The Big Year by Mark Obamscik, (this is lighthearted and fun but definitely obsession is the key thing)
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (about a lot of folks being obsessed with something)
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Every personal or historical account of Arctic exploration Ive read. Particularly like McClintocks search for Franklin, Amundsons NW passage on the From. The Voyage of the Discovery. Shackletons lost Men. Peary’s own books. South, by Shackleton himself.
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The Orchid Thief*
Amazing Grace (about William Wilberforce and his campaign to end slavery)
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The river of the gods by Candice Millard
Not a book, but you should watch the movie *Pi*
Lost City of the Monkey God
The Big Year by Mark Obamscik, (this is lighthearted and fun but definitely obsession is the key thing)
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (about a lot of folks being obsessed with something)
Every personal or historical account of Arctic exploration Ive read. Particularly like McClintocks search for Franklin, Amundsons NW passage on the From. The Voyage of the Discovery. Shackletons lost Men. Peary’s own books. South, by Shackleton himself.
The Orchid Thief*
Amazing Grace (about William Wilberforce and his campaign to end slavery)
*could be fiction? Can’t remember
{{The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf}}
Maybe the monk of moka (sp?) by Dave Eggers