Títulos em Aventureiros, Exploradores e Sobreviventes

Uno de los grandes clásicos de la narrativa de no ficción. El mejor libro sobre una de las historias más épicas del siglo XX. En diciembre de 1914, sir Ernest Shackleton y una tripulación de veintisiete hombres embarcaron en el Endurance rumbo al Polo Sur, con el objetivo de cruzar por tierra la Antártida, el último continente inexplorado. Un mes más tarde, el barco encallaba en el hielo del mar de Weddel sin poder tocar tierra, en las proximidades del Círculo Polar Antártico.

What would you do if you only had five years left to live? For some, this is a tragic reality, for most, it’s a question they will never be forced to answer. Luke Richmond asks this question often, not from morbid curiosity, but to ensure he is filling his days with value and living life with no regrets. The awareness of a finite reality has taken Luke from a small town in rural Australia, into the harshest and most challenging environments on Earth.

When Romi Grossberg decided, at thirty-five, to give up her job as a social worker in Australia for a two-year contract in the slums of Cambodia, she could never have imagined that the experience would change her life forever. Hip Hop & Hope is part memoir, part history, part travelogue, and completely engaging. Its portrait of Phnom Penh is complicated and indelible. Its story of work in an NGO is inspirational. At this hip hop youth centre, Romi evolves from a frightened burrung to a respected manager who knows the words, the tunes, and the moves.

Practically Still a Virgin is the riveting memoir of a fifteen-year-old adoptee’s rape—and the pregnancy that changed her life. During Alaska’s rough-and-tumble 1970s oil boom, a time when prostitution, violence, and lawlessness reigned, Monica Hall rebels against her strict Catholic parents in a downward spiral of delinquency. Overwhelmed by guilt and shame when the unthinkable happens, Hall is forced to make impossible choices. Will she keep her rapist’s identity a secret and defy her parents when they demand to know who fathered her baby?

Peter Hathaway Capstick first earned a name as an outdoor writer in the pages of such magazines as Guns & Ammo, Petersen’s Hunting, The American Hunter, and Outdoor Life. In Last Horizons, the first of a two-volume collection of his hunting, fishing, and shooting tales, Capstick shares twenty-four stories of his keen eye and steady hand with rifle, shotgun, bow, and typewriter.

The second half of life can be just as wild as the first half. This is a true story of love, loss, sex, earth, spirit, writing, and adventure after ‘the change.’ In this story people die, the author sleeps with three men, she ingests magic mushrooms, is threatened by a wild tiger, and dances naked with a famous artist. Then there is the meta layer of what happens after the wild story is written down and shared.

Despite being rejected by the Marines in 1972, Effin G kept his ambition and discipline. He was ultimately recruited by a private army in 1975 and participated in his first mission in 1976. This is a riveting story of how a young man uses the power of music, especially the music of The Grateful Dead, to help him through an amazing military adventure. The real characters show how a diverse group of Vietnam Era soldiers come together for an important cause: The War on Drugs.

This second half—or part two—of my memoir picks up exactly where part one leaves off. It takes place from 2000 to 2022, and details the struggles that I had and still have here in Thailand with substance abuse—including becoming a full fledged meth addict in addition to my alcoholism, which had been under control from 1985 until 2000 when I started drinking again in a go-go bar in Bangkok one night when free shots of tequila were being passed around.

How has Florida's land changed across five centuries? What has stayed the same, and what remains only in memory? In Tracing Florida Journeys, Leslie Poole delves into the stories of well-known explorers and travelers who came to the peninsula and wrote about their experiences, looking at their words and the paths they took from the perspective of today.

Coerced by her boss and fellow rivers guides, Brenda Smith reluctantly embarks on a rafting trip through a vast Tanzanian game reserve. If she can survive twelve days on the remote jungle rivers, then she must scale Africa’s tallest mountain. After twenty-eight years of a safe and predictable life, Brenda is terrified of what awaits her in these dangerous wildernesses.

