Books Read (by Topic)

“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”  –– Bertrand Russell

Diseases, Pandemics, and Epidemiology

  • The Ghost Map (cholera and epidemiology), by Steven Johnson
  • The Fever Trail (malaria and quinine), by Mark Honigsbaum
  • The Lassa Ward (Lassa fever), by Ross Donaldson
  • Eradication (smallpox, polio, malaria), by Nancy Leys Stepan
  • The Chimp and the River (HIV/AIDS), by David Quammen
  • Spillover (zoonotic viruses), by David Quammen
  • Ebola: The Natural and Human History (Ebola), by David Quammen
  • Ebola: Story of an Outbreak (Ebola), by Laurie Garrett
  • Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic (sleeping sickness), by Molly C. Crosby
  • The Family That Couldn’t Sleep (prion diseases), by D.T. Max
  • Rabid: History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus (rabies), by Wasik
  • Flu (1918 influenza), by Gina Kolata
  • Influenza (1918 influenza), by Jeremy Brown
  • The Great Influenza (1918 influenza), by John M. Barry
  • Polio: An American Story (polio), by David M. Oshinsky
  • The Moth in the Iron Lung (polio), by Forrest Maready
  • The Cutter Incident (polio and polio vaccines), by Paul A. Offit
  • The Great Mortality (bubonic plague), by John Kelly
  • The American Plague (yellow fever), by Molly C. Crosby
  • Spitting Blood (tuberculosis), by Helen Bynum
  • A Disease Apart (leprosy), by Tony Gould
  • Typhoid Mary (typhoid fever and epidemiology), by George Soper
  • Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical (typhoid fever), by Bourdain
  • The Emperor of All Maladies (cancer), by Mukherjee
  • Viruses, Plagues, and History, by Michael B.A. Oldstone
  • Twelve Diseases That Changed the World, by Irwin W. Sherman
  • The Mosquito: History of Our Deadliest Predator, by Tim Winegard
  • A Planet of Viruses, by Carl Zimmer
  • Rabbits with Horns, by Carl Zimmer
  • The Atlas of Disease, by Sandra Hempel
  • Classic Literature/Fiction Involving Pandemics
  • The Decameron (1353), by Giovanni Boccaccio
  • Journal of a Plague Year (1722), by Daniel Defoe
  • The Last Man (1826), by Mary Shelley
  • Masque of the Red Death (1842), by Edgar Allan Poe
  • The Scarlet Plague (1915), by Jack London
  • La Peste (The Plague) (1947), by Albert Camus
  • The Andromeda Strain (1969), by Michael Crichton
  • The Pesthouse (2007), by Jim Crace

Snow, Glaciers, and Avalanches

  • Glaciers of North America, by Sue Ferguson
  • Field Techniques in Glaciology/Geomorphology, by Hubbard and Glasser
  • The International Classification for Seasonal Snow, by Colbeck, et al.
  • The Physics of Glaciers, by W.S.B. Patterson
  • Handbook of Snow, by Gray and Male
  • Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice, by W. Gareth Rees
  • Remote Sensing of Ice and Snow, by Hall and Martinec
  • Mountain Weather and Climate, by Roger Barry
  • Glaciers, by Michael Hambrey and Jurg Alean
  • Living Ice: Understanding Glaciers and Glaciation, by Sharp
  • Glacial Geology, by Bennett and Glasser
  • The Avalanche Handbook, by Dave McClung
  • ABCs of Avalanche Safety, by Ed LaChapelle
  • Snow Sense, by Jill Fredston and Doug Fesler
  • Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain, by Bruce Tremper
  • The Avalanche Book, by Armstrong and Williams
  • Backcountry Avalanche Awareness, by Bruce Jamieson
  • Free Riding in Avalanche Terrain, by Bruce Jamieson
  • Wild Snow, by Louis Dawson
  • Secrets of the Snow, by Ed LaChapelle
  • Snowflakes in Photographs, by W.A. Bentley
  • Snow Crystals, by W.A. Bentley and W.J. Humphreys

Geology Textbooks (my undergraduate degree is in geology)

