Biography & Autobiography - Adventurers & Explorers

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

By: Elizabeth Gilbert

Traces the author's decision to quit her job and travel the world for a year after suffering a midlife crisis and divorce, a journey that took her to three places in her quest to explore her own nature and learn the art of spiritual balance.

Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea,

By: Michael Tougias

A true story of catastrophe and survival at sea, Fatal Forecast is a spellbinding moment-by-moment account of seventy-two hours in the lives of eightyoung fishermen, some of whom would never set foot on dry land again.On the...

Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook has Gone Before

By: Tony Horwitz

[Horwitz] reaches his stride, however, when he recounts his experiences in many of the places where Cook stopped: Tahiti, Bora-Bora....A terrific reporter, Horwitz investigates how the places he visits have changed and catalogs the effects that...

Empire: The Life, Legend, And Madness

By: Donald L. Barlett

Howard Hughes lived one of the greatest, most heroic, misunderstood, mysterious, bizarre, and tragic lives in American history. In this brilliantly documented biography, the mythology that surrounded that life is disentangled from the truth. Hughes...

Time Bandit: Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest Jobs

By: Andy Hillstrand

The thrilling and amazing adventures of the Hillstrand brothers, maverick fishermen on the Bering Sea and the stars of the Discovery Channel's top-rated series Deadliest Catch.

Snake Charmer: A Life and Death in Pursuit of Knowledge

By: Jamie James

Time Bandit: Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest Jobs

By: Andy Hillstrand

The thrilling and amazing adventures of the Hillstrand brothers, maverick fishermen on the Bering Sea and the stars of the Discovery Channel's top-rated series Deadliest Catch.

Empire

By: Donald L. Barlett

Howard Hughes lived one of the greatest, most heroic, misunderstood, mysterious, bizarre, and tragic lives in American history. In this brilliantly documented biography, the mythology that surrounded that life is disentangled from the truth. Hughes...

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

By: Alfred Lansing

This is a thrilling account of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded. In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October, 1915, still half a continent away...

North by Northwestern: A Seafaring Family on Deadly Alaskan Waters

By: Sig Hansen

In the tradition of Sebastian Junger and Linda Greenlaw comes Captain Sig Hansen's rags-to-riches epic of his immigrant family's struggle against deadly Alaskan seas, freezing shipwrecks, and dangerously brutal conditions to achieve the American...

Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest

By: Seaborn Beck Weathers

On May 10, 1996, nine climbers perished in a blizzard high on Mount Everest, the single deadliest day ever on the peak. The following day, one of these victims was given a second chance. His name is Beck Weathers. The tale of Dr. Weathers's...

Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu

By: Laurence Bergreen

As the most celebrated European to explore Asia, Marco Polo was the original global traveler and the earliest bridge between East and West. A universal icon of adventure and discovery, he has inspired six centuries of popular fascination and spurious...

David Attenborough: The Early Years (Early Years Collection)

By: David Attenborough

A compilation of three previous releases following David Attenborough's early career. Specially recorded for audio, his adventures are sometimes life-threatening, often hilarious, and always totally absorbing. The warmth and enthusiasm that have made...

The Climb

By: Anatoli Boukreev

On May 10, 1996, two commercial expeditions attempted to climb the highest mountain in the world, but things went terribly wrong. This is the harrowing account of the worst disaster in the history of Mt. Everest.

This Is Not a Drill

By: Paul Carter

Picking up right where he left off, Paul Carter pulls out more tall tales of a mad, bad and dangerous life in the international oil trade. Starting with action and mayhem galore This is Not a Drill sets an unrelenting pace that just doesn't let up,...

South with the Sun: Roald Amundsen, His Polar Explorations, and the Quest for Discovery

By: Lynne Cox

A powerfully built man more than six feet tall, Amundsen's career of adventure began at the age of fifteen (he was born in Norway in 1872 to a family of merchant sea captains and rich ship owners); twenty-five years later he was the first man to...

The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen: Their Race to the South Pole

By: Roland Huntford

This acclaimed dual biography charts both British Robert Scott's and Norwegian Roald Amundsen's race to the South Pole during 1911–12. Bizarrely, Scott died in his quest and became a tragic hero, whereas Amundsen, the victor, was largely forgotten....

Snake Charmer: A Life and Death in Pursuit of Knowledge

By: Jamie James

In the narrative tradition of Into the Wild and The Perfect Storm, an acclaimed journalist tells the dramatic story of the life and death of modern adventurer Joe Slowinski, the young, charismatic world expert on poisonous snakes. Author Jamie James...

Shattered Air: A True Account of Catastrophe and Courage on Yosemite's Half Dome

By: Bob Madgic

On the evening of July 27, 1985, five hikers made a fateful choice to climb Yosemite's Half Dome, even as the sky darkened and thunder rolled. By night's end, two would be dead from a lightning strike, three gravely wounded, and desperate EMTs would...

David Crockett: The Lion of the West

By: Michael Wallis

Steeped in legend and shrouded in folklore, the real David Crockett, American frontiersman and cultural icon, finally emerges in this engrossing biography.

David Crockett: The Lion of the West

By: Michael Wallis

Steeped in legend and shrouded in folklore, the real David Crockett, American frontiersman and cultural icon, finally emerges in this engrossing biography.

Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir

By: Linnie Marsh Wolfe

[Read by James Armstrong]brbr *Winner of the 1946 Pulitzer Prize for Biography*brbr All who have admired John Muir's ruggedly individualistic lifestyle, or who desire a greater appreciation of the history of environmental preservation in America,...

Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir; Library Edition

By: Linnie Marsh Wolfe

b[MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case.]/bbrbr [Read by James Armstrong]brbr *Winner of the 1946 Pulitzer Prize for Biography*brbr All who have admired John Muir's ruggedly individualistic lifestyle, or who desire a greater appreciation of the...

This is Not a Drill

By: Paul Carter

Picking up right where he left off, Paul Carter pulls out more tall tales of a mad, bad and dangerous life in the international oil trade. Starting with action and mayhem galore This is Not a Drill sets an unrelenting pace that just doesn't let up,...

The Home of the Blizzard

By: Douglas Mawson

The Home of the Blizzard is a tale of discovery and adventure, of pioneering deeds, great courage, heart-stopping rescues and heroic endurance. This is Mawson's own account of his years spent in Antarctica, travelling in sub-zero temperatures and...

The Home of the Blizzard

By: Douglas Mawson

The Home of the Blizzard is a tale of discovery and adventure, of pioneering deeds, great courage, heart-stopping rescues and heroic endurance. This is Mawson's own account of his years spent in Antarctica, travelling in sub-zero temperatures and...

The Climb

By: Anatoli Boukreev

Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls

By: Edward E. Leslie

Shattered Air: A True Account of Catastrophe and Courage on Yosemite's Half Dome

By: Bob Madgic

The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest

By: G. Weston Dewalt

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