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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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Vast Unknown Americas First Ascent of Everest
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Broughton Coburn
DON MESSERSCHMIDT
, June 28, 2013
This book challenges the adventurous spirit in us all. Broughton Coburn chronicles the success of the American Mount Everest Expedition of 50 years ago, from the first to summit on May 1 1963 (by Jim Whittaker and Nawang Gombu Sherpa) to the double summit on May 22 (by Lute Jerstad and Barry Bishop on the South Col route and Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld by the previously unclimbed West Ridge). These six climbers were the 7th to 12th human beings to stand atop the highest point on earth. It’s a classic story in the history of mountaineering, retold here with fresh perspective, revealing personal ambition and collective spirit as well as triumph and tragedy on the peak. The book is riveting in its intensity and dazzling in its presentation; a superb piece of writing about an event in mountaineering that may never be bested.
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New Tricks
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David Rosenfelt
DON MESSERSCHMIDT
, May 06, 2011
If you are mystery buff who is also big on dogs, here’s a book for you. The title, ‘New Tricks’, refers as much to the antics of the story’s two loveable dogs, a yellow lab named ‘Tara’ and a Bernese mountain dog puppy named ‘Waggy’, as it does to the several protagonists accused of several murders. It’s a story full of intrigue, well hewn characters, and lawyerly courtroom insights, masterfully written with a sharp wit and good humor. The dogs in the story could have been almost any breed, and they quickly capture your affection while being targeted by the bad guys for reasons I dare not give away. The plot line is just complex enough to keep you in suspense, between loving hugs of the personable dogs. In a word, this is a ‘doggone’ good read. Woof!
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Little Princes. Conor Grennan
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Conor Grennan
DON MESSERSCHMIDT
, March 20, 2011
Here’s a book from the heart, by a talented and compassionate writer. When Conor Grennan set out on a round-the-world trip he began by volunteering to work for a few months at an orphanage in Kathmandu. It was a decision that profoundly changed his life and the lives of the orphans he writes about. It wasn’t long, however, until he learned that they were not orphans in the true sense. Then, in a tour de force of orphanage life and child trafficking in Nepal, Grennan describes helping them reconnect with long lost families... This is a serious, often humorous, sometimes tragic, always touching memoir of the author and his small charges. The story is so captivating that I read it in one sitting. A recommended read.
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