  • Origins of Igneous Rocks, by Paul C. Hess
  • Principles of Igneous/Metamorphic Petrology (IgMetPet), by Philpotts
  • An Intro to the Rock Forming Minerals,  by Deer, Howie, Zussman
  • Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, by Sam Boggs, Jr.
  • Practical Sedimentology, by D.W. Lewis
  • Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks, by Helmut G.F. Winkler
  • From Currituck to Calabash, by Orrin Pilkey
  • Oceanography: An Intro to the Marine Environment, by Davis
  • Structural Geology, by Twiss and Moores
  • Environmental Geology, by Montgomery
  • Manual of Mineralogy, by Cornelius Klein
  • Geology of National Parks, by Harris and Tuttle
  • Invertebrate Paleontology, by Euan Clarkson
  • Principles of Geology, by Charles Lyell
  • Earth and Life Through Time, by Steven M. Stanley
  • The Dynamic Earth, by Skinner and Porter
  • Biogeochemistry, by William H. Schlesinger
  • Mountains and Man: A Study of Process and Environment, by Price
  • Mountain Weather and Climate, by Roger Barry
  • Remote Sensing of the Environment, by John R. Jensen
  • Cartography, by Borden D. Dent
  • GIS Fundamentals, by Paul Bolstad
  • Getting to Know GIS, by Tim Ormsby, et al.

    Mountaineering History and Literature 

    • Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills (the classic)
    • Mountain Men (climbing history), by Conefrey and Jordan
    • Killing Dragons (Alps climbing history), by Fergus Fleming
    • Climbing in North America (North America climbing history), by Jones
    • Ascent (French Alps climbing history), by Jeremy Bernstein
    • Alps 4000: 75 Peaks in 52 Days, by Martin Moran
    • The Mountaineers: A History (PNW climbing club history), by Kjeldsen
    • Roof of the Rockies: A History of Colorado Mountaineering, by Bueler
    • Challenge of the North Cascades (Cascades climbing history), by Fred Beckey
    • The White Spider (first ascent, Eiger North Face), by Heinrich Harrer
    • Seven Years in Tibet, by Heinrich Harrer
    • K2: The Savage Mountain, by Houston and Bates
    • K2: The Story of the Savage Mountain, by Jim Curran
    • On the Heights (first ascent, K2), by Walter Bonatti
    • In the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods, by Galen Rowell
    • On the Ridge Between Life and Death, by David Roberts
    • Escape Routes, by David Roberts
    • Escape from Lucania (first ascent, Mt. Lucania), by David Roberts
    • Moments of Doubt, by David Roberts
    • Minus 148 (first winter ascent, Denali), by Art Davidson
    • Conquistadors of the Useless (first ascent, Annapurna), by Terray
    • 50 Classic Climbs of North America, by Roper and Stick
    • Free Spirit: A Climber’s Life (autobiography), by Reinhold Messner
    • To the Top of the World (ascents of 8000m peaks), by Reinhold Messner
    • Everest: Expedition to the Ultimate (first ascent w/o O2, Everest), by Messner
    • The Big Walls (history of big wall climbing), by Reinhold Messner
    • Crystal Horizon (first solo ascent, Everest), by Reinhold Messner
    • All Fourteen 8000ers (first to climb all of the 8000m peaks), by Messner
    • The Ogre (first ascent of Baintha Brakk aka The Ogre), by Doug Scott
    • The Last Step (first American ascent, K2), by Rick Ridgeway
    • The Last Great Mountain, Kangchenjunga (first ascent), by Mick Conefrey
    • Thin Air, by Greg Child
    • Mixed Emotions, by Greg Child
    • Starlight and Storm (first to climb all 6 great north faces in the Alps), by Gaston Rebuffat
    • Blank on the Map (first exploration of Shaksgam Mts.), by Shipton
    • In the Years of the Mountains, by David Scott Gilligan
    • Enduring Patagonia (climbing in Patagonia), by Gregory Crouch
    • The Challenge of Rainier (Mt. Rainier climbing history), by Molenaar
    • The Ascent of Denali (first ascent, Denali), by Stuck
    • Mountain Ranges of Colorado, by John Fielder
    • Book of the High Mountains, by Lowell Thomas
    • Mt. McKinley: The Conquest of Denali, by Washburn and Roberts
    • Among the Eternal Snows (first ascent, Pikes Peak), by Phil Carson
    • Fall of the Phantom Lord (biography of Dan Osman), by Todhunter
    • Feeding the Rat, by A. Alvarez
    • Touching the Void (the classic survival story), Joe Simpson
    • Storms of Silence, Joe Simpson
    • This Game of Ghosts, Joe Simpson
    • Dark Shadows Falling, Joe Simpson
    • The Mountain of my Fear, by David Roberts
    • Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative, by David Roberts
    • Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer
    • Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer
    • Eiger Dreams, by Jon Krakauer
    • The Climb, by Anatoli Boukreev
    • Annapurna (first ascent, Annapurna; first ascent of an 8000m peak), by Maurice Herzog
    • Annapurna: A Woman’s Place (first US ascent, Annapurna; first all-woman ascent), by Arlene Blum
    • Annapurna: South Face (first ascent, Annapurna S Face), by Chris Bonington
    • Everest: South West Face (first ascent, Everest SW Face), by Chris Bonington
    • Changabang (first ascent, Changabang), by Chris Bonington
    • Cloud Dancers (mountaineer profiles), by Jonathan Waterman
    • Royal Robbins: Spirit of the Age (biography), by Pat Ament
    • Ruwenzori (first ascents, Ruwenzori), by Filippi
    • Ascent of Mount St. Elias (first ascent, Mt. St. Elias), by Filippi
    • Karakoram and Western Himalaya, by Filippi
    • Climbing Ice (ice climbing classic), by Yvon Chouinard
    • Scrambles Amongst the Alps (first ascent, Matterhorn) by Edward Whymper
    • Travels Among the Andes (first ascent, Chimborazo), by Edward Whymper
    • Everest: the Cruel Way (Everest, W Ridge, in winter, w/o O2), by Joe Tasker
    • The Shining Mountain (first ascent, Changabang W Wall), by Peter Boardman
    • Sacred Summits, by Peter Boardman
    • Savage Arena, by Joe Tasker
    • High Over Boulder (Boulder climbing history), by Ament and McCarty
    • Basic Rockcraft, Royal Robbins
    • Advanced Rockcraft, Royal Robbins

