So far my list includes:
Killing Pablo
Reefer Madness
....
political is good
i've read everything HST so thats out
Totally love Greg Palast's style.
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10-14-2005, 10:16 AM #1
<-watching you masturbate
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Wanted: Books to read while at sea for 2 weeks.
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10-14-2005, 10:58 AM #2
Freckle contest winner
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prolly not a 2 week read for any of these but here's what I've been into:
Himalaya by Michael Palin
Life of Pi by some dude
The Lost World and The Poison Cup by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Prince by Machiavelli
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaristhats new hampshire as fuck
We ain't eager to be legal, so please leave me with the keys to your Jeep Eagle.
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10-14-2005, 11:50 AM #3
Mangina
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Have you read Band of Brothers? Damn good book. Also, Of Men and Mountains by William Douglas is a good outdoors book.
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10-14-2005, 12:00 PM #4
Registered User
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Jane Austen. Thomas Pynchon. "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrel". Tolstoy.
Elvis has left the building
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10-14-2005, 12:05 PM #5
beater
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"under the banner of heaven"
If you havn't already.Buy nice things here.
www.motorcityglassworks.com
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10-14-2005, 12:18 PM #6
Irrie Rasta Dog Copilot
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The Greening Of America by Charles Reich old (1970) but interesting
"When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
"I find I have already had my reward, in the doing of the thing" - Buzz Holmstrom
"THIS IS WHAT WE DO"-AML -ski on in eternal peace
"I have posted in here but haven't read it carefully with my trusty PoliAsshat antenna on."-DipshitDanno
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10-14-2005, 12:47 PM #7
Caul Fat Dealer
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http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=24513
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http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=29473
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http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=25106"It is not the result that counts! It is not the result but the spirit! Not what - but how. Not what has been attained - but at what price.
- A. Solzhenitsyn
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10-14-2005, 12:48 PM #8
Voodoo Child
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"Undaunted Courage" - Stephen Ambrose
and depending on where you're sailing... "Endurance" or "Moby Dick"
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10-14-2005, 12:51 PM #9
Caul Fat Dealer
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Ohhh and Money by Martin Amis. It is the M103 of books.
"It is not the result that counts! It is not the result but the spirit! Not what - but how. Not what has been attained - but at what price.
- A. Solzhenitsyn
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10-14-2005, 01:07 PM #10
Registered User
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Not historical.....but funny and Nautical
Fluke by Christopher Moorelet your tracks be lost in the dark and snow
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10-14-2005, 01:07 PM #11
blondie
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Pick up whatever you haven'r read by Bret Easton Ellis.
You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig.
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10-14-2005, 01:33 PM #12
Bugs
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Hawaii by James Michener
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10-14-2005, 02:13 PM #13
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The heart of the sea
Last edited by knowone; 10-14-2005 at 02:16 PM.
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10-14-2005, 02:37 PM #14
Friend of Tuckerman's
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Snow in the Kngdom, by Ed Webster.
Good Everest story about his three attempts at the mountain.
Any book by Ambrose.Fresh Tracks are the ultimate graffitti.
Schmear
Set forth the pattern to succeed.
Sam Kavanagh
Friends of Tuckerman Ravine
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10-14-2005, 02:48 PM #15
sus
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Moby Dick.
I've concluded that DJSapp was never DJSapp, and Not DJSapp is also not DJSapp, so that means he's telling the truth now and he was lying before.
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10-14-2005, 03:12 PM #16
Southbound Pachyderm
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Shogun and Tai Pan by Clavelle
"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring."
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10-14-2005, 03:24 PM #17
Used Register
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Anything by Naguib Mahfouz: The Harafish, Palace Walk, The Thief and the Dogs, Respected Sir. The guy has an amazing touch and vocabulary, a palpable conduit of Egyptian life.
Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
>>>200 cm Black Bamboo Sidewalled DPS Lotus 120 : Best Skis Ever <<<
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10-14-2005, 03:55 PM #18
is gimpy
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Anything by Chuck Palahniuk (author of Fight Club). Just about everything he writes has some sort of twist to the end. Great stuff.
Death, Daring, and Disaster. Don't remember who wrote it, but it chronicles the history of search & rescue in the national parks. Great stories in there. Some of them will make you question your desire to go into the back country.
Brighten The Corner Where You Are by Fred Chappell. Fred was my buddy's advisor while he was getting his MFA in writing. A good book to pass a little time.
Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. Yeah, it's sci-fi, but the unabridged version will definitely take some time and there are a lot of socio-political overtones to it that could still be applied today (you could really say that about a lot of sci-fi writing).[This Space For Rent]
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10-15-2005, 12:43 PM #19
Registered Slut
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Red Badge of Courage -- Stephen Crane
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10-15-2005, 04:20 PM #20
Banned
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Blue Latitudes, by Tony Horwitz
"Boldly going where Captain Cook has gone before"
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10-15-2005, 04:26 PM #21
7k and out.
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"The Sett" by Ranulph Ffienes.
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10-15-2005, 05:21 PM #22
Bugs
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Oh yeah, did you see this thread?
http://tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36733
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10-15-2005, 09:04 PM #23
Z-11 Ski Club
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A Fool's Progress by Edward Abbey
"if it's called tourist season, why can't we just shoot them?"
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10-16-2005, 12:42 AM #24
yelgatgab
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After American Psycho, I've vowed never to pick up another one of his books.
Originally Posted by runethechamp
Remind me. We'll send him a red cap and a Speedo.
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10-16-2005, 05:57 PM #25
Registered User
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The Prize by Daniel Yergin.
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