23 Best Adventurers & Explorers, Biography & Autobiography Books
Adventurers & Explorers, Biography & Autobiography is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Adventurers & Explorers, Biography & Autobiography audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 23 Adventurers & Explorers, Biography & Autobiography audiobooks below.
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Flying Free
- By: Cecilia Aragon
- Narrator: Roxanne Hernandez
- Length: 10 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.6(102 ratings)
4.6(102 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThe daughter of a Chilean father and a Filipina mother, Cecilia Rodriguez Aragon grew up as a shy, timid child in a small midwestern town during the 1960s. Targeted by school bullies and dismissed by many of her teachers, she worried that peopleThe daughter of a Chilean father and a Filipina mother, Cecilia Rodriguez Aragon grew up as a shy, timid child in a small midwestern town during the 1960s. Targeted by school bullies and dismissed by many of her teachers, she worried that people would find out the truth: that she was INTF. Incompetent. Nerd. Terrified. Failure. This feeling stayed with her well into her twenties when she was told that “girls can’t do science” or “women just don’t know how to handle machines.”
Yet in the span of just six years, Cecilia became the first Latina pilot to secure a place on the United States Unlimited Aerobatic Team and earn the right to represent her country at the Olympics of aviation, the World Aerobatic Championships. How did she do it?
Using mathematical techniques to overcome her fear, Cecilia performed at air shows in front of millions of people. She jumped out of airplanes and taught others how to fly. She learned how to fund-raise and earn money to compete at the world level. She worked as a test pilot and contributed to the design of experimental airplanes, crafting curves of metal and fabric that shaped air to lift inanimate objects high above the earth. And best of all, she surprised everyone by overcoming the prejudices people held about her because of her race and her gender.
Flying Free is the story of how Cecilia Aragon broke free from expectations and rose above her own limits by combining her passion for flying with math and logic in unexpected ways. You don’t have to be a math whiz or a science geek to learn from her story. You just have to want to soar.
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Endurance
- By: Alfred Lansing
- Narrator: Tim Pigott-Smith
- Length: 6 hours 0 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2000
- Language: English
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4.42(98027 ratings)
4.42(98027 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDIn August 1914, explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew set sail from England for Antarctica, where Shackleton hoped to be the first man to cross the uncharted continent on foot. Five months later, the Endurance–just a day’s sail shortIn August 1914, explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew set sail from England for Antarctica, where Shackleton hoped to be the first man to cross the uncharted continent on foot. Five months later, the Endurance–just a day’s sail short of its destination–became locked in an island of ice, and its destiny and men became locked in history. For ten months the ice-moored Endurance drifted until it was finally crushed, and Shackleton and his men drifting on ice packs, were castaways in one of the most savage regions of the world.
Lansing describes how the men survived a 1,000-mile voyage in an open boat across the stormiest ocean on the globe and an overland trek through forbidding glaciers and mountains. The book recounts a harrowing adventure, but ultimately it is the nobility of these men and their indefatigable will that shines through.
Inspired by the ordeal that Time magazine said “defined heroism,” author Alfred Lansing conducted interviews with the crew’s surviving members and pored over diaries and personal accounts to create his bestselling book on the miraculous voyage.
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Shoot for the Moon
- By: James Donovan
- Narrator: Allan Robertson
- Length: 13 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: March 12, 2019
- Language: English
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4.37(1059 ratings)
4.37(1059 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDLearn why NASA astronaut Mike Collins calls this extraordinary space race story “the best book on Apollo”: this inspiring and intimate ode to ingenuity celebrates one of the most daring feats in human history.When the alarm went off... Read moreLearn why NASA astronaut Mike Collins calls this extraordinary space race story “the best book on Apollo”: this inspiring and intimate ode to ingenuity celebrates one of the most daring feats in human history.When the alarm went off forty thousand feet above the moon’s surface, both astronauts looked down at the computer to see 1202 flashing on the readout. Neither of them knew what it meant, and time was running out . . .On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon. One of the world’s greatest technological achievements — and a triumph of the American spirit — the Apollo 11 mission was a mammoth undertaking involving more than 410,000 men and women dedicated to winning the space race against the Soviets.Set amid the tensions and upheaval of the sixties and the Cold War, Shoot for the Moon is a gripping account of the dangers, the challenges, and the sheer determination that defined not only Apollo 11, but also the Mercury and Gemini missions that came before it. From the shock of Sputnik and the heart-stopping final minutes of John Glenn’s Mercury flight to the deadly whirligig of Gemini 8, the doomed Apollo 1 mission, and that perilous landing on the Sea of Tranquility — when the entire world held its breath while Armstrong and Aldrin battled computer alarms, low fuel, and other problems — James Donovan tells the whole story.Both sweeping and intimate, Shoot for the Moon is “a powerfully written and irresistible celebration” of one of humankind’s most extraordinary accomplishments (Booklist, starred review). -
The High Sierra
- By: Kim Stanley Robinson
- Narrator: Kim Stanley Robinson
- Length: 16 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: May 10, 2022
- Language: English
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4.32(482 ratings)
4.32(482 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0038.99 USDA “sublime” and “radically original” exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Robinson (–Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder).A “sublime” and “radically original” exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Robinson (–Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder).
