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Armchair Travel October 2020
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Bush Runner : The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson
by Mark Bourrie
Known to some as the first European to explore the upper Mississippi, and widely as the namesake of ships and hotel chains, Pierre-Esprit Radisson is perhaps best described, writes Mark Bourrie, as “an eager hustler with no known scruples.” Kidnapped by Mohawk warriors at the age of fifteen, Radisson assimilated and was adopted by a powerful family, only to escape to New York City after less than a year. After being recaptured, he defected from a raiding party to the Dutch and crossed the Atlantic to Holland—thus beginning a lifetime of seized opportunities and frustrated ambitions.
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Bunker : Building for the End Times
by Bradley Garrett
For this book, Garrett traveled across four continents to meet those who are constructing panic rooms, building underground backyard survival chambers, stockpiling supplies, preparing go bags, hiding inflatable rafts, rigging mobile “bugout” vehicles, and burrowing deep into the earth. He has returned with a brilliant, original and never less than deeply disturbing story from the frontlines of the way we live now: an illuminating reflection on our age of disquiet and dread that brings our times into new and sharper focus.
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Children of Ash and Elm : a history of the Vikings
by Neil S. Price
Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, Children of Ash and Elm tells the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology and religion, their material world. Known today for a stereotype of maritime violence, the Vikings exported new ideas, technologies, beliefs, and practices to the lands they discovered and the peoples they encountered, and in the process were themselves changed. From Eirík Bloodaxe, who fought his way to a kingdom, to Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, the most traveled woman in the world, Children of Ash and Elm is the definitive history of the Vikings and their time.
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| Alone: Lost Overboard in the Indian Ocean by Brett ArchibaldApril 2013: On a charter boat off the coast of Indonesia with a group of old surfer friends, 50-year-old South African Brett Archibald got sick in the middle of the night and fell overboard -- and no one noticed for hours.
What happened: Archibald dealt with rough weather, sharks, jellyfish, and his own thoughts and fears for over 28 hours. Meanwhile, his friends and others frantically tried to find him in the vast, remote region.
Reviewers say: "Solitude is terrifying and awe-inspiring in Alone" (The Wall Street Journal). |
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Beyond the Trees : A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic
by Adam Shoalts
In the spring of 2017, Adam Shoalts, bestselling author and adventurer, set off on an unprecedented solo journey across North America's greatest wilderness. A place where, in our increasingly interconnected, digital world, it's still possible to wander for months without crossing a single road, or even see another human being.....But his reward is the adventure of a lifetime.
Heart-stopping, wonder-filled, and attentive to the majesty of the natural world, Beyond the Trees captures the ache for adventure that afflicts us all.
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| Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl StrayedStarring: Cheryl Strayed, a 26-year-old novice hiker whose troubles -- her mother's death, the end of her marriage, her own reckless behaviors -- send her solo hiking 1,100-miles of the Pacific Coast Trail (PCT), from California to Washington State.
Is it for you? Though the warm, witty book is centered around her time on the trail (snakes, bears, blisters), it also covers her emotional journey.
Media buzz: The bestselling Wild was the basis for the 2014 film starring Reese Witherspoon with a screenplay written by novelist Nick Hornby. |
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