Títulos en Aventureros, exploradores y supervivencia

On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the 45 original passengers and crew, only 16 made it off the mountain alive. For 10 excruciating weeks, they suffered deprivations beyond imagining, confronting nature head-on at its most furious and inhospitable. And to survive, these men and women not only had to keep their faith; they had to make an impossible decision: Should they eat the flesh of their dead friends?

Un hombre cuyo descubrimiento más grande, el de América, constituye una de las proezas más significativas de la historia mundial. Navegante, cartógrafo, almirante, virrey y gobernador general de las Indias al servicio de la Corona de Castilla, su hazaña cambió para siempre el conocimiento de la geografía de la época y dio paso a una nueva época: La del mundo colonial.

A true story of a precious dog named Orelha, loved deeply into his last breath. As you read into this story, you will follow me and watch those who did such a horrible crime, abuse, murder, unimaginable things to a defenseless innocent animal of God. You will see Orelha stand and walk and try so...

When Forever Ends: A Memoir of Love and Starting Over is a deeply personal and inspiring story about love, loss, resilience, and rediscovery after the unexpected end of a decades-long marriage. After more than forty years together, the author’s world changes in an instant when her husband asks for a divorce. What follows is not only the heartbreak of losing a partner but the challenge of rebuilding an identity after a lifetime defined by marriage, family, and shared history.

They degraded her to the point where she'd become this sex thing - this thing that wasn't human, but an object - to the point where she believed that's what she was. The world of abuse and grooming gangs couldn’t have seemed further away from Kate’s start in life but, as so many young women...

En 1968, le Sunday Times décide d'organiser la première régate en solitaire et sans escale, en doublant les trois caps : Bonne-Espérance, Leewin et Horn. Seul entre mers et ciels, il relate dans son journal de bord ses dix mois sans toucher terre, sa vie au quotidien sur le Joshua, les dauphins, les poissons volants et les étoiles. Entre ciels et mers, l'exploit sportif se transforme peu à peu en un voyage intérieur. Se pose alors cette question folle : a-t-il envie de retrouver la société des Hommes ?

संपूर्ण शरीराचा डोलारा ज्या पायांवर उभा असतो, त्या पायांची काळजी घेत; धावपटूंपासून ते सर्वसामान्यांच्या...

Cuando fue secuestrado, a plena luz del día, en mitad de una de las ciudades más pobladas de México, la vida del empresario Alberto de la Fuente cambió para siempre. Esta es la crónica de nueve meses de infame cautiverio dentro de una diminuta celda prefabricada. Los 290 días para elegir, una y otra vez y a pesar de todo, continuar viviendo para volver a abrazar a su familia.

La vida de Neus Català, la darrera supervivent catalana del camp d'extermini de Ravensbrück, és el testimoni colpidor d'un segle i d'una lluita constant. Els seus records, novel·lats per Carme Martí amb una sensibilitat i una intensitat extraordinàries, són autèntiques lliçons de coratge convertides en un relat imprescindible per no oblidar.

El lugar más feliz del mundo es como el dictador de Corea del Norte describe la más brutal y despótica tiranía de nuestro tiempo. También es una de las paradas del corresponsal de El Mundo en un viaje que le lleva a adentrarse en la prisión camboyana donde cumplen condena los pederastas más peligrosos, ser testigo de la llegada de la televisión al reino de Bután, acompañar a un grupo de mafiosos yakuza en su intento de abandonar el hampa o permanecer en la desierta ciudad de Fukushima tras el accidente nuclear que mantuvo al mundo en vilo.

The definitive audiobook on British mountaineer Sandy Irvine and the mystery of his and George Mallory’s disappearance on Mount Everest in June 1924. The fates of Mallory and Irvine, who were last seen disappearing into the clouds as they headed for the summit of Everest on 8 June 1924, still...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Stefan Zweig published Magellan in 1938, writing from English exile as Europe collapsed into nationalism. He'd fled Austria after the Nazi annexation, watching the cosmopolitan continent he valued being destroyed. The timing shaped the book...

After a bucolic childhood in Kovno, Lithuania, Sol was just eleven when the Nazis invaded and he and his family were forced to move into the Kovno Ghetto. The Kovno Ghetto was one of the only ghettos to later become a concentration camp, and Sol was among just a few Jewish survivors from Kovno...

Viajero insaciable, nómada por naturaleza, este fotógrafo es un gigante de la imagen moderna. Nació en la población francesa de Chanteloup, en 1908, y murió el 3 de agosto de 2004. Fue llamado padre del fotorreportaje y admirado por el testimonio visual de sus visitas a muchos países en...

Four years after Therese Greenwood and her husband moved to Fort McMurray, Alberta, their new community was shattered by one of the worst wildfires in Canadian history. As the flames approached, they had only minutes to pack, narrowly escaping a fire that would rage for weeks, burn more than 85,000 hectares and force 80,000 people to flee. In this book, she tells her dramatic story, and contemplates mourning, memory, and rebuilding.

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...

A powerful memoir about one young woman's survival against the odds, and how the love of her mother saved her. When the White Island volcano erupted in New Zealand in 2019, it shattered the lives of Stephanie and Marie Browitt. Stephanie, just 23 years old, suffered horrific burns to 70 per cent...

Tras el espectáculo que llamamos beisbol de Grandes Ligas, existe un submundo muy competitivo al que el fanático común no tiene acceso. Es en este escenario donde dos de las más brillantes figuras del beisbol universal, el imbatible toletero boricua Roberto Clemente y el indescifrable...

On a quiet Missouri farm, Marvin Wilmes's childhood is shaped by the warmth of a sprawling Catholic family and the gentle rhythms of rural life. But when a series of losses—his beloved dog, a cousin's tragic drowning, the death of President Kennedy—shatter that innocence, Marvin's faith begins to falter. As he grows, the questions deepen: Why does God seem silent in the face of heartbreak? How do you hold on to hope when prayers go unanswered? In this candid memoir, Marvin traces his journey from the security of family traditions through the storms of grief, rebellion, and spiritual drift.

On the night of August 4th, 1970, Lance Corporal William M. Clark wanted the first watch.He was nineteen years old. He had a wife, an unborn child, and one mission left before he rotated home.Hobbs changed places with him. Hobbs took the listening post. Clark lay down where Hobbs had been. At 1...