Books like By Dean Nicholson By Nala's World One man his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe Hardcover - 29 Sept 2020

A Street Cat Named Bob

by James Bowen • 2012

An injured ginger stray saves a struggling busker from heroin, one shoulder ride at a time.

3.99

61k+

🧑‍⚕️ Addiction Recovery 🐈 Human-Animal Bond 🏠 Homelessness Memoir 🏡 Animal Rescue 🐱 Cat Memoirs

A Street Cat Named Bob 93%

An injured ginger stray saves a struggling busker from heroin, one shoulder ride at a time.

by James Bowen 2012

3.99

61k+ ratings

🧑‍⚕️ Addiction Recovery 🐈 Human-Animal Bond 🏠 Homelessness Memoir 🏡 Animal Rescue 🐱 Cat Memoirs

Never Leave the Dogs Behind

by Brianna Madia • 2024

Divorced and hounded online, she moved four dogs into a waterless trailer on the Utah desert.

4.14

6k+

🐕 Dog Memoirs 🏜️ Off-Grid Living 💔 Divorce Recovery 🌵 Desert Memoir 🐾 Canine Companionship

Never Leave the Dogs Behind 92%

Divorced and hounded online, she moved four dogs into a waterless trailer on the Utah desert.

by Brianna Madia 2024

4.14

6k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Memoirs 🏜️ Off-Grid Living 💔 Divorce Recovery 🌵 Desert Memoir 🐾 Canine Companionship

What the Animals Taught Me

by Stephanie Marohn • 2012

She built a sanctuary for broken animals and discovered they were mending her.

3.75

155

🐾 Animal Sanctuaries 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🦉 Animal Wisdom 🙏 Animal Therapy 🌿 Spiritual Ecology

What the Animals Taught Me 92%

She built a sanctuary for broken animals and discovered they were mending her.

by Stephanie Marohn 2012

3.75

155 ratings

🐾 Animal Sanctuaries 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🦉 Animal Wisdom 🙏 Animal Therapy 🌿 Spiritual Ecology

Two Dogs and a Parrot

by Joan D. Chittister • 2015

A Benedictine nun found her greatest spiritual teachers on four legs and two wings.

4.15

155

🐾 Pet Memoirs 🌿 Animal Spirituality 🐕 Animal Companionship 💚 Animal Healing ✝️ Benedictine Spirituality

Two Dogs and a Parrot 92%

A Benedictine nun found her greatest spiritual teachers on four legs and two wings.

by Joan D. Chittister 2015

4.15

155 ratings

🐾 Pet Memoirs 🌿 Animal Spirituality 🐕 Animal Companionship 💚 Animal Healing ✝️ Benedictine Spirituality

Peacebunny Island

by Caleb Smith • 2021

He brought rabbits to school shootings. Then he captained a houseboat toward his own island.

4.13

208

🐰 Animal Therapy 🕊 Pet Loss 💼 Youth Entrepreneurship ✝️ Christian Memoir 🐇 Animal Rescue

Peacebunny Island 92%

He brought rabbits to school shootings. Then he captained a houseboat toward his own island.

by Caleb Smith 2021

4.13

208 ratings

🐰 Animal Therapy 🕊 Pet Loss 💼 Youth Entrepreneurship ✝️ Christian Memoir 🐇 Animal Rescue

Raising Hare

by Chloe Dalton • 2025

She rescued a palm-sized leveret. It rewilded her life and was never once tame.

4.28

43k+

🏥 Wildlife Rescue 🐾 Human Animal Bond 🌳 English Countryside 🧠 Animal Intelligence 🌿 Rewilding

Raising Hare 92%

She rescued a palm-sized leveret. It rewilded her life and was never once tame.

by Chloe Dalton 2025

4.28

43k+ ratings

🏥 Wildlife Rescue 🐾 Human Animal Bond 🌳 English Countryside 🧠 Animal Intelligence 🌿 Rewilding

Listening to the Animals

by Noel Fitzpatrick • 2018

Bullied Irish farm boy to bionic cats: a memoir of a vet who changed animal medicine.

