As Far as the Eye Can See: Reflections of an Appalachian Trail Hiker
7 best books like As Far as the Eye Can See: Reflections of an Appalachian Trail Hiker (David Brill): Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey, Hexed, Anathem, Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef, On the Beaten Path: An Appalachian Pilgrimage, ANIMUS
Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
Author | Scott Jurek |
ISBN | 0547569653 |
For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force—and darling—in the grueling and growing sport of ultrarunning. Until recently he held the American 24-hour record and he was one of the elite runners profiled in the runaway bestseller Born to Run.
In Eat and Run, Jurek opens...
One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
Author | Sam Keith |
ISBN | 0882405136 |
To live in a pristine land unchanged by man...to roam a wilderness through which few other humans have passed...to choose an idyllic site, cut trees and build a log cabin...to be a self-sufficient craftsman, making what is needed from materials available...to be not at odds with the world but content...
Author | Kevin Hearne |
ISBN | 0345522494 |
Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, doesn’t care much for witches. Still, he’s about to make nice with the local coven by signing a mutually beneficial nonaggression treaty—when suddenly the witch population in modern-day Tempe, Arizona, quadruples overnight. And the new girls are...
Author | Neal Stephenson |
ISBN | 0061474096 |
Fraa Erasmas is a young avout living in the Concent of Saunt Edhar, a sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the outside "saecular" world by ancient stone, honored traditions, and complex rituals. Over the centuries, cities and...
Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
Before Gabrielle Hamilton opened her acclaimed New York restaurant Prune, she spent twenty hard-living years trying to find purpose and meaning in her life. Blood, Bones & Butter follows an unconventional journey through the many kitchens Hamilton has inhabited through the years: the rural...
Author | Robert Alden Rubin |
ISBN | 1585743976 |
I finished On the Beaten Path recently and have to say it's one of the most lyrical books on the AT experience I've ever read. I love Rubin's writing, as I should, since he was an editor before hitting the trail and made the journey after becoming disillusioned with his job, along with the difficulties editors...
Author | Antoine Revoy |
ISBN | 1626721831 |
Animus is the YA creation of Antoine Revoy, who grew up in Paris and Tokyo, loving comics from east and west. What we know is that Japan has an elaborate system of yokai (monsters, supernatural creatures), and this ghost story fits that manga category, but it also features realistic drawing. This story...