Sharon's and Eileen's Reading List

 

 

Current Selection

Langewiesche, William Fly by Wire 2010

Upcoming Selections (in no particular order)

Roberts, Gregory David Shantaram:
A Novel		 2005
Heuer, Karsten Walking the Big Wild:
From Yellowstone to the Yukon on the Grizzle Bears' Trail 		2004
Preston, Richard The Wild Trees:
A story of passion and daring		 2008
Preston, Richard The Demon in the Freezer 2003
McPhee, John Silk Parachute 2011
Botton, Alain De The Architecture of Happiness 2008
Bowley, Graham No Way Down:
Life and Death on K2		 2010
 
Vaillant, John The Tiger:
A True Story of Vengeance and Survival		 2010
 

 

 

Books Read with Sharon

       
Davis, Steph High Infatuation:
A Climber's Guide to Love and Gravity		 2007
Obmascik, Mark Halfway to Heaven:
My White-knuckled--and Knuckleheaded--Quest for the Rocky Mountain High		 2009
 
Waterman, Jonathan Running Dry: A journey from source to sea down the dying Colorado River 2010
Angus, Colin Lost in Mongolia:
Rafting the World's Last Unchanged River		 © 2003
Angus, Julie Rowboat in a Hurricane:
My Amazing Journey Across a Changing Atlantic Ocean		 © 2009
Casey, Susan The Wave:
In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean 		2010
Kindle
Weidensaul, Scott Living on the Wind:
Across the Hemisphere With Migratory Birds		 © 2000
Ackerman, Diane The Zookeeper's Wife:
A War Story		 © 2007

Leach, David Fatal Tide:
When the Race of a Lifetime Goes Wrong		 2008 FATAL TIDE: When the Race of a Lifetime Goes Wrong
Griffin, Scott My Heart Is Africa
A Flying Adventure2006		 ©2006  My Heart Is Africa: A Flying Adventure
Matthiessen, Peter Blue Meridian:
The Search for the Great White Shark		 © 1971(1997)

McMurtry, Larry Roads :
Driving America's Great Highways 		© 2000

Salak, Kira Cruelest Journey:
Six Hundred Miles to Timbuktu		 © 2004 Cruelest Journey: Six Hundred Miles To Timbuktu
Heller, Peter The Whale Warriors
The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals 		© 2008
Heller, Peter Hell or High Water:
Surviving Tibet's Tsangpo River		 © 2005
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

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