Adventurers, Explorers & Survival

Ultrarunner Andy Glaze has spent years moving through landscapes that test the limits of the human body—hundred-mile races, multi-day marathons, mountains and deserts that demanded everything.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Most people assume that the world has been explored and true adventure is dead: This book is one man’s rebuttal. Explorer and conservationist Paul Rosolie shares his incredible life in the Amazon rainforest—and what we can learn from the people fighting to...

In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in the ice

Imagine you are dying with a secret. Something you've never had the courage to tell your friends and family. Or a last wish - a task you need carried out before you can rest in peace. Now imagine there's a man who can take care of all that, who has no respect for the living, who will do anything...

The Uncaged Sky is the remarkable story of courage and resilience, and a powerful meditation on hope, solidarity and what it means to be free....

Grace Tame has never walked on middle ground. From a young age, her life was defined by uncertainty - by trauma and strength, sadness and hope, terrible lows and wondrous highs. As a teenager she found the courage to speak up after experiencing awful and ongoing child sexual abuse. This fight to...

How do you find hope when all is lost? How do you find strength when you feel broken? How do you find your voice when you feel worthless and scared? In Jelena Dokic's first bestselling book, Unbreakable, the former world No. 4 revealed her incredible survival story; how she overcame adversity...

The inspirational true story of an Aussie bloke from the outback, crippled with depression, who challenges himself to swim the English Channel as a way of managing his mental health struggles.

‘Incredible individual, incredible book, incredible story.’ CHRIS HEMSWORTH ‘A hero who is as humble as he is resilient… testament to a “never give up” spirit!’ BEAR GRYLLS ‘From reading this book, the message that comes shining through is this: you can achieve anything.’ ANT...

In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his...

I was born and broken in Birkenhead, abused from infancy by a network of every kind of pervert from ‘thinks it’s love’ to ‘show it hurts’. I was unwanted, beaten, sold, swapped, photographed, filmed, left for dead, corrupted, blamed, betrayed, ignored and orphaned....

Paul Rosolie’s extraordinary adventure in the uncharted tributaries of the Western Amazon - a tale of discovery that vividly captures the awe, beauty, and isolation of this endangered land....

Slave Girls, a new series by bestselling author Louise Allen, reveals a shocking modern-day scandal of County Lines–the single most dangerous form of systematic child abuse prevalent today.

From the creators of the New York Times bestselling audio series Campfire Stories and MeatEater’s American History comes a new audiobook original that plunges listeners into the untamed world of a celebrated and misunderstood group of nineteenth-century outdoorsmen: the Mountain Men. Steven...

Groomed and procured by a woman, raped by several men and labelled ‘one of the most abused girl in Rotherham’, now Elizabeth Harper is fighting for answers as to why so many people paid to protect our children simply turned a blind eye. Aged just 15, lonely and bullied by her peers...

In 1864, Captain Thomas Musgrave and his crew of four aboard the schooner Grafton wreck on the southern end of Auckland Island....

With his characteristic color and flair, Capstick recalls the extraordinary careers of men like Colonel J.H. Patterson and Colonel Jim Corbett, who stalked legendary man-eaters through the silent darkness on opposite sides of the world.

Diving doctor on the Thai Cave Rescue (now a Netflix series) and former joint Australian of the Year explores the stories of other people who regularly risk their lives and what we can learn from their expertise. Are free-solo climbers, underwater cave explorers and big-wave surfers crazy ... or...

Joe Simpson, with just his partner Simon Yates, tackled the unclimbed West Face of the remote 21,000 foot Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in June 1995. But before they reached the summit, disaster struck. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp, exhausted and frostbitten, to tell...

Unravel one of history's greatest mysteries in this spellbinding narrative exploring three leading theories of Amelia Earhart’s tragic disappearance.

Douglas Mawson, born in 1882 and knighted in 1914, was Australia’s greatest Antarctic explorer.

When Sky and her older sister Avril were taken into care, the social workers knew this was a case like no other. Raised by unhinged parents who hoarded compulsively, creating horrific conditions no child should live in, the two girls arrived at foster carer Louise's home....

Martha Sherrill brings us to a world that Americans know very little about---the snow country of Japan during World War II....

The third and most ambitious of Michael Palin's adventures is a voyage of epic proportions - the circumnavigation of the Pacific Rim....

Imagine living in Italy for one full year. This was always the dream and promise Ilene and Gary made to each other. This story is an invitation to witness the magic of Italy through the eyes of two new Italian citizens....

