Adventurers, Explorers & Survival

In early 2022, Charlie Walker set out to hike 600 miles along the frozen rivers of Siberia. He hoped to cut through the myth of the gulag and the permafrost to understand who its people are and how they reckon with their haunted past, as well as what the future might hold for this remote corner of our world. But on 24 February, Russia invaded Ukraine, with devastating consequences. What had begun as an adventure swiftly descended into a paranoid nightmare, as Walker began to suspect he was being monitored by the Russian authorities. Shortly afterwards he was arrested and imprisoned.

A gripping tale of one man's escape from conformity to chase gold, claim freedom and redefine life on his own terms. "If anyone had ever told me how hard it is to find gold, would I have listened? I hope not. This is my story." 'An uplifting book full of joyful nuggets of wisdom from a true...

A lo largo de nuestras vidas siempre van quedando momentos marcados. Son recuerdos que nos acompañarán por el resto de nuestras vidas. Pueden ser momentos bonitos, tiernos o logros motivo de celebración, pero también los momentos difíciles y dolorosos pasan a ser parte de ese baúl de los recuerdos.

In Vienna, 1919, a gaunt, silver-haired man knocks on his sister's door. She refuses to open it. As far as the family knows, Chaim Zeidler died years ago on a battlefield in Galicia—they sat shiva, they mourned him, they let him go. So when he calls his own name through the wood, she screams that he's a dibbuk: a ghost come back to haunt the living. He isn't. He survived.

The terrifying true story of a fight for survival for 28 hours in shark-infested waters. October, 8, 2022. Three friends are fishing for red snapper when their boat, tied to an oil rig, begins taking on water and sinks 15 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico. Suddenly, the three men find themselves...

Follow the path of one woman’s battle for health while you learn how she turned pain and doubt into faith and gratitude in this poignantly detailed chronological story.

Survivor Issues – Issue 2 continues the unfolding reflections of a survivor processing lived experiences that remain deeply personal and largely unspoken.

Every day, we face a choice. To give in or to rise. GGRIT: Choose to Rise is the raw, inspiring memoir and personal development guide of Meghan S. Buchanan, an aerospace engineer, adventure athlete, and mountaineer who has faced down adversity, setbacks, and fear to redefine what’s possible. Equal parts adrenaline, humor and heart, Meghan shares the triumphs and disasters that shaped her, from being dismissed in the classroom for her dyslexia, brutal injuries, and career setbacks to personal reinvention and boundary-breaking goals, like summiting Everest and chasing the Explorers Grand Slam.

UnLoaded is part memoir, part self-help book about the author's struggle with addiction and his path to recovery. It's an insightful look at how an all-American kid from a happy home ended up entangled in drugs and alcohol, and how it's possible to overcome the past and become the best version of yourself. Jamie started drinking to the point of blacking out in high school, then drugs were added to the mix over the years. Brushes with the law and arrests followed. He was fired from the restaurant job he loved.

Beretningen om forfatterens møde med et ekstrauniverselt menneske, seeren C de M. Et sjældent forsøg på at skildre det, som ikke kan skildres, og som derfor kun få har forsøgt at beskrive: Den mystiske oplevelse. En førstehåndsberetning om en moderne mysterieindvielse.

It could begin with blood-soaked headlines—gang-lords and hitmen, brothels and drugs, kidnappings and murder attempts. All of that is true but that’s not where this story begins. It begins with a child. A little girl raised inside a world of crime, control, and silence. Abused and betrayed...

María Esther Ramírez es secuestrada en la Casa de Belén, verdadero campo de concentración infantil de la dictadura, a sus cuatro años, días después del asesinato de su madre en 1977. Recién podrá salir de allí en 1983. La cartografía íntima de su historia es la de aquellos niños víctimas de la dictadura que permanecieron secuestrados en instituciones.

Das Salz zwischen uns – Eine Heimkehr an die KaimauerRike kehrt an die Ostsee zurück, nahe der Schlei. Der Wind schlägt ihr entgegen wie früher: kühl, salzig, unerbittlich.Das Katenhaus. Die Kaimauer. Der Sommer von damals. Alles holt sie ein – ohne Vorwarnung.Und dann steht sie ihr gegenüber: dem Mädchen im Spiegel.Diesmal läuft sie nicht weg. Denn hier, zwischen Salz, Erinnerung und Wahrheit, hat sie noch etwas offen.Geschrieben von Key SchaGesprochen von Kerstin Schmadtke

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. How did two entire continents come to bear the name of Amerigo Vespucci, a relatively minor Florentine navigator, rather than Christopher Columbus, who reached the New World first? Stefan Zweig published Amerigo in 1942, his final year, solving this...

