 
Mr Nice. My all time favorite book. I came across this book on a coffee table of a friend. It was the autobiography of Howard Marks called "Mr Nice". I bought my own copy and took it with me as I travelled. This book was so addicting, at points I could not stop reading. The caption on the back cover reads something like: "At the height of his career, Howard Marks had 43 aliases, 25 fake business, and was smuggling up to 25 tons of hashish at a time. He was Britains most wanted man, and he just spent 7 years in Americas toughest penitentiary. You'll like him." And that you do. This guy fell in to drug smuggling almost by accident, and had 30 years worth of crazy stories to tell.
 
Into Thin Air. This book was the most riveting book I have ever read. Everytime I closed it, I honestly felt as if I were leaving people stranded on Mount Everest, and I needed to read again to help them. This account of the Mount Everest disaster is so chilling. There are stories described that you cant fathom. The decisions that people had to make, the hardships they faced. The book chronicles the entire trip from the flight to Nepal to the media buzz surrounding the disaster after it happened.
 
The Dirt: Confessions of the worlds most notorious rock band. This was the autobiography of Motley Crue. I was never a fan of theirs -I bought one album back in the 80s, but I'm an admitted "band wagon fan". However, I love to read about incredible people, and this was a prime example. These guys lived the rock and roll life to the fullest. They had the highest highs and the lowest lows, and in this book they tell it all. From all the supporting accounts, you get the idea that none of it is exaggerated, nor does it need to be. This is a great book for Crue and non-Crue fans alike.
 Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins. Tom Robbins is probably my most favorite fiction writer based soley on this book alone.
 
Yeager. This guy defined the crazy fighter pilot that Tom Cruise played in Top Gun, except that was Yeager in real life. This book is awesome and makes you kind of long for the days that his life took place - before all the red tape and bureaucracy that would make most of his pranks and stunts impossible today.
 South - Ernest Shacketon. Earnest Shackeltons own diary of the 1914 expedition he led to Antartica.
 'Round Ireland with a Fridge - Tony Hawks. The guy who hitchhiked around the entire coast of Ireland with a refridgerator on a bet.
 
Tuesdays with Morrie is just a great book. It sort of turned me on to biographies of extrordinary people. It is one of the few books that has ever made me cry. It is an amazing story sure to inspire anyone.
 Stupid White Men -Michael Moore. Michael Moores commentary on the sad state of American Politics.
 
I Feel Great. Thanks to my dad for getting me this one. It was an awesome and inspiring book. It is the true-life story of Pat Croce who built an empire which includes owning a pro basketball team, after being raised from a lower-income family on the streets of Philadelphia. Not just hard work, but the most amazing attitude is what got him where he is, and he shares his tales and tips.
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