    Colorado History

    • High Country Empire, by Robert G. Athearn
    • Roadside History of Colorado, by James McTighe
    • A Colorado History, by Ubbelodhe, Benson, and Smith
    • The Prehistory of Colorado, by Tammy Stone
    • High Country Names, by Arps and Kingery
    • Colorado Place Names, by William Bright
    • Nederland: A Trip to Cloudland, by Isabel M. Becker
    • A Colorado Reader, by Ubbelodhe, Benson, and Smith
    • Tales, Trails, and Tommyknockers, by Myriam Friggens
    • A Brief History of Erie, Colorado, by James B. Stull
    • Rocky Mountain National Park: A History, by C.W. Buchholtz
    • Among the Eternal Snows (first ascent, Pikes Peak), by Phil Carson
    • A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, by Isabelle Bird
    • Roughing It, by Mark Twain
    • The Spell of the Rockies, by Enos A. Mills
    • The Adventures of a Nature Guide, by Enos A. Mills
    • The Rocky Mountain Wonderland, by Enos A. Mills
    • Georgetown and Sliver Plume, by Cynthia Neely, et al.
    • Excursions from Peak to Peak, by Silvia Pettem
    • Colorado: Yesterday and Today, by Joseph Collier and Grant Collier
    • Colorado: Then and Now, by Joseph Collier and Grant Collier
    • Colorado: 1870-2000, by John Fielder and W.H. Jackson

    Exploration and Survival Classics

    • The Journals of Captain Cook, by Captain James Cook
    • Cook: Voyages of Captain James Cook, by Nicholas Thomas
    • Voyages of Discovery, by Lynne Withey
    • The Travels of Marco Polo, by Marco Polo
    • Marco Polo: His Travels and Adventures, by George Towle
    • The Voyage of the Beagle, by Charles Darwin
    • Journals of Lewis and Clark, by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
    • Undaunted Courage (Lewis and Clark), by Stephen E. Ambrose
    • Exploration of the Colorado River and its Canyons, by John W. Powell
    • In the Footsteps of John Wesley Powell, by Stephens and Shoemaker
    • Over the Edge of the World (Magellan), by Laurence Bergreen
    • Primer Viaje en Torno del Globo, by Antonio Pigafetta, (in Spanish)
    • Travels in Asia and Africa, by Ibn Battuta
    • Kon Tiki, by Thor Heyerdahl
    • The Ra Expeditions, by Thor Heyerdahl
    • The Tigris Expedition, by Thor Heyerdahl
    • The Bounty, by Caroline Alexander
    • Men Against the Sea, by Nordhoff and Hall
    • Pathfinders: Global History of Exploration, by Fernandez-Armesto
    • Scrambles Amongst the Alps, by Edward Whymper
    • Travels Among the Great Andes, by Edward Whymper
    • Skeletons on the Zahara, by Dean King
    • Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, by Alfred Lansing
    • Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure, by Admiral Richard Byrd
    • The Long Walk, by Slavomir Rawicz
    • The Worst Journey in the World, by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
    • Farthest North, by Fridtjof Nansen
    • The Sea Wolves: A History of the Vikings, by Lars Brownworth
    • Sailing Alone Around the World, by Joshua Slocum
    • The Silent World, by Jacques Cousteau
    • In the Land of White Death, by Valerian Albanov
    • Alone on the Ice, by David Roberts
    • Seven Years in Tibet, by Heinrich Harrer
    • Ruwenzori, by Filippi
    • Karakoram and Western Himalaya, by Filippi
    • Antarctica: Both Heaven and Hell, by Reinhold Messner
    • In Trouble Again: Journey Between Orinoco and the Amazon, by Redmond O’Hanlon
    • Lost City of the Incas, by Hiram Bingham
    • The Man Who Walked Through Time, by Colin Fletcher
    • Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
    • Tracks, by Robyn Davidson
    • Island of the Lost, by Joan Druett
    • Travels in West Africa, by Mary Kingsley
    • Worldwalk, by Steven M. Newman
    • Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America, by Cabeza de Vaca
    • Through the Dark Continent, by Henry M. Stanley
    • Into Africa: the Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone, by Dugard

