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Interweaving memoir and good old fashioned ice adventure, Kim Stanley Robinson takes readers along on the journeys that have happened before and the journeys that may never happen again. In May of 1911, Robert Scott and the twenty-four men under his command said good-bye to the sun and settled...

Legendary alpinist Barry Blanchard returns to the thin places where weather, will, and luck decide everything—and the consequences echo for years. Blanchard, in his inimitable, heart-pounding, and brutally honest style, continues reminiscing about the life he introduced readers to in The...

Die 27-jährige Sozialarbeiterin Sarah Kokot aus dem Leipziger Land hat es ausprobiert: allein, in 300 Tagen, über 7 Kontinente. Sie ahnte das Abenteuer, aber nicht, dass es sie so verändern würde. Sarah arbeitete in einem Kinderschutzprojekt in Südafrika, sie zeltete ohne Zaun in der afrikanischen Wildnis, kletterte auf über 5000 Meter hohe Berge im Himalaya und aß Insekten in Kambodscha. Dabei stellte sie fest, dass es sich mit leichtem Gepäck am besten reist und dass sie letztendlich das Wenige braucht, um näher zu sich selbst zu kommen.

Josef Mengele, el médico del horror de Auschwitz, murió en libertad. Tras la guerra huyó a Sudamérica y pasó sus últimos 18 años en Brasil, oculto bajo una identidad falsa y protegido por una red de simpatizantes nazis. Con un estilo vibrante y riguroso, Betina Antón reconstruye esta historia real con acceso a archivos secretos de la Mossad, entrevistas a quienes le dieron cobijo y documentos nunca antes publicados. Tras la pista de Mengele es una obra imprescindible para entender los vacíos de justicia en la historia reciente, la persistencia del odio y la fragilidad de la memoria.

This unique sound history of Mount Everest was produced to celebrate the anniversary of the first ascent of Everest by Ed Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. The story is told first and foremost by Sir Edmund Hillary and many others.

Surfing The Interstates chronicles a transformative 4,000-mile hitchhiking journey across America in 1973. This coming-of-age memoir follows a 21-year-old's two-month odyssey from East Coast privilege to West Coast revelation, capturing the last summer when you could truly vanish in America.

Lilo and Ernst survived the horrors of WWII in the center of Berlin, but not without help. An incredible tale of survival and kindness. Lilo was just a teenager when the Nazis took away her mother and father in September 1942. She never saw them again. A year later, she received another painful blow when her brother Hans was taken too. She was now alone at 19-years-old in a dangerous and brutal world. Until she heard one familiar voice that called her name, and saved her life.

Life has offered me many chapters—each one layered with movement, discovery, faith, and quiet transformation. But for a long time, I wasn’t sure how to share my story. I always carried the desire within me, yet I often paused, unsure where to begin or how to reach those who truly needed to hear it. I first began sharing anonymously through a faceless YouTube channel, using my voice to narrate bits of my story. But it didn’t feel quite right. I craved a deeper, more intentional way to connect.

Learning to Dance in the Rain is a powerful true memoir about addiction, motherhood, loss, faith, and the relentless courage it takes to rebuild a life when everything has been stripped away.

What if your greatest pain served as your greatest teacher? From childhood wounds and family secrets to spiritual awakenings and boardroom battles, Jennifer Gauthier bares her soul in this fierce, unflinching memoir. Through Her Eyes is a roadmap for every woman and man who has ever felt unseen, silenced, or stuck. With raw honesty and deep compassion, Gauthier invites you to face the past, rewrite your inner narrative, and reclaim your power.

She thought silence would keep her safe. She thought pretending would make the pain disappear. She thought no one would ever believe her truth.

One moment, Terrance McDuffie was a Soldier, a father, and a man planning his future. The next, he was fighting for his life against one of the deadliest heart attacks known as the Widowmaker.

What happens when life knocks you down again… and again… and again? From a troubled youth and challenges in the Marine Corps to devastating heartbreaks and hard-earned redemption, Dean Brown’s life has been anything but ordinary.

'Never less than entertaining ... the book really comes alive' Mail on Sunday 'A fascinating book ... what it means to be human' Independent on Sunday 203 countries. A decade of travel. Not a single plane in sight. This is the story of one man's journey to be the first to visit every country in...

World-renowned adventurer and broadcaster, Bear Grylls, presents some of the most incredible near-death experiences, told by those who lived to tell the tale. These extraordinary and diverse accounts of human bravery, mental and physical strength - and sometimes sheer luck - range from being stranded for more than 50 days at sea, to surviving world-changing acts of terrorism.

When foster carer, Cathy Glass, is asked to foster Darcy-May, a two-day old baby, she is very concerned. The baby is coming to her straight from hospital and will have no contact with her teenage mother, Haylea. Even more worrying, she will be brought to Cathy with a police escort as it’s...

