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10 best books like Serpent in Paradise (Dea Birkett): Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure, Dark Shadows Falling, Batavia, C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too, Unforgettable Places to See Before You Die, Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors, Stowaway, Imperial Dreams: Tracking the Imperial Woodpecker Through the Wild Sierra Madre, Met Her on the Mountain: A Forty-Year Quest to Solve the Appalachian Cold-Case Murder of Nancy Morgan, The Human, the Orchid and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World

Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure
AuthorMaria Coffey
ISBN0312339011
Without risk, say mountaineers, there would be none of the self-knowledge that comes from pushing life to its extremes. For them, perhaps, it is worth the cost. But when tragedy strikes, what happens to the people left behind? Why would anyone choose to invest in a future with a high-altitude risk-taker?...
Dark Shadows Falling
AuthorJoe Simpson
ISBN0898865905

* Concise, objective account of the 1996 Everest debacle
* One of Simpson's most controversial and challenging books
* Short listed for the 1997 Boardman Tasker Award
In 1992, an Indian climber was left to die alone high on the South Col of Mount Everest by other climbers who watched...
Batavia
AuthorPeter FitzSimons
ISBN1864710403
The Shipwreck of the Batavia combines in just the one tale the birth of the world's first corporation, the brutality of colonisation, the battle of good vs evil, the derring-do of sea-faring adventure, mutiny, ship-wreck, love, lust, blood-lust, petty fascist dictatorship, criminality, a reign...
C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too
AuthorJohn Diamond
ISBN0091816653
Shortly before his 44th birthday, John Diamond received a call from the doctor who had removed a lump from his neck. Having been assured for the previous 2 years that this was a benign cyst, Diamond was told that it was, in fact, cancerous. Suddenly, this man who'd until this point been one of the world's...
Unforgettable Places to See Before You Die
AuthorSteve Davey
ISBN1552979555
An inspiring exploration of the forty most memorable travel destinations in the world.

As travelers become more experienced and sophisticated, they become more discriminating about their destinations. Many are seeking the unusual and avoiding the routine and predictable tours.

Unforgettable...
Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors
AuthorEdward E. Leslie
ISBN0395911508
This book includes a lot of well-researched stories, but it's hindered by inconsistent writing and an annoyingly broad focus. The writing is actively confusing at times, sometimes enough to send me running to other sources for clarification.

There are a lot of dry recitations of fact mixed...
Stowaway
AuthorKaren Hesse
ISBN0689839898
It is known that in the summer of 1768, Captain James Cook sailed from England on H.M.S Endeavour, beginning a three-year voyage around the world on a secret mission to discover an unknown continent at the bottom of the globe. What is less known is that a boy by the name of Nicholas Young was a stowaway on...
Imperial Dreams: Tracking the Imperial Woodpecker Through the Wild Sierra Madre
AuthorTim Gallagher
ISBN1439191522
Naturalist Tim Gallagher journeys deep into the savagely beautiful Sierra Madre, home to rich wildlife and other natural treasures—and also to Mexican drug cartels—in a dangerous quest to locate the rarest bird in the world—the possibly extinct Imperial Woodpecker, the largest of all carpinteros....
Met Her on the Mountain: A Forty-Year Quest to Solve the Appalachian Cold-Case Murder of Nancy Morgan
AuthorMark I. Pinsky
ISBN0895876116
Madison County in the Blue Ridge Mountains is where federal antipoverty worker Nancy Dean Morgan was found naked, hogtied, and strangled in the backseat of her car in June 1970. An inept investigation failed to find a clear explanation of the motive or events of her murder. The case was left unsolved....
The Human, the Orchid and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World
AuthorJacques-Yves Cousteau
ISBN1596914173
Part adventure story, part manifesto, the legendary ocean explorer's passionate plea for sustaining life on earth.

Explorer, diving pioneer, filmmaker, inventor, and activist, Jacques Cousteau was blessed from his childhood with boundless curiosity about the natural world. As the...
The Best American Travel Writing 2006
AuthorTim Cahill
ISBN0618582150
Tim Cahill writes in his introduction to The Best American Travel Writing 2006, "'Story' is the essence of the travel essay. Stories are the way we organize the chaos in our lives, orchestrate voluminous factual material, and -- if we are very good -- shed some light on the human condition." Here are twenty-six...
Captain James Cook: A Biography
AuthorRichard Hough
ISBN0393315193
James Cook, born in 1728, was one of the most celebrated navigators/explorers of his time. His voyages in the Royal Navy to the eastern and western seaboards of North America, the North and South Pacific, the Arctic, and the Antarctic brought a new understanding of the geography and of the peoples, flora,...
Den of Lions: A Startling Memoir of Survival and Triumph
AuthorTerry A. Anderson
ISBN0345467922
"Belongs on the shelf of classics about surviving degradation with dignity and even humor." Time
In March 1985, Terry Anderson was swept up in the violent conflict of a turbulent era. At the mercy of Shiite captors for nearly seven years, he lived in chains, wondering fearfully if each day would...
1001 Natural Wonders: You Must See Before You Die
AuthorMichael Bright
ISBN0764158171
Let Michael Bright take you on an incredible journey to the most spectacular natural wonders in the world.