As tantilizing new evidence mounts, Hartigan and her fellow investigators descend deeper into a world of conspiracy and obsession. Through its irresistible characters and prodigious research, Lost reveals not just why we remember Amelia Earhart as a trailblazer and adventurer, but why unsolved mysteries keep us forever searching for answers.

Brendan Cullen manages Kars Station, a 10,000-head sheep property 65 kilometres outside Broken Hill, New South Wales. In 2022, despite his nearest beach being more than 600 kilometres away, he swam the English Channel. Taking up swimming was part of Brendan's recovery from severe depression, an illness that had seen him cope in highly unhealthy ways–drinking, overwork, being emotionally absent–for years. But then he found the strength to walk through the doors of Broken Hill Hospital and ask for help.

When the wild strips everything away, what’s left is who you are. In the raw, untamed wilds of Alaska—where the wind howls, predators hunt, and the sun disappears for months—only a rare few figure out how to survive. Sue Aikens, the breakout star of National Geographic’s long-running TV...

Ultrarunner Andy Glaze has spent years moving through landscapes that test the limits of the human body—hundred-mile races, multi-day marathons, mountains and deserts that demanded everything. But the toughest endurance challenge Andy faced wasn’t found in any of those miles, it was in rebuilding a life shattered by addiction, institutional abuse, and a childhood full of chaos. This is the unfiltered story of how a kid fell hard but got back up even harder.

Por primera vez, su historia en sus propias palabras. Las esperadas memorias de un icono del feminismo actual, la heroína que ha abanderado el combate público para que la vergüenza frente a la violencia sexual cambie de bando. La persona más destacada del año en 2024 en Francia, una de las 100 personas más influyentes del 2025 según Time y la mujer más importante del año según The Independent.

Why do two continents bear Amerigo Vespucci's name instead of Columbus's, despite Columbus reaching the New World first? Stefan Zweig solved this historical mystery in his 1942 final work through archival detective work. The answer: A German cartographer named Martin Waldseemüller, working in 1507, read an account claiming Vespucci reached the mainland before Columbus. Based on this likely forged document, Waldseemüller labeled the continents "America." The name spread across Europe in thousands of copies before the error was recognized—by then, too late to correct.

In Stronger Than Bone, Greg takes listeners on a journey that defies medical odds and redefines resilience. From childhood trauma to hard-won triumphs, his memoir is a testament to the power of determination, joy, compassion and love—even when the world tells you to give up.

After thirty years cultivating fruits and vegetables, raising children, and teaching literature, Deborah Lee Luskin stepped out of her garden and into the forest. At sixty, it was time to age fiercely, overcome her suburban fear of getting lost in the woods and her urban reliance on street signs to know where she was. She wanted to forge her own path through the forest by following the deer. A dedicated locavore, Luskin didn’t want just to read the landscape, she also wanted to eat it.

Read by the author, Kate Barron 'A truly inspiring story of courage, resilience and the call of the wild. Wilderness Mum is a testament to the extraordinary things we are capable of' - Tim Peake Most people believe the wild years end when motherhood begins. For me, that’s when they truly...

Mildred Muhammad shares her story about rising up from the domestic abuse she endured from her ex-husband, John Allen Muhammad, the convicted D.C. Sniper. Mildred witnessed firsthand John’s bizarre behavior after he returned from the Gulf War, but no one—including her family, friends, and local police—took her warnings seriously.

From the award-winning author of American Sirens and A Thousand Naked Strangers comes a real-life thriller about the most daring rescue in air-medical history. JULY 2014. Two American medical volunteers who joined the fight against the deadliest Ebola outbreak in world history have gotten...

No início do século XX, Shackleton viajou quatro vezes à Antártida. Embora as missões tenham fracassado em seus objetivos, o navegador se tornou uma lenda, graças à sua impressionante habilidade como líder. Narrado pelo escritor e explorador Ranulph Fiennes, este livro segue os passos de um homem que não conhecia o medo e viveu de forma extraordinária.

The moving true story of Linda Crosby, an accident survivor who was left permanently and totally disabled, and Roy Crosby, her devoted husband and caregiver, The Day My Life Changed: An Accident Survivor offers a glimpse into the lives of an everyday couple whose love endured and thrived, even in the most impossible odds.

