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Sixty years ago, cars and airplanes were still deathtraps waiting to happen. Today, both are safer than ever, thanks in part to one pioneering air force doctor’s research on seatbelts and ejection seats. The exploits of John Paul Stapp (1910–1999) come to thrilling life in this biography of...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Spellbinding adventure from Canada's most beloved modern-day explorer. Traverspine is not a place you will find on most maps. A century ago, it stood near the foothills of the remote Mealy Mountains in central Labrador. Today it is an abandoned ghost town, almost all trace of...

This self-help book describes the amazing life experience of a wind energy pioneer who has committed his whole 27-year career to the wind sector. This book is filled with immense wisdom and life's unique experiences that can help you boost your confidence when you are feeling down. The author has provided many insights on how tables might turn the instant you decide to become unstoppable as a result of his self-discovery of turning barriers into possibilities. He developed his natural talent and excelled in all of his attempts.

In this essay, Muir tells his experience of climbing to the top of a tree and riding it for hours through a wild Sierra storm. As he writes, “the danger to life and limb is hardly greater than one would experience crouching deprecatingly beneath a roof.”