Lists of Bests: National Geographic Adventure Magazine's 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time http://www.listsofbests.com/list/5458 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:54:59 GMT en-us 0 50 100 50 0 The Worst Journey in the World (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/420475 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/420475"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143039385.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Apsley Cherry-Garrard</div> Journals of Lewis and Clark (NG Adventure Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23645 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23645"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0792269217.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Meriwether Lewis</div> Wind, Sand and Stars http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4032 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4032"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027496.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Antoine de Saint-Exupery</div> The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/449619 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/449619"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142437522.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Wesley Powell</div> Arabian Sands: Revised Edition (Travel Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/932183 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/932183"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140095144.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wilfred Thesiger</div> Annapurna http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1187549 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1187549"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1558215492.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maurice Herzog</div> Desert Solitaire http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972252 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972252"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671695886.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward Abbey</div> West with the Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26583 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26583"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0865471185.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056501824_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Beryl Markham</div> Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10354 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10354"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385494785.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jon Krakauer</div> The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1216894 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1216894"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1421248573.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V52438344_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marco Polo</div> Farthest North (Modern Library Exploration) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970317 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970317"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375754725.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1112711226_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fridjtof Nansen</div> The Snow Leopard (Classic, Nature, Penguin) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2910 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2910"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140255087.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1132599565_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Matthiessen</div> Roughing It (Enriched Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1026710 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1026710"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743436504.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Twain</div> Richard Henry Dana Jr.: Two Years Before the Mast and Other Voyages (Library of America) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/386417 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/386417"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1931082839.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Henry Dana Jr.</div> South (Unabridged) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1216922 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ernest Shackelton</div> A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/368782 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/368782"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0864426046.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1132955997_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Newby</div> Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/806398 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/806398"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671726528.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V65552801_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thor Heyerdahl</div> Travels in West Africa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/965617 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/965617"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486424901.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary H. Kingsley</div> The Spirit of St. Louis http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1073494 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1073494"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743237056.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1064870347_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles A. Lindbergh</div> Seven Years in Tibet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26854 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26854"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0874778883.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056503059_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Heinrich Harrer</div> The Journals of Captain Cook (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1216945 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1216945"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140436472.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James R. Cook</div> The Home of the Blizzard: A True Story of Arctic Survival http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/602651 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/602651"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312230729.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Mawson</div> The Voyage of the Beagle: Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67200 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67200"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/014043268X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Darwin</div> Seven Pillars of Wisdom http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/136997 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T. E. Lawrence</div> Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1216966 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1216966"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/184350085X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mungo Park</div> The Right Stuff http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1016689 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1016689"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1579124585.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Wolfe</div> Sailing Alone around the World (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3212 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3212"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140437363.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joshua Slocum</div> The Mountain of My Fear : Deborah : A Wilderness Narrative: Two Mountaineering Classics in One Volume http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/234821 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/234821"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0898862701.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Roberts</div> First Footsteps in East Africa; Or, an Exploration of Harar http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1216985 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1216985"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0486254755.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard F. Burton</div> The Perfect Storm : A True Story of Men Against the Sea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1610 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1610"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/006101351X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sebastian Junger</div> Francis Parkman : The Oregon Trail / The Conspiracy of Pontiac (The Library of America) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/273291 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/273291"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0940450542.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francis Parkman</div> Through the Dark Continent:Volume 1 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1098362 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1098362"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486256677.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122545881_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry M. Stanley</div> A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (Equestrian Travel Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1217006 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1217006"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1590480333.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isabella L. Bird</div> In the Land of White Death http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/262639 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/262639"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/067978361X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Valerian Albanov</div> Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10927 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10927"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393319946.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Arthur Worsley</div> Scrambles Amongst the Alps (NG Adventure Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1217031 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1217031"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0792269233.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122461944_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward Whymper</div> Out of Africa (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18566 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18566"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679600213.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114076940_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isak Dinesen</div> Scott's Last Expedition: The Journals http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/210914 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/210914"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786703822.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Falcon Scott</div> Everest: The West Ridge http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1217043 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1217043"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0898866162.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1128041614_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas F. Hornbein</div> Journey without Maps http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/869527 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/869527"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143039725.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Graham Greene</div> Starlight and Storm (Modern Library Exploration) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/902635 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/902635"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375755063.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gaston Rebuffat</div> My First Summer in the Sierra (Dover Books on Americana) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1031373 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1031373"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486437353.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V59064863_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Muir</div> My Life as an Explorer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1217062 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1217062"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/079226987X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sven Hedin</div> In Trouble Again: A Journey Between Orinoco and the Amazon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18695 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18695"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679727140.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Redmond O'Hanlon</div> The Man Who Walked Through Time: The Story of the First Trip Afoot Through the Grand Canyon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/282366 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/282366"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679723064.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122553654_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colin Fletcher</div> K2, The Savage Mountain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/666519 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/666519"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1585740136.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114751243_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles H. Houston</div> Gypsy Moth Circles the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1217076 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sir Francis Chichester</div> Man-eaters of Kumaon, 1st American Edition 1946 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/233476 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/233476"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EHLGXO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V41985724_.jpg" /></a></div> Alone, http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1217092 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Evelyn Byrd</div> Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/440241 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/440241"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375724958.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Hansen</div>