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Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague (Fablehaven)
Brandon Mull
Shadow Mountain, 2008
Fablehaven:Grip of the Shadow Plague
Brandon Mull continues to surprise me with his latest installment of the Fablehaven novels. His writing is simple but continues to captivate attention. And yes, questions are finally answered. There is however, the on going plot to save Fablehaven from immediate ...
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Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra (Leven Thumps) (Leven Thumps)
Obert Skye
Shadow Mountain, 2008
Excellent as usual!
I just got a copy, though I'm not sure if it has been officially released in bookstores (I heard the release date is Sep 30, 2008). That being said, "Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra" was everything I was hoping for and more.
For fans of Leven, this book delivers. ...
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The Seven Storey Mountain
Thomas Merton
Harvest Books, 1999
After "The Confessions," maybe the best-ever 'autobiography of Faith'
Today I delivered a gift copy of this book to a widow, "Grace" whose husband had been my late father's closest childhood friend. A week earlier, Grace had asked: "Have you ever read Thomas Merton's SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN? I read it in 1953; and found it very moving. ...
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Tracy Kidder
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004
Another living hero
Paul Farmer is to Haiti what Greg Mortenson is to Pakistan. These are the people who best represent the American citizens to the world and I'm sure there are so many out there who do great sacrifice in their personal lives to help others. Besides being a well-told ...
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 1999
Who's got more credibility?
It's interesting to read all of the articles criticizing Jon Krakauer, saying he painted himself in a heroic light, that his book is a giant ego trip, and that Anatoli Boukreev's book is so much more accurate. Many of these so called experts seem to assume that the ...
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The Bicycling Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance and Repair: For Road and Mountain Bikes(Expanded and ...
Todd Downs
Rodale Books, 2005
Bike Repair
Excellent book! The best we have seen on the market! Highly recommend it to anyone.
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Serena: A Novel
Ron Rash
Ecco, 2008
This Serena is one mean chick!!!
This somewhat obscure novel by an author I had never heard of turned out to be one of my favorite reads of the entire year. Serena tells the story of Serena and George Pemberton, two timber barons with ambitions and dreams of conquering the world one tree at a time. ...
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The Snow Leopard (Penguin Classics)
Peter Matthiessen
Penguin Classics, 2008
a great travel log with a little zen
Matthiessen is a talented writer who consistently manages to capture the essence of what he sees. He insists that he is a fiction writer, first and foremost, but the honesty and vibrance of his words in nonfiction are phenomenal. As an "travel log"-type book, this is ...
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Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes
Maurice Isserman, Stewart Weaver
Yale University Press, 2008
The Age Of Adventure
Mountain climbing has always had a last frontier quality. The race to the North and South Poles ended in the early 1900's, Africa and South America were explored by the 1930's, leaving the Himalayan Mountains as the last challenge for adventure. Mr. Isserman and Mr. ...
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The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake ...
Inc. Foxfire Fund
Anchor, 1972
Sure Fire Reference
Eliot Wigginton made his students immortal when he sent them into the southern mountains to interview and record the skills and crafts of the region.
This is the first one of a fantastic series that serves as a standard reference for mountain culture. If you are a ...
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Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills
The Mountaineers
Mountaineers Books, 2003
A truly comprehensive book.
This book pretty much covers everything you need to know about mountaineering. It does so in an easy to read, concise style. It really stresses the philosophy of being an educated and environmentally aware mountaineer. The illustrations are also great...very clear ...
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Massacre at Mountain Meadows
Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley, ...
Oxford University Press, USA, 2008
Massacre at Mountain Meadows
A brilliant book concerning one of the most horrible atrocities recorded in American history. This book is extemely well documented, unbiased and written in novel form to keep the reader glued to each page. This book is a must for anyone interested in the history of ...
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Prodigal Summer: A Novel
Barbara Kingsolver
Harper Perennial, 2001
spring is the right time to read this book
I just finished this book, and I learned so much. I am in the process of planting my garden, and will definitely do things differently because I read this book. It is a wonderful fictional read that sneaks in several valuable lessons about ecology and nature. I loved ...
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My Side of the Mountain (Puffin Modern Classics)
Jean Craighead George
Puffin Books, 2004
Book that inspired my retirement dream
This is what I call a "must-read" for anyone. I first read it and read it many times over as a boy in a small town in Virginia. I must have checked it out 5 times at least. It is a story that has "inspired" my retirement dream of living on the side of a hill ...
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The Disneyland Encyclopedia: The Unofficial, Unauthorized, and Unprecedented History of Every Land, ...
Chris Strodder
Santa Monica Press, 2008
Enjoyable and Informative
I ordered this book in a fit of enthusiasm after my first return visit to Disneyland as an adult (the enthusiasm persists, incidentally.) I was looking for something to fill me in on the history of the Magic Kingdom and satisfy grown-up curiosity about things I didn't ...
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