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Best Sellers
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Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart
- An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail
- Written by: Carrot Quinn
- Narrated by: Erin Spencer
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Carrot Quinn fears that she's become addicted to the Internet. The city makes her numb, and she's having trouble connecting with others. In a desperate move, she breaks away....
Written by: Carrot Quinn
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Mother of God
- An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon
- Written by: Paul Rosolie
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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A wholesome perspective towards nature
- By Nitesh Poonia on 06-12-23
Written by: Paul Rosolie
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David Attenborough - Life on Air
- Memoirs of a Broadcaster
- Written by: David Attenborough
- Narrated by: David Attenborough
- Length: 19 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In this volume of memoirs David tells stories of the people and animals he has met and the places that he has visited....
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I am missing it already!
- By Anonymous User on 28-03-20
Written by: David Attenborough
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The Last Great Mountain
- The First Ascent of Kangchenjunga
- Written by: Mick Conefrey
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The Last Great Mountain tells the story of the first ascent of Kangchenjunga the third highest but reputedly the hardest mountain in the world. It was an astonishing achievement for a British team led by Everest veteran Charles Evans....
Written by: Mick Conefrey
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Travels
- Written by: Michael Crichton
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere, comes a deeply personal memoir full of fascinating adventures as he travels everywhere....
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Only for diehard fans
- By Biswadeep on 30-01-24
Written by: Michael Crichton
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The Uncaged Sky
- My 804 Days in an Iranian Prison
- Written by: Kylie Moore-Gilbert
- Narrated by: Kylie Moore-Gilbert
- Length: 14 hrs
- Unabridged
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The Uncaged Sky is the remarkable story of courage and resilience, and a powerful meditation on hope, solidarity and what it means to be free....
Written by: Kylie Moore-Gilbert
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Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart
- An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail
- Written by: Carrot Quinn
- Narrated by: Erin Spencer
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Carrot Quinn fears that she's become addicted to the Internet. The city makes her numb, and she's having trouble connecting with others. In a desperate move, she breaks away....
Written by: Carrot Quinn
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Mother of God
- An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon
- Written by: Paul Rosolie
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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A wholesome perspective towards nature
- By Nitesh Poonia on 06-12-23
Written by: Paul Rosolie
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David Attenborough - Life on Air
- Memoirs of a Broadcaster
- Written by: David Attenborough
- Narrated by: David Attenborough
- Length: 19 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In this volume of memoirs David tells stories of the people and animals he has met and the places that he has visited....
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I am missing it already!
- By Anonymous User on 28-03-20
Written by: David Attenborough
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The Last Great Mountain
- The First Ascent of Kangchenjunga
- Written by: Mick Conefrey
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The Last Great Mountain tells the story of the first ascent of Kangchenjunga the third highest but reputedly the hardest mountain in the world. It was an astonishing achievement for a British team led by Everest veteran Charles Evans....
Written by: Mick Conefrey
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Travels
- Written by: Michael Crichton
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere, comes a deeply personal memoir full of fascinating adventures as he travels everywhere....
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Only for diehard fans
- By Biswadeep on 30-01-24
Written by: Michael Crichton
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The Uncaged Sky
- My 804 Days in an Iranian Prison
- Written by: Kylie Moore-Gilbert
- Narrated by: Kylie Moore-Gilbert
- Length: 14 hrs
- Unabridged
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The Uncaged Sky is the remarkable story of courage and resilience, and a powerful meditation on hope, solidarity and what it means to be free....
Written by: Kylie Moore-Gilbert
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Alive
- The Story of the Andes Survivors
- Written by: Piers Paul Read
- Narrated by: Paul Ansdell
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes....
Written by: Piers Paul Read
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North to Paradise
- A Memoir
- Written by: Ousman Umar, Kevin Gerry Dunn - translator
- Narrated by: Kwesi Busia
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The inspiring true story of one man’s treacherous boyhood journey from a rural village in Ghana to the streets of Barcelona - and the path that led him home....
Written by: Ousman Umar,
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Jack and Rochelle
- A Holocaust Story of Love and Resistance
- Written by: Jack Sutin, Rochelle Sutin, Lawrence Sutin
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell, Widdi Turner
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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In this gripping memoir, Jack and Rochelle Sutin recount their experiences as Jewish resistance fighters during World War II, a story that ranges from extreme horror to poignant triumph....
