[MikeNaked]

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My first three capture every bit of identity, self-concept, courage, communication, archetypes, hero's journey, rites of passage and the search for wisdom. They are all incredible stories of adventure and completely captivating true-life stories that leave fiction in the dust.

Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod - Gary Paulsen
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage - Alfred Lansing
The Darkest Jungle: The True Story of the Darien Expedition and America's Ill-Fated Race to Connect the Seas - Todd Balf


Random recommendations to enlighten kids by giving them easy to read (except for HOD) yet heavily introspective stuff:
Virginibus Puerisque, specifically Chapter 6 "El Dorado" - Robert Louis Stevenson
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead - Tom Stoppard
Through The Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll
Heart Of Darkness - Josef Conrad
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas - Hunter Thompson


For balance, they should also read

Economics Lite:
Economics In One Lesson - Henry Hazlitt
The Candlemaker's Petition - Frederic Bastiat

Relevant and easy-to-read applicable economics:
Fooled By Randomness - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
A Random Walk Down Wall Street - Burton Malkiel

Economics Basics:
Wealth Of Nations - Adam Smith
The Theory Of Moral Sentiments - Adam Smith

The passion and intelligence in the revolution that US history teachers never expose kids to:
Common Sense - Thomas Paine
Rights Of Man - Thomas Paine
Jefferson Bible - Thomas Jefferson

The wisdom and honor of the far east:
Book Of Five Rings - Miyamoto Musashi
Hagakure - Yamamoto Tsunetomo

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Yess, that's what I'm talking about - great post. Love the 3 adventure, non-fiction suggestions particularly.