Paddle to the Amazon: The Ultimate 12,000-Mile Canoe Adventure

6 best books like Paddle to the Amazon: The Ultimate 12,000-Mile Canoe Adventure (Don Starkell): The Orenda, Dove, The Incredible Voyage, The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest, Bird Girl & the Man Who Followed the Sun: An Athabaskan Indian Legend from Alaska, Invited: The Power of Hospitality in an Age of Loneliness

The Orenda

Author	Joseph Boyden
ISBN	0670064181

In the remote winter landscape a brutal massacre and the kidnapping of a young Iroquois girl violently re-ignites a deep rift between two tribes. The girl’s captor, Bird, is one of the Huron Nation’s great warriors and statesmen. Years have passed since the murder of his family, and yet they are...

Dove

Author	Robin Lee Graham
ISBN	0060920475

I will date myself and say I had a huge crush on this guy as a young girl with a birthday subscription to National Geographic. (He contributed articles for years during his voyage) What adolescent (and I wasn't quite there) doesn't fantasize about quitting school and finding himself by sailing around...

The Incredible Voyage

Author	Tristan Jones
ISBN	0924486902

In a salty, slashing style, Tristan Jones unfolds his extraordinary saga--a six year voyage during which he a covered a distance equal to twice the circumference of the world--revealing both a rich sense of history an insuppressible Welsh wit. With a singleness of purpose as ferocious as nay hazard...

The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest

Author	Anatoli Boukreev
ISBN	0312965338

As the climbers of the 1996 Mt. Everest disaster vanished into thin air, one man had the courage to bring them down alive...

On May 10, 1996, two commercial expeditions headed by expert leaders attempted to scale the world's largest peak. But things went terribly wrong. Crowded conditions,...

Bird Girl & the Man Who Followed the Sun: An Athabaskan Indian Legend from Alaska

Author	Velma Wallis
ISBN	0945397348

In her spellbinding second book, the award-winning author interweaves two classic Athabaskan legends set in ancient central Alaska. This is the story of two rebels who break the strict taboos of their communal culture in their quests for freedom and adventure. Readers will be captivated by this profound...

Invited: The Power of Hospitality in an Age of Loneliness

Author	Leslie Verner
ISBN	1513804340

Just come on over.


Many people today feel lonely, isolated, and disconnected from God and others. We crave authentic community, but we have no idea where to start. We'd be glad to cultivate friendships; but honestly, who's got the time?

In Invited, writer Leslie Verner says real...