Nothing Venture, Nothing Win
By: Edmund Hillary
4.05
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
The remarkable life story of one of the greatest adventurers of our century - conqueror of Everest,…
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1. Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
By: Joe Simpson
4.23
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
Touching the Void is the heart-stopping account of Joe Simpson's terrifying adventure in the Peruvi… read more
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- biography
- adventure
- nonfiction
- mountaineering
- sports
- outdoors
"Life can deal you an amazing hand. Do you play it steady, bluff like crazy or go all in?"-Joe Simpson, Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
2. Robinson Crusoe
By: Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Daniel Defoe relates the tale of an English sailor marooned on a desert island for nearly three dec… read more
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- adventure
"For sudden Joys, like Griefs, confound at first. "-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe
"On a horse? I was married on a horse? Gillian looked like she could kill the groom"-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe
"All evils are to be considered with the good that is in them, and with what worse attends them."-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe
"for me to think of such a voyage was the most preposterous thing that ever man in such circumstances could be guilty of."-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe
3. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
By: Christopher McDougall
4.57
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of al… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- adventure
4. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
As good a rifle company as any, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, US Army, kept getting tough … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace..."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"We can't make you do anything, but we can make you wish you had. - Army saying"-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"Chickenshit is so called - instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit - because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
5. The Places in Between
By: Rory Stewart
3.89
Format: 7 pages, Paperback
In January 2002 Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan-surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Pers… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- adventure
6. Mud, Sweat and Tears
By: Bear Grylls
3.66
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
Bear Grylls is a man who has always loved adventure. After leaving school, he spent months hiking i… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- adventure
7. The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
By: Slavomir Rawicz
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The harrowing true tale of seven escaped Soviet prisoners who desperately marched out of Siberia th… read more
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8. 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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9. Annapurna
By: Maurice Herzog , Janet Adam Smith , Eric Shipton , None
3.67
Format: 272 pages,
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10. The Longest Ride
By: Nicholas Sparks
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Ira Levinson is in trouble. At ninety-one years old, in poor health and alone in the world, he find… read more
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11. Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
By: Scott Jurek , Steve Friedman
4.06
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force--and darling--in the grueling and gro… read more
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12. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
By: Laurie Lee , Leonard Rosoman
4.28
Format: 120 pages,
It was 1934 and a young man walked to London from the security of the Cotswolds to make his fortune… read more
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13. A Walk in the Woods
By: Bill Bryson
3.20
Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Subtitle: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail. The Appalachian Trail stretches from Geor… read more
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14. Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy
By: Ben Macintyre
4.16
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
In 1942, in a quiet village in the leafy English Cotswolds, a thin, elegant woman lived in a small … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
15. North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
By: Scott Jurek
4.22
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the bestseller Eat and Run , a thrilling memoir about his grueling, exhilarating… read more
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- biography
- adventure
- nonfiction
- sports
- outdoors
"It was just numbers. I knew I could outrun numbers."-Scott Jurek, North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
"AT legend has it that Pennsylvania hiking clubs and trail crews are proud of their state's nickname of Rocksylvania and don't remove rocks from the trail. In fact, some people claim they actually dum…"-Scott Jurek, North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
16. Celestial Bodies
By: Jokha Alharthi
3.41
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In the village of al-Awafi in Oman, we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries after a heartbre… read more
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"Laughter looks so disgusting sometimes."-Jokha Alharthi, Celestial Bodies
"Como nos sentimos livres, quando já não nos limitamos a ser uma extensão ou uma personificação da fantasia de outra pessoa, mesmo que essa pessoa seja o nosso pai."-Jokha Alharthi, Celestial Bodies
"I could not believe how much pain was crackling through the air, generated simply by Mayya's being there. Haloes of light embraced that presence. If I were to just put my hand out, I felt, I could to…"-Jokha Alharthi, Celestial Bodies
"Não tinhas a mínima noção do que é o amor, Mayya? Não sentiste nada do que eu passei enquanto andava à volta da tua casa como um peregrino em volta da Caaba, uma, duas, sete vezes? Como pôde a casa t…"-Jokha Alharthi, Celestial Bodies
17. 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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- biography
- adventure
- nonfiction
- mountaineering
- sports
- outdoors
"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
18. Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees
By: Thor Hanson
4.21
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
- Треть нашего рациона состоит из «пчелозависимых» продуктов.- Гималайские виды шмелей способны лет… read more
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- nonfiction
"In the past, people around the world heard the buzzing of bees as voices of the departed, a murmured conveyance from the spirit world. This belief traces back to the cultures of Egypt and Greece, amo…"-Thor Hanson, Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees
19. Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts
By: Josie Shapiro
4.21
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved … read more
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20. Nothing Venture, Nothing Win
By: Edmund Hillary
4.05
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
The remarkable life story of one of the greatest adventurers of our century - conqueror of Everest,… read more
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- adventure
- nonfiction
- mountaineering
- sports
- outdoors