Written by: Jack Sutin,
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A Little History of Archaeology
- Written by: Brian Fagan
- Narrated by: Kevin Scollin
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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The thrilling history of archaeological adventure, with tales of danger, debate, audacious explorers, and astonishing discoveries around the globe....
Written by: Brian Fagan
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Christopher Columbus
- Across the Ocean Sea
- Written by: Geoff Benge, Janet Benge
- Narrated by: Tim Gregory
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Buoyant and determined, and having at last won the support of the king and queen of Spain, Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe with three ships, confident he would reach the Indies by this new route and find the gold-laden civilization to the great Khan....
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Awesome book
- By Amazon Customer on 18-05-24
Written by: Geoff Benge,
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Blue Highways
- A Journey into America
- Written by: William Least Heat-Moon
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 17 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Hailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing, Blue Highways is an unforgettable journey along our nation's backroads....
Written by: William Least Heat-Moon
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Everest
- The West Ridge
- Written by: Thomas Hornbein, Jon Krakauer - foreword
- Narrated by: Tom Beyer
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1963, Jim Whittaker became the first American to summit Everest via the South Col route.
Written by: Thomas Hornbein,
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No Shortcuts to the Top
- Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
- Written by: Ed Viesturs, David Roberts
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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This gripping and triumphant memoir follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time....
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Getting down is mandatory!
- By Amazon Customer on 23-06-21
Written by: Ed Viesturs,
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Ghosts of K2
- Written by: Mick Conefrey
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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At 28,251 feet, K2 might be almost 800 feet shorter than Everest, but it’s a far harder climb. It will kill you on the way up and the way down....
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masterpiece for mountain enthusiasts
- By Abhishek on 17-03-21
Written by: Mick Conefrey
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Michael Palin: Sahara
- Written by: Michael Palin
- Narrated by: Michael Palin
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Original Recording
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Michael Palin's epic voyages have seen him circumnavigate the globe, but perhaps the greatest single challenge he has faced is his latest, a crossing of the vast and merciless Sahara Desert....
Written by: Michael Palin
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Beyond the Hundredth Meridian
- John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
- Written by: Wallace Stegner
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 17 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Pulitzer Prize winner Wallace Stegner recounts the remarkable career of Major John Wesley Powell....
Written by: Wallace Stegner
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On Leopard Rock
- A Life of Adventures
- Written by: Wilbur Smith
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Wilbur Smith has lived an incredible life of adventure, and now he shares the extraordinary true stories that have inspired his fiction....
Written by: Wilbur Smith
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Beyond Horizons
- Around the World in a Sailing Boat
- Written by: Major A.K. Singh
- Narrated by: Avinash Kumar Singh
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1987, thirty-seven footer Trishna, crewed by army officers, became the first Indian boat to circumnavigate the globe....
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I am delighted I could hear this atory
- By Murthy Chaganti on 29-12-22
Written by: Major A.K. Singh
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Spaceman
- An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
- Written by: Mike Massimino
- Narrated by: Mike Massimino
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Mike Massimino's childhood space dreams were born the day Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. Growing up in a working-class Long Island family, he catapulted himself to Columbia....
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Loved the book and the narration
- By Anish Aryan on 20-06-21
Written by: Mike Massimino
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A Land So Strange
- The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca
- Written by: Andres Resendez
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1528, a mission set out from Spain to colonize Florida. But the expedition went horribly wrong. Of the 300 men who had embarked on the journey, only four survived....
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A land so strange takes you back in time!
- By vijay on 20-05-21
Written by: Andres Resendez
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Tap Dancing on Everest
- A Young Doctor's Unlikely Adventure
- Written by: Mimi Zieman MD
- Narrated by: Mimi Zieman
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Sparkling with suspense and vulnerability, Tap Dancing on Everest is a true survival story about the risks we take to become our most authentic selves.
Written by: Mimi Zieman MD
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When I Fell from the Sky
- The True Story of One Woman's Miraculous Survival
- Written by: Juliane Diller Koepcke, Ross Benjamin - translator
- Narrated by: Judith Georgi
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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She was 17 years old on a Christmas Eve flight 40 years ago to join her father for Christmas when the unimaginable happened. The Lockheed L-188A Electra, on the way from Lima to Pucallpa, flew directly into a thunderstorm.
Written by: Juliane Diller Koepcke,
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I Spy
- Written by: Tom Marcus
- Narrated by: Georgia Maguire, Jason Langley
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Tom Marcus spent years of his life undercover, waging a secret war on the streets against those who want to do us harm....
