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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorIn Trouble Again: A Journey Between the Orinoco and the Amazon
Redmond O'Hanlon · 317 pages
Three Singles to Adventure
Gerald Durrell · 205 pages
Skywalker--Close Encounters on the Appalachian trail
Bill Walker · 246 pages
Travels with Charley: In Search of America
John Steinbeck · 256 pages
A quest across America, from the northernmost tip of Maine to California's Monterey Peninsula To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the tress, to see the colors and the light—these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years. With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives the
Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings
Jonathan Raban · 435 pages
The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society
Chris Stewart · 256 pages
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (The Western Frontier Library Series)
Isabella L. Bird, Daniel J. Boorstin · 276 pages
Barefoot Sisters Southbound
Lucy Letcher, Susan Letcher · 477 pages
"At the ages of 25 and 21, Lucy and Susan Letcher set out to thru-hike the entire 2,175 miles of the Appalachian Trail--barefoot. Quickly earning themselves the moniker of the Barefoot Sisters, the two begin their journey at Mount Katahdin and spend eight months making their way to Springer Mountain in Georgia. As they hike, they write about their adventures through the 100-mile Wilderness, the ro
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
Theodore Roosevelt · 323 pages
"Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) wrote this firsthand account of his experiences as coleader of the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition during its trek through unknown regions of Paraguay and Brazil from the late fall of 1913 to the spring of 1914. Instigated at the request of the American Museum of Natural History and the Brazilian government itself, the expedition was charged with mapping t
Adventures in Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound
Grant Lawrence · 286 pages
I Promise Not to Suffer: A Fool for Love Hikes the Pacific Crest Trail
Gail D. Storey · 221 pages
River-Horse
William Least Heat-Moon · 516 pages
"In River-Horse, the preeminent chronicler of American back roads - who has given us the classics Blue Highways and PrairyErth - recounts his singular voyage on American waters from sea to sea. Along the route, he offers a lyrical shipboard perspective on the country's rivers, lakes, canals, and landscapes."--BOOK JACKET. "In his most ambitious journey ever, Heat-Moon sets off aboard a small boat
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Cheryl Strayed · 315 pages
A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she'd lost everything when her mother died young of cancer. Her family scattered in their grief, her marriage was soon destroyed, and slowly her life spun out of control. Four years after her mot
Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape
Raja Shehadeh · 211 pages
"Provides a rare historical insight into the tragic changes taking place in Palestine"--Jimmy Carter (from cover).
James Herriot's Yorkshire
James Herriot · 224 pages
A Guided Tour Through the Beloved Land of *All Creatures Great and Small*. Takes readers on a delightful walking tour of the land he brought to life in his memoirs. Glorious color photography is supplemented by Herriot's own irresistable descriptions.
The Journals of Lewis and Clark
Meriwether Lewis, William Clark
At the dawn of the 19th century, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark embarked on an unprecedented journey from St. Louis, Missouri to the Pacific Ocean and back again. Their assignment was to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory and record the geography, flora, fauna, and people they encountered along the way. The tale of their incredible journey, meticulously recorded in their journals,
The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches
Basho Matsuo · 167 pages
The Cactus Eaters: How I Lost My Mind and Almost Found Myself on the Pacific Crest Trail
Dan White · 384 pages
The Pacific Crest Trail stretches from Mexico to Canada, a distance of 2,650 grueling, sun-scorched, bear-infested miles. When Dan White and his girlfriend announced their intention to hike it, Dan's parents—among others—thought they were nuts. How could two people who'd never even shared an apartment together survive six months in the desert with little more than a two-person tent and some trail
The Good Rain: Across Time & Terrain in the Pacific Northwest
Timothy Egan · 254 pages
Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them
Donovan Hohn · 402 pages
When the writer Donovan Hohn heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea, he figured he would interview a few oceanographers, talk to a few beachcombers, and read up on Arctic science and geography. But questions can be like ocean currents: wade in too far, and they carry you away. Hohn's accidental odyssey pulls him into the secretive world of shipping conglomerates, the daring
Green Hills of Africa
Ernest Hemingway · 294 pages
A 1930s African jungle safari as recorded in the journal of Ernest Hemingway describes the glory of the landscape while bringing to life the story of a land under threat of human incursion.
The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
Robert Macfarlane · 440 pages
"In this exquisitely written book, Robert Macfarlane sets off from his Cambridge, England, home to follow the ancient tracks, holloways, drove roads, and sea paths that crisscross both the British landscape and its waters and territories beyond. The result is an immersive, enthralling exploration of the ghosts and voices that haunt old paths, of the stories our tracks keep and tell, and of pilgrim
This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland
Gretel Ehrlich · 400 pages
For the last decade, Gretel Ehrlich has been obsessed by an island, a terrain, a culture, and the men and women who long for and love the complex frailties and treacherous beauty of a world defined by ice. Greenland, the world's largest island, 840,000 square miles in extent, is covered by the largest continental ice sheet in the world. Her guide, her inspiration, her companion in spirit was the g