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Packende Schifffahrtsgeschichte: Erlebe, wie wenige Segelschiffe den globalen Handel und Kolonialismus entfesselten. Perfekt für den täglichen Arbeitsweg, nimmt dich diese immersive Erzählung mit auf die gefährlichen Ozeane des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts. Spüre die raue Realität einer Epoche...

Vivez une aventure historique captivante où l'obsession fatale d'un explorateur se heurte aux mystères de l'Amazonie. Ce récit documentaire haletant retrace une expédition devenue mythique, brouillant la frontière entre la soif de découverte et la folie humaine. Idéale pour transformer...

Erlebe, wie eine strategische Hafenstadt den globalen Handel entfesselte und das Zeitalter der Entdeckungen dominierte. Ob beim täglichen Pendeln oder als Vorbereitung auf deinen nächsten Städtetrip, dieses fesselnde historische Sachbuch entführt dich direkt an die Ufer des Tejo. Spüre den...

Explorez l'évolution fascinante et la biodiversité sauvage d'un archipel volcanique qui a bouleversé la science. Idéal pour enrichir votre trajet quotidien, ce récit historique immersif vous transporte au cœur d'un véritable laboratoire naturel isolé par l'océan. Laissez-vous captiver...

Plongez dans les grandes énigmes historiques pour apaiser votre esprit et cultiver votre pensée critique avant de dormir. Conçue pour accompagner votre rituel du soir, cette exploration auditive transforme vos instants de repos en une quête intellectuelle fascinante. Laissez-vous bercer par...

Plongez dans l'histoire épique d'Aotearoa, un choc culturel entre navigateurs autochtones et explorateurs européens. Ce voyage temporel révèle comment l'isolement géographique a transformé un archipel lointain en un fascinant laboratoire politique et humain. Idéal pour enrichir votre...

Perfekt für den Spaziergang entführt dieses maritime Sachbuch in den eisigen Überlebenskampf der Polarforschung. 1845 brach eine bestens ausgerüstete Flotte in die Arktis auf, doch die hochmütige Planung des viktorianischen Englands endete in einer beklemmenden Katastrophe. Begleite die...

Cette enquête historique captivante déconstruit le mystère archéologique le plus meurtrier de l'Égypte ancienne. Idéal pour accompagner vos trajets quotidiens, ce récit fascinant vous transporte en 1922 dans les sables ardents de la Vallée des Rois. Accompagnez l'équipe d'archéologues...

Erlebe in diesem packenden Geschichts-Hörbuch, wie meisterhafte Seefahrer den riesigen Pazifik ohne Kompass bezwangen. Perfekt für den täglichen Arbeitsweg oder entspannte Abende, entführt dich diese abenteuerliche Erzählung in die grenzenlose Weite des Ozeans. Tauche tief in eine epische...

Der Traum vom Weltraum ist zurück. Menschen sehnen sich nach einer Zukunft auf dem Mars, Milliardäre schicken Raketen ins All, Künstliche Intelligenz verspricht die nächste Stufe der Evolution. Doch dieses Fieber, das uns heute antreibt, hat eine Geschichte – sie beginnt im Schatten des...

Brought to you by Penguin. Wreckers sinks the old narratives of imperialism, revealing the violent, chaotic and improvised reality of empire-building from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. While figures such as Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan are celebrated for...

THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘As gripping as any thriller. History doesn't get any better than this’ BILL BRYSON ’A brilliant read … Game of Thrones but in the real world’ ANTHONY HOROWITZ PICKED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 BY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, THE GUARDIAN, THE DAILY MAIL AND...

Drawing on rarely examined diaries and journals, Down the Great Unknown is the first book to tell the full, dramatic story of the Powell expedition. On May 24, 1869 a one-armed Civil War veteran, John Wesley Powell and a ragtag band of nine mountain men embarked on the last great quest in the...

From the author of In the Hurricane's Eye and Valiant Ambition, the riveting and critically acclaimed bestseller and a major motion picture starring Chris Hemsworth, directed by Ron Howard. Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, and Brendan Gleeson star in a film based on this National...

The Great Polar Fraud explores the history of the three men who claimed the pole, their claims, and the subsequent doubts of those claims, effectively rewriting the history of polar exploration and putting Amundsen center stage as the rightful conqueror of both poles.

The Voyage of the Beagle - or, to give it its full title, Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. Beagle Under Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. - is much more than merely an account of Darwin's scientific...

Tom Crean was the farmer’s son from Kerry who sailed on three major expeditions to the unknown Antarctic over a century ago. He served with both Captain Robert Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton, spent longer on the ice than either and outlived them both. But Tom Crean returned to Ireland and never spoke about his exploits, taking his incredible story to the grave - until the publication of An Unsung Hero, which unearthed his story and saw him rightfully placed amongst the annals of the great explorers.

Survive the ultimate man versus nature history in this intense chronicle of polar exploration and climate science. Perfect for a focused commute, this awe-inspiring journey transports you from the comfort of your headphones to the harshest, most unforgiving environment on Earth. Trace the...

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. 

It was completely dark. The only things visible now were the two small beacon fires on the Pinta and the Nina. Christopher was glad the two fires calmed his, too. Their glow reminded him that the Santa Maria was not alone on the vast, uncharted Ocean Sea. The three ships would sail together into...