5 must-read nonfiction books like That untravelled world: an autobiography, by Eric Shipton

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That untravelled world: an autobiography,

By: Eric Shipton

4.36

Format: 286 pages, None

That Untravelled World An Autobiography

If you liked the nonfiction plot in That untravelled world: an autobiography, by Eric Shipton , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer

By: Galen A. Rowell , Anatoli Boukreev , Linda Wylie , Galen Rowell

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A breathtaking and lavishly illustrated autobiography in essays on Anatoli Boukreev, the late world… read more

Similar categories in Galen A. Rowell's Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer book and Eric Shipton's That untravelled world: an autobiography,

  • biography
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing
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2. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

By: Hannah Arendt

4.20

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Originally appearing as a series of articles in The New Yorker, Hannah Arendt’s authoritative and s… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil book and Eric Shipton's That untravelled world: an autobiography,

  • nonfiction
  • history
"Evil in the Third Reich had lost the quality by which most people recognize it—the quality of temptation."

-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

"During the war, the lie most effective with the whole of the German people was the slogan of “the battle of destiny for the German people"

-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

"In the Third Reich evil lost its distinctive characteristic by which most people had until then recognized it. The Nazis redefined it as a civil norm."

-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

"It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit guilt and to repent."

-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

3. The Mountain: My Time on Everest

By: David Roberts , Ed Viesturs

4.21

Format: 256 pages, ebook

In national bestseller The Mountain, world-renowned climber and bestselling author Ed Viesturs and … read more

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4. The House of the Spirits

By: Isabel Allende , Magda Bogin

4.28

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

In one of the most important and beloved Latin American works of the twentieth century, Isabel Alle… read more

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"You can't find someone who doesn't want to be found."

-Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits

"...no se fue con Pedro Tercero simplemente porque no le alcanzaba el amor"

-Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits

"Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy. "

-Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits

"[Der] ziellose Blick eines Menschen, der sich ausschließlich von Gemüse ernährt."

-Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits

5. The ascent of Nanda Devi

By: H.W. Tilman

5.00

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

This book narrates the first ascent of Nanda Devi by the joint British American team lead by H. W. … read more

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6. White Holes

By: Carlo Rovelli

4.10

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A mesmerizing trip to the strange world of white holes from the bestselling author of Seven Brief L… read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. The Body: A Guide for Occupants

By: Bill Bryson

4.32

Format: 450 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling, prize-winning A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson achieved the se… read more

Similar categories in Bill Bryson's The Body: A Guide for Occupants book and Eric Shipton's That untravelled world: an autobiography,

  • nonfiction
  • history
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8. I'll Climb Mount Everest Alone: The Story of Maurice Wilson

By: Dennis Roberts

4.57

Format: 174 pages, Paperback

This is a sad, strange and touchingly heroic book. It tells of a mad, misguided adventure: one man'… read more

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9. That untravelled world: an autobiography,

By: Eric Shipton

4.36

Format: 286 pages, None

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  • history
  • biography
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • mountaineering
  • climbing

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