4.26

3k+

🐾 Veterinary Memoir 🩺 One Medicine ❤️ Human-Animal Bond 💪 Overcoming Adversity 🔬 Medical Innovation

Listening to the Animals 92%

Bullied Irish farm boy to bionic cats: a memoir of a vet who changed animal medicine.

by Noel Fitzpatrick 2018

4.26

3k+ ratings

🐾 Veterinary Memoir 🩺 One Medicine ❤️ Human-Animal Bond 💪 Overcoming Adversity 🔬 Medical Innovation

Step By Step The Life In My Journeys

by Simon Reeve • 2018

Suicidal at sixteen, one exam pass. He now films documentaries in the world's most dangerous places.

4.34

6k+

🗺️ Travel Memoirs 📰 Travel Journalism ⛰️ Adventure Travel 🌍 Geopolitics Travel 💪 Resilience Narratives

Step By Step The Life In My Journeys Summary

Step By Step The Life In My Journeys 91%

Suicidal at sixteen, one exam pass. He now films documentaries in the world's most dangerous places.

by Simon Reeve 2018

4.34

6k+ ratings

🗺️ Travel Memoirs 📰 Travel Journalism ⛰️ Adventure Travel 🌍 Geopolitics Travel 💪 Resilience Narratives

The Soul of All Living Creatures

by Vint Virga • 2013

A vet learns life's biggest lessons from his patients: presence, responsiveness, and forgiveness.

3.55

666

🐾 Human-Animal Bond 🐵 Animal Behavior 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🤐 Nonverbal Communication ☸️ Buddhist Psychology

The Soul of All Living Creatures Summary

The Soul of All Living Creatures 91%

A vet learns life's biggest lessons from his patients: presence, responsiveness, and forgiveness.

by Vint Virga 2013

3.55

666 ratings

🐾 Human-Animal Bond 🐵 Animal Behavior 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🤐 Nonverbal Communication ☸️ Buddhist Psychology

Blind Curves

by Linda Crill • 2013

At 57, widowed and terrified, she learned to ride a motorcycle. Then she rode 2,500 miles.

3.62

149

🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🎬 Second Acts 🌱 Grief Journeys 🌿 Outdoor Healing 🌻 Post-Traumatic Growth

Blind Curves 91%

At 57, widowed and terrified, she learned to ride a motorcycle. Then she rode 2,500 miles.

by Linda Crill 2013

3.62

149 ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🎬 Second Acts 🌱 Grief Journeys 🌿 Outdoor Healing 🌻 Post-Traumatic Growth

The Sunset Route

by Carrot Quinn • 2021

A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.

4.16

2k+

🚂 Freight Train Culture 🏡 Off-Grid Living 🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles 💔 Childhood Trauma 👩‍👧 Maternal Mental Illness

The Sunset Route 91%

A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.

by Carrot Quinn 2021

4.16

2k+ ratings

🚂 Freight Train Culture 🏡 Off-Grid Living 🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles 💔 Childhood Trauma 👩‍👧 Maternal Mental Illness

A Big Little Life

by Dean Koontz • 2009

Dean Koontz adopted a retired service dog who played pranks, beat cancer, and rewired his soul.

4.26

12k+

🐕 Dog Memoirs 💔 Pet Loss 🦮 Service Dogs 🤝 Human Animal Bond 🧠 Animal Intelligence

A Big Little Life 91%

Dean Koontz adopted a retired service dog who played pranks, beat cancer, and rewired his soul.

by Dean Koontz 2009

4.26

12k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Memoirs 💔 Pet Loss 🦮 Service Dogs 🤝 Human Animal Bond 🧠 Animal Intelligence

Walking to Listen

by Andrew Forsthoefel • 2017

He crossed America on foot carrying a sign that invited conversation. Strangers told him everything.