The name of Maurice Herzog, the first man to reach the summit of Annapurna, is widely recognized, but how many know Ang Tharkay, the Sherpa who carried the seriously frostbitten Herzog on his back for miles? Although rarely mentioned in published accounts of early expeditions, local climbers have long been significant members of first ascents on the world's tallest and most challenging peaks. In Alpine Rising, award-winning writer Bernadette McDonald sets the record straight by shining a light on these too often forgotten heroes.

Up from the Ashes, Finding Hope and Purpose: How to Rise Up and Embrace Your Resilience shares the story of author Dr. Tiffany Modica's journey through trauma, discovering her own resilience, finding hope and purpose through her faith in God, music, and overcoming diverse challenges such as human trafficking, foster care, abuse and neglect, and more.

Als im April 1912 die Titanic ihre Jungfernfahrt nach New York bestritt, reiste mit ihr auch ein Prediger, der unterwegs zur berühmten Moody Church in Chicago war: John Harper (1872-1912). Doch dann geschah die Katastrophe. Harper half bis zuletzt, die Passagiere nicht allein vor dem leiblichen Tod zu retten, sondern zeigte ihnen die Rettung für ihre Seele. Dieses Hörbuch ist eine gekürzte Fassung des gleichnamigen Buches und schildert im ersten Teil das dramatische Geschehen auf dem Ozeanriesen.

Mary Merrill is not an ordinary woman. Don’t be surprised if she is sweeping at your front porch one morning. She is a great entertainer who values bonds and “En”. That’s who Mary J. Merrill is. My family and I are honored to be in a small part of her extraordinary life.

Cuando fue secuestrado, a plena luz del día, en mitad de una de las ciudades más pobladas de México, la vida del empresario Alberto de la Fuente cambió para siempre. Esta es la crónica de nueve meses de infame cautiverio dentro de una diminuta celda prefabricada. Los 290 días para elegir, una y otra vez y a pesar de todo, continuar viviendo para volver a abrazar a su familia.

The stories in this book are first-hand experiences of Neville Bransby's growth as a yachtsman and yacht owner, starting with his re-building of an old L36 cruising yacht which he entered in his first Vasco Da Gama yacht race in 2015, followed by a Shearwater 30, Farr 38 and finally a Farr 40, eight years and seven Vasco's later, to win line honours and the coveted Vasco Da Gama trophy in May 2023.

In 1892, Gertrude Bell visited Persia (now Iran) shortly after the appointment of her uncle, Sir Frank Lascelles, as British minister in Tehran. Three years later came Persian Pictures, Gertrude Bell’s first written work, which presents a series of vivid sketches of Persian culture and society at the time. Bell explores various cities and landscapes, and encounters local characters along the way, providing a unique perspective on Persian life and customs.

Whilst learning to fly, Amanda Harrison discovered a beautiful vintage Tiger Moth. After researching the amazing pioneers who flew this fragile aircraft, a spark was ignited, and Amanda dreamed of emulating their adventures. On May 11, 2019, she made that dream a reality, taking off from Biggin Hill with the aim of flying to Darwin, Australia in twenty days-just as her idol Amy Johnson had done in 1930.

Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß ein Durchschnittsmensch. Eine flachland Städterin. Natur nur in angepflanzter Form gewohnt, die Berge nur ein Name am Rande der Stadt. Und doch wollte ich unbedingt über die Alpen laufen. Von Hamburg nach Meran - es war ein weiter Weg. Zusammen mit sieben Freunden plante ich fast ein Jahr lang die Reise, zu sechst kamen wir an. Dieses Buch berichtet über meine Vorbereitung, die Planung, Umsetzung, Ankunft und ein Fazit von jedem von uns.

"Simply A Journey" is an inspiring memoir that chronicles the remarkable odyssey of a young girl from Africa to America. With unyielding courage and relentless determination, she embarked on a voyage of a thousand miles, one step at a time, forging a path towards her dreams. At the tender age of eleven, she made a resolute decision to escape her circumstances and journey to a distant land, even though the path ahead was uncertain. The book emphasizes the power of intention, urging listeners to consciously declare their aspirations as the initial step towards manifestation.