OUT OF THE NOOSPHERE Author:Magazine Outside Cartwheeling down a Himalayan river. Climbing America's unfriendliest mountain. Dousing fires in the oil fields of Kuwait. Chasing African killer bees. For fifteen years Outside magazine has devoted itself to original and engaging reports on travel, adventure, sports, and the environment. Now, for the first time, the best of these stories are av... more »ailable in one volume, featuring many of the country's finest writers: Edward Abbey, Rick Bass, John Brant, Chip Brown, Bill Bryson, Tim Cahill, E. Jean Carroll, Phil Garlington, Jim Harrison, Donald Katz, William Kittredge, Jon Krakauer, Barry Lopez, Thomas McGuane, Bill McKibben, Michael McRae, Peter Matthiessen, Peter Nelson, Geoffrey Norman, David Quammen, Bob Reiss, David Roberts, Rob Schultheis, Bob Shacochis, Laurence Shames, Grant Sims, Annick Smith, Rick Telander, Bill Vaughn, Craig Vetter, Randy Wayne White, Ed Zuckerman Whether you're an armchair adventurer or a true-life trekker, you'll be at once entranced and exhilarated as you go "Out of the Noosphere".« less