Sharon's and Eileen's Reading List

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Current Selection

Heller, Peter Hell or High Water:
Surviving Tibet's Tsangpo River

 

 © 2005

 

 

Upcoming Selections (in no particular order)

Heller, Peter The Whale Warriors
The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals

 

 © 2008
Griffin, Scott My Heart Is Africa
A Flying Adventure

 		 © 2006 My Heart Is Africa: A Flying Adventure
Angus, Colin Lost in Mongolia:
Rafting the World's Last Unchanged River


 		 © 2003
Weidensaul, Scott Living on the Wind:
Across the Hemisphere With Migratory Birds

 

 © 2000

Angus, Colin Beyond the Horizon:
The First Human-Powered Expedition to Circle the Globe

 

 © 2007
Angus, Julie Rowboat in a Hurricane:
My Amazing Journey Across a Changing Atlantic Ocean

 

 © 2009
Christy, Bryan The Lizard King
The True Crimes and Passions of the World's Greatest Reptile Smugglers

 

 © 2008
Loomis, Chauncey Weird and Tragic Shores:
The Story of Charles Francis Hall, Explorer

 

 © 1972 (2000)
Matthiessen, Peter Blue Meridian:
The Search for the Great White Shark

 

 © 1971(1997)
McMurtry, Larry Roads :
Driving America's Great Highways

 

 © 2000
(2001)
Davis, Steph High Infatuation:
A Climber's Guide to Love and Gravity

 

 © 2007
Baracott, Bruce The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw:
One Woman's Fight to Save the World's Most Beautiful Bird

 		 © 2008
Ackerman, Diane The Zookeeper's Wife:
A War Story


 		 © 2007  
Salak, Kira Cruelest Journey:
Six Hundred Miles to Timbuktu		 © 2004 Cruelest Journey: Six Hundred Miles To Timbuktu
Obmascik, Mark Halfway to Heaven:
My White-knuckled--and Knuckleheaded--Quest for the Rocky Mountain High		 © 2009
Mark MacKenzie In the Footsteps of Mallory and Irvine: The Wildest Dream: The Ghost of Everest 2009 In the Footsteps of Mallory and Irvine

 

Books Read with Sharon

Tabor, James M. Forever on the Mountain:
The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disaster		 2008
Kodas, Michael High Crimes:
The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed 		© 2008
Heil, Nick Dark Summit:
The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season		 © 2008
Ed Viesturs with David Roberts K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain 2009 K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain
Ridgeway, Rick The Big Open:
On Foot Across Tibet's Chang Tang 		 
Dunn, Robert The Shameless Diary of an Explorer:
A Story of Failure on Mt. McKinley 		© 2001

Grann, David The Lost City of Z:
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon		 © 2009 The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Sacks, Oliver Oaxaca Journal © 2005 (2002)
Salak, Kira Four Corners:
A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea		 © 2001 (2004)
Nickerson, Sheila Disappearance: A Map:
A Meditation on Death and Loss in the High Latitudes

 

