The August issue of “Outside” arrived at my house this afternoon, and, as always, I flipped immediately to the magazine’s monthly section on recently published (and recommended) books.This month’s book section made mention of five books that are probably well worth the time it would take to read.
This month’s featured book is “The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival” by John Vaillant (Knopf, $27). This book reports the story of a multi-year hunt for a 500-pound, man-eating tiger that took place in Russia in the late 1990s. Brad Pitt has reportedly optioned the film rights to the story.
In the “Required Reading” section, the magazine’s editors recommended “No Way Down: Life and Death on K2” by New York Times staff writer Graham Bowley (Harper, $26). This book is billed as the definitive tale of “the August 2008 tragedy on Pakistan’s K2, during which missteps and a massive ice fall killed 11.”
Books reviewed in the “By Our Contributors” section included “Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life and Catching the Perfect Wave” by Peter Heller (Free Press, $15), Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth” by James M. Tabor (Random House, $27) and “The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam” by Eliza Griswold (Farrar, Straus and Girous, $27).
“Kook” is the story of a middle-aged man who takes a yearlong surfing trip down the Mexican coast. “Blind Descent” is about the competition between cave divers Bill Stone and Alexander Klimchouk. “The Tenth Parallel” documents the author’s travels from Nigeria to Indonesia.
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