What Not To Skip For Adult Summer Reading

What not to skip...Adventure

National Geographic describes adventure as a "quest whose outcome is unknown but whose risks are tangible, a challenge someone meets with courage, brains, and effort - and then survives, we hope, to tell the tale."

These are the books that answer the question asked by those of us stay behind...What was it like?

NON-FICTION:

At the tomb of the inflatable pig: travels through Paraguay
by John Gimlette 918.2Gim

The darkest jungle: the true story of the Darien expedition and America's ill-fated race to connect the seas
by Todd Balf 917.287 Bal

Into thin air: a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster
by Jon Krakauer 796.522 Kra

The journals of Lewis and Clark
by Lewis Meriwether 978 Lew

The perfect storm: a true story of men against the sea
by Sebastian Junger 974.45 Jun

Roughing it
by Mark Twain 818 Twa

Sea of glory: America's voyage of discovery: the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
by Nathaniel Philbrick 910.973 Phi

FICTION:

Ashes and ice
by Tracie Peterson

Collateral damage
by Fern Michaels

Edge of Battle
by Dale Brown

The Europa Conspiracy
by Tim LaHaye

Gentlemen of the Road
by Michael Chabon

Life of Pi: a novel
by Yann Martel

Treasure of Khan
by Clive Cussler

The unsung hero
by Suzanne Brockman