The 25 best -selling adventure travel books
The 25 best -selling adventure travel books
My bookshelves and my Kindle are filled with stories about the survival of the Antarctic against the adversity, fatal mountaineering efforts and hemingway-like trips that change life and change perceptions. I know what I like and adventure travel books always captivate me from front to back.
Since Christmas is getting closer, we take a look at the best-selling adventure travel books from 2015 at Amazon-perfect gifts for wannabe adventurers like me.
1. | Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trailvon Cheryl Strayed after the death of her mother, with her scattered family and in the ashes of a failed marriage, Cheryl Strayed made the impulsive decision to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. |
2. | born to run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race The World Never Lakes from Christopher McDougallim Hearts of Born to Run lies a mysterious tribe Mexican Indian, the Tarahumara, which are considered the best long -distance runners in the world. |
3. | Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauerdie True History of a 24-hour period on Everest, which started with a storm and ended with the highest death rate in a season in the history of the summit. |
4. | Tracks: A Woman’s Solo Treoss 1,700 Miles of Australian Outback by Robyn Davidsonrobyn Davidson's memoirs through their dangerous journey through 1,700 miles through the enemy Australian desert to the sea with only four camels and a dog as a company. |
5. | BECOMING FROZEN: Memoir of a first year in Alaskavon Jill Homerjill Homer was just another naive young woman who followed a man to the last border - but it was Alaska who conquered her heart. |
6. | Barbarian Days: A Surfing Lifevon William Finneganurf looks just like a sport. For submissive, it is something completely different: a nice addiction, a mental and physical degree, a passionate lifestyle. |
7. | Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass incidentvon Donnie Eicharim February 1959 a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died in mysterious way on an elevation that is known as Dead Mountain. This is your story. |
8. | The Kindness Diaries: One Man’s Quest to Ignite Goodwill and Transform Lives Around the World of Leon Logothetis partly adventure history, partly inspiring memoirs, the Kindness Diaries introduces you to a wide world full of adventure and opens your eyes for the possibilities of human connections. |
9. | AWOL on the Appalachian Trailvon David Millerim year 2003 gave up the software developer David Miller his job, family and friends to fulfill a dream and hike the Appalachian Trail. |
10. | in the kingdom of the ice: The great and terrible polar trip of the Ussby Hampton Sidesim year 1879 set the USS Jeannette from San Francisco from cheering crowds and a intoxication of the public to sail. The ship and its crew were intended for the unknown waters of the Arctic. |
11. | not without my father: a woman's 444 mile path on Natchez Tracevon Andra Watkinsandra Watkins needed a wing man who helped her become one of the few living people who went the historical 444-mile path of NATCHEZ Trace like the pioneers. |
12. | Dispatches from Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Deltavon Richard Grantder adventure author Richard Grant goes on "the most American place in the world": The enigmatic, beautiful, often mocked Mississippi-Delta. |
13. | LONELY PLANETS ULIMATIVE JUGE: Our list of the 500 best places you have to have seen ... Ranking of Lonely Planet This definitive wish list of the best places that should be visited on Earth is fully packed with insightful descriptions and inspiring photographs so that you can check out your travel list. |
14. | Be an expert with maps and compassby Bjorn Kjellstromgps devices are great, but you can break, be lost or be hindered by weather conditions, which makes basic card and compass knowledge for everyone who spends time outdoors. |
fifteen. | Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trailvon Carrot Quinn In the desert of Southern California, Carrot is faced with many physical and emotional challenges: pain, injuries, tormenting cold, dehydration, exhaustion and loneliness. |
16. | Grandma Gatewood’s Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trailvon Ben Montgomery The 67-year-old great-grandmother Emma Gatewood told her family that she would take a walk. The next thing someone heard from her was that she had run 800 miles on the Appalachian Trail. |
17. | in the traces of Dschingis Khan: An epic journey through the land of the nomads of Tim Cope The relationship between man and horse in the Eurasian steppe led to a number of rich nomadic cultures. Among them were the Mongols of the 13th century. |
18. | Touching the void: The True Story of One Man’s Miraculous Survivalvon Joe Simpson a classic survival story of mountaineering. Joe Simpson and his climbing partner Simon Yates had just reached the tip of a 21,000 foot cup in the Andes when the disaster arrived. |
19. | alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read 1972 crashed a fairchild aircraft in the Andes. The survivors were hopelessly lost in one of the most remote places on earth. |
20. | The Anti-Pirate Potato Cannon: and 101 Other Things for Young Mariners to Build, Try, and Do On The Water from David Seidmansent started humanity with seafaring, boats and coastal adventure have produced robust, creative and self-confident seafarers. Now this wisdom can be passed on to your children. |
21. | Wayfinding Part 1: Rats and Raftsvon Hugh Howeywayfinding is the old seafaring art of navigating. As a self-help philosophy, Wayfinding means being aware of our surroundings and our reactions to external stimuli. |
22. | KON-TIKI: Across The Pacific in A Raft von Thor Heyerdahlda's adventure by Thor Heyerdahl and his companions on their raft over the Pacific has been given in legend as a masterpiece of perseverance and courage. This is this story in Heyerdahl's own words. |
23. | Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why von Laurence Gonzales This gripping narrative, the first book that describes the art and science of survival, will change its view of the world. |
24. | Skyfaring: A Journey With A Pilotvon Mark Vanhoenackerline-Pilot Mark Vanhoenacker shares his overwhelming love for flying on a trip every day to night, new ways of cards and the poetry of physics to the names of the winds and the nature of the clouds. |
25. | POOP, BOOZE, and BIKINISVON ED Robinsonein ancient view of the nautical lifestyle. From Poop to alcohol to bikinis, the author covers the more funny side of the problems that boat drivers meet all kinds. |
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