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Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada mountains during the summer of 1973. He returned from that encounter a changed man, awed by a landscape that made him feel as if he were simultaneously strolling through an art museum and scrambling on a jungle gym like an energized child. He has returned to the mountains throughout his life–more than a hundred trips–and has gathered a vast store of knowledge about them. The High Sierra is his lavish celebration of this exceptional place and an exploration of what makes this span of mountains one of the most compelling places on Earth.
Over the course of a vivid and dramatic narrative, Robinson describes the geological forces that shaped the Sierras and the history of its exploration, going back to the indigenous peoples who made it home and whose traces can still be found today. He celebrates the people whose ideas and actions protected the High Sierra for future generations. He describes uniquely beautiful hikes and the trails to be avoided. Robinson’s own life-altering events, defining relationships, and unforgettable adventures form the narrative’s spine. And he illuminates the human communion with the wild and with the sublime, including the personal growth that only seems to come from time spent outdoors.
The High Sierra is a gorgeous, absorbing immersion in a place, born out of a desire to understand and share one of the greatest rapture-inducing experiences our planet offers. Packed with maps, gear advice, more than 100 breathtaking photos, and much more, it will inspire veteran hikers, casual walkers, and travel readers to prepare for a magnificent adventure. -
On Call in the Arctic
- By: Thomas J. Sims
- Narrator: Sean Pratt
- Length: 9 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: January 28, 2020
- Language: English
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4.27(430 ratings)
4.27(430 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDImagine a young doctor, trained in the latest medical knowledge and state-of-the-art equipment, suddenly transported back to one of the world’s most isolated and unforgiving environments–Nome, Alaska. That’s what happen to Dr.Imagine a young doctor, trained in the latest medical knowledge and state-of-the-art equipment, suddenly transported back to one of the world’s most isolated and unforgiving environments–Nome, Alaska.
That’s what happen to Dr. Sims. His plans to become a pediatric surgeon were drastically changed when, on the eve of being drafted into the Army to serve as a M.A.S.H. surgeon in Vietnam, he was offered a commission in the U.S. Public Health for assignment in Anchorage, Alaska, where he was scheduled to act as Chief of Pediatrics at the Alaska Native Medical Center.
But life changed, along with his military orders, when he learned he was being transferred from Anchorage to work as the only physician in Nome. There, he had the awesome responsibility of rendering medical care under archaic conditions to the population of this frontier town plus thirteen Eskimo villages in the surrounding Norton Sound area. And he did it alone with little help and support. All the while, he was pegged as both an “outsider” and an employee of the much-derided federal government.
In order to do his job, Dr. Sims had to overcome racism, cultural prejudices, and hostility from those who would have liked to see him sent packing. On Call in the Arctic reveals the thrills and the terrors of frontier medicine, showing how Dr. Sims had to rely upon his instincts, improvise, and persevere against all odds in order to help his patients on the icy shores of the Bering Sea.
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Baggage
- By: Jeremy Hance
- Length: 11 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 06, 2020
- Language: English
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4.24(77 ratings)
4.24(77 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDAn award-winning journalist’s eco-adventures across the globe with his three traveling companions: his fiancee, his OCD, and his chronic anxiety–a hilarious, wild jaunt that will inspire travelers, environmentalists, and anyone withAn award-winning journalist’s eco-adventures across the globe with his three traveling companions: his fiancee, his OCD, and his chronic anxiety–a hilarious, wild jaunt that will inspire travelers, environmentalists, and anyone with mental illness.
Most travel narratives are written by superb travelers: people who crave adventure, laugh in the face of danger, and rapidly integrate into foreign cultures. But what about someone who is paranoid about traveler’s diarrhea, incapable of speaking a foreign tongue, and hates not only flying but driving, cycling, motor-biking, and sometimes walking in the full sun?
In Baggage: Confessions of a Globe-Trotting Hypochondriac, award-winning writer Jeremy Hance chronicles his hilarious and inspiring adventures as he reconciles his traveling career as an environmental journalist with his severe OCD and anxiety.