    Creationist Books

    • Of Pandas and People (the “teach the controversy” Wedge Strategy book; involved in the Dover trial and giving us “Cdesign proponentsists”), by Davis and Kenyon
    • Evolution: the Fossils Say No, by Duane Gish (inventor of the Gish Gallop)
    • The Great Dinosaur Mystery Solved!, by Ken Ham
    • The Lie: Evolution, by Ken Ham
    • Icons of Evolution, by Jonathan Wells
    • Biology textbook, by Bob Jones “university”
    • Atlas of Creation, by Adnan Oktar/Harun Yahya
    • Flood Geology (DVD), by the Creation Museum
    • The Genesis Flood, by Henry Morris and John Whitcombe
    • The Global Flood, by Ken Ham and Tim Lovett
    • A Flood of Evidence, by Ken Ham and Bodie Hodge
    • Life: How Did It Get Here?, by Watch Tower Press
    • Creation: Facts of Life, by Gary Parker
    • The “Scientific” Approach to Evolution, by Rob Stadler
    • Foresight: How the Chemistry of Life Reveals Planning and Purpose, by Marcos Eberlin
    • Darwin’s Black Box, by Michael Behe
    • The Edge of Evolution, by Michael Behe
    • Darwin Devolves, by Michael Behe
    • Science and Evidence for Design in the Universe
    • Evolution’s Final Days, by John Morrison
    • Evolution is Not Science, by Jeff Woodward
    • What Darwin Didn’t Know, by Simmons and Dembski
    • Zombie Science: More Icons of Evolution, by Jonathan Wells
    • Evolution’s Achilles’ Heels, by Robert Carter
    • The Mathematical “Proof” for Christianity, by Dan Delzell
    • The Evolution of Man “Scientifically” Disproved, by W.A. Williams
    • Christian Answers to the Theory of Evolution, by James Lowrance
    • Creationist Version of On the Origin of Species, by Ray “Banana Man” Comfort

    Real Books on Evolution

    • Biology, anatomy/physiology, geology, physical anthropology textbooks
    • On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin
    • The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, by Stephen Jay Gould
    • The Panda’s Thumb, by Stephen Jay Gould
    • Wonderful Life, by Stephen Jay Gould
    • The Evolutionary World, by Geerat Vermeij
    • Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory, by Eric Delson, et al.
    • Trilobite, by Richard Fortey
    • Why Evolution is True, by Jerry Coyne
    • The Beak of the Finch, by Jonathan Weiner
    • Evolution vs. Creationism, by Eugenie Scott
    • Parallel Development, by Bernhard R. Teicher
    • Fundamentals of Biological Anthropology, by John Relethford
    • The Human Species, by John Relethford
    • Your Inner Fish, by Neil Shubin
    • Evolution: the Human Story, by Alice Roberts
    • Great Adaptations, by Kenneth Catania
    • Evolution, by Carl T. Bergstrom and Lee Alan Dugatkin
    • Evolution: Making Sense of Life, by Emlen and Zimmer
    • Evolution, by Douglas J. Futuyma
    • Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea, by Carl Zimmer
    • The Book of Life, by Stephen Jay Gould
    • The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution, by Carl Zimmer
    • The Story of Evolution in 25 Discoveries, by Donald R. Prothero
    • The Story of Life in 25 Fossils, by Donald R. Prothero
    • The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks, by Donald R. Prothero
    • Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters, by Prothero
    • Life Ascending, by Nick Lane
    • Evolution: The History of an Idea, by Peter J. Bowler
    • Gaining Ground, by Jennifer A. Clack
    • A Sea Without Fish, by Meyer and Davis
    • Horned Armadillos and Rafting Monkeys, by Darin A. Croft
    • After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals, by Donald R. Prothero
    • Cambrian Ocean World, by John Foster
    • Ancient Denvers, by Jan Vriesen, et al.
    • The Rise of Fishes, by John A. Long
    • Evolution’s Witness: How Eyes Evolved, by Ivan R. Schwab
    • Comparative Animal Physiology, by Philip C. Withers
    • Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, by Fishbeck and Sebastiani

