Títulos en Aventureros, exploradores y supervivencia

What would you do if you had only an 11 percent chance of living? When fifty-year-old marketing executive Lee Rafkin opened his eyes after a colonoscopy, he overheard a nurse on the telephone, urgently scheduling an appointment for a new cancer patient. That patient was him. In a single, terrifying moment, Lee’s life—his marriage, his kids, his career—splintered into before and after. Diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer, Lee faced an 11 percent chance of survival. One doctor told him to “get his affairs in order.

Wenn die Auszeit zum Überlebenskampf wird: Auf ihren Reisen versucht Carolina Wilga herauszufinden, wie sie ihre Zukunft gestalten will. Aber in Australien verirrt sich die 26-jährige Backpackerin nach einem Unfall mit ihrem Van im menschenleeren Outback. Von der groß angelegten Suchaktion, die weltweit durch die Medien geht, erfährt Carolina nichts. Barfuß und nur mit einem Kleid und einem Schal bekleidet, schlägt sie sich zwölf Tage lang durch trockenes Buschland.

Speaking Through Silence is a heartfelt memoir about a first-generation American coming-of-age in the shadow of her four Holocaust Survivor grandparents. In this riveting read, Judi Shink uncovers the hidden histories, inherited silences, and enduring love that shaped her identity. She unravels her family’s complicated and devastating past to forge a new path, while accepting the mantle of legacy that demands she speak out about a new 21st century kind of hate against her people.

Nach einer Routineoperation wacht eine junge Krankenschwester während der Narkose auf. Sie hört Stimmen, spürt Berührungen und erlebt die Operation bei vollem Bewusstsein, unfähig, sich zu bewegen oder bemerkbar zu machen. Was als medizinischer Albtraum beginnt, zerstört nach und nach ihr gesamtes Leben. Panikattacken, Angst und verdrängte Erinnerungen aus der Kindheit brechen mit voller Wucht hervor. Während sie gegen Ärzte, Gutachter und ein Krankenhaus kämpft, beginnt gleichzeitig eine viel tiefere Reise: die Suche nach der Wahrheit über sich selbst.

One of the oldest living Holocaust survivors recounts her familys imprisonment at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen in this moving memoir of love, loss, courage, and hope. "A deeply moving memoir, beautifully written and researched." Lucy Adlington, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers...

For a long time it seemed Antarctica would remain the sole holdout in a nearly fully explored world. The approaches were too difficult and dangerous, and the material benefits to the exploring nations were too few … Far from being a land of plenty, the Antarctic continent – if it was that...

Written in Auschwitz itself and translated for the first time ever into English, this one-of-a-kind, minute-by-minute true account is a crucial historical testament to a Holocaust survivor's fight for his life at the largest extermination camp in Nazi Germany. "We know that there is only one...

'Eddie looked evil in the eye and met it with joy and kindness . . . [his] philosophy is life-affirming' – Daily Express Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day and now believes he is the ‘happiest man on earth’. In his inspirational memoir, he pays tribute to those who...

“An outstanding book.” —The Wall Street Journal * “Gripping at every turn.” —Outside * “A hell of a ride.” —The Times (London) An extraordinary true story about one man’s attempt to salve the wounds of war and save his own soul through an audacious adventure. In the 1930s, as...

'Truth and courage are what memoirs need and this one has them both in spades … The unforgotten boy: that is what makes this a book a revelation' ADAM NICOLSON ‘Wonderful, absolutely beguiling … I learnt a lot and really loved it’ RICHARD HOLMES ‘Gloriously evocative’ DAILY MAIL What...

""Kilian Jornet is the most dominating endurance athlete of his generation.""—NEW YORK TIMES ""Inspiring and humbling""— ALEX HONNOLD The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climbs of Mount Everest in this profound memoir—an intellectual and...

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.

Bear Grylls is a man who has always sought the ultimate in adventure. Growing up on the Isle of Wight, he was taught by his father to sail and climb at an early age. As a teenager he found identity and purpose through both mountaineering and martial arts, which led the young adventurer to the...

He graduated from medical school. He completed a medical residency. He earned his board-certification in psychiatry. And get this, Ryan never wanted to be a doctor. This book is Ryan's journey back to wholeness from an unfulfilling life as a physician. Prepare yourself, he writes with rigorous honesty. He shares what it took, which was nothing short of everything he had.

'An intimate new memoir about growing up amid everyday communalism' - The Hindu Zeyad Masroor Khan was four years old when he realized that an innocent act of clicking a switch near a window overlooking the street could trigger a riot. As the distant thud of a crowd grew closer and calls for...

Roald Amundsen, polar explorer and tragic hero: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

It was 13 October 1972. Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, carrying a team of young rugby players, their families and friends, took off for the very last time. A deadly miscalculation saw F571 crash directly into the Andean mountains to devastating consequences: the body of the plane broke violently into two, its floor torn to smithereens; seats flew out of the air taking passengers with them. In the weeks that followed, the remaining people who were on board - the society of the snow - emerged to fight a dire, gruelling battle for survival.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2023 ‘Grippingly vivid and pacey’ THE TIMES ‘A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles of sailing’ SIMON WINCHESTER 'An astonishing almost day-by-day account of [a] hazardous journey and its...

Homer Hickam's memoir Rocket Boys and the movie adaptation October Sky have become one of the most popular stories in the world. But what happened to Homer after he was a West Virginia rocket boy? In his latest memoir, Homer recounts how he fought through some of the worst battles in Vietnam, discovered sunken U-boats, befriended Tom Clancy, and more. Although told with humor and wit, Hickam does not shy away from the hardship endured and the mistakes he made during the tumultuous decades since his life in the town he made famous—Coalwood, West Virginia.

Die HMS Erebus war eines der wichtigsten Forschungsschiffe ihrer Zeit, ihre Expeditionen galten als bahnbrechend. Im Jahr 1848 verschwand sie spurlos in der Arktis - 2014 wurde sie gefunden. Dies ist ihre Geschichte - voller Aufbruchsgeist und Entdeckerlust, Abenteuer, Tragödien, Mut und Menschheitsgeschichte, mitreißend geschildert von niemand geringerem als Michael Palin: Monty-Python-Star, Weltreisender und begnadeter Erzähler.