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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Mountain: My Time on Everest
Ed Viesturs, David Roberts · 352 pages
The only American to have climbed all fourteen of the world's eight-thousand-meter peaks sets his sights on Mount Everest, in a work that combines his own climbs as well as narratives of famous climbs throughout the last century.
Penguins Stopped Play
Harry Thompson · 256 pages
On the Ridge Between Life and Death: A Climbing Life Reexamined
David Roberts · 423 pages
Eight World Cups: My Journey through the Beauty and Dark Side of Soccer
George Vecsey · 313 pages
"As Americans increasingly embrace soccer, one of the country's most respected sports columnists has been covering the world's signature tournament for three decades. In Eight World Cups George Vecsey of The New York Times pulls back the curtain on the beautiful game. Blending witty travelogue with action on the field--and shady dealings in the back rooms--Vecsey offers an eye-opening, globetrotti
High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest
Edmund Hillary · 245 pages
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Christopher McDougall · 287 pages
Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world's greatest distance runners and learn their secrets, and in the process shows us that everything we tho
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
William Finnegan · 447 pages
Surfing only looks like a sport. To initiates, it is something else entirely: a beautiful addiction, a demanding course of study, a morally dangerous pastime, a way of life. Raised in California and Hawaii, Finnegan started surfing as a child. He has chased waves all over the world, wandering for years through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa. A bookish boy, and then an excessively adven
It's All About the Bike: The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels
Robert Penn · 199 pages
"The bicycle is one of mankind's greatest inventions and the most popular form of transport in history. Robert Penn has ridden one most days of his adult life. In his late 20s, he pedaled around the world. Yet, like cyclists everywhere, the utilitarian bikes he currently owns don't even hint at this devotion. Robert needs a new bike, a customized machine that reflects how he feels when he's riding
Final Rounds: A Father, a Son, the Golf Journey of a Lifetime
James Dodson · 272 pages
Facing Up: A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Mount Everest
Bear Grylls · 304 pages
Only one in four people who attempt Everest are successful, and of those few the majority are over 30. Bear Grylls overcame the extreme weather conditions and months of limited sleep, and reached the summit at the age of 23, becoming the youngest British climber to scale Mount Everest.
Called Again: Love and Triumph on the Appalachian Trail
Jennifer Pharr Davis · 298 pages
In 2011, Davis became the overall record holder on the Appalachian Trail. By hiking 2,181 miles in 46 days-- an average of 47 miles per day-- she became the first female to ever set that mark. But this is not a book about records or numbers; this is a book about endurance and faith, and most of all love. This is her story, in her own words, about how she started this journey with a love for hiking
Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner's Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across Americ a
Marshall Ulrich
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Haruki Murakami · 179 pages
Just a Little Run Around the World: 5 Years, 3 Packs of Wolves and 53 Pairs of Shoes
Rosie Swale Pope · 336 pages
After her husband died of cancer, 57-year-old Rosie set off to run around the world, raising money in memory of the man she loved. Followed by wolves, knocked down by a bus, confronted by bears, chased by a naked man with a gun and stranded with severe frostbite, Rosie's breathtaking 20,000-mile solo journey is as gripping as it is inspiring.Rosie's solo run around the world started out of sorrow
A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean
Tori Murden McClure · 292 pages
During June 1998, Tori McClure set out to row across the Atlantic Ocean by herself in a 23-foot plywood boat with no motor or sail. She lost communications, but nevertheless decided to keep going, without updates on the location of the Gulf Stream and the weather--in what became the North Atlantic's worst hurricane season. When a series of violent storms nearly killed her, she had to signal for he
A Walk for Sunshine: A 2,160 Mile Expedition for Charity on the Appalachian Trail
Jeff Alt · 303 pages
In Search of Captain Zero: A Surfer's Road Trip Beyond the End of the Road
Allan Weisbecker · 340 pages
Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball
Rafe Bartholomew · 416 pages
Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Road Trip into the Heart of Fan Mania
Warren St. John · 288 pages
Author's first person account of events occuring during a season of Alabama football focusing on travel, game day tailgating, and post-game celebrations or mourning. Focuses on the fans of the team, why they follow the team, and why they choose to attend games.
The Dangerous Summer
Ernest Hemingway · 228 pages
A firsthand chronicle of a brutal season of bullfights. In this vivid account, Hemingway captures the exhausting pace and pressure of the season, the camaraderie and pride of the matadors, and the mortal drama as in fight after fight the rival matadors try to outdo each other with ever more daring performances.