Titoli in Avventurieri, esploratori e survival

Schulen, Straßen, Stiftungen, Forschungsinstitute und sogar ein Mondkrater tragen seinen Namen. Zu Recht: Ging es um Wissensdrang und Wagemut, stand der 1880 in Berlin geborene Physiker, Meteorologe und Astronom Alfred Wegener Abenteurern wie Amundsen, Scott & Co. in nichts nach. Er stellte spektakuläre Dauerrekorde in der Ballonfahrt auf, und bei der bis dahin längsten Grönlandüberquerung entkam er nur knapp dem Hungertod. Mit seiner genialen Idee der Kontinentaldrift legte er den Grundstein für die Theorie der Plattentektonik, und zwar in einer Disziplin, die noch nicht einmal die seine war.

Featuring original interviews with Everest mountain guides and climbers, this is “a fast-moving, nuanced account of the peak’s transformation from the ultimate mountaineering challenge into a booming business opportunity” (Joshua Hammer, New York Times bestselling author). Anyone who has...

As the most celebrated European to explore Asia, Marco Polo was the original global traveler and the earliest bridge between East and West. A universal icon of adventure and discovery, he has inspired six centuries of popular fascination and spurious mythology. Now, from acclaimed author...

De heftige, veelgelezen roman uit Frankrijk, winnaar van de Prix Femina en de Prix Goncourt des lycéens.Tussen haar zevende en haar veertiende werd Neige...

On October 19, 1965, American Special Forces in Vietnam came under attack at their camp at Plei Me. This marked the first major confrontation between the North Vietnamese and US armies during the war. Throughout six days of constant hostile fire, Captain Lanny Hunter sorted the seriously wounded from the dead and saved those comrades-in-arms he could. For his actions, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. In Exit Wounds, Hunter recalls his tour in the central highlands of Vietnam in 1965/66 at the bloody interface of medicine and combat.

Evil walked in... From No.1 bestselling author Toni Maguire comes a new true story of abuse and survival - written in aid of NSPCC, with a portion of the royalties being donated to the charity. Gerry was only a young girl when she was first abused by her father. After her mother found out, and...

From No.1 bestselling author Toni Maguire comes a new true story of shame, silence, abuse and survival. 'I have a very clear picture of the day Clive entered our lives. I can see him now as he walked into our living room, a tall man with a loud commanding voice, a wide smile and an armful of...

Dans les années 1980, au moment où certains nient l’extermination des Juifs dans les chambres à gaz, Primo Levi rencontre Vittorio, 11 ans. Le jeune garçon en veut terriblement à son grand-père de refuser de raconter son passé. Primo Levi décide de l’aider à exhumer le secret ainsi enfoui. Quarante ans après avoir témoigné de son expérience concentrationnaire, il comprend qu’il n’en a pas encore fini avec le récit de la Shoah.

A captivating drama from the frontlines of the race to save birds set against the devastating loss of one third of the avian population. Three years ago, headlines delivered shocking news: nearly three billion birds in North America have vanished over the past fifty years. No species has been...

Enter a world of ancient secrets, old money, new ambitions and the discovery of priceless treasure in this revelatory new biography. Between November 1922 and spring 1923, a door to the ancient Egyptian world was opened. The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun would be the most astonishing...

No verão de 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton parte a bordo do Endurance em direção ao Atlântico Sul. O objetivo de sua expedição era cruzar o continente antártico, passando pelo Pólo Sul. Mas, a apenas um dia do ponto de desembarque planejado, o Endurance fica aprisionado num banco de gelo no mar de Weddell e acaba sendo destruído. Através dos diários e entrevistas com alguns membros da expedição, Alfred Lansing reconstrói as dificuldades que a tripulação do Endurance enfrentou.

She has to be OK, I pleaded silently to myself. She has to be. ‘We’ve alerted the RNLI and they’re sending a lifeboat out.’ ‘The RNLI?’ I said, surprised. ‘They do that?’ Saved from the Waves is a heart-warming collection of first-hand accounts from RNLI volunteers of the myriad...

The long-awaited final volume of the trilogy by Patrick Leigh Fermor. A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water were the first two volumes in a projected trilogy that would describe the walk that Patrick Leigh Fermor undertook at the age of eighteen from the Hook of Holland to...

Penguin Audio presents The Push by Tommy Caldwell, read by Johnathan McClain. A dramatic, inspiring memoir by legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell, the first person to free climb the Dawn Wall of Yosemite's El Capitan. On January 14, 2015, Tommy Caldwell, along with his partner, Kevin Jorgeson...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A harrowing, moving memoir of the 1972 plane crash that left its survivors stranded on a glacier in the Andes—and one man’s quest to lead them all home “In straightforward, staggeringly honest prose, Nando Parrado tells us what it took—and what it...

Sunday Times bestselling author of Step by Step and beloved BBC travel presenter Simon Reeve opens up about the personal story behind his most astonishing adventures - around the planet and close to home. 'The most enthralling book I have read so far this year. Not only a wonderfully detailed...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Forty Days in the Amazon: The Miracle of the Lost Children is a powerful and unforgettable true story of survival, courage, and the unbreakable bond of family. In 2023, a small aircraft carrying a mother and her four children crashed deep within the...

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...

Alison Connolly, 49, was stabbed to death by two sisters in May 2015 who were later jailed. Alison had been sexually abused throughout her childhood by her father, and she had never been able to speak out. He later abused and raped Alison’s daughter, Tara. After her mother was murdered, Tara...

An inspiring biography of the remarkable naturalist, explorer and revolutionary, by the bestselling author of The Invention of Nature George Forster was a man out of time: he journeyed to the far reaches of the known world and challenged the worldviews of eighteenth-century Europe with radical...