3.88

3k+

🚶 Cross-Country Walking 📖 Travel Memoir 🇺🇸 American Pilgrimage 👂 Deep Listening 🤝 Stranger Encounters

Walking to Listen 91%

He crossed America on foot carrying a sign that invited conversation. Strangers told him everything.

by Andrew Forsthoefel 2017

3.88

3k+ ratings

🚶 Cross-Country Walking 📖 Travel Memoir 🇺🇸 American Pilgrimage 👂 Deep Listening 🤝 Stranger Encounters

Ghost Rider

by Neil Peart • 2002

Two deaths in a year. One motorcycle. 55,000 miles, and grief refused to be left behind.

4.12

7k+

🪦 Grief Memoir 🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🛣️ Healing Through Motion 🌲 Solitude And Nature 🥁 Creative Recovery

Ghost Rider 91%

Two deaths in a year. One motorcycle. 55,000 miles, and grief refused to be left behind.

by Neil Peart 2002

4.12

7k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Memoir 🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🛣️ Healing Through Motion 🌲 Solitude And Nature 🥁 Creative Recovery

The Way of the Hermit

by Ken Smith • 2023

One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.

4.21

3k+

🏚️ Off-Grid Living 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🍄 Foraging 🪓 Self-Sufficiency 🌿 Nature Writing

The Way of the Hermit 91%

One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.

by Ken Smith 2023

4.21

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Off-Grid Living 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🍄 Foraging 🪓 Self-Sufficiency 🌿 Nature Writing

Rowing the Atlantic

by Roz Savage • 2009

How three thousand miles alone on the Atlantic rewired one woman's relationship with fear.

4.02

456

🧭 Solo Expeditions 💪 Extreme Endurance 🌊 Ocean Crossings 🚣 Women Adventurers 🔄 Midlife Reinvention

Rowing the Atlantic 91%

How three thousand miles alone on the Atlantic rewired one woman's relationship with fear.

by Roz Savage 2009

4.02

456 ratings

🧭 Solo Expeditions 💪 Extreme Endurance 🌊 Ocean Crossings 🚣 Women Adventurers 🔄 Midlife Reinvention

Dog Medicine

by Julie Barton • 2015

She could not get out of bed until the day a golden retriever puppy needed her.

4.25

4k+

🐕 Dog Memoirs 🖤 Depression Memoirs 🩺 Pet Therapy 🧠 Cognitive Reframing 🔗 Attachment Theory

Dog Medicine 91%

She could not get out of bed until the day a golden retriever puppy needed her.

by Julie Barton 2015

4.25

4k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Memoirs 🖤 Depression Memoirs 🩺 Pet Therapy 🧠 Cognitive Reframing 🔗 Attachment Theory

Life Lessons From the Amazon

by Pip Stewart • 2021

Paddling an uncharted Amazon river, she found the sharpest lessons had nothing to do with survival.

4.08

194

🏕️ Expedition Memoirs 🌴 Rainforest Adventure 🧭 Female Explorers 🪓 Wilderness Survival 🌿 Nature And Wellbeing

Life Lessons From the Amazon 91%

Paddling an uncharted Amazon river, she found the sharpest lessons had nothing to do with survival.

by Pip Stewart 2021

4.08

194 ratings

🏕️ Expedition Memoirs 🌴 Rainforest Adventure 🧭 Female Explorers 🪓 Wilderness Survival 🌿 Nature And Wellbeing

The Electric Woman

by Tessa Fontaine • 2018

Eating fire is easier than watching your mother die, so she joined the carnival.

