Adventurers and explorers Books

Photographic and adventure document. Rowing rafts and hiking and climbing with lots of time to do it. Feeling at home living in the Grand Canyon. Communal living in the wild. Back to nature at its best.The author was fortunate enough to be included on...

Open this book and step into the East African bush. Climb into a Land Rover with Jeannette and David and head for adventure! Take a lion-mauled warrior to hospital. Search for singing stones and hidden treasure. Explore the rock paintings of central...

A young woman follows in the wake of her fishing brothers to the far outposts of the world in an attempt to please her father. With impeccable detail, the author paints a picture of life at sea from a unique perspective. With courage and grit, she tells...

Adventure sports changed his life. The Race to the Midnight Sun nearly ended it.Upside Down in the Yukon River is an inspiring true story of an ordinary guy from Iowa who attempts the world’s longest kayak race, and ends up fighting for his very...

Let this author take you back with a couple memories to an earlier, wilder Kodiak, Alaskawhen the seafood industry was booming and the town never went to sleep, when trappers were popular and often sold most of their prime furs to the locals and...

Wojcik conveys the incredible true story of how he discovered and delivered information that overcame the Soviet Bloc. He learned the value of information as a student striving to survive under the communist system. Invited to the United States in 1986...

Perhaps you're familiar with the powerful duo Lewis and Clark. They were the great explorers who mapped the newly acquired US territory of Louisiana. In this book, you will read about William Clark. Who was he and how did he become an explorer? How many...

Kit Carson was a central figure during the US Westward Expansion from 1820 to 1850. During this time, the US was in a fur frenzy so to speak. Kit Carson was in the center of that because he was a famous fur trader and mountain man. He was also the guide...

What ever happened to the Watts babies of 1965?From a Sparrow to a Storm is an expose of the events, people, and social pressures that contributed to the Watts revolt of 1965. It is a poignant biography written with such transparency, compelling readers...

A trilogy of stories by the Edwards family about their fascinating life in the Bella Coola area.Often called "The Crusoe of Lonesome Lake," because of a best-selling book written by the American journalist Leland Stowe, Edwards has gone on to...

Fifty-year-old canoe racer-turned-explorer West Hansen is planning to kayak the Amazon River when he learns that everyone – cartographers, adventurers, even his own sponsor, National Geographic Society – has misplaced the source of the...

If you thought you were too over the hill to have a go at a grueling sport, think again. Grant Maughan didn't even consider age when he dove headfirst into ultra-endurance events at the mature age of 47.A kid from Australia with energy to burn, Grant...

Embark on a thrilling journey through the skies with our intrepid author. Join Peter Fraser as he shares mesmerizing tales of aviation, offering a unique glimpse into the world of high-altitude testing, international deliveries and breathtaking...

Northwest of the World, first published in 1944, is the memoir of American explorer and fur-trader Olaf Swenson (1883-1938). The book chronicles his long career in Alaska and Siberia, and provides a fascinating look into the native culture of...

My Life of High Adventure, first published in 1962, is the autobiography of Grant Pearson, park ranger and later superintendent of Mount McKinley National Park (now Denali National Park and Preserve). He began work at the Park in February 1926 and...

Rescue Horses and Their Stories: The Courageous Journey of 14 Magnificent HorsesEmbark on an inspiring adventure with "Rescue Horses and Their Stories," a heartfelt account of love, dedication, and the transformative power of second chances. Just before...

I played Football with Osama Bin Laden, (Terrorist) went shopping with Idi Amin, (Genocidal Murderer) had coffee with Mohammed Ali, (The Greatest Boxer of all time) visited with Princes and Kings (The richest men on the planet) and dated the...

★★★ Im Schatten eines jeden großen Mannes steht eine noch größere Frau ★★★T.E. Lawrence wird oft zugeschrieben, dass er die Diplomatie in den Nahen Osten gebracht hat; im Schatten eines jeden großen Mannes findet man oft eine noch...

Ida Pfeiffer (1797-1858) war eine österreichische Weltreisende, die als erste europäische Frau das Innere der Insel Borneo durchquerte. Zur Handlung: Als Vorbereitung auf kommende Reisen eignete sich Ida Pfeiffer naturkundliche Kenntnisse an, unter...

Es handelt sich um eine überarbeitete Fassung der Schilderung der sog. 2. Grinnell-Expedition (1853-1855) mit der Brigg "Advance" unter Leitung des amerikanischen Wissenschaftlers und Arztes Elisha Kent Kane (begleitet u.a. von Isaac Hayes); Ziel der...

Aus dem Buch: „Als am Montag früh, den 3. August, meine Pässe noch nicht im Hotel waren und die Polizei auf telephonischen Anruf erklärte, es werde damit wohl noch bis morgen dauern, ging ich mit dem jüngeren Sohn unserer Hotelbesitzerin ein wenig...

