Adventure Reading: Book Recommendations

As I posted elsewhere on the forum - this has turned out to be an excellent book and a great look into a mind that works a bit different than what society considers "normal". It is well written and easy to read.
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And @ArkansasDon I believe you would really enjoy this book that I posted on here before
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I just found this, with the help of @Dave, thanks Dave. I switched to a Nook about three years ago, for camping its great because its lite and has it's own light. I'd been carting around a bunch of hardcovers and paperbacks for years (40/50 lbs.) in my already too heavy trailer. I recently donated them to a English Library in Mexico, they where thrilled.
As for recommendations, I've read ALL of Daniel Siva's books, Gabriel Allon series (17+ books), you can buy them on the Nook 4-5 in a bundle and save money and I can recommend them highly.
These as well as the above mentioned are Assassins/hit-man/mystery/intrigue/James Bond-ish. Starting with David Baldacci (Will Robie, Memory Man, The Camel Club, The Shaw Series, and many stand alone), Mark Greaney (Gray Man series), Lawrence Block (Keller series), Jo Nesbo (Harry Hole series, translated from Norwegian) both Block & Nesbo are sleepers and excellent!

Most recently and awesome "Overlanding" books from Graeme Bell, "We will be Free", "La Lucha" (The Fight), and "Travel the Planet Overland". A South African writer with stories of he and his family, wife and two kids traveling in a Rover Defender 130, around the world.
Insightful, Helpful, mostly Not PC and Freakin' Hilarious!!
Not on Nook, go to and buy directly: www.a2aexpedition.com

https://www.outsideonline.com/2078176/traveling-world-and-raising-two-kids-2003-land-rover-defender

Now I need to go to @Southwest Roamer, @Dave , @BlkWgn recommendation Monkey Wrench!
 
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I spend an inordinate amount of time on airplanes and sitting in hotels. Because of that, I read. A lot. I probably go through 5-7 books a month.

My current 'to read' stack contains the following:

The Personal MBA (on my second read), Great introduction to business and a great resource if, like me, you don't feel like shelling out tens of thousands for a piece of paper that no longer means anything in the real world

Artemis Sophomore novel from Andy Weir who wrote The Martian. Really looking forward to this. The Martian was one of the best sci-fi novels I had read in recent memory.

The Secret Lives of Color I spend lots of time studying art, color theory and design. This was a random find while wandering around the Boulder Bookstore the other day. Yes, I still read paper, specifically, hardcovers. I've tried reading on a Kindle and absolutely hate it. Besides, full book shelves give your home a personality. Whenever I go to someone's home for the first time, books are the first thing I look for after art on the walls. You can tell a huge amount about a person by what they read and it can be a great conversation starter. Btw, if you're ever in Boulder, make sure to stop at the bookstore. It's the best one you'll ever go into. Historical building that used to be a brothel. 3 floors of fun and original hardwood.

Avedon Biography of Richard Avedon. Looking forward to this as well.

Leonardo Da Vinci Biography of Leonardo by one of the best biographers in recent times, Walter Isaacson. I highly recommend all of his books but the standouts would be Franklin, Einstein and Steve Jobs.

Here are a few favs from the past 3 months or so.

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
If I Die in a Combat Zone
The River of Lost Footsteps
Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise
Braving It
Road to Seeing
Dying for the Truth
The Outpost
Unreasonable Behavior
It's What I Do
Here I Am: The Story of Tim Hetherington: War Photographer
The Quiet American
In the Service of the Sultan: Dhofar Insurgency

As you can tell, I read a lot about combat and combat photographers. Ever since I first saw an exhibit of James Nachtwey's work at MOPA, those folks have always been a massive inspiration to my own photographic style and as I look back, I realize that is the path I should have gone down.
 
This has my curiosity piqued...

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"With over 100 combat missions, and 24 years as a Green Beret, Master Sergeant Changiz Lahidji served on Special Forces A teams longer than anyone in history, completing over a hundred combat missions in Afghanistan. Changiz is a Special Forces legend. He also happens to be the first Muslim Green Beret.

Changiz served this country starting with Operation Eagle Claw in 1980, when he entered Tehran on a one-man mission to spy on Iranian soldiers guarding the US Embassy where 52 US diplomats were being held hostage. Three years later, he was in Beirut, Lebanon when a suicide car bomb exploded in front of the US Embassy killing 83 people. Weeks after that, he was shot by Hezbollah terrorists on a night mission.

In Operation Iraqi Freedom, he led a convoy that was ambushed on its way to Fallujah. He was clearing houses in Mogadishu, Somalia on October, 1993 when a US Black Hawk helicopter was shot down 50 feet away from him in the incident that inspired Black Hawk Down. In 2002, he dressed as a farmer and snuck into Eastern Afghanistan and located Osama Bin Laden for the CIA."
 
