A Hunter's Road: A Journey With Gun and Dog Across the American Uplands
By: Jim Fergus
4.05
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
In an epic season of sport, Jim Fergus and his trusty yellow lab, Sweetzer, trek the mountains, pla…
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1. The Longest Silence: A Life In Fishing
By: Thomas McGuane
4.26
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Thomas McGuane's obsession with fish has taken him from the river in his backyard to the holiest wa… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- memoir
2. Trout Bum (John Gierach's Fly-fishing Library)
By: John Gierach
4.40
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by th… read more
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- nonfiction
"A couple of hundred dollars for a fishing pole!?¨ You'll hear that all the time if you don't keep your mouth shut in certain company. You can talk about the aesthetics and even mention a cane rod wil…"-John Gierach, Trout Bum (John Gierach's Fly-fishing Library)
3. In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
By: Hampton Sides
4.27
Format: 454 pages, Hardcover
On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
"We live in weary suspense," DeLong wrote. "Wintering in the pack may be a thrilling thing to read about alongside a warm fire, but the actual thing is sufficient to make any man prematurely old."-Hampton Sides, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
"When De Long arrived in California with Emma that May, he went straight down to the yard and feasted his eyes upon his new ship. He was smitten by the transformation that had taken place during his a…"-Hampton Sides, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
4. Below Zero (Joe Pickett, #9)
By: C.J. Box
4.22
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
In this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, a voice from the past has a chilling … read more
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5. 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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- nonfiction
- memoir
6. In Plain Sight (Joe Pickett, #6)
By: C.J. Box
4.24
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
When wealthy matriarch Opal Scarlett vanishes, Joe Pickett is sure one of her greedy sons did her i… read more
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7. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
4.16
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
"With its huge, scarred head halfway out of the water and its tail beating the ocean into a white-w… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
"There was a saying on the island: "[I]t is a pity to spoil a good mate by making him a master."-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
"Unable to sleep for the third night in a row, he continued to dwell obsessively on the circumstances of the ship's sinking. He could not get the creature out of his mind."-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
"Many of the so-called American characteristics,’ a chronicler of the [WW2 University of Minnesota starvation] experiment wrote, ‘—abounding energy, generosity, optimism—become intelligible as the exp…"-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
"How much of assumed national and personal character comes from the fact that we have never truly known need to the point of having our character tested? Willing conscientious objectors underwent cont…"-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
8. The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
By: John Vaillant
3.79
Format: None pages, Hardcover
It's December 1997, and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia's Far… read more
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- nonfiction
9. Travels with Charley: In Search of America
By: John Steinbeck
4.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
An intimate journey across and in search of America, as told by one of its most beloved writers, in… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- memoir
10. Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders: A John Gierach Fly-Fishing Treasury
By: John Gierach
4.01
Format: 560 pages, Paperback
Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by th… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
11. Treasure Island
By: Robert Louis Stevenson , N.C. Wyeth
3.85
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
"For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From … read more
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"Doctors is all swabs."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
"Thems that die'll be the lucky ones."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
"... Bear up until you see you're gaining."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
"We must go on, because we can't turn back."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
12. Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)
By: C.J. Box
4.67
Format: 360 pages,
Joe Picket returns, this time to the wilds of Yellowstone National Park. Deftly plotted and full of… read more
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13. A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
By: Norman Maclean
3.99
Format: None pages, Paperback
From its first magnificent sentence, "In our family, there was no clear line between religion and f… read more
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14. 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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15. The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
By: Mark Bramhall , Michael Finkel
3.90
Format: 5 pages, Audio CD
Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. This is the remarkable tr… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"I read. That's my form of travel."-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
"The word "noise" is derived from the Latin word nausea."-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
"He left because the world is not made to accommodate people like him."-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
"There was no one to complain to in the woods, so I did not complain,' Knight said."-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
16. Winterkill (Joe Pickett, #3)
By: C.J. Box
3.62
Format: 171 pages,
Joe Pickett's pursuit of a killer through the rugged mountains of Wyoming takes a horrifying turn w… read more
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17. Colter: The True Story of the Best Dog I Ever Had
By: Rick Bass
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
COLTER pairs one of America's most treasured writers with our most treasured "best friend." Colter,… read more
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18. Body of Water: A Sage, a Seeker, and the World's Most Elusive Fish
By: Chris Dombrowski
3.86
Format: 144 pages,
Chris Dombrowski was playing a numbers game: two passions--poetry and fly-fishing; two children, on… read more
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20. An Entirely Synthetic Fish: How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World
By: None
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Anders Halverson provides an exhaustively researched and grippingly rendered account of the rainbow… read more
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21. The River
By: Peter Heller
3.85
Format: 253 pages, Hardcover
The story of two college friends on a wilderness canoe trip—of a friendship tested by fire, white w… read more
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"He had a few good friends who respected him and would do anything for him. Why did anyone else need to be impressed?"-Peter Heller, The River
"Late August, a clear night becoming cold. There was no aurora borealis, just the dense sparks of the stars blown from their own ancient fire."-Peter Heller, The River
"And the eagles. They seemed to mark the canoe's progress from the gray spires of dead spruce, spaced downriver like watchmen on some lost frontier..."-Peter Heller, The River
"Rich people are another species. Sort of lost in their own way. It's a good thing they have country clubs and shit because it keeps them kinda corralled up in one place."-Peter Heller, The River
22. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
By: Morgan Housel
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more
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- nonfiction
23. The Last Ranger
By:
None
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
The best-selling author of The River returns with a lush and vivid mystery set in Yellowstone Natio… read more
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24. The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
By: Timothy Egan
4.13
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken nat… read more
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- nonfiction
"There is nothing more practical in the end than the preservation of beauty."-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
"Of all the foes which attack the woodlands of North America, no other is so terrible as fire."-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
"Ideas take on their own trajectory, but they die without people to carry them into the corridors of power."-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
"Onward and upward he pushed until rock, ground, and forest came to an end, until there was nothing but a sharp edge of blunt earth protruding in the late light of the range, where he could see well b…"-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
25. The Optimist: A Case for the Fly Fishing Life
By: David Coggins
4.38
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An “excellent” ( The New York Times ) modern tribute to an ageless pastime, and a practical guide t… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
26. The Guide
By: Peter Heller
3.62
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
The best-selling author of The River returns with a heart-racing thriller about a young man who, es… read more
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27. A Hunter's Road: A Journey With Gun and Dog Across the American Uplands
By: Jim Fergus
4.05
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
In an epic season of sport, Jim Fergus and his trusty yellow lab, Sweetzer, trek the mountains, pla… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
28. Among the Aspen: Northwoods Grouse and Woodcock Hunting
By: Mark Parman
4.27
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Following his English setters into thickets in search of grouse and woodcock, Mark Parman feels the… read more
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29. Astream: American Writers on Fly Fishing
By: Robert DeMott
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
This marvelous collection features stories from some of America’s finest and most respected writers… read more
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30. The Upland Shooting Life
By: George Bird Evans
4.09
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
A basic shooting book by a writer-shooter who shares with his readers a lifetime of experience in t… read more
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31. For a Handful of Feathers
By: Guy de la Valdene
4.38
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
A lifelong hunter and wild-game gourmet who has traveled the globe on expeditions with world-class … read more
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- nonfiction
