Quakenami! Why the Pacific Northwest Is Doomed
The West Coast is overdue for a monster earthquake. We predict how it might shake out.
Bruce Barcott
In the Doghouse
Alexandra Fuller's memoir recounts the trials of motherhood—and crocodiles—in Central Africa.
The Original Pole Dancer
A hundred years ago, Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole. A new biography by cold-water swimmer Lynne Cox revisits the feat.
Adventure Books
In 1934, drifter Everett Ruess disappeared into Utah's canyonlands. Two new books detail the ongoing search for his body. Plus, required reading for August.
Mopping Up
A year after the BP oil spill, two authors assess its impact on the Gulf; a search for the reason humans hate sharks.
Burnout
A veteran fire lookout offers a compelling treatise on the power of wilderness; plus three new works that take a glass-half-full view of the looming energy crisis.
Bluest Shores
Reviews of David Vann's Caribou Island, T.C. Boyle's When the Killing's Done, Douglas Brinkley's The Quiet World, and documentaries the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
First in Flight
A new account of the Dalai Lama's escape from Tibet turns history into riveting adventure.
The Wild File
Q. What was up with that killer mountain goat in Olympic National Park?
Loaded Barrels
Four new adventure books that'll get your adrenaline pumping.
A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival.
Hot Type
Break out the hammocks and beach chairs! Presenting the best new books of summer.
Into Teen Air
He's 13 years old, and he's headed up to 29,000 feet. As a new generation of adventurous kids post monster feats at younger and younger ages, Jordan Romero has his elders asking: Just how young is...
Books: The Routes of Man
Destination: Everywhere
Books: Jim Harrison and T.C. Boyle
Two fiction titans imagine life on the feral side.
