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Journeys, expeditions, place writing and accounts of unfamiliar countries and landscapes. Read for the experience of somewhere else, whether an ocean crossing or a year in one town.

127 books

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Boomerang
T1 Boomerang
Michael Lewis · 2011 · The Greece chapter on hidden deficits, the tax base and off-balance-sheet borrowing.
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Mohnish PabraiAlfred LinThe Barefoot Investor
Endurance
T2 Endurance
Alfred Lansing · 1959 · Shackleton's survival; decision-making when the plan is already lost
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Andrew WilkinsonMorgan HouselNat EliasonBryan JohnsonJason FriedRay DalioRyan HolidayScott Belsky
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
T2 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig · 1974 · Philosophical inquiry into quality and how to reason about systems
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Brad FeldMohnish PabraiNick SleepAusten AllredBryan JohnsonDavid PerellDrew HoustonEv WilliamsGaby GoldbergPaul GrahamRyan Holiday
Hong Kong: Epilogue to an Empire
T2 Hong Kong: Epilogue to an Empire
Jan Morris · 1988 · The colony at its commercial peak, before the handover.
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Ghosts of Spain
T2 Ghosts of Spain
Giles Tremlett · 2006 · Written into the property boom; explains the regional politics of credit.
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In Spite of the Gods
T2 In Spite of the Gods
Edward Luce · 2007 · The political economy behind the growth story, by an FT Delhi bureau chief.
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Mohnish Pabrai
City of Gold
T2 City of Gold
Jim Krane · 2009 · Dubai's construction of a trading city, written as the 2009 debt crisis hit.
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Adventure Capitalist
T3 Adventure Capitalist
Jim Rogers · 2003 · Driving through 116 countries scouting markets from the ground up
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Mohnish Pabrai
The Dark Heart of Italy
T3 The Dark Heart of Italy
Tobias Jones · 2003 · Courts, bureaucracy and why contracts are slow to enforce.
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Ninety Percent of Everything
T3 Ninety Percent of Everything
Rose George · 2013 · Aboard a Maersk box ship; the economics of the trade Denmark dominates.
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Mohnish Pabrai
Restless Valley
T3 Restless Valley
Philip Shishkin · 2013 · Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan: revolution, asset seizure and the Bakiyev family businesses.
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Indonesia Etc.
T3 Indonesia Etc.
Elizabeth Pisani · 2014 · The archipelago's decentralisation and what it means for doing business.
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Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kaz
T3 Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan
Joanna Lillis · 2019 · Reporting on the succession, Zhanaozen and how the state and business interlock.
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Wild
T4 Wild
Cheryl Strayed · 1767
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Ryan HolidayShane ParrishTim Ferriss
The Travels of Marco Polo
T4 The Travels of Marco Polo
Marco Polo · 1818
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Ricardo Semler
Wind, Sand and Stars
T4 Wind, Sand and Stars
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · 1939
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Patrick CollisonNaval Ravikant
The Spirit of St. Louis
T4 The Spirit of St. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh · 1953
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Peter Diamandis
The Harmless People
T4 The Harmless People
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas · 1959
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Paul Graham
Fate Is the Hunter
T4 Fate Is the Hunter
Ernest K. Gann · 1961
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Larry Ellison
Travels with Charley
T4 Travels with Charley
John Steinbeck · 1962
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Richard BransonAusten Allred
Desert Solitaire
T4 Desert Solitaire
Edward Abbey · 1968
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Mohnish Pabrai
The Survival of the Bark Canoe
T4 The Survival of the Bark Canoe
John McPhee · 1975
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Nick Thompson
In Patagonia
T4 In Patagonia
Bruce Chatwin · 1977
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Richard Branson
The Snow Leopard
T4 The Snow Leopard
Peter Matthiessen · 1978
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Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Karma Cola
T4 Karma Cola
Gita Mehta · 1979
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Mohnish Pabrai
From Heaven Lake
T4 From Heaven Lake
Vikram Seth · 1983
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Mohnish Pabrai
Mountain Light
T4 Mountain Light
Galen Rowell · 1986
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Adam Gazzaley
India by Rail
T4 India by Rail
Royston Ellis · 1988
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Mohnish Pabrai
Travels
T4 Travels
Michael Crichton · 1988
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Ev Williams
Chasing the Monsoon
T4 Chasing the Monsoon
Alexander Frater · 1990
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Mohnish Pabrai
Last Chance to See
T4 Last Chance to See
Douglas Adams · 1990
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Patrick O'Shaughnessy
May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons
T4 May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons
Elisabeth Bumiller · 1990
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Mohnish Pabrai
City of Djinns
T4 City of Djinns
William Dalrymple · 1993
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Mohnish Pabrai
The Heart of India
T4 The Heart of India
Mark Tully · 1993
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Mohnish Pabrai
