Here are a few books and web sites that I would recommend checking out. The list will be updated from time to time so keep checking back.
Books
Business and Success:
The 4-Hour work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
by Timothy Ferris
The Millionaire Course: A Visionary Plan for Creating the Life of Your Dreams
by Marc Allen
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It
by Michael E. Gerber
The Millionaire Next Door
by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t
by Jim Collins
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
by Seth Godin
The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
by Thomas L. Friedman
Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
by Yvon Chouinard
Raising the Bar: Integrity and Passion in Life and Business: The Story of Clif Bar & Co.
by Gary Erickson
Adventure:
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
by Greg Mortenson
Touching the Void
by Joe Simpson
Random good reads!
Long Walk to Freedom
by Nelson Mandela
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
by John Vaillant