3.90

2k+

🎪 Traveling Carnivals 🧗‍♀️ Women Adventurers 💔 Caregiving Guilt 👁️ Body As Spectacle 🎭 Performing Identity

The Electric Woman 91%

Eating fire is easier than watching your mother die, so she joined the carnival.

by Tessa Fontaine 2018

3.90

2k+ ratings

🎪 Traveling Carnivals 🧗‍♀️ Women Adventurers 💔 Caregiving Guilt 👁️ Body As Spectacle 🎭 Performing Identity

The Lion in the Living Room

by Abigail Tucker • 2016

Cats tamed themselves, charm us with baby-like features, kill billions, and now rule the Internet.

3.61

4k+

🐱 Cat Evolution 🐄 Animal Domestication 🐍 Invasive Species 🧫 Parasite Manipulation 🏙️ Urban Ecology

The Lion in the Living Room 91%

Cats tamed themselves, charm us with baby-like features, kill billions, and now rule the Internet.

by Abigail Tucker 2016

3.61

4k+ ratings

🐱 Cat Evolution 🐄 Animal Domestication 🐍 Invasive Species 🧫 Parasite Manipulation 🏙️ Urban Ecology

I Came Upon a Lighthouse

by Shantanu Naidu • 2021

A young man wrote Ratan Tata about saving stray dogs. The reply began an unlikely friendship.

4.44

3k+

🐾 Animal Welfare 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👴 Mentorship 🇮🇳 Indian Business 🏢 Corporate Leadership

I Came Upon a Lighthouse 91%

A young man wrote Ratan Tata about saving stray dogs. The reply began an unlikely friendship.

by Shantanu Naidu 2021

4.44

3k+ ratings

🐾 Animal Welfare 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👴 Mentorship 🇮🇳 Indian Business 🏢 Corporate Leadership

Tracks

by Robyn Davidson • 1980

Four camels, a dog, 1700 miles of Australian desert. What solitude cost, and what it gave back.

3.93

18k+

🏜️ Desert Expeditions 🎒 Solo Travel 🦘 Australian Outback 💔 Grief And Loss 🐪 Human-Animal Bond

Tracks 91%

Four camels, a dog, 1700 miles of Australian desert. What solitude cost, and what it gave back.

by Robyn Davidson 1980

3.93

18k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Expeditions 🎒 Solo Travel 🦘 Australian Outback 💔 Grief And Loss 🐪 Human-Animal Bond

Little Princes

by Conor Grennan • 2011

To impress a girl, he volunteered at a Nepali orphanage. The children were not orphans.

4.26

24k+

🪢 Child Trafficking 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🎒 Volunteering Abroad 🫂 Family Reunification ⛰️ Mountain Expeditions

Little Princes 91%

To impress a girl, he volunteered at a Nepali orphanage. The children were not orphans.

by Conor Grennan 2011

4.26

24k+ ratings

🪢 Child Trafficking 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🎒 Volunteering Abroad 🫂 Family Reunification ⛰️ Mountain Expeditions

Travels with Myself and Another

by Martha Gellhorn • 1979

Four continents, a famous companion, every awful moment a war correspondent refused to romanticize.

3.84

2k+

🗺️ Travel Memoir ✍️ Literary Travel 🥾 Unsentimental Travel 👁️ Cultural Observation 📰 Field Journalism

Travels with Myself and Another 91%

Four continents, a famous companion, every awful moment a war correspondent refused to romanticize.

by Martha Gellhorn 1979

3.84

2k+ ratings

🗺️ Travel Memoir ✍️ Literary Travel 🥾 Unsentimental Travel 👁️ Cultural Observation 📰 Field Journalism

Packing Light

by Allison Vesterfelt • 2013

How a cross-country trip with just a suitcase taught her to trade worry for wonder.

3.68

1k+

🙏 Faith Memoir ✈️ Travel Narrative 🕯️ Simplicity 🍃 Letting Go 🫂 Vulnerability

Packing Light 90%

How a cross-country trip with just a suitcase taught her to trade worry for wonder.

by Allison Vesterfelt 2013

3.68

1k+ ratings

🙏 Faith Memoir ✈️ Travel Narrative 🕯️ Simplicity 🍃 Letting Go 🫂 Vulnerability

Windswept & Interesting

by Billy Connolly • 2021

A Glasgow welder walked onstage with a banjo. The man who walked off was someone else.

