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Across Mountaineering, Sports & Recreation, and Biography & Autobiography — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Learning to Fly by Marisha McDowell.

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A diverse selection of titles that share the core themes and atmosphere of Learning to Fly.

Three Cups of Tea — Greg Mortenson

Three Cups of Tea

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

The Sunlit Summit The Life of W.H. Murray — Robin Lloyd-Jones

The Sunlit Summit The Life of W.H. Murray

Robin Lloyd-Jones

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

The Steady Climb A Family Journey From Mountains to Markets — Jay Hack

The Steady Climb A Family Journey From Mountains to Markets

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Everest 1951 The Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition 1951 — Eric Shipton

Everest 1951 The Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition 1951

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Up: My Life’s Journey to the Top of Everest — Ben Fogle

Up: My Life’s Journey to the Top of Everest

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

The High Sierra A Love Story — Kim Stanley Robinson

The High Sierra A Love Story

Kim Stanley Robinson

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

The Climb Tragic Ambitions on Everest — Anatoli Boukreev

The Climb Tragic Ambitions on Everest

Anatoli Boukreev

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Regions of the Heart The Triumph and Tragedy of Alison Hargreaves — David Rose

Regions of the Heart The Triumph and Tragedy of Alison Hargreaves

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Everest the Hard Way The Thrilling Account of the First Ascent of the South West — Sir Chris Bonington

Everest the Hard Way The Thrilling Account of the First Ascent of the South West

Sir Chris Bonington

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

The Crystal Horizon Everest, the First Solo Ascent — Reinhold Messner

The Crystal Horizon Everest, the First Solo Ascent

Reinhold Messner

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Climbing High A Woman’s Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy — Lene Gammelgaard

Climbing High A Woman’s Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy

Lene Gammelgaard

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Bothy Tales Footsteps in the Scottish Hills — John D. Burns

Bothy Tales Footsteps in the Scottish Hills

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Code 1244 The 1986 Mount Hood Tragedy — Ric Conrad

Code 1244 The 1986 Mount Hood Tragedy

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Against the Wall — Simon Yates

Against the Wall

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

To the End of the Earth The Race to Solve Polar Exploration’s Greatest Mystery — Tom Avery

To the End of the Earth The Race to Solve Polar Exploration’s Greatest Mystery

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Mountains of the Mind A History of a Fascination — Robert Macfarlane

Mountains of the Mind A History of a Fascination

Robert Macfarlane

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Classic Krakauer Essays on Wilderness and Risk — Jon Krakauer

Classic Krakauer Essays on Wilderness and Risk

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

The Mammoth Book of Travel in Dangerous Places — John Keay

The Mammoth Book of Travel in Dangerous Places

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

The Assault on Mount Everest, 1922 Special Centenary Edition with New Foreword by Sir Chris Bonington CVO CBE DL — C. G. Bruce

The Assault on Mount Everest, 1922 Special Centenary Edition with New Foreword by Sir Chris Bonington CVO CBE DL

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Beyond Possible One Man, Fourteen Peaks, and the Mountaineering Achievement of a Lifetime — Nimsdai Purja

Beyond Possible One Man, Fourteen Peaks, and the Mountaineering Achievement of a Lifetime

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

The Fear Bubble — Ant Middleton

The Fear Bubble

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Everest, Inc. The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World — Will Cockrell

Everest, Inc. The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Going Home — Thomas Young

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Into the Silence The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest — Wade Davis

Into the Silence The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest

Themes: Mountaineering • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Fans of Learning to Fly by Marisha McDowell will find 24 titles here, all united by Mountaineering, Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography. Authors represented include Greg Mortenson, Robin Lloyd-Jones, Jay Hack, Eric Shipton, and others.

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