    Dubious Visits to Heaven and The End Times/Satan

    • books with (*) have been admitted as hoaxes by the authors
    • Proof of Heaven, by Eben Alexander
    • Heaven is for Real *, by Todd Burpo
    • Signs from Pets in the Afterlife, by Lyn Ragan
    • Heaven is Beyond Your Wildest Expectations, by Roth and Lane
    • 90 Minutes in Heaven, by Don Piper and Cecil Murphey
    • Saved by the Light, by Dannion Brinkley and Paul Perry
    • The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven: A True Story *, by Kevin and Alex Malarkey
    • Nine Days in Heaven: A True Story, by Dennis Price
    • My Time in Heaven, by Richard Sigmund
    • I Saw God: True Story of a Young Boy’s Miraculous Return From Death, by Anderson
    • Clinically Dead: I’ve Seen Heaven and Hell, by Jenny Sharkey
    • Like Lambs to the Slaughter, by J. Michaelsen (fwd by Hal Lindsey)
    • Satan’s Underground, by Lauren Stratford (fwd by J. Michaelsen)
    • The Beautiful Side of Evil, by J. Michaelsen (fwd by Hal Lindsey)
    • Children at Risk, by James Dobson and Gary Bauer
    • The Ten Offenses, by Pat Robertson
    • One World Under Anti-Christ, by Peter Lalonde
    • Left Behind (first of series of 16 books!), by Tim LaHaye
    • The Devil’s Alphabet, by Kurt E. Koch
    • The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail, by D. James Kennedy
    • Satan is Alive and Well on Planet Earth, by Hal Lindsey
    • The Late Great Planet Earth, by Hal Lindsey
    • There’s a New World Coming: An In-Depth Analysis of Revelation, by (who else?) Hal Lindsey
    • 65 Signs of the Times, by David J. Ridges
    • Signs of the Second Coming, by Britt Gillette
    • Planet Earth, 2000 AD, by Hal Lindsey (again)
    • also have to put in a plug for raptureready.com, not technically a book, but interesting reading

    Religious Apologetics

    • The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict, Vol. 1 and 2, by Josh McDowell
    • The Case for Christ, by Lee Strobel
    • The Case for Christianity, by CS Lewis
    • Miracles, by CS Lewis
    • Mere Christianity, by CS Lewis
    • Mere Christian Apologetics, by James Stroud
    • Reasoning for the Truth of Christianity, by Cameron Grysen
    • Cold Case Christianity, by J. Warner Wallace
    • Cold Case Christianity for Kids, by J. Warner Wallace
    • Unparalleled, by Jared C. Wilson
    • The Mathematical “Proof” for Christianity, by Dan Delzell
    • The Absurdity of Unbelief, by Jeffrey D. Johnson
    • A Reasonable Response, by William Lane Craig
    • On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision, by William Lane Craig
    • Christian Apologetics, by Norman Geisler
    • Twelve Points That Show Christianity is True, by Norman Geisler
    • Who Made God?, by Ravi Zacharias and Norman Geisler
    • Evidence of Christianity, by William Paley
    • New Proofs for the Existence of God, by Robert J. Spitzer
    • God vs. Chance, by Marshall “Rusty” Entrekin
    • Why Believe?, by C. Stephen Evans
    • Evidence for God, by William Dembski
    • Did God Really Command Genocide?, by Paul Copan
    • Is God a Moral Monster?, by Paul Copan
    • 20 Compelling Evidences That God Exists, by Kenneth Boa and Robert Bowman
    • 5 Proofs of the Existence of God, by Edward Feser
    • Evidence for the Resurrection, by Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell
    • God and Evil, by Chad Meister and James K. Dew, Jr.
    • God: A Philosophical Argument From Being, by Norman Geisler
    • Proofs of God’s Existence, by Richard Wurmbrand
    • Does God Exist?, by William Lane Craig
    • Who Moved the Stone?, by Frank Morison