Here's some interesting travel related titles I'm sifting through:

Adventure Motorcycling Handbook: A Route & Planning Guide by Chris Scott

Jupiters Travels: Four Years Around the World on a Triumph by Ted Simon

Dreaming of Jupiter: In Search of the World--Thirty Years On by Ted Simon

Motorcycle Messengers: Tales from the Road by Writers Who Ride by Jeremy Kroeker

Through Dust and Darkness: A Motorcycle Journey of Fear and Faith in the Middle East by Jeremy Kroeker

Motorcycle Therapy: A Canadian Adventure in Central America by Jeremy Kroeker

Overlanders' Handbook: Worldwide Route And Planning Guide (Car, 4Wd, Van, Truck) by Chris Scott

Don't Go There. It's Not Safe. You'll Die.: And other more rational advice for overlanding Mexico & Central America by Jared McCaffree , Jessica Mans , Kobus Mans

Left Beyond the Horizon: A Land Rover Odyssey by Christopher Many

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne ,

One Life to Ride: A Motorcycle Journey to the High Himalayas by Ajit Harisinghani

Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook: Worldwide Cycling Route & Planning Guide by Neil Pike

Work Less to Live Your Dreams: A practical guide to saving money and living your dreams by Dan Grec

Spark your Dream: A true life Story where Dreams are fulfilled and we are inspired to conquer ours. by Herman & Candelaria Zapp

Who Needs a Road: The Story of the Longest and Last Motor Journey Around the World by Harold Stephens & Albert Podell
 
Dave said:
Here's some interesting travel related titles I'm sifting through:

Adventure Motorcycling Handbook: A Route & Planning Guide by Chris Scott

Jupiters Travels: Four Years Around the World on a Triumph by Ted Simon

Dreaming of Jupiter: In Search of the World--Thirty Years On by Ted Simon

Motorcycle Messengers: Tales from the Road by Writers Who Ride by Jeremy Kroeker

Through Dust and Darkness: A Motorcycle Journey of Fear and Faith in the Middle East by Jeremy Kroeker

Motorcycle Therapy: A Canadian Adventure in Central America by Jeremy Kroeker

Overlanders' Handbook: Worldwide Route And Planning Guide (Car, 4Wd, Van, Truck) by Chris Scott

Don't Go There. It's Not Safe. You'll Die.: And other more rational advice for overlanding Mexico & Central America by Jared McCaffree , Jessica Mans , Kobus Mans

Left Beyond the Horizon: A Land Rover Odyssey by Christopher Many

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne ,

One Life to Ride: A Motorcycle Journey to the High Himalayas by Ajit Harisinghani

Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook: Worldwide Cycling Route & Planning Guide by Neil Pike

Work Less to Live Your Dreams: A practical guide to saving money and living your dreams by Dan Grec

Spark your Dream: A true life Story where Dreams are fulfilled and we are inspired to conquer ours. by Herman & Candelaria Zapp

Who Needs a Road: The Story of the Longest and Last Motor Journey Around the World by Harold Stephens & Albert Podell
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i've got a few of those and just added a few others to my list.
 
@Dave..."Don't Go There. It's Not Safe. You'll Die.: And other more rational advice for overlanding Mexico & Central America by Jared McCaffree , Jessica Mans , Kobus Mans"

That's a title that catches your eye! Good read AND available on-line FREE!
 
woodienut said:
"Don't Go There. It's Not Safe. You'll Die.: And other more rational advice for overlanding Mexico & Central America by Jared McCaffree , Jessica Mans , Kobus Mans"

That's a title that catches your eye! Good read AND available on-line FREE!
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:stir ;)
 
TangoBlue said:
This has my curiosity piqued...

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"With over 100 combat missions, and 24 years as a Green Beret, Master Sergeant Changiz Lahidji served on Special Forces A teams longer than anyone in history, completing over a hundred combat missions in Afghanistan. Changiz is a Special Forces legend. He also happens to be the first Muslim Green Beret.

Changiz served this country starting with Operation Eagle Claw in 1980, when he entered Tehran on a one-man mission to spy on Iranian soldiers guarding the US Embassy where 52 US diplomats were being held hostage. Three years later, he was in Beirut, Lebanon when a suicide car bomb exploded in front of the US Embassy killing 83 people. Weeks after that, he was shot by Hezbollah terrorists on a night mission.

In Operation Iraqi Freedom, he led a convoy that was ambushed on its way to Fallujah. He was clearing houses in Mogadishu, Somalia on October, 1993 when a US Black Hawk helicopter was shot down 50 feet away from him in the incident that inspired Black Hawk Down. In 2002, he dressed as a farmer and snuck into Eastern Afghanistan and located Osama Bin Laden for the CIA."
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Adding to my list for sure.

I am in the midst of reading the book from this fellow Marine... and trying to woo him to come help with my high school leadership program:
https://oorahleadership.org/

We will see...
 
Bryanseye said:
Interesting timing, just got this in my feed.

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Yeah, when I got the book, I didn't realize that the world was just getting excited about her story - I thought I was catching up on an old classic like Ted Simon's Dreaming of Jupiter. I don't remember where I heard about the book, but when I went to buy it, it wasn't available in the USA - I assumed it was out of print. I got a used copy from the UK very cheaply. Turns out it just hadn't hit US distribution yet. Lucky me, my used copy ended up being a UK first edition.

I'm 2/3rds done and I'll finish it today or tomorrow. What a great bit of writing.
 
Just bought a couple of these. I have kindle unlimited and read all of the b-grade science fiction, it's great. I'll second the MHI series by Correia. Starship Troopers is an excellent, quick read and don't worry is nothing like the movie. Right now I'm working on Fresh Eggs Daily by Lisa Steele, and Points of Impact by Marko Kloos.
 
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