 © 1997
McGoogan, Ken Fatal Passage:
The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot 		© 2001
Albanov, Valerian In the Land of White Death © 2000
Blehm, Eric The Last Season:
Randy Morgenson was legendary for finding people in the High Sierra...then came the day he went missing himself		 © 2007
Flannery, Tim The Eternal Frontier 
An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples		 © 2006 The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples
Meloy, Ellen Eating Stone
Imagination and the Loss of the Wild		 © 2006 Eating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild
Scholz, Christopher Fieldwork:
 A Geologist's Memoir of the Kalahari		 © 1998
Zeppa, Jamie Beyond The Sky and the Earth:
 A Journey into Bhutan		 © 1999
Gough, Laurie Kiss the Sunset Pig:
A Canadian's American Road Trip (with Exotic Detours)		 © 2006
Davis, Wade One River:
Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest		 1996
Stewart, Rory The Places In Between © 2006 The Places In Between
Angus, Colin Amazon Extreme:
Three Ordinary Guys, One Rubber Raft and the Most Dangerous River on Earth		 © 2002
Obmascik, Mark The Big Year:
A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession 		© 2005
Peterson, Roger Tory All Things Reconsidered
My Birding Adventures 		© 2006
Montgomery, Charles The Last Heathen:
Encounters with ghosts and ancestors in Melanesia
 		 © 2004 The Last Heathen: Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in Melanesia
Krajick, Kevin Barren Lands:
An epic search for diamonds in North America
 		 © 2001 Barren Lands: An Epic Search for Diamonds in the North American Arctic
Gough, Laurie Kite Strings of the Southern Cross: A Woman's Travel Oddessy © 1999
Quarrington, Paul Galveston, a novel © 2005
Grumbach, Doris The Pleasure of Their Company © 2000
Grumbach, Doris Extra Innings: a memoir © 1993
Grumbach, Doris Coming into the End Zone: a memoir © 1991
Cope, Gordon So We Sold Our House and Ran Away to the South Pacific
 		 © 2006 So We Sold Our House and Ran Away to the South Pacific
Jenz, Terri Strange Piece of Paradise:
A Return to the American West to Investigate My Attempted Murder--and Solve the Riddle of Myself
 		 © 2006 Strange Piece of Paradise
MacLean, Natalie Red, White and Drunk All Over:
 A Wine-Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass
 		 © 2006 Red, White, and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass
Stewart, Rory The Prince of the Marshes:
And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq
 		 © 2006 The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq
Cooper, Anderson Dispatches from the Edge
A memoir of war, disasters, and survival
 		 © 2006 Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival
Zoellner, Tom The Heartless Stone:
A Journey Through the World of Diamonds, Deceit and Desire
 		 © 2006 The Heartless Stone: A Journey Throught the World of Diamonds, Deceit and Desire
McPhee, John Uncommon Carriers

 		 © 2006 Uncommon Carriers
Finlay, Victoria Color:
A Natural History of the Palette
 		 © 2002 Color: A Natural History of the Palette
Victoria Finlay Jewels:
A Secret History
 		 © 2006 Jewels: A Secret History
Langewiesche, William Cutting for Sign

 		 © 1994 Cutting for Sign
McGregor, Ewan

Long Way Round:
Chasing Shadows Around the World
 

 © 2004 Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Around the World: The Illustrated Edition
Flannery, Tim

The Weather Makers:
How man is changing the climate and what it means for life on earth.
 

 © 2006 The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
Didion, Joan

The Year of Magical Thinking
 

 © 2005 The Year of Magical Thinking
Winchester, Simon

The Map That Changed The World:
William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology

 

 © 2001 The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology

 
Langewiesche, William

Sahara Unveiled:
A Journey Across the Desert

 

 © 1996 Sahara Unveiled: A Journey Across the Desert
Davidson, Robyn

Desert Places:
A woman’s odyssey with the wanders of the Indian Desert

 

 © 1996 Desert Places
Casey, Susan

The Devil's Teeth:
A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks

 

 © 2005 The Devil's Teeth : A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks
Rowell, Galen
McPhee, John

Alaska: Images of the Country:
Photographs and text selection by Galen Rowell
text by John McPhee from Coming into the country.

Added: October 2005

 © 1981  
McPhee, John A.

Control of Nature
 

 

 © 1989 The Control of Nature
Roberts, David

On the Ridge Between Life and Death:
A climbing life reexamined


 

 © 2005 On the Ridge Between Life and Death: A Climbing Life Reexamined
King, Dean

Skeletons on the Zahara:
A true story of survival


 

 © 2004 Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
Horwitz, Tony

Blue Latitudes:
Going where Captain Cook Has Gone Before 


 

 © 2004 Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
Langewiesche,  William

The Outlaw Sea:
A world of freedom, chaos and crime


 

 © 2004 The Outlaw Sea: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime
Kamler, Kenneth,M.D.

Surviving the Extremes:
A Doctor's Journey to the Limits of Human Experience

 © 2004

Tabor, James M.

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