Related Non-Fiction Titles for RARI 2009
(Note: RC = Recorded Books; BR = Braille; DB = Digital Books)
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Idaho (and the West) 101 - Travel Books
Idaho: The Explorer’s Guide by Wendy J. Pabich. Countryman Press, 2008.
Part of the "Explorer’s Guide" series, this travel book emphasizes the great outdoors – mountain towns, the Lake country and the gateway to Yellowstone.
Idaho: Off the Beaten Path by Julie Fanselow. GPP Travel, 2008.
Another title that is part of a travel series, this time the Off the Beaten Path series. This guide, according to its blurb "leads the way to hundreds of unexpected Idaho treasures."
Grown-up picture books
So Incredibly Idaho (TBP ILL) by Carlos Schwantes. University of Idaho Press, 1996. (TBP ILL)
Idaho: Wild and Beautiful by Steve Bly. FarCountry Press, 2000.
Western Art and Photography
Painters and the American West: the Anschutz collection by Carpenter Troccoli ; with the assistance of Marlene Chambers and Jane Comstock ; and an essay by Sarah Anschutz Hunt. Yale University Press, 2000.
Lure of the West : treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum by Amy Pastan. Watson-Guptill, 2000.
William Henry Jackson's "The pioneer photographer," compiled, edited, and annotated by Bob Blair ; with original text from the 1929 edition by William H. Jackson in collaboration with Howard R. Driggs ; foreword by Lee Whittlesey. New Mexico Press, 2005.
Lewis and Clark revisited : a photographer's trail by Greg MacGregor ; Iris Tillman Hill, editor. University of Washington Press, 2003.
The Value of Work
Working by Studs Terkel. The New Press, 1997. (RC010030)
Interviews by Terkel of many men and women who work for a living.
The Life Audit: a step-by-step guide to taking stock, gaining control, and creating the life you want by Caroline Righton. Broadway Books, 2006
Relationships, especially among men or men and their fathers
To own a dragon : reflections on growing up without a father by Donald Miller and John MacMurray. NavPress, 2006.
Boys and their toys : understanding men by understanding their relationship with gadgets by Bill Adler, Jr. AMACOM, 2007.
Where men hide by James B. Twitchell ; photographs by Ken Ross. Columbia University Press, 2007.
The secret life of men: a practical guide to helping men discover health, happiness and deeper personal relationships by Steve Biddulph. Marlowe & Co., 2003.
The Company You Keep: The Transforming Power of Male Friendship by David C. Bentall. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2004.
Writing
Ron Carlson Writes a Story, by Ron Carlson. Graywolf Press, 2007.
Why I came West by Rick Bass. Houghton, Mifflin, 2008.
The anatomy of story : 22 steps to becoming a master storyteller by John Truby. Faber and Faber, 2007.
Write is a verb: sit down, start writing, no excuses by William O’Hanlon. F&W Media, 2007.
Outdoor Cooking, Camping and Living
The great American camping cookbook by Scott Cookman. Broadway Books, 2007.
Skillet cooking for camp and kitchen : more than 101 modern and old-time recipes for jackleg cooks and practical housewives by A.D. Livingston. Lyons Press, 2006.
The outdoor Dutch oven cookbook by Sheila Mills. Ragged Mountain Press, 1997.
Camping in comfort : a guide to roughing it with ease and style by Lynn Haney. Ragged Mountain Press, 2008.
Tent and car campers’ handbook : advice for families & first-timers by Buck Tilton with Kristin Hostetter. Mountaineers Books, 2006.
Daredevils
Defying gravity: land divers, roller coasters, gravity bums and the human obsession with falling by Garrett Soden. WWNorton, 2005.
Falling: how our greatest fear became our greatest thrill: a history by Garrett Soden. WWNorton, 2003.
To reach the clouds: my high wire walk between the Twin Towers by Philippe Petit. North Point Press, 2002.
Evel Knievel: an American hero by Ace Collins. St. Martins, 1999.
Sam Patch, the famous jumper by Paul E. Johnson. Hill and Wang, 2003. (BR15629)
Environment Protection, Nature Conservation, Land Preservation
Disappearing destinations: 37 places in peril and what can be done to help save them by Kimberly Lisagor and Heather Hansen. Vintage Departures, 2008.
365 Ways to save the earth by Anne Jankeliowitch. Harry N. Abrams, 2005. (New edition due out October 2008.)
American Earth: environmental writings since Thoreau edited by Bill McKibben. Literary Classics of the United States, 2008.
Building inside nature’s envelope: how new construction and land preservation can work together by Any Wasowski. Oxford University Press, 2000.
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