“In a world of self-help, this is true inspiration, deeply admirable without the distance of heroism, bracing without stridency and, ultimately, generous. The mountain, Shepherd tells us, is ‘a corrective of glib assessment.’ So is its book.” —The New York Times Book Review An...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER BRONZE MEDALIST IN MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY FOR THE AXIOM BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS An incredible immigrant story from a prominent Canadian Tamil who fled torture and imprisonment, arrived in Canada with $50 in his pocket, then rose from the mailroom to the executive suite of the...

The Award-winning International Bestselling Story of One Man's Six Year Detention in Australia ‘A powerfully vivid account of the experiences of a refugee: desperation, brutality, suffering, and all observed with an eye that seems to see everything and told in a voice that’s equal to the...

In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in the ice. For five months, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways in one of the most savage regions of the world. Lansing describes how the men survived a 1,000-mile voyage in an open boat across the stormiest ocean on the globe and an overland trek through forbidding glaciers and mountains.

'Eddie looked evil in the eye and met it with joy and kindness . . . [his] philosophy is life-affirming' – Daily Express Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day and now believes he is the ‘happiest man on earth’. In his inspirational memoir, he pays tribute to those who...

Durant six ans, j’ai côtoyé des héros. J’ai combattu quelques gros feux, perdu un camarade, sauvé des vies et vu des gens mourir. J’ai été immergé en plein cœur de la détresse du tout Paris. Mais cette vie trépidante ne me suffisait pas, il m'en fallait plus. Toujours plus loin, toujours plus haut, telle est ma philosophie. Je voulais d'autres défis, mais tout a un prix.

In 1941, a young Harvard-educated classicist named Varian Fry arrived in occupied France on a daring mission to rescue more than 2,000 of Europe's leading writers, artists, and intellectuals from the Nazis. Hounded by the Gestapo, he smuggled Marchel Duchamp, Marc Chagall, Hannah Arendt and dozens of other 20th century cultural luminaries out of France and brought them to America. So why did even the people Fry saved want to forget him?

Imagine giving up everything you own and walking across the country... for 28 years? Meet Peace Pilgrim, who crossed the U.S. on foot seven times with only the clothes on her back to spread her message of peace. From 1953 to 1981, she lived off the land and the kindness of those she met. Whenever trouble came her way - whether blizzards or black eyes - her sole response was love.

With the utterance of a single line—“Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”—a remote meeting in the heart of Africa was transformed into one of the most famous encounters in exploration history. But the true story behind Dr. David Livingstone and journalist Henry Morton Stanley is one that has...

An eclectic mix of exciting stories every surfer will love. This eclectic mix has something for everyone, from classic tales of monster waves and epic battles to stories of when life among the breakers goes wrong. There are accounts of death and disaster, as well as bravery and triumph. The bizarre and the extreme rub shoulders with perfect breaks and beautiful beaches. Be thrilled by legendary surfers like Laird Hamilton and Shane Dorian as well as learning about local heroes who never made the headlines.

Der Nanga Parbat liegt im Himalaja-Massiv. Er ist der neunthöchste Berg der Erde, seine Steilwand an der Südseite mit 4500 Metern die höchste Fels- und Eiswand der Welt. Reinhold Messner bezeichnet ihn als seinen Schicksalsberg, da er an ihm 1970 seinen Bruder Günther bei einer gemeinsamen Tour verlor. Er berichtet von seiner vergeblichen Suche nach dem Bruder, von den grauenvollen Stunden der Verzweiflung und zunehmender physischer Erschöpfung.

Nacido en el año 1254, veneciano de corazón, este notable explorador italiano ha pasado a la historia por ser uno de los primeros hombres que llegó a China, país del que aprendió su arte, idioma, y difusión por sus notables avances culturales. Su libro, Las Aventuras de Marco Polo, causó admiración en la Europa del siglo XIII, al extremo de considerarlo un hombre bendecido por la suerte y a admiración.

In July 1973, Bob Tininenko, his wife Linda, and his brother in-law Jim Fisher set sail from Tacoma, Washington, on a 31-foot trimaran, down the West Coast to Costa Rica. The journey was expected to take a matter of weeks, but 10 days into the cruise, the party encountered a freak storm off the coast of Northern California. When gale-force winds and 50-foot waves capsized their boat, the voyage became a nightmare. For 72 days, the trio was lost at sea. Challenged by nature and compromised by a bitter rivalry, their courage and will to live was put to the ultimate test.

'Truth and courage are what memoirs need and this one has them both in spades … The unforgotten boy: that is what makes this a book a revelation' ADAM NICOLSON ‘Wonderful, absolutely beguiling … I learnt a lot and really loved it’ RICHARD HOLMES ‘Gloriously evocative’ DAILY MAIL What...