A Reading List of Adventure

Here are some books that capture the spirit of this grant program. This is by no means a required reading list; simply recommendations of a few great books that we hope will inspire you to think creatively, as well as some fascinating reading.

River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler Order Book	Steep Passages: A World-wide Eco-Adventurer Unlocks Nature's Spiritual Truths by David Lee Drotar Order Book
Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Who Owns Paradise? by Martha Honey Order Book	The New Economy of Nature by Gretchen Daily and Katherine Ellison Order Book
Hotspots:Ý Earth's Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Terrestrial Ecosystems by Russell Mittermeier Order Book	Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 11.Ý London: BBC Worldwide Limited by Anna Levin (Ed.) Order Book
Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science--from the Babylonians to the Maya by Dick Teresi Order Book	The Blessings of Bhutan by Russel and Blyth Carpenter Order Book
The Voyage Of The Beagle by Charles Darwin Order Book	Evolution on Islands by Peter Grant Order Book
Beyond the Hundreth Meridian by Wallace Stegner Order Book	The Universe Below by William Broad Order Book
Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages by Mark Abley Order Book	Footsteps in the Jungle by Jonathan Evans Maslow Order Book
Bright Paradise: Victorian Scientific Travelers by Peter Raby Order Book	Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in the Heart of an African Village by Sarah Erdman Order Book
Archipelago: The Islands of Indonesia. by Gavan Daws, and Fujita Marty Order Book	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond Order Book
Floods, Famines and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations by Brian Fagan Order Book	A Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations by Clive Ponting Order Book
The Spice Islands Voyage: The Quest for Alfred Wallace, the Man Who Shared Darwin¼s Discovery of Evolution. by Tim Severn Order Book	Island Life by Alfred Russel Wallace Order Book
Islands: Portraits of Miniature Worlds by Louise B. Young Order Book	The Tapir's Morning Bath by Elizabeth Royte Order Book
Platypus: The Extraordinary Story of How a Curious Creature Baffled the World by Ann Moyal Order Book	The Birds of Heaven: Travels with Cranes by Peter Matthiessen Order Book
Beyond the Last Village: A Journey of Discovery in Asia's Forbidden Wilderness by Alan Rainowitz Order Book	Island Biogeography: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation by Robert J. Whittaker Order Book
Out of Our Minds: Reason and Madness in the Exploration of Central Africa. by Johannes Fabian Order Book

Last updated 09.23.2007