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They say that only truck drivers experience the true grandeur and landscape of America. In A Trucker's Tale, Ed Miller gives an inside look at the allure of the work and the colorful characters who haul our goods on the open road. He shares what it was like to grow up in a trucking family, his experience as an equipment officer in Vietnam, and the trials and tribulations of life as a trucker. His tales are often funny, sometimes sad, cringeworthy, or unbelievable. Many are the results of what he calls "just plain stupidity."

A century of the industrial age saw unprecedented leaps in technology and engineering, from the first flight of an airplane to the first flight of humans to the moon. But alongside these awe-inspiring achievements were horrible disasters caused by faulty engineering or careless judgement. Catastrophes and Heroes explores eight such disasters and recognizes the unheralded heroes who stepped up to save others in times of great danger.

In 1910, Olive MacLeod, a 30-year-old, redheaded Scottish aristocrat, received word that her fiancé, the famous naturalist Boyd Alexander, was missing in Africa. So she went to find him. Olive the Lionheart is the thrilling true story of her astonishing journey. In jungles, swamps, cities, and deserts, Olive and her two companions, the Talbots, come face-to-face with cobras and crocodiles, wise native chiefs, a murderous leopard cult, a haunted forest, and even two adorable lion cubs that she adopts as her own.

Zu den Pioniertaten unter den großen Entdeckungsfahrten zählt die erste Weltumseglung in westlicher Richtung, die der Portugiese Fernando de Magellanes in den Jahren 1519 bis 1521 unternahm. Seine dabei gemachte große Entdeckung, die Durchfahrt vom Atlantischen zum Pazifischen Ozean durch Südamerika, heißt bis heute nach seinem Entdecker: die Magellanstraße!

Désirée und Elias kündigen ihre gut bezahlten, sicheren Jobs und entscheiden sich für ein alternatives Leben außerhalb der durchorganisierten Zivilisation. Eine Segelyacht ist ab sofort ihr Zuhause. Als blutige Anfänger wagen sie sich ins Abenteuer "Meer". Schnell stellen sie fest, dass intensive, existentielle Naturerfahrungen und zutiefst berührende Begegnungen jetzt ihren Alltag bestimmen. Sie erleben eine Reise voller Überraschungen: Keine Weltumseglung, dafür Eintauchen in den ungleich größeren Mikrokosmos menschlichen Daseins.

George Murray Levick was the physician on Robert Falcon Scott's tragic Antarctic expedition of 1910. Marooned for an Antarctic winter, Levick passed the time by becoming the first man to study penguins up close. His findings were so shocking to Victorian morals that they were quickly suppressed and seemingly lost to history.

"Alvorsfuld tale til mennesker, der lytter. Til mennesker, der har et behov. Til mennesker, der tænker selv. Ikke til mennesker der kun lever i nuet. Hvor mange vil huske ordene? Vil nogen huske dem? Måske ikke denne gang, for de er allerede beskæftiget med så meget andet." Kai Karnøe arbejdede i mange år som praktiserende læge på vadehavsøen Mandø. Han har tidligere skrevet bøger om sine egne oplevelser, men bogen "Tidevand" er bygget på præsten Henrik Bruuns notater fra omkring 1806.

Ursula Grether verlässt ihre Komfortzone und lebt ihren Traum.Sie lässt sich von einem fremden, wilden Mann ansprechen und zu Übernachtung und Verpflegung ohne fließendes Wasser auf 5350 m über dem Meer einladen. Als Resultat begleitet sie für einige Zeit Reinhold Messner als seine Expeditionsärztin.Sie erfährt die Lehren des Buddhismus und gründet einen der ersten buddhistischen Hospizdienste in Berlin. Sie schämt sich zunächst für eine gefürchtete, unheilbare Krankheit - Parkinson - und schreit ihre Scham dann hinaus in die Welt.

Normanden Fridtjof Nansen er en af historiens helt store opdagelsesrejsende, og han var en stor inspiration for den danske polarforsker Knud Rasmussen. "Tre år i drivisen" er baseret på Nansens egen beretning om sin polarfærd med træskibet Fram i årene 1893-1896. Den fortæller historien om en fantastisk og farlig ekspedition i det smukke, men ufremkommelige ishav og om det sammenhold og planlægning, der skulle til for, at ekspeditionen endte i succes og ikke katastrofe. Den danske forfatter Ole Bang blev født i 1917.

By the 1930s, no one had yet crossed Antarctica, and its vast interior remained a mystery frozen in time. Hoping to write his name in the history books, wealthy American Lincoln Ellsworth announced he would fly across the unexplored continent, and to honor his hero, Wyatt Earp, he would carry his gun belt on the flight. The obstacles to Ellsworth’s ambition were numerous: He didn’t like the cold, he avoided physical work, and he couldn’t navigate. Consequently, he hired the experienced Australian explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins to organize the expedition on his behalf.

