I really have no clue why I find these so interesting, except that they combine adventure, archaeology and anthropology, chutzpah and nature — perhaps a combination I find irresistible. My favorite adventures in history from recent reads: A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza De Vaca, The Extraordinary Tale of a Shipwrecked Spaniard Who …
A Supremely Bad Idea: Three Mad Birders and Their Quest to See It All by Luke Dempsey This is a entertaining memoir of an ex-pat Brit who lives in New York City and discovers birding as an adult. ‘Aww, you say, sounds like a nice story,’ and it is. All is not rosy and cozy, …
I am fortunate to be able to read more than one book at a time — not to say simultaneously (but wouldn’t that be cool?) — as long as they are from sufficiently different genres. At the moment, I’m still slowly making my way through How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter by Sherwin …