When Tania Rife was six years old, a child serial rapist and murderer followed her home from school in a gray sedan. She escaped. But the fear he planted that November afternoon in 1987 didn't leave with him. For thirty years, it traveled with her — into classrooms, parking lots, marriage, motherhood, and the middle of the night. It disguised itself as responsibility. Preparedness. Love. Tania became a woman who appeared utterly capable while her nervous system never once stopped scanning for danger.

Aqui trouxemos a biografia de duas grandes figuras da nobreza da Europa Oriental, Vlad III, o Empalador, e Elizabeth Báthory, a Condessa de Sangue, que alcançaram a fama não apenas por seus títulos ou por suas riquezas, mas pela sua crueldade e sadismo. Essas figuras alimentaram os contos populares e tradicionais do Leste Europeu sobre vampiros, inspirando Bram Stoker e Sheridan Le Fanu, entre outros autores de literatura vampírica

After a bucolic childhood in Kovno, Lithuania, Sol was just eleven when the Nazis invaded and he and his family were forced to move into the Kovno Ghetto. The Kovno Ghetto was one of the only ghettos to later become a concentration camp, and Sol was among just a few Jewish survivors from Kovno...

Ich bin wach, viel zu wach. Der Kühlschrank brummt beruhigend, im Nebenzimmer erzählen die „Grundschul-Superhelden" leise von ihren neuesten Abenteuern und das Haus ist in samtenes Dunkel getaucht. Mit diesen Worten beginnt eine besondere Auszeit aus ihrem gewohnten Alltag für Christina Gerber und ihre Familie: Ein Sabbatjahr auf Mallorca.

Beautiful, Strong Girl: Faith Through the Storm is a deeply personal story of love, loss, faith, fear, and healing. Through childhood memories, family struggles, cancer, grief, and emotional battles, Rachael Shelton shares a raw and heartfelt journey of learning how to survive life’s hardest storms while still holding onto hope. This audiobook is more than a story about pain—it is a story about resilience, faith, and discovering strength in the middle of brokenness.

Mark Pattison is a former NFL wide receiver, Emmy Award–winning storyteller, and author whose work explores resilience, leadership, and the process of rebuilding identity through life’s most demanding transitions. His career spans professional sports, business, media, and high-altitude mountaineering, offering a rare perspective on performance and purpose. Mark began his journey as a collegiate football standout before spending five seasons in the NFL. He later transitioned into business and media, serving as a senior executive at Sports Illustrated.

"In suo possesso" è una storia vera su ciò che accadde dietro le porte chiuse di una famiglia apparentemente normale, in una piccola città svedese. È una storia di controllo, di misoginia e di riscatto.

After years of heartbreak and failed attempts to start a family, Manisha and Metaish's dreams of parenthood is finally within reach. With the help of surrogacy agency in Ukraine, they conceive twins — 'a miracle they'd nearly given up on. However, as their due date approaches, their world spirals into chaos, first under COVID-19 restrictions, international borders are turned into barricade, and soon after, the unthinkable happens and war erupts. Stranded in a country under siege, Manisha and Metaish must make unthinkable choices to keep their family safe.

What started as a routine trip from Portland to Houston turned into a day that would change my life forever. In Emergency Landing, I take you inside the cabin during a high-stakes emergency that forced our plane down in Oklahoma City. For most people, the terrifying scenes in disaster movies feel impossible—something that "never happens in real life." But on this flight, the script became reality. Every passenger, every crew member, and every announcement felt like a scene from a high-tension thriller, unfolding in real-time with no room for error.

From the internationally beloved YouTube adventurer and National Geographic TV host, a singular and fearless new travel memoir packed with inspiration for leading a more vibrant, wild, and authentic life. Are you living with a capital “L”? When was the last time you truly felt you were your...

How a Lifetime of Chaos, Addiction, and Pain Became a Path to PurposeBecoming the Change is more than a memoir of addiction and redemption. It is a raw, unflinching account of a man who spent decades running from pain only to discover that healing required walking straight into it. It is about the cost of denial, the courage of accountability, and the daily discipline it takes to build a life worth living. After losing everything and rebuilding, Triple X found purpose in service.