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Buck, Rinker. Flight of Passage.
This autobiography tells of two teenage brothers cross-country flight in a small plane they rebuild themselves.
Calabro, Marian. The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party.
In 1846, 81 people on their way to California became trapped in the Sierra Nevadas by winter. Nearly half of them were women and children. Food ran out and the party resorted to eating the flesh of their dead. Few survived.
Gates, Bill. The Road Ahead.
Finkel, Michael. Alpine Circus: A Skier's Exotic Adventures at the Snowy Edge of the World.
Finkel talks about his extreme skiiing experiences--avalanches, Mount Kilimanjaro, Kazak herdsmen, the world's highest ski run at 17,130 feet, and more.
Graham, Robin Lee. Dove: The Boy Who Sailed Around the World Alone.
The autobiography of a 16-year-old Californian who spends nearly five years sailing alone around the world.
Greenlaw, Linda. The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey.
Adventure autobiography by the female fishing captain from the movie The Perfect Storm.
Hayward, Jeremy W. Gentle Bridges: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Sciences of the Mind.
Hornbacher, Marya. Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia.
By the age of nine, middle class Marya, intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and ambitious, was also secretly bulimic.
Junger, Sebastian. The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea.
The book the hit movie was based on this exciting adventure is filled with vivid descriptions that transport you to the storm with people you care about. Incredible description of what it is like to drown.
Kerouac, Jack. On the Road.
The travel book by the Beat poet that has influenced rock and rollers, writers, and others from the 1960s to today.
Kielburger, Craig. Free the Children: A Young Man's Personal Crusade Against Child Labor.
The dramatic and moving story of 12-years-old Craig's transformation from a regular, middle-class kid from the suburbs to an activist fighting on behalf of child laborers on the world stage of the international human rights movement.
Krakauer, Jon. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster.
A true account of survival and death by one of only a handful of people who have stood at the top of Mt. Everest.
McMurtry, Larry. Crazy Horse.
Only 141 pages, but an excellent biography of the great Sioux warrior by a writer of popular Western novels.
Mowat, Farley. Never Cry Wolf.
Bestseller about living with arctic wolves.
Paulsen, Gary. Woodsong.
The popular author's (Hatchet) story of his participation in the Iditarod dog sled race.
Pfetzer, Mark and Jack Galvin. Within Reach: My Everest Story.
Sixteen-year-old Mark had almost reached the summit of Mt. Everest when tragedy strikes.
Queen Latifah. Ladies First: Revelations of a Strong Woman.
At 19, she was the first female solo rapper to have a major record deal. Within four years, she won a Grammy, acted on t.v. and in movies, and was president of her own company.
Robinson, Eddie. Never Before, Never Again.
The exciting autobiography of the winningest coach in the history of college football.
Velmans-Van Hessen, Edith. Edith's Story.
A Jewish teen is passed off as a member of a Gentile family during WWII.