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17 books
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A Walk in the Woods
Author: Bill Bryson
The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America–majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you’re going to take a hike, it’s probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide you’ll find. He introduces us to the history and ecology of the trail and to some of the other hardy (or just foolhardy) folks he meets along the way–and a couple of bears. Already a classic, A Walk in the Woods -
No Way Down
Author: Graham Bowley
On August 1, 2008, no fewer than eight international teams of mountain climbers—some experienced, others less prepared—ascended K2, the world's second-highest mountain, with the last group reaching the summit at 8 p.m. Then disaster struck. A huge ice chunk came loose above a deadly three-hundred-foot avalanche-prone gully, destroying the fixed guide ropes. More than a dozen climbers—many without oxygen and some with no headlamps—faced the nearly impossible task of descending in the blackness wi- Published on 2011
- 290 pages
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You're Not Listening
Author: Kate Murphy
When was the last time you listened to someone, or someone really listened to you? "If you’re like most people, you don’t listen as often or as well as you’d like. There’s no one better qualified than a talented journalist to introduce you to the right mindset and skillset—and this book does it with science and humor." -Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take **Hand picked by Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink for Next Big Ideas Club -
Alias Grace
Author: Margaret Atwood
"Takes readers into the life and mind of Grace Marks, one of the most notorious women of the 1840s, who is serving a life sentence for murders she claims she cannot remember." Atwood often takes her readers into the soul of the misunderstood woman, and this novel is no exception. In addition to her intimate narrative of the protagonist's inner world, she also shifts into other character's private thoughts. For my taste, too much of the story is told through snippets of poetry, newspaper art- Published on 1997
- 468 pages
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The Lincoln Highway
Author: Amor Towles
“A real joyride . . . elegantly constructed and compulsively readable.” – NPR If by "joyride", NPR means sitting in the back seat while your impulsive friends take the car anywhere they'd like while you wish they'd stopped for a shake, or at least a latte, then I'd agree. This story moved (jerked) in several directions at the same time, offered beautifully written short episodes featuring secondary characters, and came to a decidedly un-redemptive ending. I often put it down. But bor- Published on 2021
- 592 pages
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- Published on 2022
- 270 pages
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A Gentleman in Moscow
Author: Amor Towles
A transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel. When, in 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the Count is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding- Published on 2016
- 719 pages
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Renegade
Author: Joel Shepherd
One thousand years after Earth was destroyed in an unprovoked attack, humanity has emerged victorious from a series of terrible wars to assure its place in the galaxy. But during celebrations on humanity’s new Homeworld, the legendary Captain Pantillo of the battle carrier Phoenix is court-martialed then killed, and his deputy, Lieutenant Commander Erik Debogande, the heir to humanity’s most powerful industrial family, is framed with his murder. Assisted by Phoenix’s marine commander Trace Thaku- Published on 2015
- 471 pages
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Life Is Simple
Author: Johnjoe McFadden
A biologist argues that simplicity is the guiding principle of the universe Centuries ago, the principle of Ockham's razor changed our world by showing simpler answers to be preferable and more often true. In Life Is Simple, scientist Johnjoe McFadden traces centuries of discoveries, taking us from a geocentric cosmos to quantum mechanics and DNA, arguing that simplicity has revealed profound answers to the greatest mysteries. This is no coincidence. From the laws that keep a ball in motion to t -
Le Morte D'Arthur
Author: Thomas Mallory
Combine Middle English words and sentence structure with a broad cast of sword-wielding characters questing amid enchanted forests and you've got a rollicking good read, or the stuff Monty Python sketch humor is made of. Someone either gets their head cleaved to the neck or stumbles upon a well in nearly every chapter. Enchantment is the word of the day. I'd say it was impossible to experience the fullness of chivalry without throwing down against an enchantment, giving a dwarf a ride on your ho- Published on 2017
- 248 pages
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Circe
Author: Madeline Miller
Message me if you're interested in reading, and I'll send the book to you. #1 New York Times Bestseller " A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story, Circe manages to be both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right." --- Alexandra Alter, New York Times In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child--not powerful, like her fath -
Never
Author: Ken Follett
The US President must walk a fine line to avoid being pulled into a third world war. State sponsored terrorism in North Africa is not so surprising except for the part about which state is doing the sponsoring. Two of the worlds superpowers try to avoid conflict with each other while factions within those powers do their best to foment it. Meanwhile, brave operatives in North Africa risk their lives to expose the terrorists' and their sponsors.- Published on 2021
- 802 pages
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The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic
Author: Gay Salisbury and Laney Salisbury
"A stirring tale of survival, thanks to man's best friend." —Seattle Times When a deadly diphtheria epidemic swept through Nome, Alaska, in 1925, the local doctor knew that without a fresh batch of antitoxin, his patients would die. The lifesaving serum was a thousand miles away, the port was icebound, and planes couldn't fly in blizzard conditions—only the dogs could make it. The heroic dash of dog teams across the Alaskan wilderness to Nome inspired the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and- Published on 2005
- 320 pages
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Command and Control
Author: David Bruns
Someone is trying to set the US and Russia on the track to war.- Published on 2022
- 1 page
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Roots
Author: Alex Haley
Tracing his ancestory through six generations - slaves and freedmen, farmers and blacksmiths, lawyers and architects - back to Africa, Alex Haley discovered a sixteen-year-old youth, Kunta Kinte. It was this young man, who had been torn from his homeland- Published on 1976
- 688 pages
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Replay
Author: Ken Grimwood
Jeff Winston, forty-three, didn't know he was a replayer until he died and woke up twenty-five years younger in his college dorm room; he lived another life. And died again. And lived again and died again -- in a continuous twenty-five-year cycle -- each time starting from scratch at the age of eighteen to reclaim lost loves, remedy past mistakes, or make a fortune in the stock market. A novel of gripping adventure, romance, and fascinating speculation on the nature of time, Replay asks the ques