En af de mest flittige og ambitiøse danske ekstremløbere er Jacob Juul Hastrup. I Ekstremløberen tager han os med til isnende kulde på Sydpolen, stegende varme i flere af verdens ørkener og livsfarlige udfordringer i den sydamerikanske jungle. Det er en levende og nærværende fortælling om store mål, dristige eventyr og fantastiske oplevelser i nogle af verdens smukkeste og mest udfordrende egne.

In the dead of night, Tennyson and Kyle Jacobson's world is shattered when a violent home intruder forces them into a fight for their lives. The traumatic ordeal leaves the headlines buzzing with the gripping story of survival, but the true journey—the one most people never see—takes place in the quiet aftermath.

Esta autobiografía es perfecta para quienes buscan libros de superación personal, autoayuda femenina, espiritualidad, biografías inspiradoras, historias de migración y resiliencia, o enseñanzas sobre manifestación consciente.

After what was supposed to be a routine ovarian cyst removal, Chaun found herself fighting for survival, ignored, dismissed, and nearly lost to a medical error that should have never happened. Trust Your Gut is her powerful story of survival, healing, and awakening to the life-saving importance of self-advocacy in healthcare.

Il va prouver au cours des 89 jours de son tour du monde qu'il est non seulement un aventurier des temps modernes mais aussi un compétiteur hors norme.

Im August 1912 bricht die Besatzung der Herzog Ernst unter Expeditionsleiter Herbert Schröder-Stranz nach Spitzbergen auf. Es ist die Zeit der großen Polarfahrten, der Wettlauf zum Südpol ist in vollem Gange. Auch die Deutsche Arktische Expedition soll aus mutigen Männern Helden machen. Doch die Mission, gescheitert an Unerfahrenheit und grenzenloser Selbstüberschätzung, endet in einem Desaster.

In Sacred Becoming, Maria Kang - mother, movement leader, and cancer survivor - invites listeners into a raw, radiant journey of remembering. Through illness, heartbreak, and spiritual initiation, she peels back the layers of cultural expectation, familial pain, and self-betrayal to reveal the one truth that changed everything: healing is an inside job. With poetic storytelling, lived wisdom, and unapologetic honesty, Maria shares the soul work that carried her from a Stage IV cancer diagnosis to a life of embodied purpose. This is not just a memoir... it’s a manual for awakening.

Arthur Newman describes what life was like his last month living with a narcissist and the domestic violence he endured. Arthur was married for twenty-eight years to his ex wife. With the abuse starting in the first months of marriage Arthur explains why many victims feel stuck and take years to leave abusive situations. Arthur claims religion and fear of loosing his children as reasons for enduring abuse for so long. Last Month is a wake up call for those in domestic violence situations to leave before it is too late.

#stronger: Redemption Path Through Pain to Purpose is a raw, unfiltered story of failure, faith, and transformation. This audiobook isn’t about motivation from the mountaintop—it’s about rebuilding from the wreckage. Through personal experiences marked by addiction, incarceration, broken relationships, and deep internal battles, Tony Cardello shares how pain can either destroy you or forge you into something stronger.

Rekordhitze, Schlangen, Erdrutsche und Taifune halten Christine Thürmer in Japan, Taiwan und Südkorea ordentlich auf Trab. Auf ihren dreizehn Trails stößt sie auf buddhistische Tempel und Shinto-Schreine von einzigartiger Schönheit, verspeist eine Überdosis Kimchi, zupft Blutegel von ihren Beinen und erlebt das schwerste Erdbeben in Taiwan seit vierzig Jahren! Einfühlsam erzählt sie von der Wanderung in Japan entlang der vom Tsunami 2011 zerstörten Küste, spricht mit Überlebenden und läuft im Abstand von lediglich vier Kilometern um den havarierten Reaktor herum.

In the award-winning "Don't Disappoint Daddy: A Story of Abuse, Abortion, and Acceptance in the Beloved", you'll walk with a woman who grew up believing love had to be earned and punishment avoided at all costs — even from God. When abuse and fear warp her sense of worth, religion only deepens the shame. Told with unflinching honesty, spiritual insight, and unexpected tenderness, this memoir is more than a recounting—it's a revelation.

Seven years on the road, living out of his van, The Taj Mahal Disco Fun Palace, John McManamy woke up with the sensation of an elephant crushing his chest. He just happened to be parked in the desert next to a rig with “Buddhist” on the signage. Never waste a good heart attack. A new road adventure is about to begin …“If you think you know what's going on, you have no idea what's going on.” We're in a strange new world now, where Buddha meets Oppenheimer meets brain science meets a force to be reckoned with Flower the Skunk.