Written by: Tom Marcus
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Full Tilt
- Ireland to India with a Bicycle
- Written by: Dervla Murphy
- Narrated by: Emma Lowe
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Full Tilt is the inspiring true story of Dervla Murphy's 1963 journey from Ireland to India on an Armstrong Cadet bicycle, and the trials, landscapes, and cultures she encountered along the way....
Written by: Dervla Murphy
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The Catch Me If You Can
- One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World
- Written by: Jessica Nabongo
- Narrated by: Jessica Nabongo
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In this inspiring travelogue, celebrated traveler and photographer Jessica Nabongo—the first Black woman on record to visit all 195 countries in the world—shares her journey around the globe with fascinating stories of adventure, culture, travel musts, and human connections....
Written by: Jessica Nabongo
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The Sun Is a Compass
- A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
- Written by: Caroline Van Hemert
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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This gripping true story follows a biologist's human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure—perfect for fans of Cheryl Strayed....
Written by: Caroline Van Hemert
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Beyond the Mountain
- Written by: Steve House, Reinhold Messner - foreword
- Narrated by: Steve House
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Steve House built his reputation on ascents throughout the Alps, Canada, Alaska, the Karakoram, and the Himalaya that have expanded possibilities of style, speed, and difficulty....
Written by: Steve House,
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Coffee First, Then the World
- One Woman's Record-Breaking Pedal Around the Planet
- Written by: Jenny Graham
- Narrated by: Jenny Graham
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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16 countries, 124 days and 18,000 miles. This is the story of one woman’s solo lap of the planet by bike....
Written by: Jenny Graham
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Regrets of the Dying
- Stories and Wisdom That Remind Us How to Live
- Written by: Georgina Scull
- Narrated by: Georgina Scull
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Following a near-death experience, Georgina Scull set out to meet others who had faced their own mortality and find out what it means to have a life well-lived....
Written by: Georgina Scull
New Releases
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Beauty in the Escape
- Written by: Lena Nguyen
- Narrated by: Natalie Lee
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Hailing from a small village in the beautiful land of Vietnam, young Lena enjoys living out her simple existence. Her world revolves around her grandma, siblings, school, and all her village friends, until one day, when a detonating bomb announced the beginning of a devastation that would go down in history—The Vietnam War. Having never known her father and being estranged from her mother, who resides in the US with her American husband, she soon finds herself fighting the treacherous waters of the sea in a small boat, seeking refuge from the war with a daunting task glowering down at her.
Written by: Lena Nguyen
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Becoming Bulletproof (German edition)
- Mein Leben zwischen Survival-Touren, Bushcraft und Bundeswehr
- Written by: Otto Bulletproof
- Narrated by: Philipp Oehme
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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m Leben eines Soldaten ist der Tod jederzeit nah. Otto Bulletproof machte diese Erfahrung, als er als Teil einer Fallschirmjägereinheit der Bundeswehr in Afghanistan in Lebensgefahr geriet. Von Raketenbeschuss und heiklen Missionen bis zum Tod eines Kameraden erzählt er in Becoming Bulletproof Geschichten aus dieser Zeit und davon, was ihn das Militär über Pflichtbewusstsein, Sinn und Werte gelehrt hat. Und natürlich berichtet er von herausfordernden Survival-Touren wie »7 vs. Wild« oder der »Warrior«-Reihe, die sein Leben bereichern, seitdem er aus dem Militär ausgeschieden ist.
Written by: Otto Bulletproof
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Fallen
- George Mallory: The Man, the Myth and the 1924 Everest Tragedy
- Written by: Mick Conefrey
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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On June 4,1924 George Mallory donned an oxygen set and set off for the summit of Everest with his young partner Andrew Irvine. Next day they were glimpsed through clouds heading upwards, but after that they were never seen again. Whether they died on the way up or on the way down no one knows. In the years following his disappearance, Mallory was elevated into an all-British hero. Dubbed by his friends the 'Galahad' of Everest, he was lionized in the press as the greatest mountaineer of his generation who had died while taking on the ultimate challenge
Written by: Mick Conefrey
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Fratellino
- Written by: Ibrahima Balde, Amets Arzallus Antia
- Narrated by: Dario Borrelli
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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È alla ricerca del fratello piccolo, partito con l’intenzione di raggiungere l’Europa e mai arrivato, che Ibrahima Balde lascia la Guinea e il lavoro di camionista, per intraprendere un viaggio che non voleva fare, ma che è comune a migliaia di africani. Questo romanzo è la cronaca, lucida ed essenziale, della vita di Ibrahima Balde, da lui stesso raccontata, e trascritta dal poeta Amets Arzallus Antia.
