Títulos en Aventureros, exploradores y supervivencia

Every day, we face a choice. To give in or to rise. GGRIT: Choose to Rise is the raw, inspiring memoir and personal development guide of Meghan S. Buchanan, an aerospace engineer, adventure athlete, and mountaineer who has faced down adversity, setbacks, and fear to redefine what’s possible. Equal parts adrenaline, humor and heart, Meghan shares the triumphs and disasters that shaped her, from being dismissed in the classroom for her dyslexia, brutal injuries, and career setbacks to personal reinvention and boundary-breaking goals, like summiting Everest and chasing the Explorers Grand Slam.

It could begin with blood-soaked headlines—gang-lords and hitmen, brothels and drugs, kidnappings and murder attempts. All of that is true but that’s not where this story begins. It begins with a child. A little girl raised inside a world of crime, control, and silence. Abused and betrayed...

Beretningen om forfatterens møde med et ekstrauniverselt menneske, seeren C de M. Et sjældent forsøg på at skildre det, som ikke kan skildres, og som derfor kun få har forsøgt at beskrive: Den mystiske oplevelse. En førstehåndsberetning om en moderne mysterieindvielse.

He was an early aviation pioneer. A millennial of his own time, Frank Stites moved from a rural Indiana farm to Los Angeles in 1903, the same year as the world's first flight. He moved here for all the same reasons we do now; to make a more exciting life for himself. Stites eventually died on the backlot of Universal Studios at 33 years-old doing what he loved- flying.

Das Salz zwischen uns – Eine Heimkehr an die KaimauerRike kehrt an die Ostsee zurück, nahe der Schlei. Der Wind schlägt ihr entgegen wie früher: kühl, salzig, unerbittlich.Das Katenhaus. Die Kaimauer. Der Sommer von damals. Alles holt sie ein – ohne Vorwarnung.Und dann steht sie ihr gegenüber: dem Mädchen im Spiegel.Diesmal läuft sie nicht weg. Denn hier, zwischen Salz, Erinnerung und Wahrheit, hat sie noch etwas offen.Geschrieben von Key SchaGesprochen von Kerstin Schmadtke

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. How did two entire continents come to bear the name of Amerigo Vespucci, a relatively minor Florentine navigator, rather than Christopher Columbus, who reached the New World first? Stefan Zweig published Amerigo in 1942, his final year, solving this...

When Tania Rife was six years old, a child serial rapist and murderer followed her home from school in a gray sedan. She escaped. But the fear he planted that November afternoon in 1987 didn't leave with him. For thirty years, it traveled with her — into classrooms, parking lots, marriage, motherhood, and the middle of the night. It disguised itself as responsibility. Preparedness. Love. Tania became a woman who appeared utterly capable while her nervous system never once stopped scanning for danger.

Ich bin wach, viel zu wach. Der Kühlschrank brummt beruhigend, im Nebenzimmer erzählen die „Grundschul-Superhelden" leise von ihren neuesten Abenteuern und das Haus ist in samtenes Dunkel getaucht. Mit diesen Worten beginnt eine besondere Auszeit aus ihrem gewohnten Alltag für Christina Gerber und ihre Familie: Ein Sabbatjahr auf Mallorca.

Mark Pattison is a former NFL wide receiver, Emmy Award–winning storyteller, and author whose work explores resilience, leadership, and the process of rebuilding identity through life’s most demanding transitions. His career spans professional sports, business, media, and high-altitude mountaineering, offering a rare perspective on performance and purpose. Mark began his journey as a collegiate football standout before spending five seasons in the NFL. He later transitioned into business and media, serving as a senior executive at Sports Illustrated.

Beautiful, Strong Girl: Faith Through the Storm is a deeply personal story of love, loss, faith, fear, and healing. Through childhood memories, family struggles, cancer, grief, and emotional battles, Rachael Shelton shares a raw and heartfelt journey of learning how to survive life’s hardest storms while still holding onto hope. This audiobook is more than a story about pain—it is a story about resilience, faith, and discovering strength in the middle of brokenness.

Aqui trouxemos a biografia de duas grandes figuras da nobreza da Europa Oriental, Vlad III, o Empalador, e Elizabeth Báthory, a Condessa de Sangue, que alcançaram a fama não apenas por seus títulos ou por suas riquezas, mas pela sua crueldade e sadismo. Essas figuras alimentaram os contos populares e tradicionais do Leste Europeu sobre vampiros, inspirando Bram Stoker e Sheridan Le Fanu, entre outros autores de literatura vampírica

"In suo possesso" è una storia vera su ciò che accadde dietro le porte chiuse di una famiglia apparentemente normale, in una piccola città svedese. È una storia di controllo, di misoginia e di riscatto.

What started as a routine trip from Portland to Houston turned into a day that would change my life forever. In Emergency Landing, I take you inside the cabin during a high-stakes emergency that forced our plane down in Oklahoma City. For most people, the terrifying scenes in disaster movies feel impossible—something that "never happens in real life." But on this flight, the script became reality. Every passenger, every crew member, and every announcement felt like a scene from a high-tension thriller, unfolding in real-time with no room for error.

After years of heartbreak and failed attempts to start a family, Manisha and Metaish's dreams of parenthood is finally within reach. With the help of surrogacy agency in Ukraine, they conceive twins — 'a miracle they'd nearly given up on. However, as their due date approaches, their world spirals into chaos, first under COVID-19 restrictions, international borders are turned into barricade, and soon after, the unthinkable happens and war erupts. Stranded in a country under siege, Manisha and Metaish must make unthinkable choices to keep their family safe.

María Esther Ramírez es secuestrada en la Casa de Belén, verdadero campo de concentración infantil de la dictadura, a sus cuatro años, días después del asesinato de su madre en 1977. Recién podrá salir de allí en 1983. La cartografía íntima de su historia es la de aquellos niños víctimas de la dictadura que permanecieron secuestrados en instituciones.

When Steve Williams lost his mother to cancer, his life shattered. Grief sent him on a path far from home a road marked by homelessness, addiction, and the raw fight to survive. From sleeping under overpasses to hitchhiking across the country, Steve encountered strangers who became unexpected teachers: mystics, drifters, healers, and everyday people whose kindness and wisdom left lasting imprints on his soul. The Trails of a Happy Horse: My Spiritual Awakening is the true account of a young man’s journey through life’s darkest valleys toward the light of understanding and peace.

A gripping tale of one man's escape from conformity to chase gold, claim freedom and redefine life on his own terms. "If anyone had ever told me how hard it is to find gold, would I have listened? I hope not. This is my story." 'An uplifting book full of joyful nuggets of wisdom from a true...

The terrifying true story of a fight for survival for 28 hours in shark-infested waters. October, 8, 2022. Three friends are fishing for red snapper when their boat, tied to an oil rig, begins taking on water and sinks 15 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico. Suddenly, the three men find themselves...

*Read by celebrated astronaut Leroy Chiao!* The inspiring journey of Leroy Chiao, one of the first Asian American astronauts in history, illuminating his remarkable path into space and the fascinating history of rocketry and space travel from its very beginnings Imagine if you could sit down and...

Wonder. We talk about it often, but so few of us know where to find it. Into the Wonder invites you to journey with a guide who has spent his life chasing—and sharing—those moments that crack open the soul. In this audiobook, Shawn Small becomes your traveling companion as he leads you from Milwaukee movie houses to African plains, from Irish cliffs to unexpected encounters around the world. Through stories shaped by childhood trauma, miraculous near-misses, and the heartbreak of spiritual leadership gone sideways, Shawn reveals how wonder can rise from even the hardest places.