Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
A multimillion-copy benchmark of adventure/survival nonfiction. More
Richard Fidler
Books have always excited me, and helped me place my tiny life in the great stream of events and ideas. More
Coming of Age in Samoa
A classic that brought science and literature together for both scholars and the general public. More
Frank Warren
The book that set a course. At The Book Thing in Baltimore I saw a man persistently searching over the used-book shelves. More
Profiles in Courage
Pulitzer Prize winner that helped propel the young senator to the White House. More
Flow
The psychology classic that explored creativity and happiness. More
The Monkey Wrench Gang
Classic, irreverent novel that helped spark the modern movement of environmental activism. More
Dan Harris
I used to read to lead a lot of fiction, mostly for the escape—to be transported to other places and times. More
Fermat’s Last Theorem
International number one bestseller about solving a puzzle that had confounded mathematicians since the seventeenth century. More
The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book
An innovative landmark from “one of the really great cooks of all time” (James Beard). More
The Kitchen Diaries
Now in its third installment; the original was named “Book of the Year” by sixteen publications. More
The Dangerous Book for Boys
A genre-busting “guidebook” that was a bestseller in the U.K., the U.S., and Canada. More
New Naturalists
William Collins V (known as Billy Collins) and the printers AdPrint came up with the idea of the New Naturalist Library in 1942.
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Life on Earth
Established Sir David as a foremost naturalist and an iconic and beloved figure in British cultural life. More
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
The philosophical classic that inspired millions struggling to find meaning in the modern world. More
Longitude
Story of an epic scientific quest, which won British Book of the Year in 1997. More
Born Free
Its remarkable interaction between the author and a lion cub named Elsa enchanted generations. More
Freakonomics
Multimillion-copy bestseller that helped launch a wave of interest in behavioral economics and statistics. More
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pulitzer Prize winner; considered one of the classic works of creative nonfiction of the late twentieth century. More
Yates’ Garden Guide
Now in its seventy-eighth edition, this book was initially written to answer gardeners’ questions. More
Incidents of Travel in Yucatán
In 1839, American diplomat John Lloyd Stephens and British artist Frederick Catherwood—both already celebrated for their adventures in Egypt, the Holy Land, Greece, and Rome—sailed together out of New York harbor on an expedition into the forbidding rain forests of present-day Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico. More
The Kon-Tiki Expedition
This classic, inspiring tale of daring and courage has been translated into sixty-five languages. More