Written by: Ibrahima Balde,
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Tap Dancing on Everest
- A Young Doctor's Unlikely Adventure
- Written by: Mimi Zieman MD
- Narrated by: Mimi Zieman
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Sparkling with suspense and vulnerability, Tap Dancing on Everest is a true survival story about the risks we take to become our most authentic selves. In this inspiring coming-of-age travel memoir that includes solo hiking through Nepal, Zieman weaves her childhood as the daughter of Jewish immigrants raised in 1970's New York City, her father a Holocaust survivor, with adventure, medicine, and empowerment. She captures the curiosity and awe of a young woman as she faces down messages to stay small and safe and ventures into the unknown.
Written by: Mimi Zieman MD
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When I Fell from the Sky
- The True Story of One Woman's Miraculous Survival
- Written by: Juliane Diller Koepcke, Ross Benjamin - translator
- Narrated by: Judith Georgi
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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She was 17 years old on a Christmas Eve flight 40 years ago to join her father for Christmas when the unimaginable happened. The Lockheed L-188A Electra, on the way from Lima to Pucallpa, flew directly into a thunderstorm. A strike of lightning left the plane incinerated and Juliane Diller (Koepcke) still strapped to her plane seat falling through the night air two miles above the Earth. Her survival is unexplainable and considered a modern-day miracle. Her mother was among the 91 dead and Juliane the sole survivor.
Written by: Juliane Diller Koepcke,
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Beauty in the Escape
- Written by: Lena Nguyen
- Narrated by: Natalie Lee
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Hailing from a small village in the beautiful land of Vietnam, young Lena enjoys living out her simple existence. Her world revolves around her grandma, siblings, school, and all her village friends, until one day, when a detonating bomb announced the beginning of a devastation that would go down in history—The Vietnam War. Having never known her father and being estranged from her mother, who resides in the US with her American husband, she soon finds herself fighting the treacherous waters of the sea in a small boat, seeking refuge from the war with a daunting task glowering down at her.
Written by: Lena Nguyen
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Becoming Bulletproof (German edition)
- Mein Leben zwischen Survival-Touren, Bushcraft und Bundeswehr
- Written by: Otto Bulletproof
- Narrated by: Philipp Oehme
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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m Leben eines Soldaten ist der Tod jederzeit nah. Otto Bulletproof machte diese Erfahrung, als er als Teil einer Fallschirmjägereinheit der Bundeswehr in Afghanistan in Lebensgefahr geriet. Von Raketenbeschuss und heiklen Missionen bis zum Tod eines Kameraden erzählt er in Becoming Bulletproof Geschichten aus dieser Zeit und davon, was ihn das Militär über Pflichtbewusstsein, Sinn und Werte gelehrt hat. Und natürlich berichtet er von herausfordernden Survival-Touren wie »7 vs. Wild« oder der »Warrior«-Reihe, die sein Leben bereichern, seitdem er aus dem Militär ausgeschieden ist.
Written by: Otto Bulletproof
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Fallen
- George Mallory: The Man, the Myth and the 1924 Everest Tragedy
- Written by: Mick Conefrey
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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On June 4,1924 George Mallory donned an oxygen set and set off for the summit of Everest with his young partner Andrew Irvine. Next day they were glimpsed through clouds heading upwards, but after that they were never seen again. Whether they died on the way up or on the way down no one knows. In the years following his disappearance, Mallory was elevated into an all-British hero. Dubbed by his friends the 'Galahad' of Everest, he was lionized in the press as the greatest mountaineer of his generation who had died while taking on the ultimate challenge
Written by: Mick Conefrey
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Fratellino
- Written by: Ibrahima Balde, Amets Arzallus Antia
- Narrated by: Dario Borrelli
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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È alla ricerca del fratello piccolo, partito con l’intenzione di raggiungere l’Europa e mai arrivato, che Ibrahima Balde lascia la Guinea e il lavoro di camionista, per intraprendere un viaggio che non voleva fare, ma che è comune a migliaia di africani. Questo romanzo è la cronaca, lucida ed essenziale, della vita di Ibrahima Balde, da lui stesso raccontata, e trascritta dal poeta Amets Arzallus Antia.