    Places I Spend A Significant Amount of Time Teaching/Traveling:  History, Geology, Ecology/Biology, Culture

    Galapagos

    • Voyage of the Beagle, by Charles Darwin
    • On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin
    • Galapagos: World’s End, by William Beebe
    • Evolution’s Workshop, by Edward J. Larson
    • Galapagos: A Natural History Guide, by Pierre Constant
    • The Galapagos: A Natural History, by Michael H. Jackson
    • Galapagos: The Islands That Changed the World, by Paul D. Stewart
    • The Enchanted Islands: The Galapagos Discovered, by John Hickman
    • The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time, by Jonathan Weiner
    • Floreana: A Woman’s Pilgrimage to the Galapagos, by Margret Wittmer
    • Satan Came to Eden, by Dore Strauch
    • Plundering Paradise, by Michael D’Orso
    • Galapagos, by James Michener
    • Galapagos, by Kurt Vonnegut

    Brazil

    • The Atlantic Forest of South America, by Galindo-Leal
    • A Ferro e Fogo (With Broadax and Firebrand), by Warren Dean (in Portuguese)
    • Sooretama: The Atlantic Rain Forest of Brazil, by Francis Dov Por
    • Iguacu: Vida y Color, by Bolzon (in Portuguese)
    • A Journey in Brazil, by Louis Agassiz

    Hawaii

    • The Warrior King: Hawaii’s Kamehameha the Great, by Richard Tregaskis
    • King Kamehameha the Great: Warrior King of Hawaii, by Leilani Makua
    • Roadside Geology of Hawaii, by Hazlett Hyndman
    • Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution, by Alan C. Ziegler
    • Traveler’s Wildlife Guide: Hawaii, by Les Beletsky
    • Island of Hawaii Geological Guide, by Richard C. Robinson
    • Hawaii, by James Michener
    • A Shark Going Inland is My Chief, by Patrick Vinton Kirch
    • Belonging on an Island: Birds, Extinction, and Evolution in Hawaii, by Daniel Lewis
    • Hawaii’s Story, by Queen Liliuokalani
    • The Hawaiian Archipelago, by Isabella L. Bird
    • Cook: Voyages of Captain James Cook, by Nicholas Thomas
    • The Kumulipo, by Queen Liliuokalani
    • Hawaii: The Big Island
    • Shoal of Time, by Gavan Daws
    • The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, by David Kalakaua
    • Hawaii: A Brief History
      • US Coast Guard Navigation Rules and Regulations
      • US Coast Guard Aids to Navigation
      • Inland and Coastal Navigation, by David Burch
      • Celestial Navigation, by David Burch
      • Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation, by David Burch
      • US Sailing Association Coastal Navigation
      • Finding Your Way Without Map and Compass, by Harold Gatty
      • Nature is Your Guide, by Harold Gatty
      • The Natural Navigator, by Tristan Gooley
      • Staying Found, by June Fleming
      • Be Expert with Map and Compass, by Bjorn Kjellstrom
      • NOLS Wilderness Navigation, by Darran Wells
      • Piloting and Dead Reckoning, by Shufeldt and Dunlap
      • How to Read a Nautical Chart, by Nigel Calder
      • Chapman Piloting and Seamanship, by Charles Frederic Chapman
      • Bowditch’s American Practical Navigator, by Nathaniel Bowditch
      • Cartography, by Borden D. Dent
      • GIS Fundamentals, by Paul Bolstad
      • Getting to Know GIS, by Tim Ormsby, et al.
      • Remote Sensing of the Environment, by John R. Jensen
      • Longitude, by Dava Sobel
      • The Perfectionists, by Simon Winchester
      • Secrets of the Viking Navigators, by Leif K. Karlsen
      • Polynesian Seafaring and Navigation, by Richard Feinberg
      • Pathway of the Birds: The Voyaging Achievements of Maori, by Andrew Crowe
      • How to Lie with Maps, by Mark Monmonier
      • Fun Maps: A Quirky Collection of Geographic Curiosities, by Michael J. Trinklein
      • Map Head: Charting the Wild Weird World of Geography Wonks, by Ken Jennings
      • The Phantom Atlas, by Edward Brooke-Hitching
      • The Map That Changed the World, by Simon Winchester
      • Atlas of Countries That Don’t Exist, by Nick Middleton
      • The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, by Alberto Manguel and Gianni Guadalupi
      • Atlas of Unusual Borders, by Zoran Mikolic
      • New Worlds: Maps from the Age of Discovery, by Ashley and Miles Baynton-Williams

