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From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a poignant memoir about her spiritual epiphany and an appeal for why everyone can find a reason for hope. Dr. Jane Goodall's revolutionary study of chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe preserve...

Fascinated by the expeditions of Sir Francis Drake and Captain James Cook? Then you’ll love this account of the Centurion’s circumnavigation of the globe, one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of maritime exploration and naval warfare. In 1740, George Anson and his fleet set off to harass Spanish commerce in the Pacific and attack towns on the coasts of Chile and Peru. Four years later, over half the men had died and of the seven ships which left Portsmouth only the Centurion had completed its objective of attacking Spanish possessions around the globe.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. How did two entire continents come to bear the name of Amerigo Vespucci, a relatively minor Florentine navigator, rather than Christopher Columbus, who reached the New World first? Stefan Zweig published Amerigo in 1942, his final year, solving this...

In One Last Hit, Austin Rampt lays bare a life torn apart by addiction, where the pursuit of one more high led him from a troubled childhood in Tampa to fleeing the country and living in the dangerous underbelly of the Sinaloa Cartel. With unflinching honesty, he recounts the chaos of eight rehabs, jail cells, and a shattered family, each step deeper into the abyss threatening to consume him entirely. Yet, as Austin's world burns—literally and figuratively—a flicker of hope emerges, pulling him toward a truth he never expected to find.

The definitive audiobook on British mountaineer Sandy Irvine and the mystery of his and George Mallory’s disappearance on Mount Everest in June 1924. The fates of Mallory and Irvine, who were last seen disappearing into the clouds as they headed for the summit of Everest on 8 June 1924, still...

A riveting journey down Theodore Roosevelt's "river of doubt" with a diverse crew of adventurers, scientists, and Indigenous leaders who shine light on the past, present, and future of a natural wonder. Sam Moses took part in the adventure of a lifetime when he, along with seventeen men and two...

What if "impossible" isn't a fact at all but simply a belief that has never been challenged?Every extraordinary achievement in history was once dismissed as impossible. Flight. Electricity. Breaking the four-minute mile. Crossing the Atlantic alone. Walking on the moon. Before these became...

In rural Brazil, a little girl was told she had no future. She kept dreaming of a life beyond the fields.In Hanging by a Thread: A Memoir of What Holds Us Together, Marcia Regina Cook shares a deeply personal story of childhood trauma, motherhood, adoption, grief, immigration, faith, resilience...

Wie viel kann ein Mensch ertragen, bevor er zerbricht? Und wie findet man zurück ins Leben, wenn die Vergangenheit einen immer wieder einholt? In Stärker als das Schicksal erzählt Paul Branning seine wahre Lebensgeschichte – ehrlich, schonungslos und bewegend. Eine Kindheit geprägt von...

In 1970, Caleb' s family hit the Hippie Trail from Amsterdam to India in search of nirvana and/or hash— whatever came first. Caleb' s disabled parents, Sam (a paraplegic professor who used a wheelchair) and Carol (a frustrated feminist with an undiagnosed bipolar disorder) dropped out of...

Axe doesn’t suffer from addiction. He relishes it. Ever since an open heart surgery tested his metal, everyday challenges just haven’t been enough. Despite living the good life in Texas, his girlfriend, Sunshine, knows as well as he does that no matter how happy Axe might be, he’ll always...

A brutally honest story of fractured family, drug addiction, violence ... and redemption It was Father's Day. Damian Duffy was seven months old when his parents left him to go to a motorcycle swap meet. His dad was a loyal member of the Comanchero Motorcycle Club. His mum was a feisty wild woman...

Three months into her new career as a Delta flight attendant, Margaret McCallum has two goals: survive probation and manifest a magical twenty-fifth birthday. Airport standby delivers more than she asked for. Margaret is sent to Rome with Dane Whitfield, the handsome first officer who appeared...

From the detective who caught the Parking Lot Rapist comes the inside true account of a massacre that shook a California community. On the morning of July 12, 1976, Edward Charles Allaway walked into the library of California State University, Fullerton, where he worked and opened fire, killing...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE Step into the life and times of George Forster, the eighteenth-century naturalist who sailed the world and made waves with his revolutionary ideas about humanity and freedom—from the bestselling...

Did Christopher Columbus discover America or a route to the Far East? He was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonist who had a singular goal toward which he was driven. His courage was astounding, as he and his three small ships set sail across the Atlantic Ocean. Columbus and his men took precarious and dangerous journeys toward a blue horizon. All they had to depend upon were nautical charts, an astrolabe, and a quadrant. The maps he used were developed by more ancient astronomers such as Ptolemy and Eratosthenes – men who had never sailed the great sea.

Nava, a sud di Kabul. Gli uomini di un ricco mercante bussano alla porta...

This classic biography should be mandatory reading for all academicians. Winsor, a historian, poet, literary critic, and fiction writer, retraces every important aspect of Columbus’ fascinating life, from his family origins to his beliefs and convictions. Columbus emerges as a living...

In The Mountain, veteran world-class climber and bestselling author Ed Viesturs—the only American to have climbed all fourteen of the world's 8,000-meter peaks—trains his sights on Mount Everest in richly detailed accounts of expeditions that are by turns personal, harrowing, deadly, and inspiring.

A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown of New York to...