Chasing the Smokies Moon: An audacious 948-mile hike--fueled by love, loss, laughter, and lunacy
By: Nancy East
4.38
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Two lives lost too soon. When a search and rescue member’s unresolved grief is triggered by tragedy…
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1. Cry of the Kalahari
By: Mark Owens , Delia Owens
4.33
Format: 342 pages, Paperback
This is the story of the Owens' travel and life in the Kalahari Desert. Here they met and studied u… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- memoir
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"For a scavenger, patience is the key to the pantry."-Mark Owens, Cry of the Kalahari
"I've about had it with flying," he grumbled, switching off the plane's systems, "It's ninety-nine percent boring and one percent sheer terror."-Mark Owens, Cry of the Kalahari
"The entire Blue Pride, nine in all, surrounded us, nearly all of them asleep. We were quite literally in bed with a pride of wild Kalahari lions."-Mark Owens, Cry of the Kalahari
"Especially after our Makgadikgadi experiences, we were very aware that the two absolute essentials for survival in the Kalahari were water and the truck."-Mark Owens, Cry of the Kalahari
2. Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
By: Ben Montgomery
4.42
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2014 National Outdoor Book Awards for History/Biography Emma Gatewood told her family… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- adventure
3. Becoming Odyssa: Epic Adventures on the Appalachian Trail
By: Jennifer Pharr Davis
3.14
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
After graduating from college, Jennifer isn't sure what she wants to do with her life. She is drawn… read more
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4. 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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5. The Cold Dish (Walt Longmire, #1)
By: Craig Johnson
4.08
Format: None pages, Paperback
Walt Longmire, sheriff of Wyoming's Absaroka County, knows he's got trouble when Cody Pritchard is … read more
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6. Drifting into Darien: A Personal and Natural History of the Altamaha River
By: Janisse Ray
3.43
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Janisse Ray was a babe in arms when a boat of her father's construction cracked open and went down … read more
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7. Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders
By: Kathryn Miles
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Trailed is a beautifully written account of a great American tragedy--the unsolved murders of an u… read more
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- nonfiction
8. This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
By: Lyz Lenz
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"So much of our culture depicts young girls dreaming about their weddings. But every middle-aged woman I know dreams about living alone in the woods, maybe with a dog."-Lyz Lenz, This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
9. Appalachian Song
By: Michelle Shocklee
4.49
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Forever within the memories of my heart. Always remember, you are perfectly loved. Bertie Jenkins… read more
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10. 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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- nonfiction
- adventure
11. Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail
By: Heather Anish Anderson
4.10
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Despite her success setting a self-supported Fastest Known Time record on the Pacific Crest Trail i… read more
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- adventure
- travel
- nonfiction
- outdoors
12. Those We Thought We Knew
By: David Joy
4.30
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning writer David Joy comes a searing new novel about the cracks that form in a small… read more
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13. Bear
By: Julia Phillips
3.38
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerising novel of two sisters on a Pacific Northwest island whose lives are upended by an unex… read more
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"There'd been only three hundred students in the whole school, which made it a tiny, gossipy hellhole, a bucket of crabs snapping at each other and falling over themselves."-Julia Phillips, Bear
"What was Sam afraid of? Withering away here. Dreaming of chances she'd never be able to take, and shriveling up from that denial, getting poorer and put under more pressure and pushed farther from th…"-Julia Phillips, Bear
14. The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West
By: Carrot Quinn
4.16
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The unforgettable story of one woman who leaves behind her hardscrabble childhood in Alaska to trav… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- memoir
- adventure
15. How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail
By: Nicole Antoinette
4.30
Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition
In 2017, stuck in a loop of codependency and people-pleasing, 32-year-old novice backpacker Nicole … read more
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16. Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home
By: Heather Anish Anderson
4.05
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
By age 25, Heather Anderson had hiked what is known as the "Triple Crown" of backpacking: the Appal… read more
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- outdoors
"At least now I knew that my heart was wedded to the mountains--to the wild places. It was there, and there alone, that I was whole, contented, and blissful. No relationship, career, or wealth could e…"-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home
"I refuse to let this suffering be for nothing. In fact, I refuse to suffer." I whispered to myself as I pushed each tent stake into the ground. "I can adapt. I am adapting." Another long day was done…"-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home
"I want to set a record. Not just any record, but an athletic record. One that everyone will know me for. One that my dad will be proud of. I don't know what it will be, but I will do it. I have a lot…"-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home
"I'd failed to live up to the expectations of my parents. I had not utilized my education in any real way and I'd given up on my marriage. For the first time, I accepted that I could not meet the expe…"-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home
17. Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America
By: Gigi Georges
3.58
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In this captivating and empathetic book, Gigi Georges follows five girls as they come of age in one… read more
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- memoir
18. The Unlikely Thru-Hiker: An Appalachian Trail Journey
By: Derick Lugo
4.20
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Derick Lugo had never been hiking. He didn't even know if he liked being outside all that much. He … read more
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- adventure
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- nonfiction
- outdoors
19. The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience
By: Jennifer Pharr Davis
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
National Geographic Adventurer of the Year Jennifer Pharr Davis unlocks the secret to maximizing pe… read more
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- nonfiction
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"I chose to put my vulnerability above my social image. I was going to either fail or succeed. But I sure as hell wasn't going to be complacent."-Jennifer Pharr Davis, The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience
"Hiking is not escapism; it's realism. The people who choose to spend time outdoors are not running away from anything; we are returning to where we belong."-Jennifer Pharr Davis, The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience
"In the spring of 2015, Warren started the Appalachian Trail in Georgia. At age sixty-five, he was a walking contradiction. His white beard clashed with his youthful eyes, his soft, round stomach oppo…"-Jennifer Pharr Davis, The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience
20. Alone in Wonderland
By: Christine Reed
3.95
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
Alone in Wonderland is a story about backpacking. But it's also a story about Independence, Love, G… read more
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21. Chasing the Smokies Moon: An audacious 948-mile hike--fueled by love, loss, laughter, and lunacy
By: Nancy East
4.38
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Two lives lost too soon. When a search and rescue member’s unresolved grief is triggered by tragedy… read more
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