Títulos en Aventureros, exploradores y supervivencia

For fans of The Lost City of Z, Walking the Amazon, and Turn Right at Machu Picchu comes naturalist and explorer Paul Rosolie’s extraordinary adventure in the uncharted tributaries of the Western Amazon - a tale of discovery that vividly captures the awe, beauty, and isolation of this endangered land and presents an impassioned call to save it.

At stake in 1896 was the new idea that some landscapes should be collectively, permanently owned by a democratic government. Although many people today think of public lands as an American birthright, their very existence was then in doubt and dependent on a merger of the talents of these two men. Natural Rivals examines a time of environmental threat and political dysfunction not unlike our own and reveals the complex dynamic that gave birth to America’s rich public lands legacy. 

Nel vasto mondo asiatico, il diario di Aya Kitō ha conosciuto un successo inarrestabile: pubblicato sul finire degli anni Ottanta in Giappone, ha venduto oltre un milione di copie. Una platea affollata per il racconto in prima persona di una ragazzina quindicenne che ha ispirato e incantato un intero continente. Aya racconta dieci anni della propria vita, racconta adolescenza e inizio dell'età adulta, una vita come tante, ma senza prospettiva, un'esistenza minata dalla malattia, ecco la differenza.

Normanden Fridtjof Nansen er en af historiens helt store opdagelsesrejsende, og han var en stor inspiration for den danske polarforsker Knud Rasmussen. "Tre år i drivisen" er baseret på Nansens egen beretning om sin polarfærd med træskibet Fram i årene 1893-1896. Den fortæller historien om en fantastisk og farlig ekspedition i det smukke, men ufremkommelige ishav og om det sammenhold og planlægning, der skulle til for, at ekspeditionen endte i succes og ikke katastrofe. Den danske forfatter Ole Bang blev født i 1917.

A classic of travel writing, ‘A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush’ is Eric Newby’s iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth. It was 1956, and Eric Newby was earning an improbable living in the chaotic family business of London haute...

The most seminal event of the last millennium might also be its most controversial. As schoolchildren have been taught for over 500 years, "In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue." In October of that year, the Italian Christopher Columbus immortalized himself by landing in the New World and beginning the process of European settlement in the Americas for Spain, bringing the Age of Exploration to a new hemisphere with him.

This true-life wilderness survival epic recounts 17-year-old Alex Messenger's near-lethal encounter with a grizzly bear during a canoe trip in the Canadian tundra. The story follows Alex and his five companions as they paddle north through harrowing rapids and stunning terrain. Twenty-nine days into the trip, while out hiking alone, Alex is attacked by a barren-ground grizzly. Left for dead, he wakes to find that his summer adventure has become a struggle to stay alive.

Imagine a young doctor, trained in the latest medical knowledge and state-of-the-art equipment, suddenly transported back to one of the world’s most isolated and unforgiving environments - Nome, Alaska. That’s what happen to Dr. Sims. His plans to become a pediatric surgeon were drastically changed when, on the eve of being drafted into the army to serve as a MASH surgeon in Vietnam, he was offered a commission in the US Public Health for assignment in Anchorage, Alaska, where he was scheduled to act as chief of pediatrics at the Alaska Native Medical Center.

High Crimes is journalist Michael Kodas's gripping account of life on top of the world—where man is every bit as deadly as Mother Nature. "Well written, and as deftly plotted as the finest mystery novel, Kodas brings to life a disturbing picture of society at high altitude." ―Austin...

A PEOPLE BOOK OF THE WEEK WINNER OF THE JQ–WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE “A haunting tribute to survivors and those lost forever—and a reminder, in our own troubled era, never to forget.” —People An “exceptional” (The Wall Street Journal) and “poignant” (The New York Times) book in...

""A brave and marvelous book. A page-turner that will rip your heart out.""—Jon Krakauer In the tradition of Into the Wild comes an instant classic of outdoor literature, a riveting work of uncommon depth. I’m planning on doing 4 days in the jungle. . . . It should be difficult to get lost...

Travel to the top of the world’s highest mountains with this this riveting and uplifting memoir that “is a rare mix of heart-stopping adventure and powerful self-reflection” (Johanna Garton, author of Edge of the Map) by Vanessa O’Brien, record-breaking American British explorer. Long...

From one of the world’s most renowned cave divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth’s final frontier: the hidden depths of our oceans and the sunken caves inside our planet More people have died exploring underwater caves than climbing Mount Everest, and we know more about deep...

Den elfte september 2001 kom att för alltid förändra hur världen ser ut. Bilder från det fruktansvärda terrorangreppet mot World Trade Center i New York strömmade ut i världen samtidigt som det pågick, men vad hände egentligen inne i byggnaden? Michael var blind sedan födseln och tillsammans med sin trogna ledarhund Roselle tog han sig genom vardagen. Den elfe september gick inget brandlarm. Det Michael däremot hörde var jättelika smällar som följdes av ljudet av krossat glas och skrik.

Iréne Pettersson föddes 1961 som neurosedynskadad. I hennes fall innebar det att hon föddes utan armar. Hon fick uppleva en svår barndom med en mamma som ständigt påminde henne om att hon inte var älskad. Istället blev hon kallad för missfoster, och tvingades växa upp utan kärleken från en förälder. Minnena från uppväxten var något hon alltid bar med sig, trots detta slutade hon aldrig kämpa vidare. "Måste man älska sin mamma?" är en sann berättelse om att växa upp som oönskad. Det är en berättelse om sorg och smärta, men även om att hitta styrka och finna hopp.

The 25-year old Charles A. Lindbergh climbed into his single-engine monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis, and took off for Paris, determined to win the $25,000 Orteig Prize promised to the first pilot to fly nonstop between New York and Paris. For the next 33 hours, as he navigated through storms across the perilous Atlantic Ocean, news of his attempt circled the globe, making him an international celebrity by the time he reached Paris.

Som barn blir Camilla utsatt för sexuella övergrepp av sin bästa kompis pappa. Det pågår under en lång period, men den vuxna världen verkar inte lägga märke till att något hemskt håller på att inträffa den lilla flickan. Och det verkliga kriget uppstår först i krutdimmorna efteråt, när bara såren och ångesten är kvar... Camilla Overgaard har skrivit en gripande och nattsvart skildring om hur man till grunden förstör en människa. Men också om hur man kan återfå något som en gång tagits ifrån en: sin värdighet som människa.

Erik Weihenmayer was born with retinoscheses, a degenerative eye disorder that would leave him blind by the age of 13. But Erik was determined to rise above this devastating disability and lead a fulfilling and exciting life. In this poignant and inspiring memoir, he shares his struggle to push past the limits imposed on him by his visual impairment - and by a seeing world.

Una biografía singular y de conversión que no debe ignorar. Vizconde de Foucauld, después de haber sido militar y explorador, se hizo sacerdote regular después de una experiencia de conversión que le hizo regresar a la Iglesia católica. Dueño de un cambio importante en su vida, hasta el final de sus días se dedicó al cuidado de los más olvidados y abandonados.

Two Years Before the Mast is a book by the American author Richard Henry Dana, Jr., written after a two-year sea voyage starting in 1834 and published in 1840. While at Harvard College, Dana had an attack of the measles that affected his vision. Thinking it might help his sight, Dana, rather than going on a Grand Tour as most of his fellow classmates traditionally did (and unable to afford it anyway), and being something of a nonconformist, left Harvard to enlist as a common sailor.