Book List 1976
Here is the list of books I read in 1976, in the order in which I read them. I see some of my faviorites on the list, including two that are on my all-time best book list ( Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and Desert Solitaire) and I see I read them back to back. There are several more I have read multiple times. I even see a couple ( Tao Te Ching and Map and Compass ) I still pick up from time to time. There are only a handful I don't recall. That seems remarkable to me. You can find my 2007 list here.
- Nordic Skiing by Michael Brady
- Ski Touring by Sven Wild and David Sumner
- Map and Compass by Bjorn Kjellstrom
- Journals of Lewis and Clark ed. by Bernard DeVoto -- DeVoto is the best for learning about the Western US
- Peoplemaking by Virgina Satir
- Pueblos, God, and Spaniards by John Upton Terrell
- One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
- The Skilled Helper by Gerard Egan
- The Doonesbury Chronicles by G. B. Trudeau -- A life-long obsession with the morning paper
- Knots by R.D. Laing
- East of Eden by John Steinbeck -- The first book that left me spent when I finished it
- Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
- Fly-Fishing for Trout by Richard W. Talleur
- The Little Prince by de Saint Exupery
- People of the Valley by Frank Waters -- There is no one better for learning about SW Indian culture
- The Yogi of Cockroach Court by Frank Waters
- Conversations with Frank Waters ed. by John R. Milton
- Pumpkin Seed Point by Frank Waters
- Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda -- The first of MANY times I've read this book!
- A Separate Reality by Carlos Castaneda
- Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda
- Run, River, Run by Ann Zwinger -- A wonderful Colorado writer and naturalist
- Beyound the Aspen Grove by Ann Zwinger
- Tales of Power by Carlos Castaneda
- Black Elk Speaks by John G. Neihardt
- Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard -- My first introduction to a life-long love affair with Dillard
- Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey -- A classic you can re-read over and over again
- Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
- Notes to Myself by Hugh Prather
- I Touch the Earth, the Earth Touches Me by Hugh Prather
- Life After Life by Rayond A. Moody
- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
- The Nature of the Universe by Clive Kilmister
- Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu (translation by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English) -- Timeless wisdom in a beautifully illustrated book
- The Tao of Physics by Fritsof Capra
- Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki -- Another classic of this genre
- The Natural Mind by Andrew Weil
- Physics and Beyond by Werner Heisenberg
- Three Pillars of Zen by Philip Kapleau
- Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters by J.D. Salinger
- Touch the Earth by T.C. McLuhan
- The Human Pedigree by Anthony Smith
- Only Two Can Play This Game by James Keys
- So Human an Animal by Rene Dubos
- The Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck -- A favorite of all my children, too.
- Chuang Tsu by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English
- Centering by M.C. Richards
- The Zen of Seeing by Frederick Franck
- Science and Survival by Barry Commoner
- Bent's Fort by David Lavender