Investment Biker: On the Road with Jim Roger
T4 Investment Biker: On the Road with Jim Rogers
Jim Rogers · 1994
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Mohnish Pabrai
The Long Way
T4 The Long Way
Bernard Moitessier · 1995
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Patrick Collison
Into Thin Air
T4 Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer · 1996
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Richard BransonSophie Bakalar
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas
T4 Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
Stephen Ambrose · 1996
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Jim CollinsMohnish PabraiJamie Dimon
A Walk in the Woods
T4 A Walk in the Woods
Bill Bryson · 1997
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Tim Ferriss
Eat the Rich
T4 Eat the Rich
P.J. O'Rourke · 1998
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Eric Weinstein
Outside Lies Magic
T4 Outside Lies Magic
John R. Stilgoe · 1998 · Reading the built landscape; observation trained as a research habit
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Nick Sleep
The Complete Guide to Trail Building and Mai
T4 The Complete Guide to Trail Building and Maintenance
Carl Demrow · 1998
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Stewart Brand
The Endurance
T4 The Endurance
Caroline Alexander · 1998
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Sam Altman
Flirting with Mermaids
T4 Flirting with Mermaids
John Kretschmer · 1999
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Antonio García Martínez
In the Heart of the Sea
T4 In the Heart of the Sea
Nathaniel Philbrick · 2000
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Richard Branson
River Town
T4 River Town
Peter Hessler · 2001
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Patrick Collison
Bill Bryson's African Diary
T4 Bill Bryson's African Diary
Bill Bryson · 2002
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Andrew Wilkinson
The Art of Travel
T4 The Art of Travel
Alain de Botton · 2002
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Andrew WilkinsonBrian Chesky
Vagabonding
T4 Vagabonding
Rolf Potts · 2002
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Nat EliasonTim Ferriss
Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Road Trip
T4 Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Road Trip
Jim Rogers · 2003
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Ask the Pilot: Everything You Need to Know A
T4 Ask the Pilot: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel
Patrick Smith · 2004
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Mohnish Pabrai
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
T4 Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
Suketu Mehta · 2004
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Mohnish Pabrai
Shadow Divers
T4 Shadow Divers
Robert Kurson · 2004
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Ryan HolidayPatrick O'Shaughnessy
Travels with Barley: A Journey Through Beer
T4 Travels with Barley: A Journey Through Beer Culture in America
Ken Wells · 2004
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Mohnish Pabrai
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
T4 A Field Guide to Getting Lost
Rebecca Solnit · 2005
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Matt Mullenweg
The River of Doubt
T4 The River of Doubt
Candice Millard · 2005
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Ryan HolidayRyan Peterson
The Old Way
T4 The Old Way
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas · 2006
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Patrick CollisonPaul GrahamSam Altman
Four Seasons in Rome
T4 Four Seasons in Rome
Anthony Doerr · 2007
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Andrew Wilkinson
The Geography of Bliss
T4 The Geography of Bliss
Eric Weiner · 2008
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Andrew Wilkinson
Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Moder
T4 Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
William Dalrymple · 2009
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Mohnish Pabrai
Postcards from Tomorrow Square
T4 Postcards from Tomorrow Square
James Fallows · 2009
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Patrick Collison
The Fourth Part of the World
T4 The Fourth Part of the World
Toby Lester · 2009
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Nick Szabo
Au Contraire!
T4 Au Contraire!
Gilles Asselin · 2010
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Tim Ferriss
The Tiger
T4 The Tiger
John Vaillant · 2010
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Bryant ChouJordan HughesPatrick O'ShaughnessyRyan Holiday
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
T4 Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo · 2011
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Bill GatesMohnish PabraiNick Thompson
Ghetto at the Center of the World
T4 Ghetto at the Center of the World
Gordon Mathews · 2011
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Diana Kimball
India: A Portrait
T4 India: A Portrait
Patrick French · 2011
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Mohnish Pabrai
Full Upright and Locked Position: Not-So-Com
T4 Full Upright and Locked Position: Not-So-Comfortable Truths about Air Travel Today
Mark Gerchick · 2013
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Mohnish Pabrai
Street Smarts: Adventures on the Road and in
T4 Street Smarts: Adventures on the Road and in the Markets
Jim Rogers · 2013
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Mohnish Pabrai
Capital: The Eruption of Delhi
T4 Capital: The Eruption of Delhi
Rana Dasgupta · 2014
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Mohnish Pabrai
Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Mo
T4 Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul
Charles King · 2014
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Mohnish Pabrai
The Almost Nearly Perfect People
T4 The Almost Nearly Perfect People
Michael Booth · 2014 · Journalistic, but the Denmark chapters on debt, tax and the flexicurity bargain are substantive.
