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カナダ東海岸に眠る伝説の財宝を巡り、200年にわたって過酷な自然の壁と格闘し続けた人間たちの飽くなき探求心を描く歴史ミステリー。静かな夜のリラックスタイムや日々の通勤時間に、あなたの知的好奇心を深く刺激...

自然の脅威に立ち向かい、星の導きと風の囁きだけを道標に広大な太平洋を開拓した人類史上最高の航海者たちの壮大な海洋史を体験する旅。耳から広がる無限の海原は、毎日の慌ただしい通勤時間や長距離ドライブを、...

英雄的な冒険者たちが海を渡った大航海時代、その莫大なコストを裏で操っていたのは、剣を持たない経済史の陰の立役者たる商人たちでした。知的好奇心を刺激するこの没入感あふれる歴史絵巻は、世界史の表舞台から...

証拠の乏しい伝説の理想郷と、そこに命を賭して挑んだ探検家の執念が交錯する、知的好奇心を刺激する壮大な歴史ミステリー。果てしないアマゾンの密林へ分け入る物語は、退屈な通勤時間を、未知への憧れと静かな熱...

幻の黄金都市をめぐる終わりなき欲望が、いかにして無数の探検家たちを熱狂させ、残酷な破滅へと導いたのかを紐解く極上の歴史ノンフィクション。通勤の喧騒から離れて深い思索に浸りたい時、冷酷なまでに美しい人...

The Voyage of the Beagle - or, to give it its full title, Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. Beagle Under Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. - is much more than merely an account of Darwin's scientific...

Durante oito meses, Tamara Klink viveu sozinha num pequeno veleiro preso no mar congelado do Ártico Groenlandês. Depois de uma longa preparação e de atravessar o oceano desviando de icebergs, ela ancorou em um fiorde escuro sem saber se estava pronta para o que iria encontrar. O que acontece...

A retired law enforcement officer turned pilot and a former math teacher chose to leave their home in Texas for a cabin in the wilderness of Alaska. They left life as they knew it behind to start fresh in the land of the Last Frontier. Their cabin on Cub Lake was only accessible by bush plane in the summer or snow machine during the winter, making life challenging. They knew their learning curve would be steep. What they didn't realize was living on a homestead in the wilderness of Alaska would make them face obstacles they had never experienced before.

The Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries - the Northwest Passage, the Northeast Passage, the South Pole, and the North Pole - remained blank spots on the globe. Within twenty years Roald Amundsen would claim all four prizes.

During 14 years, from 1955 to 1969, the Soviet Union and the United States of America were engaged in a dramatic race against each other to conquer space. This period encompassed dramatic victories, humbling defeats, and more than one tragedy. This is a story of human courage and ingenuity at its best and political maneuvering at its worst, of almost unbelievable technological progress undertaken with the object not just of advancing human knowledge but also of proving the superiority of one country over another. 

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents: Marco Polo who taught the world about China Ibn Battuta who travelled to 44 countries Christopher Columbus who discovered new worlds James Cook, first to sail around the world in both directions David Livingstone who explored...

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.

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...

What happens when distant civilizations begin to exchange more than goods? The Silk Road offers a remarkable answer. For centuries, an extensive network of land and maritime routes connected communities across Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and parts of Europe and Africa. Merchants...

For thousands of years, humanity has searched for ways to reduce labor, improve efficiency, and build systems capable of performing work automatically. The History of Automation explores the remarkable journey of automationfrom the earliest mechanical inventions of ancient civilizations to the...

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.

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth. The River of Doubt—it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes...

Livingstone's first book revolutionized the way European readers saw Africa and made him a hero in England. He returned again to the Zambesi with his brother Charles and others, this time with more equipment and funds. Again he faced hippopotami, crocodiles, impossible terrain, and disease, but his greatest enemies on this trip prove to be human. The British eventually lost faith in the expedition, but Livingstone proved in the end to have had tremendous foresight.

A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death, madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the...

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.