Spanning every continent and ocean on the planet, "1001 Natural Wonders You Must See Before You Die" is a compendium of once-in-a-lifetime experiences that you can revisit time and time...
1001 Escapes to Experience Before You Die
AuthorHelen Arnold
ISBN0764161784
"1001 Escapes To Make Before You Die" is the essential guide for all discerning travelers seeking an escape from the madding crowd.

Every experience described in this book represents a genuine respite from the drudgery of daily life and guarantees a boost to your general well-being. Contemplate...
Tomorrow to be Brave: A Memoir of the Only Woman Ever to Serve in the French Foreign Legion
AuthorSusan Travers
ISBN0743200012
It was early spring 1942, and under the pitiless sky of the Libyan desert the climax of the great siege of Bir Hakeim was about to begin. General Koenig, the commander of the Free French and the Foreign Legion in North Africa, and his two thousand troops had been surrounded for fifteen days and nights by...
Eva Peron: A Biography
AuthorAlicia Dujovne Ortiz
ISBN0312168276
In this best-selling biography, French and Argentine journalist Alicia Dujovne Ortiz examines the mythology that surrounds Eva Peron as she penetrates the complexities behind Peron's ever-lasting allure. Born in 1919, the illegitimate daughter of destitute Argentine farmers, Eva Duarte spent...
Het zwijgen van Maria Zachea
AuthorJudith Koelemeijer
ISBN9058070913
Het is 1989. Een oude moeder heeft een hersenbloeding gehad en hult zich sindsdien in een mysterieus stilzwijgen. Haar twaalf volwassen kinderen besluiten om beurten voor haar te zorgen. ‘Het zal niet lang duren’, zeggen ze tegen elkaar. Maar tegen alle verwachtingen in blijft hun moeder leven....
Back To The Wild
AuthorChristopher McCandless
ISBN0983395500
Chris' parents wrote this book and you shouldn't support it with your $$$. Chris' siblings are upset by how it defames their brother. The younger sister Carine harshly criticized and warned people against it. Below this review I've pasted her message. To summarize, she says Walt and Billie wrote this...
Cartas desde el infierno
AuthorRamón Sampedro
ISBN8408056328
impresionante libro. en verdad, me encantó, y me dejó mucho en qué pensar. seguro que si lo leen, también les cambiará la vida en cierta forma. sé que muchos pueden estar en contra de la eutanasia, y que quizá no estén de acuerdo con la postura de ramón, pero la verdad es que llegar a imaginar su...
Evelyn: A True Story
AuthorEvelyn Doyle
ISBN0752842285
Desmond Doyle, 29 a painter and decorator, is married with six children and living in the infamous Fatima Mansions in Dublin in 1953. One day he comes home to find his wife has left him. He decides to go to England to find work and is advised to put his children into the state Industrial Schools system for...
Terry Fox: His Story (Revised)
AuthorLeslie Scrivener
ISBN0771080190
Terry Fox, the one-legged runner from Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, made an indelible impression upon people across Canada and around the world. An outstanding athlete with a stubborn and competitive spirit, he lost his leg to cancer at 19, but said “nobody is ever going to call me a quitter.”

On...
The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guide
AuthorRichard Conniff
ISBN0393324885
Journalist Richard Conniff probes the age-old question "Are the rich different from you and me?" and finds that they are indeed a completely different animal.

He observes with great humor and finesse this socially unique species, revealing their strategies for ensuring dominance and submission,...
To Hell and Back
AuthorMeat Loaf
ISBN0060988762
Though I can't stand Meat Loaf as a human being, I absolutely go nuts over his music (most of it, anyway). TO HELL AND BACK is one of the most consistently entertaining rock memoirs I've ever read. It didn't give me any greater appreciation of Meat as a person (the horrible temper, the drugs, the petulance,...
Invisible Tears: The Abuse, The Rebellion, The Survival, Despite All Odds
AuthorAbigail Lawrence
ISBN1449070027
At a time when six-year-old Abbie needs love and security, her mother goes to the hospital and never returns. Still distraught, Abbie is passed to whoever will have her. Her new step mother subjects her to unimaginable physical, sexual and psychological torture and delivers her to local paedophiles...
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