Mountain Exposure: News and Views From the Backcountry: Links

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Barcelona, Spain (beautiful architecture, beaches; too touristy)
Boston, MA (liberal, beautiful downtown core; cold, old-fashioned, weird)
Cape Town, South Africa (beautifully situated, beautiful girls, great surf, great beaches; but too far and too dangerous)
Denver, CO (progressive, well-organized, proximity to outdoors and skiing, walkable, nice, historic downtown; no water)
Melbourne, Australia (good surf, best city in Australia; but it's Australia: homogeneous, zero typography, and that horrible accent)
Portland, OR (progressive, well-planned, proximity to outdoors, good food, good beer, and good coffee; too many CA transplants, too much rain, and just too fucking weird)
San Francisco, CA (proximity to nature, beautiful harbor, culture; unattractive architecture, unrelenting sprawl, too many techies, indigents, and traffic lights)
Tallin, Estonia (well preserved medieval core, vibrant arts scene, the most beautiful women in the world; remote, cold, too much Russian influence)
Vancouver, BC (incredibly scenic, proximity to nature, skiing; lacks historical context, too much glass, concrete, and rain)
Washington, DC (culture, arts, architecture; humid, violent, too many lawyers, too much traffic, best and worst airports in U.S.)

A Selection of the MOST IMPORTANT Nonfiction Books of Our Generation

AFTERSHOCK, Robert Reich
CONSCIENSE OF A LIBERAL, Paul Krugman
FREAKONOMICS, Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL/COLLAPSE, Jared Diamond
LET MY PEOPLE GO SURFING, Yvon Chouinard
NO god BUT GOD/HOW TO WIN A COSMIC WAR, Reza Aslan
NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF, Julian Barnes
SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT, Mathew B. Crawford
SUPERCAPITALISM, Robert Reich
THE AGE OF WONDER, Richard Holmes
THE END OF FAITH, Sam Harris
THE GOD DELUSION, Richard Dawkins
THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA and IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, Michael Pollan
THE PRIZE/QUEST, Daniel Yergin
THE THIRD REICH TRILOGY, Richard Evans