Títulos en Aventureros, exploradores y supervivencia

Jonas Deichmann hat schon einige Weltrekorde aufgestellt. Sein Ultra-Triathlon startet am 9. Mai 2024 beim DATEV Challenge Roth. Die Biografie des Sportlers zeigt: Mit Ausdauer, mentaler Stärke und den richtigen Menschen lassen sich alle Hindernisse im Leben überwinden.

Bury Me in a Dirty Suit is a gripping eyewitness account of 9/11 and a heartfelt exploration of what it means to live with a valiant purpose. With honesty and humility, Kinder recounts the chaos and trauma of that day, the resilience of the human spirit, and the sustaining power of faith in the darkest hour. Through personal reflection and biblical insight, he invites listeners to consider their own missions, their own "why," and challenges men especially to answer God’s call, step up, and fight back against the darkness.

When firefighter Pat Hardison ran into a burning home, he came out alive—but with injuries so severe, he was unrecognizable. Facing the Fire is his raw, unfiltered true story of survival, a record-breaking face transplant, and the God who never left him in the flames. For the next fourteen years, Pat lived behind skin grafts, pressure masks, and the constant stares of strangers—fighting to be the husband and dad his family needed when every mirror told him to quit. Then came an unexpected call from New York: a chance at the most extensive face transplant ever attempted.

Roger Lockshier enlisted in the US Army in April 1966. After completing Airborne (Paratrooper) Jump Training at Fort Benning GA, he was assigned to Aviation Battalion 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell Kentucky, December 1966. In December of 1967 the 101st Airborne Division was transferred to Viet Nam. Lockshier was a Crewchief / Doorgunner with the 101st Airborne's Black Angels Huey Helicopter Gunships assigned to provide combat support to the 101st Airborne and 5th Special Forces MACVSOG. He returned to the States in December of 1968.

In the winter of 1925, a pair of 21-year-old men drove out of Perth in a small second-hand Citroen nicknamed “Bubsie” headed for Darwin. At the time, no motor vehicle had ever drive to Darwin from Perth and their borrowed Citroen had less horsepower than a modern-day lawn mower.

Growing up in small-town North Dakota, Frank Kuntz led a typical, country life with lots of brothers and sisters, hard-working parents, and farm animals of every kind. He learned the value of a dollar, what it meant to show your worth, and how to care for the things and people that are important to you. After serving his country in Vietnam, he returned with ghosts of wrong-doings and injustices haunting him, but he continued to work hard, start a family, and have a farm of his own just a mile down the road from where he grew up.

From the moment Steve, at the age of five, excitedly jumped out of the car barefoot into a patch of grass burrs in Abilene, Texas, he knew he was where he was supposed to be--in the Wild West, among cowboys on horses wearing hats and boots. As he grew older, he would manifest that dream into reality. Fun Valley Cowboy is a collection of Steve Warner memoirs of adventures and misadventures of a Huck Finn childhood, ranching, rodeoing, rocky mountain horse wrangling, and being a high-profile wildlife biologist and a big game hunter.

Just when Linda Varisco thought the storm had passed, her life plunges even deeper into turmoil, forcing her to confront the unimaginable. With her dazzling million-dollar smile now hiding more secrets than it reveals, Linda bravely steps into single parenthood, rebuilding her chiropractic practice and trying to piece together a new normal from the shattered fragments left behind by her husband’s betrayal and addiction.

In this memoir, Candace Sinclair pulls back the curtain on her marriage to a man who cloaked control in charm, faith and spiritual authority. What began as intoxicating love bombing quickly spiraled into gaslighting, betrayal and emotional abuse reinforced by an institution that chose silence over protection. Through raw storytelling and unflinching honesty, Candace takes listeners on her journey from devotion to disillusionment, and ultimately, to healing. More than a personal story, this book speaks to countless women who have been manipulated, silenced, or made to doubt their worth.

In this very exciting tale you'll meet Salty Dog. He's a narcissistic brother with an ego big enough to match the horsepower of his chrome 1300 Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle. Throughout this epic journey, you’ll learn about the scandalous women who lurk around the urban motorcycle scene looking for a opportunity to get a “ride” in one way or another from the motorcycle brothers.