Thirty years after the author's confession to the Police and conversion to Christianity, he got news of his older brother, Michael John Clarke's arrest and prison sentence in the Philippines. After 5 years of his 16 year sentence Michael too was...

A history of Oregon without Jesse Applegate would be like Exodus without Moses. Like Moses, Jesse led pioneers through the wilderness across the Oregon Trail in 1843. Like Moses, he was a lawgiver, and like Moses, when proper provocation occurred, he...

From the brick-paved streets of Boston and New England, to the deserts of Arizona, to the lush forests of the Pacific Northwest, beloved author and columnist Stewart Holbrook takes his readers down uncharted paths in a series of delightful pieces...

James J. Hill, the "Empire Builder," (1838-1916) was a Canadian-American railroad executive with the Great Northern Railway, responsible for building railways across the northern US. Part visionary, part robber baron, part buccaneer, Stewart...

In suburban Arizona, 1964, Connie Helmericks announced to her two daughters, 12-year-old Ann and 14-year-old Jean, "We're going to make a canoe expedition to the Arctic Ocean." And for two successive summers, that’s exactly what they...

In 1968, why did a gently raised southern girl quit collage, run away to sea, and join a scurvy crew of pirates, searching for sunken treasure and running contraband? Why did she allow the first mate to tie her in the crow's-nest during a fierce tropical...

Michael Morgan was a pragmatic engineer struggling with questions of his very existence when a mind-shattering spiritual encounter destroyed his assumptions about reality, propelled him into other dimensions and changed his life forever. The Emerald...

A first-hand account of a daring and brash adventurer whose exploits shaped the American West.In 1830, a mysterious traveler, known only as a passenger from Vera Cruz, caught the attention of Cincinnati locals with his cryptic remarks about Mexico...

"Charles Jett has written an entertaining and factual memoir of an important time and series of events in the history of the cold war. He has succeeded in telling the unclassified story of the journey taken by an extraordinary group of men who built the...

Here are the tweets and some meats. The tweets took me to a fleet and a new program. It is short and sweet; to the point for the end of a joint. It is my counterpoint, my notes on how and why I row. It is really for the slow realization that I have been...

This story is about a young black boy's perception of life in Memphis, Tennessee during the late forties and early fifties. Emphasis is on the absence of his father and mother and centers on his grandfather's control of him and the surplus of his...

Get your passport to paradise. This #1 International Best Seller has what you need to know to make the move to the "Happiest Place in the World". Don't waste your time reading about others living in paradise, instead get the facts to establish...

"Totch Brown's memoirs of vanished days in the Ten Thousand Islands and the Everglades--the last real frontier in Florida, and even today the greatest roadless wilderness in the United States--are invaluable as well as vivid and entertaining, for...

Jackie ran away to the other side of the world cradling a heart-wrenching bereavement.Facing a new culture, new husband, and no friends, she began living life as a cruiser with zero knowledge of boats.Crashing within the first twenty-four hours, Jackie...

Go back in time to a place where ingenuity and perseverance were all one needed to make a go of things in the northern B.C. wilderness. A celebration of the people and lifestyles of this once-remote frontier, Outposts and Bushplanes commemorates the...

A collection of inspirational and practical stories from women on the water.Gasp, cry and laugh out loud as forty-six women from around the globe reveal their deepest fears and coping strategies while voyaging on (and in) the world's waterways...

At the age of forty, simply looking for something to keep her mind occupied, Pamela Lynch enrolled in an Arts degree at the University of Western Australia. What followed was an unexpected fifteen-year journey that culminated in a PhD in Classics and...

In The Alaskan Wilderness is a book written by George Byron Gordon in 1917. The book is a memoir of the author's experiences while exploring the Alaskan wilderness. The author was a naturalist and explorer who spent several years in Alaska studying the...

Drifting in the Push is a fast-paced, comical romp that takes the reader on a journey through the unintentional adventures of one man’s reality. From the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, from Mexico to Alaska, missteps, stubborn obstacles, and...

"Mugged by Seagulls" is a collection of my most memorable travel experiences. From the Galapagos Islands, to the plains of Africa, and the streets of New York City, I talk about what I saw, what I experienced, and how it affected me. It's a book about...

A family seeking an adventure and a change up from their ordinary work life took up a teacher exchange. Swapping jobs, home and everything that goes with it.Essentially, they engaged in a sociology experiment wrapped in an adventure. Simultaneously the...

"Vivid. ... Offer[s] a cockpit's-eye view of the flight. This you-are-there perspective effectively evokes the tension, risk, and skill involved, from the moment Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field, crosses the coast of Newfoundland, and soars alone...