Incoming!

My sister Cass kindly gave me a US$100 Amazon.com gift voucher for Christmas this year - a cracking gift that will give me hours of enjoyment!

So I went shopping for books today...here's what will be coming in the mail in January...

Soft reading

• The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do - Samantha Ettus
• How to Build an Igloo: And Other Snow Shelters - Norbert E. Yankielun

Space

• Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon - Buzz Aldrin
• First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong - James R. Hansen

Doing crazy stuff in the snow

• High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest - Edmund Hillary
• Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home - Nando Parrado

Emo, life

• Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson - Mitch Albom
• It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life - Lance Armstrong

Money

• The Aussie Expat - The Luckiest Person on Earth - Steve Douglas

I'm particularly looking forward to Norbert E. Yankielun's classic about igloos.