My favorite of those listed:
The Emperor
Ryszard Kapuściński (1978; translated by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand)
Endurance
Alfred Lansing (1959)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson (1972)
In Patagonia
Bruce Chatwin (1977)
Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue
Paul Bowles (1963)
