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Title: Lasso the Wind

Subtitle: Away to the New West

Author: Timothy Egan

Narrator: John McLain

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-17

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

Winner of the Mountains and Plains Book Seller's Association Award

"They have tried to tame it, shave it, fence it, cut it, dam it, drain it, nuke it, poison it, pave it, and subdivide it," writes Timothy Egan of the West; still, "this region's hold on the American character has never seemed stronger." In this colorful and revealing journey through the eleven states west of the 100th meridian, Egan, a third-generation westerner, evokes a lovely and troubled country where land is religion and the holy war between preservers and possessors never ends.

Egan leads us on an unconventional, freewheeling tour: from America's oldest continuously inhabited community, the Ancoma Pueblo in New Mexico, to the high kitsch of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where London Bridge has been painstakingly rebuilt stone by stone; from the fragile beauty of Idaho's Bitterroot Range to the gross excess of Las Vegas, a city built as though in defiance of its arid environment. In a unique blend of travel writing, historical reflection, and passionate polemic, Egan has produced a moving study of the West: how it became what it is, and where it is going.

Critic Reviews:

"Sprawling in scope.... Mr. Egan uses the past powerfully to explain and give dimension to the present." (The New York Times)

"Fine reportage... honed and polished until it reads more like literature than journalism." (Los Angeles Times)

Members Reviews:

Eagan tells How the magnificent West has been "explored", exploited, and best-experienced.

Egan is one of my favorite authors. He has an intimate knowledge of the Western geography, topography, and cultural history. This may be his best book. If you really want to knnow how the West was "won", this is the book book for you! Have your Google Maps open and ready as you travel through some of the most interesting, scenic, and historic parts of the Northwest. You can feel his writing.

The New West Undrstood

If you ever wondered why things are the way they evolved in the American West, this is a great read. It's told in a casual, historical, but not overly so manor. Why do some people in the west harbor so much hate for immigrates, but come from those same roots? Why do they loath the government, when the government basically gave their ancestors the land, then the water? Very interesting dichotomies come clear in Lasso the Wind. Great Read!

Five Stars

Fascinating but 21 years old; I want to research all these issues now to see what has happened.

I love Tim Egan's

Just Finishing it....I love Tim Egan's Writing

Great service, wonderful read!

EVERYTHING about the process was excellent--from finding the book on the website to the delivery at the door, days ahead of what was anticipated. Very well done, and a great read. I have shared it with others who are likely to purchase more of Egan's writings. Thank you,

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Title: How to Make Friends and Influence Gators

Author: Cara Giaimo, Sarah Laskow

Narrator: Mike DelGaudio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-19-17

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

Every day across the southeastern United States, people cross paths with alligators. This is especially true in the springwhen the weather warms up, the reptiles warm up, too, and wander around in search of food and mates. Just in spring 2017, alligators have been found on porches from Florida to South Carolina, sauntering across front lawns, and creating highway traffic jams. One showed up on a tennis court, and another visited a furniture store. A small alligator was found in a dorm room (though that one didnt get there under his own power). Alligator encounters are so common these days that for one to make national news, it has to be a weird or special animalsay, with dyed-orange skin or truly gargantuan size. And thats just the encounters that made the news at all.

"How to Make Friends and Influence Gators" is from atlasobscura.com, published on May 11th, 2017.

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Title: Sailing with Impunity

Subtitle: Adventure in the South Pacific

Author: Mary E. Trimble

Narrator: Michelle Murillo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-15-17

Publisher: New Street Communications, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

Sail with Mary and Bruce on a 13,000-mile adventure from Seattle to legendary South Pacific Islands and home again. From magical sights and scents of their first tropical island landfall to the bustling, colorful Tahitian markets. From sudden midnight squalls and a cyclone in Samoa to pristine anchorages in the Kingdom of Tonga. Share the adventure as they fulfill their dream.

Members Reviews:

Another great adventure

I recently started listening to audio books and love it. I am not much for reading so this is my next best replacement.

I really enjoyed the story, start to finish. The author laid out the foundation for the story, set us Sailing with her and kept me coming back with her humor, details. descriptive nature.

All and all and good book. I will listen to it again because am sure I missed a lot of details when I was mapping their trip.

Very nice job.

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Title: Desert Survival Skills

Author: David Alloway

Narrator: James Killavey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-15-17

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

Remote desert locations, including the Chihuahuan Desert of northern Mexico, southern Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, draw adventurers of all kinds, from the highly skilled and well prepared to urban cowboys who couldn't lead themselves (much less a horse!) to water. David Alloway's goal in this book is to help all of them survive when circumstances beyond their control strand them in the desert environment. In simple, friendly language, enlivened with humor and stories from his own extensive experience, Alloway here offers a practical, comprehensive handbook for both short-term and long-term survival in the Chihuahuan and other North American deserts.

The book is published by University of Texas Press.

Members Reviews:

Down to earth and practical

Tons of experience and wisdom are packed into a well-organized book that is also an enjoyable read. Well worth the time and money.

Great book for Texas and New Mexico Desert Travelers

"Desert Survival Skills" is enjoyable to read and very informative. While written specifically about the Chihuahan desert (mainly Texas, New Mexico and Mexico), much of the information is applicable to other US deserts. The section on navigation is limited, but then the topic is desert survival, not land navigation. He provides a great deal of excellent instruction regarding plants (for food and medicine) and animals. You will also gain a good understanding about things you should not do (assuming you don't enjoy snake bites). In addition, he provides sound guidance on selection of survival equipment and how to help Search and Rescue teams locate you. Also of interest are true-life stories of others who have found themselves in desert survival situations. Some of these ended well - many did not. These (very brief) accounts are sprinkled throughout the book and help illustrate his points. I found the book easy to read and well worth the money.

