. Brooks
3.79
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
You can get happier. And getting there will be the adventure of your lifetime. In Build the Life… read more
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"feel the feel, then take the wheel pg30"-Arthur C. Brooks, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
"When you learn, teach. When you get, give."-Arthur C. Brooks, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
12. Novelist as a Vocation
By: Haruki Murakami
3.89
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A charmingly idiosyncratic look at writing, creativity, and the author’s own novels. Haruki Mura… read more
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"writing novels is, to my way of thinking, basically a very uncool enterprise"-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
"La experiencia nos enseña a los escritores lo duro que es seguir siendo escritor."-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
"Una sociedad capaz de asumir e integrar distintos puntos de vista y formas de pensar será capaz de avanzar lenta pero segura en la dirección correcta"-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
"Una sociedad capaz de asumir e integrar distintos puntos de vista y formas de pensar será capaz de avanzar lenta pero segura en la dirección correcta."-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
13. Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong
By: Michael Wejchert
3.99
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The story of a climbing adventure gone wrong in a remote Alaskan mountain range, the impossible res… read more
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- nature
14. The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life
By: Mark Synnott
4.19
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The climbing community had long considered a "free solo" ascent of El Capitan an impossible feat so… read more
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"Peter Croft once explained the feeling you get from free soloing as a heightened type of perception. A little edge that you need to stand on looks huge—everything comes into high relief. That’s just …"-Mark Synnott, The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life
15. Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.21
Format: 420 pages, Paperback
Una suggestiva indagine dei meccanismi profondi che regolano la nostra esistenza, le decisioni che … read more
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"Reasoning can take you wherever you want to go."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
"Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
"Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
"Science is a smorgasbord, and google will guide you to the study that's right for you."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
16. Alone on the Wall
By: Alex Honnold
3.89
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Including two new chapters on Alex Honnold’s free solo ascent of the iconic 3,000-foot El Capitan i… read more
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"Doubt is the biggest danger in soloing. As soon as you hesitate, you’re screwed."-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall
"I think it’s important that you do your own research, take personal responsibility for your decisions, experiment, and find what works best for you."-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall
"The climbing and travel in this book wouldn’t have been possible without the support of my entire extended family. I’m grateful that everyone has always encouraged my adventures and not questioned my…"-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall
"From my adventures in the subculture of addiction recovery, I’d learned that the trajectory of one’s life often boils down to a few identifiable moments—decisions that change everything. I knew all t…"-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall
17. On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb
By: Hans Florine
3.99
Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition
Hans Florine embodies the genius of "and"—collaborative and competitive, fast and safe, audacious a… read more
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18. The Twilight World
By: Werner Herzog
3.87
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
The great filmmaker Werner Herzog, in his first novel, tells the incredible story of Hiroo Onoda, a… read more
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19. The Committed (The Sympathizer, #2)
By: Viet Thanh Nguyen
3.96
Format: 345 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited new novel from one of America’s most highly regarded contemporary writers, The Com… read more
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"Imagine always having to live with a hyphen dividing you!"-Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Committed (The Sympathizer, #2)
"[B]ooks mean something different when return to them later, leavened with age."-Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Committed (The Sympathizer, #2)
"[B]ooks meant something different when we returned to them later, leavened by life."-Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Committed (The Sympathizer, #2)
"We were the unwanted, the unneeded, and the unseen, invisible to all but ourselves. And you are so happy you don’t know whether to laugh or cry."-Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Committed (The Sympathizer, #2)
20. Out of Thin Air: Running Wisdom and Magic from Above the Clouds in Ethiopia
By: Michael Crawley
4.20
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2021 'Inspiring' The Guardian 'Excellent' Runner's Wo… read more
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21. Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past
By: Brett Popplewell
4.31
Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition
Into the Wild meets Born to Run meets The Stranger in the Woods in a fascinating true story of… read more
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- nature
22. The High Sierra: A Love Story
By: Kim Stanley Robinson
4.27
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
A “sublime” and “radically original” exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth… read more
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23. Vantage Point: 50 Years of the Best Climbing Stories Ever Told
By: Climbing Magazine
4.19
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
For nearly 50 years, Climbing Magazine’s goal has been to inspire and entertain with compelling cov… read more
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24. 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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25. Royal Robbins: The American Climber
By: David Smart
4.09
Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition
"Royal Robbins had an outsized impact on climbing history. This great new biography by David Smart … read more
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26. All and Nothing: Inside Free Soloing
By: Jeff Smoot
4.05
Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition
*An insider’s perspective on free soloing *From the author of the critically acclaimed Hangdog D… read more
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27. 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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"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
28. One Day as a Tiger: Alex MacIntyre and the Birth of Light and Fast Alpinism
By: John Porter
3.98
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory and poignant memoir showing mountaineering at its extraordinary best and tragic worst … read more
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29. My Old Man and the Mountain: A Memoir
By: Leif Whittaker
4.26
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In 1963, the world followed the first American Mount Everest Expedition, and watched as "Big Jim" W… read more
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- nature
30. Unraveled: A Climber’s Journey Through Darkness and Back
By: Katie Brown
4.14
Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition
As a teenager in the 1990s, Katie Brown was one of climbing’s first "comp kids"--a young natural wh… read more
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31. 180° South: Conquerors of the Useless
By: Yvon Chouinard
4.63
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
180° South takes readers behind the scenes of the film, 180° South , made by Chris Malloy, to learn… read more
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