Byl najczesciej zestrzelanym pilotem II Wojny Swiatowej, francuskim partyzantem, autorem pierwszego wywiadu z Fidelem Castro, laureatem Pulitzera, prywatnym pilotem Juana Perona i odkrywca zaginionej stolicy Majów. Albo nie byl zadnym z nich. Z cala pewnoscia wybieral sie jednak na Ksiezyc. Fascynujaca i przewrotna biografia Tony'ego Halika jest dowodem na to, ze czasem prawdziwe zycie jest bardziej nieprawdopodobne niz najlepsza powiesc.

"In der Musik einer Flughafen-Wartehalle in Timbuktu, einem Werbefoto, einem Fernsehbild, das einen Berliner Bären im Plüschkostüm tanzend zeigt, gesehen irgendwo auf der Welt, bin ich vielleicht mehr zu Hause als auf einem deutschen Bahnhof." Roger Willemsen. Roger Willemsen war sein Leben lang Reisender. In diesem Live-Mitschnitt erzählt er, begleitet von der WDR Big Band, davon, was Reisen ihm bedeutet, erzählt von seinen Begegnungen mit dem Fremden und den zwei Polen, die die Bewegung des Reisens im Wesentlichen bestimmen.

Meyer Kayserling (1829-1905) was a leading Jewish scholar who wrote Christopher Columbus and the Participation of the Jews in the Spanish and Portuguese Discoveries by request of the Spanish government in honor of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America. An assortment of fascinating individuals feature in the book, including the astronomer Abraham Zacuto and the jurist Luis de Santangel. Christopher Columbus himself is thought to be of Jewish descent, and many Jews provided support for Columbus’ voyages in the fields of technology, funding, and personnel.

Den danske eventyrer Hakon Mielche er kommet om bord på en norsk hvalfanger, der har sat sejl mod Sydpolen på jagt efter hvaler. Besætningen tæller over 400 mand, hvoraf mange arbejder i skibets kogeri. Men før de kan gå i gang, må hvalen fanges, og det er sin sag. For selv om ishavet i fyldt med hvaler, så kan de være svære at få øje på for selv den mest garvede hvalfanger. Hakon Mielche (1904-1979) var en dansk journalist, eventyrer og forfatter. Han er bedst kendt for sine mange spændende bøger om sine eventyrlige rejser rundt i den store verden, som han med stort litterært talent tr

In Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend, the historian Gary Roberts takes aim at the most complex, perplexing, and paradoxical gunfighter of the Old West, drawing on more than 20 years of research - including new primary sources - in his quest to separate the life from the legend. Doc Holliday was a study in contrasts: the legendary gunslinger who made his living as a dentist; the emaciated consumptive whose very name struck fear in the hearts of his enemies

At stake in 1896 was the new idea that some landscapes should be collectively, permanently owned by a democratic government. Although many people today think of public lands as an American birthright, their very existence was then in doubt and dependent on a merger of the talents of these two men. Natural Rivals examines a time of environmental threat and political dysfunction not unlike our own and reveals the complex dynamic that gave birth to America’s rich public lands legacy.

Umweg Jakarta' ist ein authentischer Bericht über die nervenaufreibende Organisation einer Familienzusammenführung. Gegen alle Widerstände ist es der Autorin gelungen, eine Frau und ihren 10jährigen Sohn von Damaskus in Syrien über Jakarta in Indonesien nach Deutschland zu bringen. Gleichzeitig erfährt der Leser einiges über das Leben und Leiden eines syrischen Familienvaters in seinem ersten Jahr in Deutschland, wohin er aus dem Krieg in seiner Heimat geflohen war, um seiner Familie eine Zukunft zu schaffen.

Steve Inskeep tells the riveting story of John and Jessie Frémont, the husband and wife team who in the 1800s were instrumental in the westward expansion of the United States, and thus became America's first great political couple John C. Frémont, one of the United States’s leading explorers...

In 1862, ambitious scientist James Glaisher set out to do the impossible: ascend higher into the skies than ever before to establish his groundbreaking research. Glaisher’s death-defying journey forms the story of the major motion picture The Aeronauts, starring Eddie Redmayne as Glaisher and Felicity Jones as his balloon companion, Amelia Wren. Written in his own words, The Aeronauts chronicles Glaisher’s incredible flights and discoveries first hand, as well as his observations on the pioneers who came before and inspired him.

With the first world war raging across Europe, Shackleton's expedition to cross the South Pole became trapped by ice. Their ship, the Endurance, was crushed and the men were forced to survive in and escape from one of the world's most hostile environments. An incredible mission and an incredible escape. This is the story of one of the greatest sea journeys ever made.