Very informational

I have learned any things i thought i already knew but realized i was very misinformed good to know alot of the things i read in this book love this

Great book for making it in the desert

I've searched high and low for a book on actual desert survival and this is, without question, the best one I've every found.

Gift

Gave this as a gift .To a hiker friend he loves it,and it is part of his survival & education liby

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Title: The Improbable Endurance of the Lickable Envelope

Author: Ernie Smith

Narrator: Mike DelGaudio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-17

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

Why are we still doing this?

"The Improbable Endurance of the Lickable Envelope" is from atlasobscura.com, published on April 18, 2017.

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Title: Cuba Beyond the Beach

Subtitle: Stories of Life in Havana

Author: Karen Dubinsky

Narrator: Gina Clayton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-26-17

Publisher: Between the Lines

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

Havana is Cuba's soul: a mix of Third World, First World, and Other World. After over a decade of visits as a teacher, researcher, and friend, Karen Dubinsky looks past political slogans and tourist postcards to the streets, neighborhoods, and personalities of a complicated and contradictory city. Her affectionate, humorous vignettes illustrate how Havana's residents - old communist ladies, their skeptical offspring, musicians, underground vendors, entrepreneurial landlords, and poverty-stricken professors - go about their daily lives.

As Cuba undergoes dramatic change, there is much to appreciate and learn from in the unlikely world Cubans have collectively built for themselves.

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will go to the Queen's University Student Overseas Travel Fund - The Sonia Enjamio Fund, which funds Cuban/Canadian student exchange.

Critic Reviews:

"This is an intimate portrait of Havana, enriched by Dubinsky's personal anecdotes and stories of her Cuban friends. It chronicles the resourcefulness and resilience of the Cuban people and will appeal broadly to anyone traveling to Cuba or readers who just want to be transported there." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Wonderful, loving, but balanced depiction of modern-day Cubs

This book was just what I needed prior to my first visit to Cuba, a beautifully written, respectful but honest description of Cuba and the Cuban people. Lovely!

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Title: Tortillas to Totems

Subtitle: Every Day an Adventure, Book 4

Author: Birgit Schunemann, Sam Manicom

Narrator: Sam Manicom

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-24-17

Publisher: Open Book Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 32 votes

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

Sam Manicom's dynamic fourth book is an enticing yet frequently challenging motorcycle journey across the dramatic landscapes of Mexico, the United States and Canada. Sam's partner Birgit is no longer a novice motorcyclist - riding through southern Africa and South America turned her into a rider capable of facing any challenge. But Sam was worried.

As they arrived into North America they had been travelling around the world by motorcycle for six years and he was beginning to think that North America was going to be easy; too easy in fact. Were all the challenges of travel in the developing world countries going to be missing? Sam couldn't have been more wrong.

Samuel Johnson wrote, "The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them how they are." After all, aren't these some of the main reasons for going travelling? To experience as many different things and ways of life as possible? To discover new and wonderful things, but also to have preconceived ideas challenged.

This true-life story has more twists and turns than a Rocky Mountain Pass, and more surprises than anyone could expect. As it did them, at times it could challenge you too. Woven into this surprising story are canyons, cowboys, idyllic beaches, bears, mountains, Californian Vineyards, gun-toting policemen with grudges, glaciers, exploding volcanoes, dodgy border crossings, and some of the most stunning open roads that a traveler could ever wish to see.

A gripping rollercoaster of a journey across North America. Sam and Birgit are thrown into a completely new set of challenges. These adventures bring alive the history, geography, human relationships and the pure joy of the open road.

Members Reviews:

Brilliant!

Absolutely brilliant! I only wish there was another book after this one! I would recommend this to anyone!

Pretty well done

I enjoyed the story but the appendix dropped my rating to 2 stars 4 without.

Steady Read

Nice finish of all four books... the attention to detail is great. keep writing and telling stories

Fantastic Read

Fantastic book, that left me satisfied and ready to explore my own personal world with wider eyes. Sam Manicom does a Fantastic job describing the places he goes. Having lived right next to two of the towns he describes (Concrete Washington and Annacortes Washington) I can say what he described felt honest and at the same time made me wish when I lived there I had paid better attention to what was around me.

I really enjoyed this book and cried at the end. Beautifully done Sam.

Master Storyteller

Sams authentic storytelling style leads the reader on a rich expertly woven adventure journey. Sam has a unique way of helping the reader relate to foreign worlds through his words, an admirable gift. Through Sams courageous and curious approach to his travels, I have learnt to see the positive in the most challenging of circumstances. This master story teller has shared his adventures in a way that is real, sincere and most definitely makes you feel as if you are riding alongside him on the open road. I can almost smell the two-stroke oil as I immerse myself in Sams stories.

It was a treat to listen to the audio book read by Sam himself.

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Title: A Beginners Guide to Body Snatching

Author: Molly McBride Jacobson

Narrator: Jamie Renell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-17

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

Where to go for an education in grave robbery, the grisliest chapter in medical history.

"A Beginners Guide to Body Snatching" is from atlasobscura.com, published on January 26, 2017.

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Title: The Victorian Teenage Girl Who Entertained Crowds by Overpowering Men

Author: Tony Wolf

Narrator: Mike DelGaudio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-07-17

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

Lulu Hurst's seemingly supernatural strength made for a compelling night out.

"The Victorian Teenage Girl Who Entertained Crowds by Overpowering Men" is from atlasobscura.com, published on March 30, 2017.

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Title: The Fixers Who Buried Old Hollywoods Biggest Scandals

Author: Kristin Hunt

Narrator: Mike DelGaudio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-24-17

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

When stars needed something to be swept under the rug, they summoned these guys.

"The Elaborate Wig-Snatching Schemes of the 18th Century" is from atlasobscura.com, published on March 17, 2017.