Rogue River Journal: A Winter Alone
10 best books like Rogue River Journal: A Winter Alone (John Daniel): A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers, The River Why, The Hero With a Thousand Faces, The Fisherman, Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters, A Voyage for Madmen, The Way Out: A True Story of Survival, Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman, The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry, Ruthless River: Love and Survival by Raft on the Amazon's Relentless Madre de Dios
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
| Author | Victor LaValle |
| ISBN | 0525508805 |
What if America's founding ideals finally became reality? A future of peace, justice, and love comes to life in original speculative stories that challenge oppression and embrace inclusiveness--from N. K. Jemisin, Charles Yu, Jamie Ford, and more.
For many Americans, imagining a bright...
| Author | David James Duncan |
| ISBN | 0553344862 |
This captivating and exuberant tale is told by Gus Orviston, an irreverent young fly fisherman and one of the most appealing heroes in contemporary American fiction. Leaving behind a madcap, fishing-obsessed family, Gus decides to strike out on his own, taking refuge in a secluded cabin on a remote...
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
| Author | Joseph Campbell |
| ISBN | 0691017840 |
The first popular work to combine the spiritual and psychological insights of modern psychoanalysis with the archetypes of world mythology, the book creates a roadmap for navigating the frustrating path of contemporary life. Examining heroic myths in the light of modern psychology, it considers...
| Author | John Langan |
| ISBN | 1939905214 |
In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman’s Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked, fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true. When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace in each other’s...
Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
| Author | Richard P. Rumelt |
| ISBN | 0307886255 |
Clears out the mumbo jumbo and muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear way to create and implement a powerful action-oriented strategy for the real world
Developing and implementing a strategy is the central task of a leader, whether the CEO at a Fortune 100...
| Author | Peter Nichols |
| ISBN | 0060957034 |
In 1968, nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held: to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop. It was a feat that had never been accomplished and one that would forever change the face of sailing. Ten months later, only one of the nine men would cross the finish line and earn fame,...
The Way Out: A True Story of Survival
| Author | Craig Childs |
| ISBN | 0316610666 |
I just reread this book, after taking a class with Craig Childs. I have to admit I loved it more the second time through. The description of the labyrinthine journey through the canyons is compelling, and the language is lyrical and spectacular. I especially love the personal stories of both Childs (mostly...
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
| Author | Jon Krakauer |
| ISBN | 0385522266 |
The bestselling author of Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, and Under the Banner of Heaven delivers a stunning, eloquent account of a remarkable young man’s haunting journey.
Like the men whose epic stories Jon Krakauer has told in his previous bestsellers, Pat Tillman was an irrepressible...
The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry
| Author | Lance Dodes |
| ISBN | 0807033154 |
An exposé of Alcoholics Anonymous, 12-step programs, and the rehab industry—and how a failed addiction-treatment model came to dominate America.
AA has become so infused in our society that it is practically synonymous with addiction recovery. Yet the evidence shows that AA has only...
Ruthless River: Love and Survival by Raft on the Amazon's Relentless Madre de Dios
| Author | Holly Conklin FitzGerald |
| ISBN | 0525432779 |
Holly FitzGerald and her husband, Fitz—married less than two years—set out on a yearlong honeymoon adventure of a lifetime, backpacking around the world. Five months into the trip, their plane crash-lands in Peru at a penal colony walled in by jungle, and their blissfully romantic journey turns...
