Adventure Bookshelf

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“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
- Joseph Brodsky

The Prairie Free Library - Prairie, ID

Source: Wikipedia
Raconteur: One who tell stories and anecdotes with skill and wit.

Author of over 100 novels, storyteller Louis L’Amour is certainly best known for his westerns and that certainly is the genre with which his name will always be remembered. He did venture at times though from his standard, leaving behind his most recognizable [...]

Break, Break, Break,
On thy cold grey stones, O Sea!
And I would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson

October 31, 1968
On the final day of a five month starting window, two sailboats, the last of nine, left the shores of England in competition of a single-handed, non-stop race to circle [...]

“Getting information off the internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.”
- Mitchell Kapor
In the course of a session or day at my computer I will visit a lot of web addresses, some much more regularly than others. Here is a sampling of favorites -

“A border is always a temptation.”
-Larry McMurtry
The Peoples Guide to Mexico holds a place of honor amongst the collection of adventure books upon my shelf. It is a book both practical & charming, informative & entertaining, useful whether in Mexico or far from it’s borders.