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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...

In 1963, Jim Whittaker became the first American to summit Everest via the South Col route. Roughly two weeks after Whittaker's achievement, Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld, fellow American mountaineers on the same expedition, became the first climbers ever to summit the world's highest peak via the dangerous and forbidding West Ridge—a route on which only a handful of climbers have since succeeded.

An unprecedented behind-the-scenes view into the life of Anthony Bourdain from the people who knew him best. When Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, fans around the globe came together to celebrate the life of an inimitable man who had dedicated his life to traveling nearly everywhere (and...

In this inspiring travelogue, celebrated traveler and photographer Jessica Nabongo—the first Black woman on record to visit all 195 countries in the world—shares her journey around the globe with fascinating stories of adventure, culture, travel musts, and human connections.

With the age of voyages of discovery in the 15th century, the curtain of history slowly came down on the late Middle Ages. Portuguese and Spanish seafarers set out to remeasure the dimensions of the earth. Numerous spices and fruits, which we would hardly be able to do without today, found their way to Europe for the first time. Columbus discovered America in 1492 on his quest for India. Six years later, it was left to Vasco da Gama to travel through the sea route to India sought by Columbus on the eastern route around Africa.

Ferdinand Magellan was unquestionably one of the more remarkable figures of the Age of Exploration, and given his fateful expedition, he has the era's most unique legacy. Today he is remembered as the first man to circumnavigate the globe, despite the fact he died thousands of miles away from Spain in the Philippines. It is also commonly overlooked that among the famous and historic expeditions in the early 16th century, Magellan's was by far the most dangerous, unique, and adventurous.

He was almost gone. But his story wasn't over. In February 2011, Robert B. Routt came frighteningly close to death. After years of pain, dependence, and choices that slowly pulled his life apart, his body finally gave out. Days passed before his daughter and former brother-in-law found him. When...

What happens when you actually choose the quiet you’ve been craving? New York Times bestselling author Jedidiah Jenkins finds out in this meditation on the power of sabbatical and return. On the edge of burnout and frustrated with life’s brain-rotting demands, Jedidiah Jenkins did what so...

Millions have passed through its doors, but few know the full story of the house in Amsterdam's Canal District that hid Anne Frank and her family. Built in 1635 by an enterprising Dutch businessman, over the next 400 years the house would welcome a cast of extraordinary characters - merchants...

Now available as an audiobook for the very first time. An inspirational true story of a 4 year old girl who fell into the power of a man whose evil knew no bounds. She encountered terrifying mental and physical torture from her psychopathic stepfather for a period of 17 years until she managed...

ONCE BITTEN FOREVER SMITTEN: a voyage to distant shoresIn 2005, two sailors from the Pacific Northwest left the comforts of home and traded it for a life of joy, unpredictability, adventure and exploration aboard their 48-foot sailboat, Wyntersea. Some thought them to be a breed apart and...

A candid memoir of religious trauma, survival, and the long road back to self-trust. Before Debbie McNulty had words for trauma, she had monsters: the Rapture Monster, the Family Dysfunction Monster, and the fear that God was always watching, waiting, and ready to abandon her. Raised inside a...

The spellbinding tale of a hidden track on NASA's Golden Record, the recording sent into space in 1977 to explain life on Earth to aliens, and a profound exploration of what it means to be human in this vast universe. More than 16 billion miles from Earth, beyond the edge of the Solar System, a...

6.961 Meter. 40 Prozent Sauerstoff. Minus 25 Grad. Und ein Berg, der seit 16 Tagen niemanden mehr auf den Gipfel gelassen hat. Im Januar 2024 bricht Raphael Mielke nach Argentinien auf, um sich einen Traum zu erfüllen, der ihn seit einer zufälligen Busfahrt sechs Jahre nicht losgelassen hat...

VOCES SILENCIOSAS, MEMORIA VIVA En tiempos de penuria y represión, ¿cómo resistir cuando todo parece perdido? Esta novela, desde su brevedad, nos sumerge en los años 40 en España, durante la dura época de la posguerra, cuando los vencidos se vieron obligados a vivir silenciados en un país...

She didn’t fall into the pit because she was weak.She fell because she trusted.Mosaic Memoir is for the woman who has been under attack. The kind that makes you overthink every conversation, brace for the next storm, and wonder if you’re too much or not enough depending on who’s holding...

"48 DAYS TO BARBADOS IS VISCERAL: THE SMELL OF ONIONS PERMEATING A SLEEPING BAG, THE TASTE OF SULFUROUS WATER, THE SOUND OF WATER AGAINST THE HULL...IT'S A COURAGEOUS TALE ABOUT HOW WE FIND OURSELVES BY LOSING OUR BEARINGS." KIMBERLY KING PARSONS, Bestselling Author Of We Were The Universe In...

Plongez au cœur de l'océan, là où l'horizon disparaît, où chaque vague peut devenir un mur et chaque rafale de vent une épreuve à surmonter. Cet audiobook rassemble des récits de survie en mer, inspirés d'histoires vraies. Naufrages, dérives interminables, tempêtes déchaînées...

A Story of Survival, Courage, and the Triumph of the Human SpiritThis story is a must-read for all who venture into the great outdoors and contains several stories within the story. It is not only a riveting story, but also instructive and inspiring. Eddie Smith Owner & CEO, Grady-White BoatsAs...

"This is the story of things that should not happen to a person but sometimes do, and this time did." Come with Jackie, her mother, her family inside an intensive care unit where over four and a half months, and beyond, Jackie survived a major medical event, an emergency bilateral lung...