4.40

11k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🃏 Humor As Survival 💪 Sobriety Journey 🎨 Creative Reinvention

Windswept & Interesting 90%

A Glasgow welder walked onstage with a banjo. The man who walked off was someone else.

by Billy Connolly 2021

4.40

11k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🃏 Humor As Survival 💪 Sobriety Journey 🎨 Creative Reinvention

Imagine a City

by Mark Vanhoenacker • 2022

A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.

3.65

422

🏙️ Urban Travel Writing ✈️ Aviation Memoirs 🧭 Sense Of Place 👁️ Urban Observation ✍️ Lyrical Nonfiction

Imagine a City 90%

A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.

by Mark Vanhoenacker 2022

3.65

422 ratings

🏙️ Urban Travel Writing ✈️ Aviation Memoirs 🧭 Sense Of Place 👁️ Urban Observation ✍️ Lyrical Nonfiction

Wild Rescues

by Kevin Grange • 2021

Traded LA shootings for bison gorings: a paramedic’s transformation inside Yellowstone and Yosemite.

4.20

3k+

🏕️ Wilderness Medicine 🏞️ National Park Memoirs 🚑 Emergency Medicine 🩹 First Responder Trauma ⛑️ Rescue Narratives

Wild Rescues 90%

Traded LA shootings for bison gorings: a paramedic’s transformation inside Yellowstone and Yosemite.

by Kevin Grange 2021

4.20

3k+ ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Medicine 🏞️ National Park Memoirs 🚑 Emergency Medicine 🩹 First Responder Trauma ⛑️ Rescue Narratives

Walking With Plato

by Gary Hayden • 2016

One thousand miles on foot with a wife and a well-worn copy of Plato.

3.64

320

🥾 Long-Distance Walking 🧭 Philosophical Travel 🇬🇧 British Travelogue 🏛️ Peripatetic Philosophy 🌿 Nature As Therapy

Walking With Plato 90%

One thousand miles on foot with a wife and a well-worn copy of Plato.

by Gary Hayden 2016

3.64

320 ratings

🥾 Long-Distance Walking 🧭 Philosophical Travel 🇬🇧 British Travelogue 🏛️ Peripatetic Philosophy 🌿 Nature As Therapy

Things I Learned from Falling

by Claire Nelson • 2020

Four days alone, immobile, dying of thirst. The helicopter came. The real rescue took years.

4.06

6k+

🏜️ Survival Memoirs 🥾 Solo Hiking 🧱 Emotional Isolation ❤️‍🩹 Vulnerability 📱 Social Media Detox

Things I Learned from Falling 90%

Four days alone, immobile, dying of thirst. The helicopter came. The real rescue took years.

by Claire Nelson 2020

4.06

6k+ ratings

🏜️ Survival Memoirs 🥾 Solo Hiking 🧱 Emotional Isolation ❤️‍🩹 Vulnerability 📱 Social Media Detox

On the Trail of Genghis Khan

by Tim Cope • 2013

6,000 miles on horseback across the steppe, learning from nomads what maps and roads cannot teach.

4.15

2k+

🏔️ Central Asian Travel 🏕️ Nomadic Cultures 🐴 Horse Travel ⚔️ Mongol History 🗺️ Post Soviet Travel

On the Trail of Genghis Khan 90%

6,000 miles on horseback across the steppe, learning from nomads what maps and roads cannot teach.

by Tim Cope 2013

4.15

2k+ ratings

🏔️ Central Asian Travel 🏕️ Nomadic Cultures 🐴 Horse Travel ⚔️ Mongol History 🗺️ Post Soviet Travel

The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost

by Rachel Friedman • 2011

A college graduate lands alone in Ireland. By Bolivia, she is biking Death Road.

