Derek Baker

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Derek Baker

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Derek’s true-adventure shelf

Fate Is the Hunter by Ernest K. Gann

The Devil's Teeth by Susan Casey

New York to Nome by Rick Steber

The Cruelest Miles by Gay Salisbury

Everest by Broughton Coburn

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

Chickenhawk by Robert Mason

We Die Alone by David Howarth

West With the Night by Beryl Markham

The River of the West by Win Blevins

Endurance by Alfred Lansing

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humor‎ (7)
fiction-western‎ (6)
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The Worry Trick: ...

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The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You Into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It

by David A. Carbonell (Goodreads Author)

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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

by Isabel Wilkerson (Goodreads Author)

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Arguably: Selected Essays

by Christopher Hitchens

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