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Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout
by Philip Connors
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by Tessa Fontaine
Published May 2019
Read ReviewsTessa Fontaine's astonishing memoir of pushing past fear, The Electric Woman, follows the author on a life-affirming journey of loss and self-discovery - through her time on the road with the last traveling American sideshow and her relationship with an adventurous, spirited mother.
by Diane Les Becquets
Published Feb 2017
Read ReviewsIn captivating prose, Diane Les Becquets tells the story of one woman missing in the Colorado wilderness and another bent on discovering the missing woman's whereabouts, in an unforgettably moving and thrilling literary debut.
by Elizabeth Becker
Published Feb 2016
Read ReviewsElizabeth Becker investigates global travel industry practices in an eye-opening examination of this $6.5 trillion phenomenon.
by Lynn Darling
Published Jan 2015
Read ReviewsCombining the soul-baring insight of Wild, the profound wisdom of Shop Class as Soulcraft, and the adventurous spirit of Eat, Pray, Love: Lynn Darling's powerful, lyrical memoir of self-discovery, full of warmth and wry humor, Out of the Woods.
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher
by Timothy Egan
Published Aug 2013
Read ReviewsHow a lone man's epic obsession led to one of America's greatest cultural treasures: Prize-winning writer Timothy Egan tells the riveting, cinematic story behind the most famous photographs in Native American history -- and the driven, brilliant man who made them.
by Jim Harrison
Published Sep 2010
Read ReviewsThe Farmers Daughter is a memorable portrait of three decidedly unconventional American lives. With wit, poignancy, and an unbounded love for his characters, Jim Harrison has again reminded us why he is one of the most cherished and important authors at work today.
by Mark Obmascik
Published May 2010
Read ReviewsWhen Mark Obmascik's twelve-year-old son gets bitten by the climbing bug, he can't resist the opportunity for some father-son bonding. But after their first joint climb, Obmascik decides to scale all 54 of Colorado's 14,000-foot mountains - and to do them in less than one year.
by Richard Preston
Published Feb 2008
Read ReviewsRichard Preston unfolds the spellbinding story of Steve Sillett, Marie Antoine, and the tiny group of daring botanists and amateur naturalists that found a lost world above California, a world that is dangerous, hauntingly beautiful, and unexplored: The world of the largest and tallest organisms the world has ever sustained the coast redwood...
by Scott Weidensaul
Published Nov 2006
Read ReviewsRetracing the journey that birding guru Roger Tory Peterson and naturalist James Fisher took in 1953 (recorded in Wild America), Return to Wild America is likely to become a classic in its own right - a sweeping survey of the natural soul of North America today.
by Richard Fortey
Published Nov 2005
Read ReviewsA fascinating geological exploration of the earth's distant history as revealed by its natural wonders.
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