      Nature and Environmental Writers

      • Desert Solitaire, by Edward Abbey
      • The Monkey Wrench Gang, by Edward Abbey
      • Down the River, by Edward Abbey
      • The Journey Home, by Edward Abbey
      • Of Wolves and Men, by Barry Lopez
      • Arctic Dreams, by Barry Lopez
      • Apologia, by Barry Lopez
      • Never Cry Wolf, by Farley Mowat
      • The Boat Who Wouldn’t Float, by Farley Mowat
      • A Whale for the Killing, by Farley Mowat
      • The Starship and the Canoe, by Kenneth Brower
      • Let the Mountains Talk, Let the Rivers Run, by David Brower
      • A Sand County Almanac, by Aldo Leopold
      • Wilderness and the American Mind, by Roderick Nash
      • First Along the River, by Benjamin Kline
      • Origins of American Conservation, by Henry Clepper
      • Pioneer Conservationists of Western America, by Peter Wild
      • Pioneer Conservationists of Eastern America, by Peter Wild
      • The Yosemite, by John Muir
      • A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf, by John Muir
      • Wilderness Essays, by John Muir
      • The Mountains of California, by John Muir
      • Travels in Alaska, by John Muir
      • Basin and Range, by John McPhee
      • The Control of Nature, by John McPhee
      • Black Elk Speaks, by John G. Neihardt
      • Walden, by Henry David Thoreau
      • The Enduring Wilderness, by Doug Scott
      • The Web of Life, by John H. Storer
      • The Lives of a Cell, by Lewis Thomas
      • Western Public Lands and Environmental Politics, by Charles Davis
      • Testimony: Writers of the West Speak on Behalf of Utah Wilderness
      • The Wilderness Act Handbook
      • Land That We Love: Americans Talk About America’s Public Lands
      • The Ecology of Commerce, by Paul Hawken
      • The Covenant of the Wild: Why Animals Chose Domestication, by Stephen Budiansky
      • Ecotopia, by Ernest Callenbach
      • Gaia, by James Lovelock
      • An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore
      • Earth in the Balance, Al Gore
      • The Assault on Reason, Al Gore
      • Our Choice, Al Gore
      • Gorillas in the Mist, by Dian Fossey
      • Pioneer Naturalists, by Howard E. Evans
      • The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s Eye View of the World, by Michael Pollan
      • The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan
      • In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, by Michael Pollan
      • Dreamers and Defenders, by Douglas H. Strong
      • In the Shadow of Man, by Jane Goodall
      • Animal Liberation, by Peter Singer
      • Collapse, by Jared Diamond
      • Guns, Germs, and Steel, by Jared Diamond
      • Encounters with the Archdruid, by John McPhee
      • At Play in the Fields of the Lord, by Peter Matthiessen
      • Far Tortuga, by Peter Matthiessen
      • The Cloud Forest, by Peter Matthiessen
      • Under the Mountain Wall, by Peter Matthiessen
      • The Snow Leopard, by Peter Matthiessen
      • The Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson
      • The Edge of the Sea, by Rachel Carson
      • Beyond the 100th Meridian, by Wallace Stegner
      • Cadillac Desert, by Marc Reisner
      • The Lorax, by Dr. Suess
      • There’s a Hair in My Dirt, by Gary Larson
      • The Man Who Planted Trees

      Black and Indigenous History, Colonization and Imperialism, Scientific Racism and Race Topics

