• Travel
• Adventure
• Naturalism
Bill Bryson
917.404 BRY 2007
This book traces the author's adventurous trek along the Appalachian Trail past its natural pleasures, human eccentrics, and offbeat comforts.
Helen Macdonald
598.944 MAC 2015
Recounts how the author, an experienced falconer grieving the sudden death of her father, endeavored to train for the first time a dangerous goshawk predator as part of her personal recovery.
Tahir Shah
916.304 SHA 2003
A bold elephant hunter journeys to an unknown land in search of fabled lost treasure. But terrible dangers threaten anyone who approaches the wonderful diamond mines of King Solomon. This great African adventure novel is an enduring favorite among those who love excitement and romance. It is filled with qualities close to the human heart: the spirit of adventure and discovery, the desire for immortality, primal terror, and the search for the primitive.
Freya Stark
953.35 STA 1987
Recounts the late author's 1937-1938 expedition through the land now called Yemen, during which she and two companions spent a winter in search of an ancient South Arabian city and examined local business and social conduct as well as life behind the veil for women.
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