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Matthew Nelson’s favorite books

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard

Anthony Bourdain Omnibus by Anthony Bourdain

In Harm's Way by Doug Stanton

We Were Soldiers Once...and Young by Harold G. Moore

Vagabonding by Rolf Potts

A Cook's Tour by Anthony Bourdain

The Scavenger's Guide to Haute Cuisine by Steven Rinella

Population by Michael Perry

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost

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Rules to Live By:...

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Rules to Live By: How Extraordinary Lives Define What Really Matters

by Jimmy Chin (Goodreads Author)

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