Books On Our Current Reading List

Cover	Title & Description
	The Horizontal Everest: Extreme Journeys on Ellesmere Island Jerry Kobalenko This book won the Banff Mountain Book Award for Adventure Travel in 2002. Kobalenko explores the past and present of this forbidding but beautiful landscape. Julie-Ann Clyma, a 2002 Banff jury member, comments: "Kobalenko’s The Horizontal Everest stood out. He writes with passion, clarity and — praise be — some humour. I found myself smiling a lot at his observations."
	Sherman Exposed: Slightly Censored Climbing Stories by John Sherman The best of the climbing articles by John Sherman. Although there is some irreverence (What does relativity prove about sex?), the real focus is on the purity of the climbing.
	The Nanny Diaries: A Novel; by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus Marvelous book that skewers the prototypical New York upper class parents. Very, very funny with a bite of wickedness.
	Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
	Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris The story of a family struggling with the German occupation during World War II.
	We Die Alone: WWII Epic of Escapes and Endurance The Shetland Bus: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and Adventure The Sledge Patrol: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and Victory This set of three books by David Howarth represent truly remarkable and heroic exploits of individuals or small groups who struggled to survive both the elements and the enemy in World War II.
	Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, Book 1) The Arctic Incident (Artemis Fowl, Book 2) The Eternity Code (Artemis Fowl, Book 3) This series be Eoin Colfer was a lifesaver during our last long vacation. The boys each enjoyed reading them twice through which helped us manage through a spell where we ran out of new books to read...
	The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke

Other books that may be of interest that have been written by Naomi Ragen - not a part of our Ragen branch but I thought that people might find their way to our website by accident.

For other books on our lists of recommended books, follow the links below.

	Mountain Climbing and Outdoor Adventures with the cover graphics.
	Books on Wine Appreciation and Winemaking.
	Children's Books that our boys or their cousins are reading. Click here for the Seattle Children's Theatre recommended booklist.
	History Books that relate to our family history or that we have enjoyed.
	Other Books that we are waiting to categorize.
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