3.80

4k+

🎒 Solo Female Travel 🗺️ Coming Of Age Travel 🏕️ Backpacking Memoirs 🦋 Self-Reinvention 🌍 Cultural Immersion

The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost Summary

The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost 90%

A college graduate lands alone in Ireland. By Bolivia, she is biking Death Road.

by Rachel Friedman 2011

3.80

4k+ ratings

🎒 Solo Female Travel 🗺️ Coming Of Age Travel 🏕️ Backpacking Memoirs 🦋 Self-Reinvention 🌍 Cultural Immersion

Trespassing Across America

by Ken Ilgunas • 2016

He walked the Keystone XL pipeline illegally. The land and its people changed him.

3.82

2k+

🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry ✊ Environmental Activism 🚶 Walking Journeys 🤔 Existential Travel 🌾 Rural America

Trespassing Across America 90%

He walked the Keystone XL pipeline illegally. The land and its people changed him.

by Ken Ilgunas 2016

3.82

2k+ ratings

🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry ✊ Environmental Activism 🚶 Walking Journeys 🤔 Existential Travel 🌾 Rural America

Walden on Wheels

by Ken Ilgunas • 2013

He erased $32,000 in debt by living in a campus van on four dollars a day.

4.01

8k+

💰 Student Debt 🚐 Van Life 🧹 Minimalism 🏔️ Adventure Memoirs 💵 Extreme Frugality

Walden on Wheels 90%

He erased $32,000 in debt by living in a campus van on four dollars a day.

by Ken Ilgunas 2013

4.01

8k+ ratings

💰 Student Debt 🚐 Van Life 🧹 Minimalism 🏔️ Adventure Memoirs 💵 Extreme Frugality

Eat, Pray, Love

by Elizabeth Gilbert • 2006

Italy for pleasure. India for prayer. Bali to see if the two can coexist.

3.65

1.9M+

✈️ Travel Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🎒 Solo Female Travel 🍝 Food And Travel 🧘 Meditation Practice

Eat, Pray, Love 90%

Italy for pleasure. India for prayer. Bali to see if the two can coexist.

by Elizabeth Gilbert 2006

3.65

1.9M+ ratings

✈️ Travel Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🎒 Solo Female Travel 🍝 Food And Travel 🧘 Meditation Practice

Run, Spot, Run

by Jessica Pierce • 2016

Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.

3.81

236

🧭 Animal Ethics 🐾 Animal Welfare 🤝 Human-Animal Bond 📚 Animal Studies ⚖️ Practical Ethics

Run, Spot, Run 90%

Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.

by Jessica Pierce 2016

3.81

236 ratings

🧭 Animal Ethics 🐾 Animal Welfare 🤝 Human-Animal Bond 📚 Animal Studies ⚖️ Practical Ethics

What the Dog Knows

by Cat Warren • 2013

An unmanageable dog and the unlikely solution: training him to find human remains.

3.98

2k+

🐕‍🦺 Working Dogs 👃 Olfactory Science 🫂 Human-Animal Bond 🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Forensic Science

What the Dog Knows 90%

An unmanageable dog and the unlikely solution: training him to find human remains.

by Cat Warren 2013

3.98

2k+ ratings

🐕‍🦺 Working Dogs 👃 Olfactory Science 🫂 Human-Animal Bond 🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Forensic Science

Happier Than A Billionaire

by Nadine Hays Pisani • 2011

What two burnt-out chiropractors discovered in Costa Rica: bat caves, monkeys, and a weird dog lady.

3.89

2k+

🧳 Expat Memoirs 🌎 Cultural Immersion ⏬ Downshifting ✈️ Starting Over Abroad 🦋 Midlife Reinvention

Happier Than A Billionaire 90%

What two burnt-out chiropractors discovered in Costa Rica: bat caves, monkeys, and a weird dog lady.

by Nadine Hays Pisani 2011

3.89

2k+ ratings

🧳 Expat Memoirs 🌎 Cultural Immersion ⏬ Downshifting ✈️ Starting Over Abroad 🦋 Midlife Reinvention

How Stella Learned to Talk

by Christina Hunger • 2021

A puppy learned to press word buttons. Her first unprompted sentence was about the beach.

