Titres dans Aventuriers, explorateurs et survie

Shattered but not broken, Shaneé Morgan, shares the raw and uncut story of her journey through childhood trauma, tragedy, resilience, and healing. This shocking yet powerful memoir recalls the author’s childhood growing-up in 5th Ward Houston, Texas also known as “The Nickel,” in the midst of the crack epidemic. From the crack house to the school house, Shaneé recounts the tragic events that could’ve claimed her life, or the lives of her family if not for the grace and mercy of God.

Empty is a story of passion, neglect, betrayal, growth, and love. After enduring great loss, Elizabeth Carter struggled to find herself amid great adversity. Her life was one long drama with many twists, turns, and near-death experiences that left her working hard to prove her worth to the people around her. Yet, with no validation, she was left empty.

Imagine living in Italy for one full year. This was always the dream and promise Ilene and Gary made to each other. This story is an invitation to witness the magic of Italy through the eyes of two new Italian citizens. Listen to their own authentic voices, in alternating chapter format, sharing their story, raw emotions, laughter, triumphs, challenges, and experiences in this intimate format.

This book has ups and downs. This book is my life experiences from my point of view. The abuse I suffered as a child to the choices I made as an adult. Everything that happened has made me who I am today.

“A powerful, gut-wrenching tale of pain, suffering, and recovery.” —KIRKUS REVIEWS “Unique and haunting…. A mesmerizing and unforgettable meditation on a stranger-than-fiction tragedy.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY STARRED REVIEW One month before his college graduation, Paul Rousseau is...

Have you ever wished you could run away and leave your life behind? Born on the "Day of the Wanderer," Lisa Dailey has always been filled with wanderlust. Although she and her husband had planned to take their family on a 'round-the-world adventure, she didn't expect their plans to come together on the heels of grief, after losing seven family members in five years.

In this true story of adventure, author Jack Nisbet recreates the life and times of David Thompson—fur trader, explorer, surveyor, and mapmaker. From 1784 to 1812, Thompson explored western North America, and his field journals provide the earliest written accounts of the natural history and indigenous cultures of the what is now British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Thompson was the first person to chart the entire route of the Columbia river, and his wilderness expeditions have become the stuff of legend.

The remarkable true story of a family forced into hiding after leaking Russian secrets What started out as a great adventure turned into a terrifying nightmare when Nick Stride and his family were forced to flee for their lives from one of the richest, most powerful men in the world. Nick moved...

Like the appetite for a piece of dark chocolate, risk is alluring, and its taste is savory, dopamine-triggering, life-affirming, delicious. Robert "Bud" Abbott should know. As a young man, he marched with MLK and joined the Peace Corps to avoid having to kill in Vietnam. Instead, posted to Nigeria to teach, he found himself facing down river pirates and fighting deadly snakes.

Mike lived by the marine sniper mantra: One shot, one kill. During his time in the jungles of Vietnam, Mike was confronted with having to hunt and kill the enemy and being hunted in return. Now, for the first time, Marine veteran and debut author, Phil Lenser, guides listeners through Mike’s extraordinary final mission.

Můžeme utéct před něčím, co potřebujeme k životu nejvíc? Autor líčí příběh mladého muže z dobře situované rodiny, který tragicky zahynul při své osamělé pouti Amerikou v syrové aljašské divočině. Chtěl nalézt sám sebe, utéct před svazující společností, oprostit se od všeho zbytečného a dokázat, že člověk může žít v souladu s přírodou. Kultovní kniha Jona Krakauera, který líčí mladíkovu strastiplnou i osvobozující cestu a zároveň se snaží odhalit motivy jeho extrémního rozhodnutí, se stala předlohou stejnojmenného filmu v režii Seana Penna.

In Turning Tragedy Into Triumph, Michael Bush fearlessly opens up about his extraordinary battle with both mental health challenges and the harrowing ordeal of fighting and surviving stage 4 cancer. Through gripping honesty and unwavering vulnerability, Bush takes listeners on an emotional rollercoaster, from the depths of despair to the pinnacle of triumph, demonstrating the indomitable human spirit's capacity for resilience and transformation.

Landing in the Shadow of His Wings is the true story about a small airplane crash that occurred in February of 2020. The author tells this story from his perspective as the pilot of the aircraft. The book details the author’s aviation career, details of the accident, and the incredible survival and recovery he experienced. The author shares information from experts, who investigated the accident and determined the cause.

More than fifty expeditions across all seven continents – by land, sea and air – have led adventurer Neil Laughton to some of the most remote places in the world. Adventureholic tells the stories of Neil’s most unforgettable and daring adventures yet.

Juan Sebastián Elcano, aquel vasco cuidadoso en el vestir y parco de palabras, cuya excepcional inteligencia hizo posible el éxito final de la arriesgada travesía, se yergue como el protagonista indiscutible de una hazaña que dejó atónitos a sus contemporáneos y que, sin duda, volverá a asombrar ahora al lector actual con esta obra apasionante en la que también hay espacio para el humor y los enredos galantes.

In this dramatic, immersive, nonfiction, firsthand account of a single-handed sailing voyage, Trammell sails alone in a 30' Dufour Arpege from Jacksonville, Florida to the central and southern Bahamas. Searching for uninhabited islands, blue holes, serenity, surf, natural beauty, and adventure, he encounters all this, as well as foul weather, sharks, at least one near-death experience, beautiful sunsets, enchanting islands, a hermit, friendly sailors, coral reefs, whales, eels, and an old girlfriend.

Z’s Odyssey is a personal story of the struggle to find relief for intractable pain in a medical, legal, and political climate that restricts opioid doses that were once the standard of care. Z’s Odyssey spans the watershed year of 2016 when the Centers for Disease Control invited the members of an anti-opioid lobby to develop the pain guideline for the first time in near secrecy and have since been opposed by professional organizations representing half a million doctors.

After travelling the whole world, can exploring a single map ever be enough? Adventurer Alastair Humphreys spends a year investigating the small map around his own home. Can this unassuming landscape, marked by the glow of city lights and the hum of busy roads, satisfy his wanderlust? Could a single map provide a lifetime of exploration?

In 1810, Matthew Flinders made his final voyage home to his beloved wife, Ann, his body ravaged by the deprivations of years of imprisonment by the French. Four years later, at the age of just 40, he would be dead – a premature, tragic end to one of the world’s greatest maritime adventurers who circumnavigated and mapped the famed Great Southern Land, and whose naming of the vast continent would become its modern title: Australia.

Surviving Myself: The Making of a Middleweight is a coming-of-age memoir about a sensitive little sweetheart, who throws a dynamite left hook—a punch that catapults him into Madison Square Garden to fight for a Golden Gloves title. It is also about my fiercely flawed family and our struggles with divorce, drug addiction, alcoholism, a suicide attempt, and juvenile delinquency.