Her Island: The Story of Quetico's Longest Serving Interior Ranger
By: Joe Friedrichs
3.94
Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition
Janice Matichuk first set foot on her island in Quetico Provincial Park in 1985. Located near the e…
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1. On Trails: An Exploration
By: Robert Moor
3.96
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In 2009, while thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, Robert Moor began to wonder about the paths that … read more
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"In walking, we acquire more of less."-Robert Moor, On Trails: An Exploration
"We move through this world on paths laid down long before we are born."-Robert Moor, On Trails: An Exploration
"Complete freedom is not what a trail offers. Quite the opposite; a trail is a tactful reduction of options."-Robert Moor, On Trails: An Exploration
"What unites the wisest trails, I have found, is a balance of three values: durability, efficiency, and flexibility."-Robert Moor, On Trails: An Exploration
2. It Can't Happen Here
By: Sinclair Lewis , Christopher Hurt , Michael R. Meyer
3.78
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
The only one of Sinclair Lewis's later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrow… read more
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"NOW is a fact that cannot be dodged."-Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here
"So much in a revolution is nothing but waiting."-Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here
"Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on."-Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here
"It isn't what you earn but how spend it that fixes your class."-Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here
3. Cold Mountain
By: Charles Frazier
3.98
Format: 350 pages,
Cold Mountainis a novel about a soldier's perilous journey back to his beloved near the Civil War's… read more
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4. The Sledge Patrol: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and Victory
By: David Howarth
3.93
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
In 1943, a group of brave Danish and Norwegian hunters carried out one of the most dramatic operati… read more
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- nonfiction
5. Fever 1793
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
3.38
Format: None pages,
It's late summer 1793, and the streets of Philadelphia are abuzz with mosquitoes and rumors of feve… read more
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6. A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary
By: Anonymous , Philip Boehm , Hans Magnus Enzensberger
3.52
Format: 257 pages,
A New York Times Book ReviewEditors' Choice For eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian … read more
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7. 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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8. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
By: Candice Millard
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject po… read more
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9. One Second After (After, #1)
By: William R. Forstchen
3.42
Format: None pages, Hardcover
New York Timesbest-selling author William R. Forstchen now brings us a story which can be all too t… read more
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10. Adventure North
By: None
4.25
Format: 179 pages,
After accelerating their studies and graduating high school early, two teenagers set off from their… read more
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11. Girl Gone Missing (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #2)
By: Marcie R. Rendon
3.98
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Nothing in Renee Blackbear’s world had prepared her for college or for the hurt that happens in the… read more
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"But this is the country I know. This Valley. This river. This flat land that goes on forever. The dang wind chill every winter. The wind blowing across this prairie we bend over and walk into. We get…"-Marcie R. Rendon, Girl Gone Missing (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #2)
"Happens more than we want to know. There are Indian kids, just like your brother, heck just like me, all over this Valley. Fostered out, adopted out, working their fingers to the bone--heck, many of …"-Marcie R. Rendon, Girl Gone Missing (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #2)
12. Sinister Graves (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #3)
By: Marcie R. Rendon
3.97
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Set in 1970s Minnesota on the White Earth Reservation, Pinckley Prize–winner Marcie R. Rendon’s gri… read more
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13. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
By: Candice Millard
3.84
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirr… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"..the charm of the scenery was perhaps enhanced by the reflection that my eyes might never look upon it again....Masses of brown-purple clouds covered the quarter of the heavens where the sun was abo…"-Candice Millard, River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
14. The River We Remember
By: William Kent Krueger
4.29
Format: 421 pages, Hardcover
In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more
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"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
15. 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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- nonfiction
"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
16. The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
By: Florence Williams
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
An intrepid investigation into nature’s restorative benefits by a prize-winning author. For cent… read more
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- nonfiction
17. Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
By: Nick Offerman
3.71
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about … read more
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- biography
"...when you make art with confidence, then clumsiness doesn't play as clumsiness, but panache."-Nick Offerman, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
"Break up your cycle. Get out of your rut. Find a way in your normal setting to "feel alive." One thing I'll do is get up early and see the sunrise from my yard, or for some bonus points, from my roof…"-Nick Offerman, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
18. Feral: Losing Myself and Finding My Way in America’s National Parks
By: Emily Pennington
3.18
Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition
A bracing memoir about self-discovery, liberating escape, and moving forward across an adventurous … read more
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19. Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon
By: Melissa L. Sevigny
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off down the Colorado River, acc… read more
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- biography
20. Fox Creek (Cork O’Connor, #19)
By: William Kent Krueger
4.21
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
Cork races against time to save his wife, a mysterious stranger, and an Ojibwe healer from bloodthi… read more
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21. Walking Home: Common Sense and Other Misadventures On the Pacific Crest Trail
By: Rick Rogers
4.31
Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition
-A Heartwarming Adventure! - 2022 Best Book Award Winner in Travel Guides & Essays! Can a comicall… read more
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22. The Seed Keeper
By: Diane Wilson
4.30
Format: 372 pages, Paperback
A haunting novel spanning several generations, The Seed Keeper follows a Dakota family's struggle t… read more
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"My father traveled now with the stars, returned to the vast mystery that had so fascinated him all his life."-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper
"What the white settlers called progress was a storm of fury thundering its way across the land, and none of us were strong enough to withstand it."-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper
"I decided to give Rosie all the facts I could—because that's how the corporations work against us, twisting the truth till we're at war with each other."-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper
"I thought about the aftermath of the 1862 war, when thirty-eight hastily condemned warriors had been hung in Mankato, in the country's largest-ever mass execution. Their bodies were buried in shallow…"-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper
23. The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters
By: Joanna Gaines
3.48
Format: 247 pages, Hardcover
We all have a story to tell. This happens to be mine—every chapter a window into who I am, the jour… read more
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- biography
24. Murder on the Red River (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #1)
By: Marcie R. Rendon
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Set in 1970s along Red River Valley, Marcie R. Rendon's gripping new mystery follows the life of a … read more
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25. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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- biography
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
26. The Investigator (Letty Davenport, #1)
By: John Sandford
4.28
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
Letty Davenport, the brilliant and tenacious adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, takes the investi… read more
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27. Smile Beach Murder (Outer Banks Bookshop Mystery)
By: Alicia Bessette
3.55
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
From author Alicia Bessette comes an all-new mystery series featuring Callie Padget, a former repor… read more
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28. Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20)
By: William Kent Krueger
4.34
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A disappearance and a dead body put Cork O’Connor’s family in the crosshairs of a killer in the twe… read more
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29. Gunflint Burning: Fire in the Boundary Waters
By: Cary J. Griffith
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The story of the Ham Lake fire, at the time the most destructive wildfire in modern Minnesota histo… read more
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30. Her Island: The Story of Quetico's Longest Serving Interior Ranger
By: Joe Friedrichs
3.94
Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition
Janice Matichuk first set foot on her island in Quetico Provincial Park in 1985. Located near the e… read more
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31. Another Bend in the River: The Happy Camper's Memoir
By: Kevin Callan
4.36
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
Outdoor author and educator Kevin Callan (aka The Happy Camper) has always suffered from high anxie… read more
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