books about: exploration

books about: exploration

books:

Exploration

Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

Stephen Ambrose

Simon & Schuster, 1997

Undaunted Courage
I will keep it simple. Next to the Holy Bible ~ best book I ever read. I have since then read several of Stephen Ambrose's books and highly recommend them. He and his family put many years of research in before writing any book. I have travelled across the country ...

Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, ...

Michio Kaku

Doubleday, 2008

Great examples that make scientific terminology digestible
I have a very high respect for Mr. Kaku's work. The first book I read from him was 'Hyperspace' and became immediately his fan. 'Physics of the Impossible' is another exceptional work. Like Brian Greene's 'Fabric Of The Cosmos', the book is full of great examples, ...

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir

Bill Bryson

Broadway, 2007

Absolutely hilarious and interesting read for young and old
Too funny! I was born in the 60's, but this book has given me a thorough understanding of life in the 50's - all the innocence and fun. So interesting, but mainly, laugh out loud funny! Fun for young adults and older folks, this book will appeal to any age who wants ...

Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs

Buddy Levy

Bantam, 2008

Diseases of the heart
In a letter quoted by Buddy Levy in his magnificent Conquistador, Hernan Cortes confesses that he and his men suffer from a particular "disease of the heart": a lust for gold and power. The tale of the unhappy outcome of that disease, the destruction of one of the ...

1421: The Year China Discovered America (P.S.)

Gavin Menzies

Harper Perennial, 2008

Around the World in English by Chinese Zheng He - 1421
Gavin spent over a decade in researching and following the sea route in writing this impressive volume - 1421 the year China discovered America. With his professional training, experience, and the determination to find the historical truth, he came to the logical ...

1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance

Gavin Menzies

William Morrow, 2008

A good follow-up to the first book
I liked the first book, and have enjoyed all the speculation and discussion that resulted from it, I hope this second book will open people's eyes in much the same way

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

Candice Millard

Broadway, 2006

Excellent: A Potential Classic
Ms Millard has produced an extremely well written, thoroughly researched, and highly readable book about Roosevelt's amazon exploration adventure. She has created an exquisite balance between the main characters of Roosevelt and Rondon which are illustrated by ...

Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer

Anchor, 2007

Modern Day Vision Quest
Having loved the movie, and long put off reading the book (whose cover blurb sold me on it long before I knew of how well Krakauer wrote), I finally have read Into The Wild. It is a life changing book, for me - a brilliant piece of work almost impossible to quantify ...

Dark Mission: The Secret History of NASA

Richard C. Hoagland, Mike Bara

Feral House, 2007

Dark Mission: The Secret History of NASA
This is Richard Hoagland's best book ever and also confirms what I had suspected for many years. As a retired USAF Colonel, I have heard and seen many things of great "interest". As a pilot for 44 years, I have also heard and seen many things of even greater interest. ...

A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World

Tony Horwitz

Henry Holt and Co., 2008

A fun way to learn America's "true" origin
The "truth" about America's origins is uncovered in interesting storytelling fashion. At times it reads like page turner. It might broaden a reader's viewpoint but it will make "little difference", because "...Myths didn't just trump fact; they helped create it." If ...

Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

HarperOne, 1978

The Reality of Christian Fellowship
This is a great little book, a classic that all Christians should read. At roughly 128 pages, this is a short treatise on Christian community that is very accessible. In the first chapter of this book Bonhoeffer presents his understanding of the reality of Christian ...

George's Secret Key to the Universe

Stephen Hawking, Lucy Hawking

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2007

Captivating
My 3.5 year old son is completely hooked on this fabulous book! We're plowing through it in just a few nights and he doesn't want it to end. I was floored when after the first night of my husband reading it to him he ran up to me excitedly the next morning and said ...

How to Read Novels Like a Professor: A Jaunty Exploration of the World's Favorite Literary Form

Thomas C. Foster

Harper Paperbacks, 2008

How to Read Novels Like a Professor
Foster is clearly a man who loves literature, and his book offered some worthy insights, but it was a bit too "jaunty" for my taste, and I found his frequent use of films as points of reference, comparison, or example a bit annoying. I would direct a reader interested ...

The Right Stuff

Tom Wolfe

Picador, 2008

Definitely the Right Stuff
This book is one of the best accounts of, indeed any scene, I have ever read. Wolfe, with his half academic half layman writing style, explores the men and indeed the whole phenomenon, that was the American space program in the 50ies and 60ies. In a delightful manner ...

Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling and Production (2nd Edition)

Norman J. Ph.d Hyne

Pennwell Books, 2001

Great introduction to petroleum geology
I am a graduate geologist and I found this book ideal in my circumstances as an introduction before I got some petroleum work experience.It is very well written ,even a layperson could get a good appreciation for the wide encompassing subject matter.It is not aimed at ...