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Mike’s favorite books

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis

I Can't Tell You by Hillary Frank

Fire on the Mountain by Edward Abbey

The Number Devil by Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell

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Mike’s Bookshelves

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Mike is Currently Reading

Never Whistle at ...

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Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

by Shane Hawk (Goodreads Author)

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"Snakes Are born in the dark was the creepiest so far" — 14 hours, 47 min ago

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Treat Your Own Back

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Treat Your Own Back

by Robin McKenzie

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Before the Coffee...

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Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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Mike’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Art of Freedom: The Life and Climbs of Voytek Kurtyka

Art of Freedom: The Life and Climbs of Voytek Kurtyka by Bernadette McDonald

Unfortunately, also by vanity.

Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness

by Edward Abbey

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Mike’s Quotes

“Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. —Rainer Maria Rilke, The Book of Hours”
― Bernadette McDonald, Art of Freedom: The Life and Climbs of Voytek Kurtyka

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“To know a mountain, you must sleep on it. —Tom Longstaff, This My Voyage”
― Bernadette McDonald, Art of Freedom: The Life and Climbs of Voytek Kurtyka

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“Physical exertion is the best food for your spirit and your brain.”
― Bernadette McDonald, Art of Freedom: The Life and Climbs of Voytek Kurtyka

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