4.41

4k+

🧠 Animal Minds 🐕 Dog Communication 🔊 Aac Devices 👶 Language Development 💬 Speech Therapy

How Stella Learned to Talk 90%

A puppy learned to press word buttons. Her first unprompted sentence was about the beach.

by Christina Hunger 2021

4.41

4k+ ratings

🧠 Animal Minds 🐕 Dog Communication 🔊 Aac Devices 👶 Language Development 💬 Speech Therapy

Vagabonding

by Rolf Potts • 2002

Travel the world for months by spending less. The real preparation is mental.

3.95

28k+

🧳 Long-Term Travel 🐢 Slow Travel 📖 Travel Philosophy 🏠 Minimalist Living 🌍 Cultural Immersion

Vagabonding 90%

Travel the world for months by spending less. The real preparation is mental.

by Rolf Potts 2002

3.95

28k+ ratings

🧳 Long-Term Travel 🐢 Slow Travel 📖 Travel Philosophy 🏠 Minimalist Living 🌍 Cultural Immersion

A Primate's Memoir

by Robert M. Sapolsky • 2001

A young scientist joins a baboon troop expecting gorillas and finds violence, humor, and himself.

4.39

9k+

🦍 Primatology 🐘 Wildlife Conservation 🔬 Science Memoir 😂 Humorous Science 🌍 Cross-Cultural Memoir

A Primate's Memoir 90%

A young scientist joins a baboon troop expecting gorillas and finds violence, humor, and himself.

by Robert M. Sapolsky 2001

4.39

9k+ ratings

🦍 Primatology 🐘 Wildlife Conservation 🔬 Science Memoir 😂 Humorous Science 🌍 Cross-Cultural Memoir

Last Chance to See

by Douglas Adams • 1990

A flightless parrot, a blind dolphin, and the last-chance quest to see them before they vanish.

4.32

26k+

🤣 Comic Travelogues 🦏 Endangered Species 🐆 Wildlife Conservation 🏝️ Island Ecology 💀 Extinction Narratives

Last Chance to See 90%

A flightless parrot, a blind dolphin, and the last-chance quest to see them before they vanish.

by Douglas Adams 1990

4.32

26k+ ratings

🤣 Comic Travelogues 🦏 Endangered Species 🐆 Wildlife Conservation 🏝️ Island Ecology 💀 Extinction Narratives

Solo

by Hazel Phillips • 2022

Excluded from alpine circles, she tramped NZ's backcountry solo. The risk was never the mountain.

3.58

198

🥾 Solo Backpacking 🇳🇿 New Zealand 📖 Adventure Memoirs 🏕️ Women Outdoors ⚖️ Gender Bias

Solo 90%

Excluded from alpine circles, she tramped NZ's backcountry solo. The risk was never the mountain.

by Hazel Phillips 2022

3.58

198 ratings

🥾 Solo Backpacking 🇳🇿 New Zealand 📖 Adventure Memoirs 🏕️ Women Outdoors ⚖️ Gender Bias

Two O'Clock on a Tuesday at Trevi Fountain

by Helene Sula • 2024

An Oxford comma got her fired. A shattered ankle got her blogging. Then Germany happened.

3.85

921

🧳 Expat Life 🇺🇸 American Abroad 💻 Digital Nomads 🔄 Career Reinvention 🎨 Lifestyle Design

Two O'Clock on a Tuesday at Trevi Fountain Summary

Two O'Clock on a Tuesday at Trevi Fountain 90%

An Oxford comma got her fired. A shattered ankle got her blogging. Then Germany happened.

by Helene Sula 2024

3.85

921 ratings

🧳 Expat Life 🇺🇸 American Abroad 💻 Digital Nomads 🔄 Career Reinvention 🎨 Lifestyle Design

Operation Ironman

by George Mahood • 2015

Spinal surgery to Ironman in 4 months. Couldn't swim, no bike, never run a marathon.

