Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei earned international renown for being the first woman to climb Mount Everest and to complete the Seven Summits. People were always surprised when they met her; at five feet tall and weighing just over a... Read More

A young man happens upon Jane Goodall in this thoughtful, descriptive, and adventurous work of creative nonfiction. Gregg Chavaria’s descriptive and thoughtful adventure book, "My Journey to Meet Jane Goodall", is a brisk and scenic... Read More

Those enthralled by tales of Polar expeditions will find much to celebrate in this thrilling and well-paced biography. Unlike more famous Polar explorers like Robert Peary, Robert Falcon Scott, and Roald Amundsen, there’s been no... Read More

Gooley’s playful and relaxed tone imparts as steady a pace as one might expect on a stroll through the woods. How rare to find a book that is truly brilliant. The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs, by Tristan Gooley, is brilliant in... Read More

A dog with a blog and a wry sense of humor teaches a lesson about humane treatment of animals. Helen Kuusela writes from her toy poodle’s point of view in her short first novel, "Confessions of a Rescue Dog". She gives the dog human... Read More

This intelligent, resourceful globe-trotting Welshman really has had quite a ride. In many ways, R. A. Lang has lived an ordinary enough life, full of drinks with friends, business troubles and successes, and health and relationship... Read More

Does the world’s tallest bungee jump sound like adventure? How about drag racing in Los Angeles or swimming with sharks Down Under? Too crazy? Not crazy enough? Then imagine sand-boarding in Namibia, a wife-carrying race in Finland,... Read More

A vibrant account of homecoming and natural change, this story for young readers portrays the meeting of art and nature. After hearing signs of an early spring one February morning, an unnamed artist approaches a blank canvas. He... Read More