Titres dans Aventuriers, explorateurs et survie

They said someone would take his life before age eighteen, They said a blind man had no business in real estate. No business in insurance. No business running a vending empire, owning a car dealership, or sitting for professional licensing exams. They were wrong every single time. In August of 1990, Michel A. Battles Sr. was shot eight times on the streets of Detroit. The bullet that reached his head took his sight forever. He was eighteen years old. What followed was not a recovery story. It was a war.

How a Lifetime of Chaos, Addiction, and Pain Became a Path to PurposeBecoming the Change is more than a memoir of addiction and redemption. It is a raw, unflinching account of a man who spent decades running from pain only to discover that healing required walking straight into it. It is about the cost of denial, the courage of accountability, and the daily discipline it takes to build a life worth living. After losing everything and rebuilding, Triple X found purpose in service.

This is a story of a love affair with a plane, a young girl's need to fly, and the dream of flying a transcontinental air race. Sheer determination and desire create an unforgettable bond with an airplane whose unique sound spelled adventure of the finest kind.

This evocative memoir tells the story of a man who spent nearly four decades within the grips of a controversial organization, chronicling his eventual disillusionment and the path to reclaiming his freedom.

In Progress Through Struggle, the author shares his extraordinary life story—a journey from humble beginnings on a farm in rural Mississippi to a distinguished career as an electronics technician with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Born into a world of limited opportunities for...

The Norwegian explorer, philosopher and acclaimed writer tells of his historic 58-day journey to the North Pole on skis in this provocative memoir that is a profound meditation on nature and the history of explorers' obsession. The North Pole looms large in our collective psyche—the ultimate...

On the 18th of June 1994, weeks before the end of the massacres in which hundreds of thousands of her fellow Tutsi, Rwanda's Bantu-speaking ethnic group, were slaughtered by the Hutu, Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse and her mother were fortunate to find a safe passage out of Rwanda with a convoy of children organised by a Swiss humanitarian organisation. Fifteen years later, after rebuilding her life and becoming a successful novelist, Mairesse is ready to begin the long process of reconstructing her incomplete memories of the escape.

Wir begleiten Mark und Delia Owens auf ihrer lebensgefährlichen Reise in das Herz der Kalahari-Wüste Botswanas. Mit nicht viel mehr als einem Fernglas und zwei Schlafsäcken im Gepäck, machen sich die beiden Zoologen 1974 auf in die Wildnis Afrikas – tausende Kilometer entfernt von Straßen, anderen Menschen oder der nächsten Wasserquelle. In dieser Einöde leben die Owens' Seite an Seite mit der Löwin Blue, der Hyäne Pepper, Schakalen, Wildhunden und Giraffen, während sie die Geheimnisse des Lebens in einem der letzten unberührten Gebiete der Erde enthüllen.

Reinhold Messner is one of history's greatest mountaineers, a man who pushed the frontier of what is possible for a whole generation of climbers and beyond. In his new memoir, Against the Wind, Messner looks back on a life of accomplishments and recounts some of the most important episodes after turning eighty in 2024.

Cândido Rondon is by any measure the greatest tropical explorer in history. Between 1890 and 1930, he navigated scores of previously unmapped rivers, traversed untrodden mountain ranges, and hacked his way through jungles so inhospitable that even native peoples had avoided them—and led Theodore Roosevelt and his son, Kermit, on their celebrated "River of Doubt" journey in 1913-14. Originally published in Brazil, Into the Amazon is the first comprehensive biography of the Indigenous Brazilian explorer, scientist, stateseman, and conservationist.

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK TO READ THIS SUMMER From bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets “An irresistible mix of splendid scholarship, heart-stopping adventure writing, and...

Diego González es un documentalista que habla dormido. Está casado con una sonidista que trata de descifrar lo que dice en sueños. Se muda a Barcelona, pero el pasado lo alcanza como una pesadilla. La visita de un viejo conocido, el periodista Adalberto Anaya, trastoca su reciente tranquilidad. Anaya - quien ha vigilado a Diego durante años con la atención casi desmedida de un admirador - lo culpa de haber hecho un documental para entregar a un narco.

In 2017, world-class ultrarunner Hillary Allen was at the top of her sport - and it felt like she was running on top of the world as she competed in Norway's Tromsø Skyrace. Allen was nearly halfway through the 50-kilometer race when she fell 150 feet off an exposed ridge, fracturing her back and breaking multiple ribs, both feet, and both of her lower arms. Beginning with the dramatic story of her accident and rescue, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds recounts Allen's fight to return to the life she loves.

Veteran sailor and writer Christian Williams invites us along once again on a 5,000-mile voyage of discovery around the North Pacific. Equipped with a new boat, a well-stocked toolbox, and the entire history of philosophic thought, he takes us as crew through squalls and calms deep into a laboratory of the universe that exists only out of sight of land. Funny, erudite, and at times deeply personal, Philosophy of Sailing explores who we are and how encounters with the unknown can be a path to revelation and joy.

“Offers an entertaining look at Kerkorian’s outsize life… an interesting portrait of a billionaire.” – Wall Street Journal The rags-to-riches story of one of America’s wealthiest and least-known financial giants, self-made billionaire Kirk Kerkorian—the daring aviator, movie mogul...

A short, inspirational audiobook from Henry Fraser, a young quadriplegic motivational speaker and artist. Henry Fraser was a 17-year-old sports enthusiast and senior prefect when he broke his spinal cord and was left paralysed from the shoulders down. Life as he knew it was over, and yet, through extraordinary determination and a positive attitude, he has forged a successful career as an inspirational speaker and an artist.

Il 12 ottobre 1492 la Storia dell'uomo fu segnata da un evento epocale. La storia stessa, per come la conosciamo e studiamo, ha in quella data il segno dell'inizio dell'epoca moderna. Ma le terre raggiunte da Colombo, toccate dal primo grande esploratore italiano, furono decretate come "Nuovo mondo" solo qualche anno più tardi, grazie a un altro esploratore, Amerigo Vespucci.

Ryuji Nagatsuka, ancien pilote rescapé des "missions d'attaques spéciales", communément appelées kamikaze, témoigne par ce récit vibrant, du destin hors du commun d'un homme mêlé malgré lui aux heures les plus sombres du XXème siècle. Il nous explique ce qui l'a conduit à devenir kamikaze à l'âge de 20 ans, nous décrit l'entraînement des pilotes d'attaques spéciales, et de quelle façon il a miraculeusement échappé à sa mission suicide.

This beautiful and deeply moving tale recounts educational psychologist Torey Hayden's battle to unlock the emotions of a troubled and sexually abused child who, with the help of Hayden, was finally able to overcome her dark past and realise her full potential. Six-year-old Sheila was abandoned...

Forty years ago, Buzz Aldrin became the second human, minutes after Neil Armstrong, to set foot on a celestial body other than the Earth. The event remains one of mankind’s greatest achievements and was witnessed by the largest worldwide television audience in history. In the years since...