Book Buzz
A Monthly Collection of Librarian-selected Books by Topic |
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May 2023: May the Forest Be with You
Mountains Are Hill-Areas
Outdoor Humor
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Danny and the Boys: Being Some Legends of Hungry Hollow by Robert Traver - DBC19558. Tales full of mischief and pranks deep in the backwoods of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
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How to Suffer Outside: A Beginner's Guide to Hiking and Backpacking by Diana Helmuth - DB108207.
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They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? by Patrick McManus - DB56691 / BR15723.
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Three Men in a Boat: (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome - DB66776 / BRA05467. British classic about a boating holiday on the Thames that goes awry.
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Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside by Nick Offerman - DB105515.
Mayday! Mayday!
Boating Adventures
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No Barriers: A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon by Erik Weihenmayer and Buddy Levy - DB87291 / BR21928.
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Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway - DB72116 / BR10599.
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By the Grace of the Sea: A Woman's Solo Odyssey Around the World by Pat Henry - DB56637.
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick - DB50271 / BRG03656.
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Tightwads on the Loose: A Seven Year Pacific Odyssey by Wendy Hinman - DB99997.
Unhappy Camper
Wilderness True Crime
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Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach - DB105210 / BR23940.
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Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods by Lyndsie Bourgon - DB109613 in process.
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The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands by Jon Billman - DB104770.
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Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson – DB90801.
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The Truffle Underground: A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and Manipulation in the Shadowy Market of the World's Most Expensive Fungus by Ryan Jacobs - DB95413.
These books and more are available on digital cartridge (call the Library at 1-800-992-9012 to order) or for download from the National Library Service's (NLS) online Braille Audio Reading Download (BARD) database: https://nlsbard.loc.gov/
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