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“In climbing the Seven Summits, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado did nothing less than take back her own life—one brave step at a time. She will inspire untold numbers of souls with this story, for her victory is a win on behalf of all of us.”—Elizabeth Gilbert This audiobook is read by the author...

This program includes excerpts read by the author. One of Atlas & Boots' Top 10 Adventure Travel Books of 2021 A dramatic account of the deadly earthquake on Everest—and a return to reach the summit. On April 25, 2015, Jim Davidson was climbing Mount Everest when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake...

This program is read by the author. A dark romance evolves between a high schooler and her English teacher in this breathtakingly powerful memoir about a young woman who must learn to rewrite her own story. “Have you ever read Lolita?” So begins seventeen-year-old Alisson’s metamorphosis...

Winner of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario's 2016 Young Authors Award Winner of the 2017 Louise de Kiriline Award for Nonfiction The age of exploration is not over. When Adam Shoalts ventured into the largest unexplored wilderness on the planet, he hoped to set foot where no one had ever gone...

Not all wealth is financial. No matter your age, career, or life experience, true wealth is within reach. Financial investing is a lot like big game hunting. They both come with risk and reward. They both require discipline, research, and excellent timing. They both offer clues to what it means...

Mein Feuer der Reiselust wurde früh entfacht, seither muss es genährt werden. Zusammen mit meinem Partner folge ich – manchmal mit Rucksack, meist mit eigenem Expeditionsmobil – einem inneren Kompass. So entdecken wir Berggorillas und Löwenrudel in Afrika, erkunden den Regenwald Costa Ricas, besuchen eines der letzten Naturvölker Indonesiens und bewundern den Sternenhimmel über der Wüste des Iran. Ich habe Momente des Schreckens und des größten Glücks erlebt, habe unterwegs die Liebe verloren und innere Stärke gewonnen.

Jenni er fra det andet Østerbro, langt fra spelt og snedkerkøkkener. Hun er født på antabus og opflasket med rejeost og discountcola, omgivet af fulde og dopede voksne. Kort efter sin mors selvmord er hun første gang udsat for jævnaldrende drenges overgreb. Hun er otte, og overgrebene...

FANGET I FAMILIEN er en tankevækkende og gribende familiefortælling om et forspildt liv bag et drab i bandemiljøet, fortalt af en efterladt storesøster, der selv har kæmpet sig fri af den tunge sociale arv i den danske ”indvandrerklasse”. Kun 24 år gammel faldt Ari Hussein i en regn...

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...

It could begin with blood-soaked headlines—gang-lords and hitmen, brothels and drugs, kidnappings and murder attempts. All of that is true but that’s not where this story begins. It begins with a child. A little girl raised inside a world of crime, control, and silence. Abused and betrayed...

Beretningen om forfatterens møde med et ekstrauniverselt menneske, seeren C de M. Et sjældent forsøg på at skildre det, som ikke kan skildres, og som derfor kun få har forsøgt at beskrive: Den mystiske oplevelse. En førstehåndsberetning om en moderne mysterieindvielse.

Im Juni 1799 brach Alexander von Humboldt zu seiner legendären Forschungsreise auf, die ihn quer durch Süd- und Mittelamerika führte. Es war die Verwirklichung eines lang gehegten Traums – und zugleich eine Expedition, die Geschichte schrieb. Rund zweihundert Jahre später folgte der Autor Werner Biermann Humboldts Route. Genau wie die damalige Expedition passierte er die gefährlichen Katarakte am Orinoko, durchquerte den Dschungel und bestieg die Gipfel der Anden.

Bloomsbury presents Team Spirit: Life and Leadership on One of the World's Toughest Yacht Races by Brendan Hall, read by Robert Portal The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is the ultimate long distance challenge – a 35,000-mile circumnavigation of the globe, contested by amateur crews in...

Pour ralentir la fuite du temps, Sylvain Tesson parcourt le monde à pied, à cheval, à vélo ou en canot. Dans les steppes d'Asie centrale, au Tibet, dans les forêts françaises ou à Paris, il marche, chevauche, mais escalade aussi les monuments à mains nues. Pour mieux embrasser la terre, il passe une nuit au sommet de Notre-Dame de Paris, bivouaque dans un arbre ou sous un pont, recourt aux cabanes. Cet amoureux des reliefs poursuit le merveilleux et l'enchantement.

This story began because I was dying to live. It ends with having learned how. Thank you to anyone who has ordered – or is considering ordering – this book. If these pages bring you comfort, strength, or even a small shift in perspective, then it has been worth every late night, early...

*NATIONAL BESTSELLER* The inspiring, untold story of three incredible women who spearheaded recreation, conservation and resilience in America’s most beloved landscapes, for readers of Pam Houston and David Grann Throughout the 20th century Georgie White, Anne LaBastille, and Dolores...

The gritty memoir of a former US Marine and Presidential Guard, who, after being unjustly held and abused in a Russian gulag for three years and freed in a high-profile prisoner exchange, seeks revenge against his former Russian captors by volunteering to fight in Ukraine. In August 2019, Trevor...

'Courageous and candid… An important story well told' The Independent This is the story of one of the most horrifying scandals in British medical history. In 2003, Deborah Douglas was diagnosed with breast cancer by Ian Paterson, a surgeon based in the Midlands. Over the next seven years...

Learn why NASA astronaut Mike Collins calls this extraordinary space race story "the best book on Apollo": this inspiring and intimate ode to ingenuity celebrates one of the most daring feats in human history.When the alarm went off forty thousand feet above the moon's surface, both astronauts...

The New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot chronicles another thrilling chapter in American aviation history: the race to break the sound barrier. In the aftermath of World War II, the United States accelerated the development of technologies that would give it an advantage over the...