4.52

2k+

🏃 Endurance Sports 🚴 Triathlon Training 😂 Humorous Memoir 🏥 Recovery Memoir 🤸 Unconventional Training

Operation Ironman 90%

Spinal surgery to Ironman in 4 months. Couldn't swim, no bike, never run a marathon.

by George Mahood 2015

4.52

2k+ ratings

🏃 Endurance Sports 🚴 Triathlon Training 😂 Humorous Memoir 🏥 Recovery Memoir 🤸 Unconventional Training

Man-Eaters of Kumaon

by Jim Corbett • 1944

One tigress, four hundred dead. A lone hunter tracked her on foot through the Indian jungle.

4.31

6k+

🐅 Indian Wildlife 🏔️ Adventure Memoir 🎯 Hunting Ethics 👣 Tracking And Woodcraft 🐾 Predator Behavior

Man-Eaters of Kumaon 90%

One tigress, four hundred dead. A lone hunter tracked her on foot through the Indian jungle.

by Jim Corbett 1944

4.31

6k+ ratings

🐅 Indian Wildlife 🏔️ Adventure Memoir 🎯 Hunting Ethics 👣 Tracking And Woodcraft 🐾 Predator Behavior

The Road Beneath My Feet

by Frank Turner • 2015

Band broke up. He went acoustic, slept on floors, and one tiny show at a time, headlined Wembley.

4.21

2k+

🎸 Music Memoir 🚐 Diy Touring 🎤 Touring Life 🤘 Punk Rock 🎨 Artistic Integrity

The Road Beneath My Feet 90%

Band broke up. He went acoustic, slept on floors, and one tiny show at a time, headlined Wembley.

by Frank Turner 2015

4.21

2k+ ratings

🎸 Music Memoir 🚐 Diy Touring 🎤 Touring Life 🤘 Punk Rock 🎨 Artistic Integrity

Wine to Water

by Doc Hendley • 2012

From pouring drinks to drilling wells in Darfur: a bartender's unlikely path into humanitarian work.

3.96

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🎗️ Humanitarian Memoir 💧 Global Water Crisis ⚠️ Conflict Zone Aid 👐 Everyday Activism 💪 Local Empowerment

Wine to Water 90%

From pouring drinks to drilling wells in Darfur: a bartender's unlikely path into humanitarian work.

by Doc Hendley 2012

3.96

799 ratings

🎗️ Humanitarian Memoir 💧 Global Water Crisis ⚠️ Conflict Zone Aid 👐 Everyday Activism 💪 Local Empowerment

Three Cups of Tea

by Greg Mortenson • 2006

A failed K2 climb. A remote Pakistani village. The promise: one school they'd never had.

3.66

359k+

📚 Educational Philanthropy 🎓 Girls Education 🌍 Cross-Cultural Aid 🏘️ Grassroots Development ⛰️ Mountain Communities

Three Cups of Tea 90%

A failed K2 climb. A remote Pakistani village. The promise: one school they'd never had.

by Greg Mortenson 2006

3.66

359k+ ratings

📚 Educational Philanthropy 🎓 Girls Education 🌍 Cross-Cultural Aid 🏘️ Grassroots Development ⛰️ Mountain Communities

A House in the Sky

by Amanda Lindhout • 2013

460 days in a dark room: how one woman built an escape inside her own mind.

4.28

73k+

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A House in the Sky 90%

460 days in a dark room: how one woman built an escape inside her own mind.

by Amanda Lindhout 2013

4.28

73k+ ratings

🏚️ Captivity Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Trauma And Forgiveness 📰 Conflict Journalism 🌍 Women Adventurers

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