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One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
by Sam Keith
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To live in a pristine land . . . roam the wilderness . . . build a home. . . . Thousands have had such dreams, but Richard Proenneke lived them. Here is a tribute to a man who carved his masterpiece out of the beyond.... ( read more)
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
by Erik Larson
Powells.com Staff Pick
An amazing history that recounts the inconceivable events surrounding
the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, Larson's tale captures a time
and place that vividly come to life. The central characters in this
tale are Daniel H. Burnham, the architect... ( read more)
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
by Bill Bryson
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Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. The AT offers an astonishing landscape of silent forests... ( read more)
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Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
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The extraordinary bestselling true story of a young man's uncompromising pilgrimage that ended in tragedy.... ( read more)
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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America
by Bill Bryson
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Following an urge to rediscover his youth, Bill Bryson left his native Des Moines, Iowa, in a journey that would take him across 38 states. Lucky for us, he brought a notebook. With a razor wit and a kind heart, Bryson serves up a colorful tale of... ( read more)
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
by Bill Bryson
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From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950s Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century—1951—in the middle of the... ( read more)
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
by Timothy Egan
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A fresh, stirring look at the Dust Bowl and Depression, Timothy Egan follows the personal dramas of a handful of families, allowing their voices to reveal the environmental and human tragedies that rocked the nation. Grippingly detailed, this exciting... ( read more)
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Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
by Mildred Arms Kalish
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I tell of a time, a place, and a way of life long gone. For many years I have had the urge to describe that treasure trove, lest it vanish forever. So, partly in response to the basic human instinct to share feelings and experiences, and partly for the... ( read more)
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1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina
by Chris Rose
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1 Dead in Attic is a collection of stories by Times-Picayune columnist Chris Rose, recounting the first harrowing year and a half of life in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Celebrated as a local treasure and heaped with national praise, Rose... ( read more)
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Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
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In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his... ( read more)
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Truck: A Love Story (P.S.)
by Michael Perry
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A follow-up to "Population: 485, Truck" chronicles a year in which Perry struggles to grow his own food, live peaceably with his neighbors, and sort out his love life. Hilarious and heartfelt, this memoir introduces readers to a wonderful and unique cast... ( read more)
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The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
by George Howe Colt
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In this intimate and poignant history of a sprawling century-old summer house on Cape Cod, George Howe Colt reveals not just one family's fascinating story but a vanishing way of life. Faced with the sale of the treasured house where he had spent forty... ( read more)
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Boone: A Biography
by Robert Morgan
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The story of Daniel Boone is the story of Americaand#8212;its ideals, its promise, its romance, and its destiny. Bestselling, critically acclaimed author Robert Morgan reveals the complex character of a frontiersman whose heroic life was far stranger and... ( read more)
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Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod
by Gary Paulsen
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I read Winterdance while camping in the mountains of eastern Oregon when it was cold, very cold (though I was snug and warm in my sleeping bag), but I was glad to not be experiencing the Arctic climes in the book. Gary Paulsen describes cold and snow the... ( read more)
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If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska
by Heather Lende
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Haines, Alaska--accessible by water or air--has no traffic light and no mail delivery, and funerals are community affairs. Lende posts the obituaries and the social column for the local newspaper, and if anyone knows the goings-on in this close-knit town,... ( read more)
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away
by Bill Bryson
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The master humorist and bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods now guides us on an affectionate, hysterically funny tour of America's most outrageous absurdities.
After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the... ( read more)
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Blue Highways: A Journey Into America
by William Least Heat-Moon
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New York Times Bestseller. "Better than Kerouac."--Chicago Sun-Times
William Least Heat-Moon's journey into America began with little more than the need to put home behind him. At a turning point in his life, he packed up a van he called Ghost Dancing... ( read more)
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Johnstown Flood (Touchstone Books)
by David McCullough
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David McCullough is known to millions as the author of the critically acclaimed, best-selling books The Great Bridge, The Path Between the Seas, and Mornings on Horseback, and as host of the popular PBS television series "Smithsonian World?' The... ( read more)
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Great Lodges of the National Parks: The Companion Book to the PBS Television Series
by Christine Barnes
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Stand amid soaring Douglas fir in the great hall of Glacier Park Lodge or sit in the setting sun and gaze into the Grand Canyon at El Tovar. This beautiful gift book will transport you to the majestic lodges of our national parks to relive the glory of... ( read more)
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
by Bill Bryson
Powells.com Staff Pick
I grew up in Minnesota, just north of Iowa where Bill Bryson's memoir is
set. I laughed out loud at his descriptions of bundling up the children
to face the Midwestern winters and other passages. He also beautifully
captures the innocence and security... ( read more)
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