Mit feinem Gespür für historische Dramatik und psychologische Tiefe zeichnet Stefan Zweig das Porträt eines der kühnsten Entdecker der Menschheitsgeschichte: Ferdinand Magellan. In einer Zeit, in der die Welt noch voller weißer Flecken war, wagt Magellan das scheinbar Unmögliche – die erste Weltumsegelung. Doch Zweigs Biografie ist weit mehr als ein Abenteuerbericht. Sie ist eine literarische Hommage an den unbeirrbaren Willen, die visionäre Kraft und das stille Heldentum eines Mannes, der gegen Widerstände, Intrigen und Naturgewalten kämpft, um eine Idee zu verwirklichen.

El cáncer es una enfermedad que sacude el mundo de un individuo, independientemente de su edad, situación financiera, sexo, raza o color. A lo largo de los años, el cáncer ha arrasado con familiares nuestros, amigos, líderes e incluso con celebridades. ¿Cómo podemos lidiar con este gigante que nos amenaza con tanta furia? La autora relata que, justo cuando parecía que nada la detendría, se desató una tormenta en su vida. ¡Una batalla campal contra el cáncer de mama!

Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was the most feared pirate of the Golden Age—a towering figure who struck terror into the hearts of sailors from the Caribbean to the Carolinas. Most biographies seem to start and stop with that statement, but there was much more to the life of Blackbeard than that, and much more to learn about the man behind history’s most fearsome pirate legend.

En novembre 2024, à 23 ans, j'ai pris le départ du Vendée Globe, le tour du monde à la voile en solitaire, sans escale ni assistance, sur un monocoque de 18 mètres. Avec mon bateau, DeVenir, nous avons bouclé cette course mythique en 90 jours. Vous saurez tout du parcours qui m'a menée jusque-là, et vous découvrirez ce que l'on vit lorsqu'on navigue seule à plusieurs milliers de milles de toute terre habitée.

A Survivor’s Story Feature. Narcissistic Abuse by Charlotte Slayer is a memoir chronicling the author’s traumatic journey through 16 years of emotional abuse at the hands of her husband, Jake, a covert narcissist. Written as a deeply personal and introspective account, the book reveals from the hopeful beginnings of their marriage—two recovering addicts finding love and building a life together—to the slow realization of the destructive dynamics that defined their relationship.

What could possibly drive an ordinary man behind a desk to break free from the routines of everyday life and set out to climb the highest mountain on the planet? This audiobook tells the extraordinary story of a man who suddenly felt the irresistible desire to stand upon the summit of Mount Everest – and who, step by step, turned that desire into reality. It is a compelling narrative of motivation, inspiration, perseverance, and the search for one’s own happiness.

Um der erblindenden Pauli die Welt zu zeigen, nimmt sich die fünfköpfige Familie von Josefine Gauck (Enkelin von Joachim Gauck) ein Sabbatical und geht auf eine einjährige Reise um die Welt. In Kanada, USA, Neuseeland, Australien und Bali tauchen sie so in das Leben anderer Menschen ein. Pauli und ihre Brüder erleben die Freiheit in den Baumwipfeln eines kanadischen Kletterwalds und entdecken, wie weich Ziegeneuter sich beim Melken anfühlen.

Partir sur Compostelle pour trouver les réponses à toutes ses questions. Seule, huit kilos sur le dos, et l'espoir d'en ressortir grandie. Partez sur ses traces, et découvrez le chemin historique de Bayonne à Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle qui s'achèvera au km 0 à Fisterra, dans ce carnet de voyage fait de rencontres atypiques, de questionnements philosophiques et de souvenirs impérissables.

Two thousand books have been written about Columbus, most of them spirited defenses or relentless attacks. Recently, the balance has shifted: the Genoese navigator, once considered a hero, is now blamed for bringing plunder and genocide to the Americas. In The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus, historian Matthew Restall takes us beyond polemic, sifting through the evidence across nations, languages, and five centuries to explore the central questions of Columbiana.

From the creators of the New York Times bestselling audio series Campfire Stories and MeatEater's American History comes a new audiobook original that immerses listeners into the brutal and unforgiving world of the professional buffalo hunters who drove America's most iconic wildlife species to...