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I like travel memoirs and biographies of unusual people.
"Into the Heart of Borneo" by Redmond O'Hanlon is a screamingly funny, almost Pythonesque true account of two academic posers who wangle a dangerous expedition into Borneo for themselves.
For all you guys who consider yourself free agents restrained by nothing by your own will (about 80 percent of the people on this board), I would highly, highly recommend a book called "Fast Company" by John Bradshaw, available only used these days. Bradshaw interviews the great gamlbing hustlers of the early to middle 20th century, people with iron gall and iron nerve like you never see these days: gamblers (Titanic Thompson), pool players (Minnesota Fats), tennis (Bobby Riggs), Johnny Moss (golf and poker) and more. Not currently in print, but if you ever see a used copy, _grab it._
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