Written by: Ibrahima Balde,
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Tap Dancing on Everest
- A Young Doctor's Unlikely Adventure
- Written by: Mimi Zieman MD
- Narrated by: Mimi Zieman
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Sparkling with suspense and vulnerability, Tap Dancing on Everest is a true survival story about the risks we take to become our most authentic selves. In this inspiring coming-of-age travel memoir that includes solo hiking through Nepal, Zieman weaves her childhood as the daughter of Jewish immigrants raised in 1970's New York City, her father a Holocaust survivor, with adventure, medicine, and empowerment. She captures the curiosity and awe of a young woman as she faces down messages to stay small and safe and ventures into the unknown.
Written by: Mimi Zieman MD
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When I Fell from the Sky
- The True Story of One Woman's Miraculous Survival
- Written by: Juliane Diller Koepcke, Ross Benjamin - translator
- Narrated by: Judith Georgi
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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She was 17 years old on a Christmas Eve flight 40 years ago to join her father for Christmas when the unimaginable happened. The Lockheed L-188A Electra, on the way from Lima to Pucallpa, flew directly into a thunderstorm. A strike of lightning left the plane incinerated and Juliane Diller (Koepcke) still strapped to her plane seat falling through the night air two miles above the Earth. Her survival is unexplainable and considered a modern-day miracle. Her mother was among the 91 dead and Juliane the sole survivor.
Written by: Juliane Diller Koepcke,
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Madness, Betrayal and the Lash
- The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver
- Written by: Stephen R. Bown
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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From 1792 to 1795, George Vancouver sailed the Pacific as the captain of his own expedition and as an agent of imperial ambition. To map a place is to control it, and Britain had its eyes on America's Pacific coast. And map it Vancouver did. His voyage was one of history's greatest feats of maritime daring, discovery, and diplomacy, and his marine survey of Hawaii and the Pacific coast was at its time the most comprehensive ever undertaken.
Written by: Stephen R. Bown
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Heidi Across America
- One Woman's Journey on a Bicycle Through the Heartland
- Written by: Heidi Beierle
- Narrated by: Morgan Hallett
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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A memoir of homecoming—Heidi Across America is a gritty story of how opening our hearts to others enables us to open our hearts to ourselves and love what we find there.
Written by: Heidi Beierle
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Steh auf, mein Kind, und geh!
- Wie ich durch Gottes Stimme den Völkermord an den Tutsi in Ruanda überlebte und Freiheit fand
- Written by: Marie Kresbach, Priska Lachmann
- Narrated by: Hanna Kersten
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Marie ist neun Jahre alt, als in ihrem Heimatland Ruanda der Völkermord ausbricht. Unzählige Tutsi verlieren ihr Leben - darunter auch enge Familienangehörige. Mit einem Mal ist sie auf sich allein gestellt und weiß nicht, was sie tun soll. Bis sie unvermittelt eine leise Stimme hört, die ihr genau sagt, was als Nächstes dran ist. Durch wundersame Fügungen gelingt ihr die Flucht bis nach Deutschland. Trotz schwerster Traumatisierung schafft Marie es, dort Fuß zu fassen und wächst zu einer nach außen hin selbstbewussten jungen Frau heran. Doch etwas in ihr bleibt verbittert und tief verwundet.
Written by: Marie Kresbach,
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Top of the World
- Surviving the Manchester Bombing to Scale Kilimanjaro in a Wheelchair
- Written by: Martin Hibbert, Fiona Duffy, Dan Walker - foreword
- Narrated by: Will Edgerton
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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Martin Hibbert was left paralysed from the waist down by the Manchester Arena bombing which killed twenty-two people on 22 May 2017. Martin’s teenage daughter Eve was one of the 940 injured, in Eve’s case, gravely. The dad from Bolton has since become a leading campaigner both for victims of the atrocity and those with spinal cord injuries. Determined to make a difference he took on the ultimate challenge, scaling Kilimanjaro in a wheelchair, becoming the second paraplegic to do so, and raising a million pounds for charity.
Written by: Martin Hibbert,
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Gobi
- Written by: Dion Leonard
- Narrated by: Dario Agrillo
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
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Nel 2016 Dion Leonard, un esperto ultramaratoneta, incontra inaspettatamente una piccola cagnolina randagia durante una gara di 250 chilometri attraverso il deserto dei Gobi, in Cina. La cucciola, che sarà ribattezzata Gobi, dimostra che quello che le manca nella taglia è ampiamente ricompensato dalla grandezza del suo cuore: comincia a seguire Dion passo dopo passo, attraverso le impervie montagne Tian Shan, mantenendo il passo con lui per circa 130 chilometri. Quando Dion si rende conto dell'incredibile determinazione di questo piccolo animale, qualcosa dentro di lui cambia per sempre.
