books: outdoors & nature

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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

Jon Krakauer

Anchor, 1999

Mountain Madness
"..I hoped that something would be gained by spilling my soul in the calamity's immediate aftermath, in the roil and torment of the moment I wanted my account to have a raw, ruthless sort of honesty that seemed in danger of leaching away with the passage of time and ...

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder

Richard Louv

Algonquin Books, 2008

Parents NEED this, take it from a forest kid
I'm young enough that I still get called "kid" by my friends' parents, and when I saw the cover of this book in the store, with the kid holding a frog, I instantly felt like this book was about me. When I started reading, I felt so even more. My parents are ...

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

Timothy Egan

Mariner Books, 2006

One of the best
I read a lot of non-fiction and history, and this is one of the best I've ever read. It's beautifully and powerfully written, sets the context for the dust bowl, and then describes the dust bowl itself in powerful and gripping imagery. My only tiny quibble is that I ...

SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea

John Lofty Wiseman

Collins, 2004

"Comprehensive" doesn't begin to describe this book
If you ever wanted to know ANYTHING about survival in the wilderness, it's in here. There's so much info in here, though, you might have to spend a few minutes finding it. One of the definitive books in the field.

Climate Confusion: How Global Warming Hysteria Leads to Bad Science, Pandering Politicians and Misguided ...

Roy Spencer

Encounter Books, 2008

Global Warming , fact or myth
This is a very well written book that is easy to read and understand by the average person that is not educated in weather. This book gives facts about weather and related subjects by informed professionals that don't have a political agenda and want to know the ...

Alcohol Can Be a Gas!: Fueling an Ethanol Revolution for the 21st Century

David Blume

International Institute for Ecological Agriculture, 2007

Masterpiece
I am an environmental educator at the Ecovillage Training Center at The Farm community in Summertown,Tennessee and author of Shutdown: Nuclear Power on Trial (1979); Climate in Crisis: The Greenhouse Effect and What We Can Do (1990), and most recently, The ...

The Dangerous Book for Boys

Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden

Collins, 2007

I knew this stuff but...
I am a geezer and things like this were taught when I was young and had to run from dinos to avoid becoming supper while going home for supper BUT The IGGIES put everything right here!! -------- Get 2 copies of this book, one for the young man who needs to know ...

Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog

Ted Kerasote

Harvest Books, 2008

dog stories
I just read this book last week, and I couldn't put it down. Just as good as Amazing Gracie and Marley and Me. Well written and very insightful. Entertaining stories and interesting scientific research on the development of dogs from wolves. I picked up some good ...

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things

William McDonough, Michael Braungart

North Point Press, 2002

PERFECT!
This book was in perfect condition when I received it and the really cool thing about it is that its WATERPROOF which means you can read it pretty much anywhere-in the shower, underwater, at the beach or even in a fish tank! The book gives you scary insight on how we ...

Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
Thomas L. Friedman

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008

Thomas L. Friedman’s phenomenal number-one bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see the world in a new way. In his brilliant, essential new book, Friedman takes a fresh and provocative look at two of the biggest challenges we face today: America’s surprising loss of focus and national purpose since 9/11; and ...

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

Charles C. Mann

Vintage, 2006

Probably one of my favorite non fiction reads of all time
I will keep this brief and to the point. I read a lot of non-fiction. In fact, one of the reasons I cannot bring myself to read another novel is THIS BOOK. I have gotten more from Mann's 1491 than any other I have read over the last five years--maybe more. I recommend ...

Green for Life

Victoria Boutenko

Raw Family Publishing, 2005

A Great Way to Transition
For years, I have had the "knowledge" in regards to eating more raw healthy foods, but cravings have gotten in the way of the type of success I've dreamed of. Victoria changed my perspective by showing we can focus our concentration on good health by drinking ...

Living Like Ed: A Guide to the Eco-Friendly Life

Ed Jr Begley

Clarkson Potter, 2008

What I like best about this book.
"Living Like Ed" contains product information and company names. I am trying to figure out how to run an air conditioner without paying the electric company. I think a wind turbine and a dc to ac converter will do the trick better than solar panels because the wind ...

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

Bill Bryson

Anchor, 2006

Great read!!
Loved the book. And it reads really fast and funny!! Being a resident and hiker in western NC, I was disappointed that they skipped all of my area, which I think is the best and most beautiful part of the AT that I have seen. But having hiked many pieces of the AT, I ...

The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

Michael Pollan

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002

The best
In style and substance this is one of the best books I've read in recent years, as well as one of the most enjoyable. It also broadened my perspective in several areas. I highly recommend.