| 11. |  | Into the Wild
from Topeka Bindery
Price: $22.05
Customer Review:
Krakauer, with his experience of extreme adventures and good understanding of psychology, has done an excellent work of investigation.
Methodically, he allows the reader to better understand this tragic story, clearing alongside McCandless of foolishness and irresponsibility suspicions. He... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 12. |  | Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog
from Harvest Books
Price: $9.75
Customer Review:
Heart warming account of a man and his dog. Loved the conversations with Merle. For those with dogs you can understand the level of communication that goes on. Only downside is that this is an atypical man/dog relationship in that Merle is allowed (and encouraged) to roam freely through town, etc.... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 13. |  | Survive!: Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere - Alive
from Collins
Price: $13.57
Customer Review:
Having watched and enjoyed Survivorman on the Discovery channel for the past 3 years, I was anxious to get this book and it did not disappoint! In the book (as on TV) Les does a great job of presenting survival information for the average person. In many instances he points out that many of the... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 14. |  | The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies
from W.W. Norton & Co.
Price: $34.65
Customer Review:
This is a fascinating book, but one that could be improved. However, the positive (FOR, below) much outweighs the negative (AGAINST, below).
FOR: This book is full of interesting material, most of which is well explained. It follows how eusocial insects construct complex insect societies that... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 15. |  | Collapse (Allen Lane Science)
from Allen Lane
Customer Review:
Human history is full of tantalizing riddles. Some of the most fascinating of these arise from the appearance of ancient ruins in unlikely places, such as Easter Island, or the dense jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula. To the uninitiated, these ruins are the ghosts of phantom civilizations whose... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 16. |  | Audubon Nature Calendar 2009 (Wall Calendars)
from Artisan
Price: $7.58
Customer Review:
I have purchased Audubon Calenders for many yeards. They are beautiful
and they give me p;easure all thru the year. A1 photograph.Highly recommended | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 17. |  | The World Without Us
from Picador
Price: $10.20
Customer Review:
very interesting book that does a good job of using historical and current phenomenon to illustrate how things would turn out. personally, i love the idea of a world without people and found this to be a very appealing book. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 18. |  | Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)
from New Society Publishers
Price: $13.57
Customer Review:
This author basically dismisses every other gardening method or technique as unrealistic. After reading this book, it amazes me that anyone has ever grown anything in a garden. The main point that I take away from this book is that if times get hard, don't count on being able to feed yourself or... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 19. |  | American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon
from Spiegel & Grau
Price: $14.97
Customer Review:
While Steven Rinella's "American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon" might appear to be nothing more than a book about hunting and successfully killing a buffalo, the reader needs only to delve into the first few pages to realize that this ain't just another episode of Buck McNeely (non-hunters will... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 20. |  | The Daily Coyote: A Story of Love, Survival, and Trust in the Wilds of Wyoming
from Simon & Schuster
Price: $15.64
Customer Review:
When I picked up this book, being a fan of the blog, I expected more fun stories about Charlie and his antics. I was pleasantly surprised in so many ways. Shreve shares honest and intimate emotions and experiences and such wisdom - wisdom I hope to carry with me all my life. I can't properly express... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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