Written by: Dion Leonard
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Lo straordinario viaggio di Nujeen
- Written by: Nujeen Mustafa, Christina Lamb - traduttore
- Narrated by: Linda Caridi
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
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Nujeen Mustafa ha sedici anni e soffre di una grave forma di paralisi cerebrale che l'ha costretta su una sedia a rotelle e le ha impedito di frequentare la scuola pubblica. Ma questo non l'ha fermata: ha imparato l'inglese guardando le soap opera americane trasmesse dalla tv del suo paese e nello stesso modo ha studiato storia, letteratura, scienze.
Written by: Nujeen Mustafa,
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The Doomed Search for the Lost City of Z
- Deadly Expeditions
- Written by: Cindy L. Rodriguez, Martín Bustamante - illustrator
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 19 mins
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Percy Fawcett was a mapmaker and an adventurer. In the early 1900s, he spent years mapping out the jungles of South America. Fawcett became obsessed with the idea of a lost city of gold hidden deep in the jungle.
Written by: Cindy L. Rodriguez,
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Knife
- Meditations After an Attempted Murder
- Written by: Salman Rushdie
- Narrated by: Salman Rushdie
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
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On the morning of 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie was standing onstage at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York, preparing to give a lecture on the importance of keeping writers safe from harm, when a man in black–black clothes, black mask–rushed down the aisle towards him, wielding a knife. His first thought: So it’s you. Here you are. What followed was a horrific act of violence that shook the literary world and beyond.
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A piercingly honest and humbling soliloque
- By sohini on 18-05-24
Written by: Salman Rushdie
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Témoignage d'un Résistant [Testimony of a Resistance Fighter]
- Mon Histoire de Résistant en France Pendant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale [My Story as a Resistant in France During the Second World War]
- Written by: Raymond Heymann
- Narrated by: Raymond Heymann
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
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Dans l'ombre de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le voyage de Raymond Heymann, d'une vie tranquille en Alsace au cœur de la Résistance française, se déroule dans ce récit captivant. Né dans une famille juive profondément enracinée dans l'identité française, la jeunesse de Raymond, riche en culture et en traditions, est brisée par le début de la guerre. Plongé dans un monde où la survie dépend du secret et du courage, il doit naviguer dans les complexités de l'occupation, de la trahison et de la quête incessante de la liberté.
Written by: Raymond Heymann
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Der Buchladen am Ende der Welt
- Written by: Ruth Shaw
- Narrated by: Kaja Sesterhenn
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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AM ENDE DER WELT, GANZ WEIT IM SÜDEN NEUSEELANDS, steht ein winzig kleiner Buchladen. Er gehört einer Frau mit einer unfassbaren Lebensgeschichte: Ruth Shaw verlor ihr Kind und ihre große Liebe. Sie segelte jahrelang über den Pazifik, wurde von Piraten überfallen, wegen Glücksspiel verhaftet, war Streetworkerin und Köchin für einen Erzbischof. Heute verkauft sie Bücher im abgelegenen Fiordland. Oder verschenkt sie. In ihren Memoiren verwebt sie Anekdoten über die Menschen, die ihren Buchladen besuchen, mit den bittersüßen Geschichten aus ihrem abenteuerlichen Leben.
Written by: Ruth Shaw
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Sully (Italian edition)
- Written by: Chesley Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow
- Narrated by: Dario Maria Dossena
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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NEL MOMENTO DEL PERICOLO IL FATTORE UMANO FA LA DIFFERENZA. Il 15 gennaio 2009 il mondo intero è stato testimone di uno dei più spettacolari ammaraggi d'emergenza della storia dell'aeronautica civile, quello sul fiume Hudson. Quel giorno il comandante Sullenberger salvò la vita di centocinquantacinque persone. Senza saperlo, era diventato un eroe.
Written by: Chesley Sullenberger,
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Yo estuve en la Antártida
- Written by: Gerardo Giacinti
- Narrated by: Gerardo Giacinti
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
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Yo estuve en la Antártida, narra el recorrido por este continente, ante la atenta mirada de un marinero, integrante de la tripulación del Rompehielos General San Martín, de la Armada Argentina, cumpliendo con el servicio militar, como componente del personal de meteorología. Describe las vivencias, sinsabores, anécdotas y fechorías..., en las tres etapas de la campaña Antártica 1973-1974.
Written by: Gerardo Giacinti