Lists of Bests: FrancisFrownsalot's "Books About Disasters, Plagues, Survival and Travel" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/58825 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:22:51 GMT en-us 0 50 117 50 0 Roots http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2715655 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alex Haley</div> Den of Lions: A Startling Memoir of Survival and Triumph http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3851159 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3851159"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NMKSWAGEL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Anderson</div> Deliverance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10061 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10061"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/038531387X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057190352_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Dickey</div> Westward Whoa: In the Wake of Lewis and Clark http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1326400 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W. Hodding Carter</div> Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2210670 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim and Kluger Jeffrey Lovell</div> Gal: A True Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961807 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961807"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451204700.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ruthie Bolton</div> Into the Wild (MTI) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2768417 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jon Krakauer</div> A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28860 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28860"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/140003065X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rohinton Mistry</div> Antarctic Navigation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5315623 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5315623"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31%2BeJyxObxL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Arthur</div> Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/87770 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/87770"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156001454.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gary Paulsen</div> Disappearance: A Map: A Meditation on Death and Loss in the High Latitudes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3952 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3952"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0156004984.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sheila Nickerson</div> Children of the Holocaust (Jewish Lives) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1570569 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1570569"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0810112795.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arnost Lustig</div> Paddle to the Amazon : The Ultimate 12,000-Mile Canoe Adventure http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/883326 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/883326"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0771082568.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Don Starkell</div> Push: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19049 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19049"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679766758.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056465009_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sapphire</div> Bitter Winds : A Memoir of My Years in China's Gulag http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1107866 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1107866"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0471114251.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harry Wu</div> The Cage http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1504738 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1504738"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1565120353.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Audrey Schulman</div> Art & Science of Dumpster Diving http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2224349 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2224349"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1581605501.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Hoffman</div> Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl (Complete and Unabridged) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2482096 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2482096"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/8182522218.01-AMS9K7DUG9QBG._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44090004_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Frank</div> West With the Night (Virago Travellers) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3557010 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3557010"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01C492FG53L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Beryl Markham</div> Size of the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/719628 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/719628"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/034540551X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeff Greenwald</div> A Boat in Our Baggage: Around the World With a Kayak http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2941547 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2941547"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/011A5A91VCL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maria Coffey</div> The Ends of the Earth: From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia--A Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974810 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert D. Kaplan</div> In the Wilderness: Coming of Age in Unknown Country http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3333977 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3333977"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01524SV7W0L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kim Barnes</div> Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/213597 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/213597"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312152175.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frederick Lenz</div> Green Was the Earth on the Seventh Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2984396 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2984396"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01MP95TFHWL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thor Heyerdahl</div> Travels With a Hungry Bear: A Journey to the Russian Heartland http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1291649 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1291649"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0395426707.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056440198_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Kramer</div> The Journey to the East http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6399 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6399"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312421680.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hermann Hesse</div> Out of Africa (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18566 <div id="position">29</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> What the Hell Am I Doing Here?: Travels With an Occasional War Correspondent http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5536605 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5536605"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21AEZ7CWHXL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Moorcraft</div> Sahara Unveiled: A Journey Across the Desert http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18923 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18923"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679750061.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Langewiesche</div> The Terrors of Ice and Darkness: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/130207 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/130207"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802134599.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christoph Ransmayr</div> In Search of Nature http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/388286 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/388286"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/155963216X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward O. Wilson</div> Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/648185 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/648185"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/081297722X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Cordingly</div> The Songlines http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2588 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2588"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140094296.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1138672752_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bruce Chatwin</div> Clay's Ark http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13128 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13128"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446603708.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Octavia E. Butler</div> Phantom Islands of the Atlantic: The Legends of Seven Lands That Never Were http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2081007 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2081007"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380730782.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald S. Johnson</div> Broken Country: Mountains and Memory http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1531587 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1531587"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0805037187.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. L. Rawlins</div> The Land of Green Plums http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67037 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67037"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0810115972.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056494462_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Herta Muller</div> Watershed http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/323590 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/323590"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0807083615.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Percival Everett</div> The English Patient http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18890 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18890"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679745203.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056464945_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Ondaatje</div> Yak Butter & Black Tea: A Journey into Tibet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30405 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30405"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1565122011.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056518903_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wade Brackenbury</div> I Should Have Stayed Home: The Worst Trips of the Great Writers (Travel Literature Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567729 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/567729"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1571430148.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056520988_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roger Rapoport</div> Catherwood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4216448 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4216448"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5153PRN6QGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marly Youmans</div> Confessions of an Igloo Dweller http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3037143 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Houston</div> Spears of Twilight: Life and Death in the Amazon Jungle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/307634 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/307634"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1565844386.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056519141_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philippe Descola</div> Honeymoon in Purdah: An Iranian Journey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/200221 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/200221"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312263449.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1113577781_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alison Wearing</div> One River http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19381 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19381"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684834960.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wade Davis</div> The Appalachian Trail Reader (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6014935 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6014935"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31lnKkbtGCL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Seven Years in Tibet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26854 <div id="position">50</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 Oblivion Seekers and Other Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6025672 <div id="position">51</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6025672"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41M%2B2pfu5YL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isabelle Eberhardt</div>