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In 1986, 20-year-old Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the woods. He would not speak to another human being until three decades later when he was arrested for stealing food. Christopher survived by his wits and courage, developing ingenious ways to store food and water in order to avoid freezing to death in his tent during the harsh Maine winters. He broke into nearby cottages for food, clothes, reading material and other provisions, taking only what he needed. In the process, he unwittingly terrified a community.

Reinhold Messner – der berühmteste Bergsteiger und Abenteurer unserer Zeit – und seine Frau Diane Messner schreiben in Lebenszeit übers Älterwerden und Jungsein, über Verlust und Glück, über große Expeditionen und die kleinen Abenteuer des Alltags. Entstanden ist ein Hörbuch über die Kostbarkeit unserer Lebenszeit – und darüber, wie man sie mit Offenheit, Mut und Neugier nutzen kann.

A New York Times Most Anticipated Nonfiction Book of 2026 · A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Fall National Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Heart of the Sea and Mayflower, reveals how California’s Gold Rush forged the modern United...

Unveil the thrilling life of Juan Ponce de León, the fearless Spanish conquistador, whose quest for gold, glory, and the mythical Fountain of Youth shaped the destiny of an entire continent. "Juan Ponce de León: Conquistador, Explorer, and the Shaping of the New World" delves into the gripping...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'With reason, evidence, common sense, uncompromising candour and disciplined imagination Fernando Cervantes makes the conquistadores believable' Felipe Fernández-Armesto The 'conquistadores', the early explorers and settlers of Spanish America, have become the stuff...

Triumphs and disasters in the deep sea This is a journey through time and water, to the bottom of the ocean and the future of our planet. We do not see the ocean when we look at the water that blankets more than two thirds of our planet. We only see the entrance to it. Beyond that entrance is a...

In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain. Eerie aspects of the incident—unexplained violent injuries, signs that they cut open and fled the tent without proper clothing or shoes, a strange final photograph taken by one of the hikers, and elevated levels of radiation found on some of their clothes—have led to decades of speculation over what really happened.

The epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the 19th century - now a major motion picture starring Chris Hemsworth. The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged spermwhale in the Pacific in November 1820 set in motion one of the most dramatic sea stories of all time: the 20 sailors who survived the wreck took to three small boats (one of which was again attacked by a whale), and only eight of them survived their subsequent 90-day ordeal, after resorting to cannibalising their mates.

It was an era when monopoly trading companies were the unofficial agents of European expansion, controlling vast numbers of people and huge tracts of land, and taking on governmental and military functions. The leaders of these trading enterprises exercised virtually unaccountable, dictatorial political power over millions of people.

On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, and the space race was born. Desperate to beat the Russians into space, NASA put together a crew of the nation's most daring test pilots: the seven men who were to lead America to the moon. The first into space was Alan Shepard; the last was Deke Slayton, whose irregular heartbeat kept him grounded until 1975. They spent the 1960s at the forefront of NASA's effort to conquer space, and Moon Shot is their inside account of what many call the 20th century's greatest feat - landing humans on another world. 

Ice Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the Lost Franklin Expedition of 1845 - whose two ships and crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice - with the modern tale of the scientists, divers, and local Inuit behind the incredible discovery of the flagship's wreck in 2014. Paul Watson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was on the icebreaker that led the discovery expedition, tells a fast-paced historical adventure story: Sir John Franklin and the crew of the HMS Erebus and Terror setting off in search of the fabled Northwest Passage.

In 1271 a young Italian merchant named Marco Polo embarked on a groundbreaking expedition from Venice, through the Middle East and Central Asia to China. His extraordinary reports of his experiences introduced medieval Europe to an exotic new world of emperors and concubines, amazing cities, huge armies, unusual spices and cuisine, and imperial riches. Marco Polo also revealed the wonders of Xanadu, the summer capital of Mongol emperor Kublai Khan.

Over the years, thousands of tales both true and fantastic have been told about the dastardly thievery of pirates. Their rum-drunk exploits and high-seas violence never fail to delight. Now in a brand new series collection, The Best Pirate Stories Ever Told includes many of the very best pirate yarns ever created on history’s most debaucherous scalawags. Anyone who loves a good story full of excitement, adventure, thrills, and laughs will find this collection irresistible.

Inspired by Wondery’s hit podcast Against the Odds—learn how to survive whatever nature can throw at you through gut-twisting true stories of survival on the brink Narrated by Cassie de Pecol, Mike Corey, and Roger Wayne! How to Survive Against the Odds places you at the center of fifteen...

يفصل هذا البحث التاريخي بين الحقائق الموثقة وأساطير الكنز المفقود، ليغوص في واحد من أعقد الألغاز الجغرافية. وسط أجواء من الغموض والترقب، تضعك هذه الرحلة...

当一位资深探险家为了寻找亚马孙深处的失落文明，不惜押上全部身家与至亲性命，这场历史纪实探险最终演变为一场永无归途的致命迷局。在幽暗死寂的原始丛林面前，人类的极致渴望与大自然的残酷无情发生了最剧烈的碰...

在帝王谷的黄沙下隐匿三千年后，这座未经洗劫的古埃及王墓重见天日，以极其震撼的考古实证击碎了坊间猎奇传说，重塑了人类对新王国时期权力的认知。如果你厌倦了虚假造作的骇人怪谈，渴望在通勤或独处时沉浸于严谨...

يواجه هذا الاستقصاء التاريخي أسطورة المقبرة الملعونة، ليفرّق بين رهبة الموت الفرعوني وحمى الصحافة التي اختلقت اللعنة. بينما ترافق المستكشفين الأوائل في وادي...

تتبّع كيف تحول مرفأ صخري منعزل إلى إمبراطورية تمويل بحري قادت التاريخ الاقتصادي وموّلت الكشوف الجغرافية. عبر سرد تاريخي طموح، نغوص في أروقة البحر المتوسط حيث...

تروي هذه السيرة التاريخية صراعا مميتا مع المجهول، حيث ابتلعت أدغال الأمازون مستكشفا مهووسا بمدينة ضائعة. إذا كنت تبحث عن مغامرة صوتية غامرة ترافقك في تنقلاتك،...