      • Colonization of Africa
      • King Leopold’s Ghost, by Adam Hochschild
      • King Leopold’s Soliloquy, by Mark Twain
      • An Open Letter to His Serene Majesty Leopold II, King of the Belgians, by George Washington Williams
      • The Conquest of the Sahara, by Douglas Porch
      • Dictator Land: The Men Who Stole Africa, by Paul Kenyon
      • How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, by Walter Rodney
      • The Looting Machine, by Tom Burgis
      • Dancing in the Glory of Monsters, by Jason K. Stearns
      • Diamonds, Gold, and War, by Martin Meredith
      • The Fortunes of Africa, by Martin Meredith
      • Out of Africa, by Karen Blixen
      • Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad
      • King Solomon’s Mines, by H. Rider Haggard
      • The Lost White Tribe, by Michael F. Robinson
      • Through the Dark Continent, Volumes 1 and 2, by Henry Morton Stanley
      • My Early Travels, by Henry Morton Stanley
      • White Chief, Black Lords, by Thomas V. McClendon
      • Washing of the Spears, by Owen Grainger
      • The Zulu War and Boer War
      • Into Africa, by Martin Dugard
      • Colonization of the Americas and Other Parts of the World
      • The Devil and Mr. Casement, by Jordan Goodman
      • The Conquest of Peru, by William H. Prescott
      • The Conquest of Mexico, by William H. Prescott
      • 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, by Charles C. Mann
      • 1493: Uncovering the New World That Columbus Created, by Charles C. Mann
      • Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond
      • Collapse, by Jared Diamond
      • The Penguin History of New Zealand, by Michael King
      • The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia’s Founding, by Robert Hughes
      • US History: Slavery, the Civil War/Reconstruction, Civil Rights
      • Slave Narratives
      • Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe
      • Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, by Harriet Beecher Stowe
      • Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom, by Catherine Clinton
      • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass
      • Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, by Harriet Ann Jacobs
      • The Amistad Rebellion, by Marcus Rediker
      • The Slave Ship: A Human History, by Marcus Rediker
      • Celia, A Slave, by Melton A. McLaurin
      • Beloved, by Toni Morrison
      • Up From Slavery, by Booker T. Washington
      • Twelve Years a Slave, by Solomon Northup
      • Bullwhip Days, The Slaves Remember: An Oral History, by James Mellon
      • Empire of Cotton: A Global History, by Sven Beckert
      • Many Thousands Gone, by Ira Berlin
      • Understanding and Teaching American Slavery
      • Prophet: The Story of Nat Turner, by Kenya Cagle
      • Nothing but Freedom: Emancipation and Its Legacy, by Eric Foner
      • Soul by Soul, by Walter Johnson
      • The Mis-Education of the Negro, by Carter G. Woodson
      • The Half Has Never Been Told, by Edward Baptist
      • The Peculiar Institution, by Kenneth M. Stampp
      • The Religious Instruction of the Negroes in the US, by Charles Colcock Jones
      • History of the Negro Race in America, Volumes 1 and 2, by George Washington Williams
      • Black Reconstruction in America, by W.E.B. DuBois
      • The Souls of Black Folks, by W.E.B. DuBois
      • Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America, by W.E.B. DuBois
      • What This Cruel War Was Over, by Chandra Manning
      • Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, by Eric Foner
      • Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, by James W. Loewen
      • The Invention of the White Race, Volumes 1 and 2, by Theodore W. Allen
      • The East St. Louis Massacre, by Ida B. Wells
      • The Creole Affair:The Slave Rebellion that Led the U.S. & Great Britain to the Brink of War, by Arthur T. Downey
      • Great Speeches by African Americans, edited by James Daley
      • Origin of the Negro Race, by Henry Morton Stanley
      • The Negro Christianized, by Cotton Mather
      • Lynching: Ida B. Wells and the Outrage Over the Frazier Baker Murder, by Trichita M. Chestnut
      • The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander
      • The Burning: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, by Tim Madigan
      • Confederates in the Attic, by Tony Horwitz
      • Death of Innocence, by Mamie Till-Mobley
      • Black Labor, White Wealth, by Claude Anderson
      • Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy, by Kevin Bales
      • Dying of Whiteness, by Jonathan Metzl
      • Medical Apartheid, by Harriet A. Washington
      • Raising Racists, by Kristina DuRocher
      • Blind Injustice, by Mark Godsey
      • Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist, by Eli Saslow
      • How to be Less Stupid About Race, by Crystal M. Fleming
      • White Rage, by Carol Anderson
      • Stamped from the Beginning, by Ibram X. Kendi
      • Rise of the Warrior Cop, by Radley Balko
      • The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein
      • How to be an Anti-Racist, by Ibram X. Kendi
      • Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority, by Tom Burrell
      • Dear White America, by Tim Wise
      • Dog Whistle Politics, by Ian Haney Lopez
      • White by Law, by Ian Haney Lopez
      • Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
      • 100 Years of Lynching, by Ralph Ginzburg
      • How the South Won the Civil War, by Heather Cox Richardson
      • The Fire Next Time, by James Baldwin
      • Notes of a Native Son, by James Baldwin
      • Race Matters, by Cornel West
      • Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
      • Stony the Road, by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
      • American Lynching, by Ashraf H.A. Rushdy
      • Scientific Racism
      • Inequality by Design, by Claude S. Fischer, et al.
      • The Mismeasure of Man, by Stephen J. Gould
      • The Types of Mankind, by Josiah Nott and George Glidden
      • The Myth of Race, by Robert Ward Susan
      • Superior: The Return of Race Science, by Angela Saini
      • A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race, and Human History, by Nicholas Wade
      • The Bell Curve, by Charles Murray
      • Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class, by Charles Murray