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Without You, There Is No Us
T4 Without You, There Is No Us
Suki Kim · 2014
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Andrew Chen
Pacific
T4 Pacific
Simon Winchester · 2015
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Patrick Collison
Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot
T4 Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot
Mark Vanhoenacker · 2015
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Mohnish Pabrai
On Trails
T4 On Trails
Robert Moor · 2016
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Sahil Lavingia
All Over the Place
T4 All Over the Place
Geraldine DeRuiter · 2017
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Brad Feld
The Wager
T4 The Wager
David Grann · 2023
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Andrew Wilkinson
A Geek in Japan
T4 A Geek in Japan
Hector Garcia Puigcerver
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Tim Ferriss
A Window on Eternity: A Biologist's Walk Thr
T4 A Window on Eternity: A Biologist's Walk Through Gorongosa National Park
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Patrick Collison
Alone Time: Four Seasons, Four Cities, and t
T4 Alone Time: Four Seasons, Four Cities, and the Pleasures of Solitude
Stephanie Rosenbloom
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Arianna Huffington
Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait of a Myster
T4 Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait of a Mysterious Continent
Gabrielle Walker
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Matt Mullenweg
Backpacking California: Mountain, Foothill,
T4 Backpacking California: Mountain, Foothill, Coastal and Desert Adventures in the Golden State
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Patrick Collison
Cairo: Memoir of a City Transformed
T4 Cairo: Memoir of a City Transformed
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Patrick Collison
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
T4 Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Alfred Lansing
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Ryan HolidayJason FriedJeff BezosMorgan HouselPatrick Collison
Fifty Classic Destinations for Pilots
T4 Fifty Classic Destinations for Pilots
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Patrick Collison
Flying Across America
T4 Flying Across America
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Patrick Collison
Flying the Alaska Wild: The Adventures and M
T4 Flying the Alaska Wild: The Adventures and Misadventures of an Alaska Bush Pilot
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Patrick Collison
Grand Design: The Earth from Above
T4 Grand Design: The Earth from Above
Georg Gerster
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Stewart Brand
Historic San Francisco: A Concise History an
T4 Historic San Francisco: A Concise History and Guide
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Patrick Collison
How to Be a Carioca: The Alternative Guide f
T4 How to Be a Carioca: The Alternative Guide for the Tourist in Rio
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Patrick Collison
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the
T4 In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Nathaniel Philbrick
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Richard Branson
India: A Journey through a Healing Civilizat
T4 India: A Journey through a Healing Civilization
Shashank Mani
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Mohnish Pabrai
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt.
T4 Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Jon Krakauer
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Richard Branson
Invisible Countries
T4 Invisible Countries
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Balaji S. Srinivasan
K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dange
T4 K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain
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Patrick Collison
Lonely Planet Brazil (Country Guide)
T4 Lonely Planet Brazil (Country Guide)
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Patrick Collison
Lonely Planet, A Year of Adventures
T4 Lonely Planet, A Year of Adventures
Andrew Bain
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Tim Ferriss
Lonely Planet, New Zealand
T4 Lonely Planet, New Zealand
Lonely Planet
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Tim Ferriss
Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2020
T4 Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2020
Lonely Planet
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Tim Ferriss
Lost City of the Incas
T4 Lost City of the Incas
Hiram Bingham
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David Kadavy
Mapping the Airways
T4 Mapping the Airways
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Patrick Collison
Maui Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook
T4 Maui Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook
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Patrick Collison
Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountai
T4 Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home
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Patrick Collison
My First Trip to China: Scholars, Diplomats,
T4 My First Trip to China: Scholars, Diplomats, and Journalists Reflect on their First Encounters with China
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Patrick Collison
Necker: A Virgin Island
T4 Necker: A Virgin Island
Russell James
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Richard Branson
North Star over My Shoulder: A Flying Life
T4 North Star over My Shoulder: A Flying Life
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Patrick Collison
Ocean Flying: A Pilot's Guide
T4 Ocean Flying: A Pilot's Guide
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Patrick Collison
Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral
T4 Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers
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Patrick Collison
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
T4 Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
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Patrick Collison
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
T4 River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
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Patrick Collison
San Juan Then and Now
T4 San Juan Then and Now
Oscar Hernandez
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Mohnish Pabrai
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph: The Comp
T4 Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph: The Complete 1922 Text
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Patrick Collison
Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Ame
T4 Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
Robert Kurson
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Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Shark Bait: The "Misadventures" of an Oceani
T4 Shark Bait: The "Misadventures" of an Oceanic Ferry Pilot
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Patrick Collison
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Sur
T4 Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
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Patrick Collison
Stairway Walks in San Francisco
T4 Stairway Walks in San Francisco
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Patrick Collison
Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice: An Ethnobota
T4 Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest
Mark J
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Tim Ferriss
The Antarctic Book of Cooking and Cleaning:
T4 The Antarctic Book of Cooking and Cleaning: A Polar Journey
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Patrick Collison
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on
T4 The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
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Patrick Collison
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Dar
T4 The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Candice Millard
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Patrick O'ShaughnessyRyan Holiday
The Snow Leopard (Penguin Classics)
T4 The Snow Leopard (Penguin Classics)
Peter Matthiessen
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Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Sur
T4 The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
John Vaillant
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Patrick O'ShaughnessyRyan Holiday
The Way of White Clouds
T4 The Way of White Clouds
Lama Anagarika Govinda
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Steve Jobs
The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters i
T4 The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World (CBC Massey Lectures)
Wade Davis
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Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Where Mountains Roar: A Personal Report from
T4 Where Mountains Roar: A Personal Report from the Sinai and Negev Deserts
Lesley Hazleton
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Tim Ferriss
Wizard of the Upper Amazon: The Story of Man
T4 Wizard of the Upper Amazon: The Story of Manuel Córdova-Rios
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Tim Ferriss