At the age of twenty-six–after months of visiting doctors, convinced he was dying from whatever disease his brain dreamed up the night before–Hance was diagnosed with OCD. The good news was that he wasn’t dying; the bad news was that OCD made him a really bad traveler–sometimes just making it to baggage claim was a win.
Yet Hance hauls his baggage from the airport and beyond. He takes readers on an armchair trek to some of the most remote corners of the world, from Kenya, where hippos clip the grass and baboons steal film, to Borneo, where macaques raid balconies and the last male Bornean rhino sings, to Guyana, where bats dive-bomb his head as he eats dinner with his partner and flesh-eating ants hide in their pants and their drunk guide leaves them stranded in the rainforest canopy.
As he and his partner soldier through the highs and the lows–of altitudes and their relationship–Hance discovers the importance of resilience, the many ways to manage (or not!) mental illness when in stressful situations, how nature can improve your mental health, and why it is so important to push yourself to live a life packed with experiences, even if you struggle daily with a mental health issue.
With mental illness impacting the lives of millions of people, this timely book will inspire people to step out of their comfort zones and take the road meant to be traveled. Hance proves that we all have baggage–the question is, do we leave it dusty in a closet or do we take it out in full view for others to see?
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The Impossible First
- By: Colin O’Brady
- Narrator: Colin O'Brady
- Length: 8 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.22(2821 ratings)
4.22(2821 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDColin O’Brady’s awe-inspiring, New York Times bestselling memoir recounting his recovery from a tragic accident and his record-setting 932-mile solo crossing of Antarctica is a “jaw-dropping tale of passion and perseverance”Colin O’Brady’s awe-inspiring, New York Times bestselling memoir recounting his recovery from a tragic accident and his record-setting 932-mile solo crossing of Antarctica is a “jaw-dropping tale of passion and perseverance” (Angela Duckworth, New York Times bestselling author of Grit).
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Prior to December 2018, no individual had ever crossed the landmass of Antarctica alone, without support and completely human powered. Yet, Colin O’Brady was determined to do just that, even if, ten years earlier, there was doubt that he’d ever walk again normally. From the depths of a tragic accident, he fought his way back. In a quest to unlock his potential and discover what was possible, he went on to set three mountaineering world records before turning to this historic Antarctic challenge.
O’Brady’s pursuit of a goal that had eluded many others was made even more intense by a head-to-head battle that emerged with British polar explorer Captain Louis Rudd–also striving to be “the first.” Enduring Antarctica’s sub-zero temperatures and pulling a sled that initially weighed 375 pounds–in complete isolation and through a succession of whiteouts, storms, and a series of near disasters–O’Brady persevered.
Alone with his thoughts for nearly two months in the vastness of the frozen continent–gripped by fear and doubt–he reflected on his past, seeking courage and inspiration in the relationships and experiences that had shaped his life.
“Incredibly engaging and well-written” (The Wall Street Journal)–and set against the backdrop of some of the most extreme environments on earth, from Mt. Everest to Antarctica–this is “an unforgettable memoir of perseverance, survival, daring to dream big, and showing the world how to make the impossible possible” (Booklist, starred review). -
Defying Limits
- By: Dave Williams
- Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 6 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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4.22(291 ratings)
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Defying Limits
- By: Dave Williams
- Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 13 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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4.22(291 ratings)
4.22(291 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDAn inspirational, uplifting, and life-affirming memoir about passion, resilience, and living life to the fullest, from Dr. Dave Williams, one of Canada’s most accomplished astronauts. I had dreamt about becoming an astronaut from the time IAn inspirational, uplifting, and life-affirming memoir about passion, resilience, and living life to the fullest, from Dr. Dave Williams, one of Canada’s most accomplished astronauts.
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I had dreamt about becoming an astronaut from the time I watched Alan Shepard launch on the first American sub-orbital flight on May 5, 1961. Eleven days before my seventh birthday, I committed to a new goal: one day, I would fly in outer space.
Dr. Dave has led the sort of life that most people only dream of. He has set records for spacewalking. He has lived undersea for weeks at a time. He has saved lives as an emergency doctor, launched into the stratosphere twice, and performed surgery in zero gravity.
But if you ask him how he became so accomplished, he’ll say: “I’m just a curious kid from Saskatchewan.” Curious indeed.
Dr. Dave never lost his desire to explore nor his fascination with the world. Whether he was exploring the woods behind his childhood home or floating in space at the end of the Canadarm, Dave tried to see every moment of his life as filled with beauty and meaning. He learned to scuba dive at only twelve years old, became a doctor despite academic struggles as an undergraduate, and overcame stiff odds and fierce competition to join the ranks of the astronauts he had idolized as a child.
There were setbacks and challenges along the way–the loss of friends in the Columbia disaster, a cancer diagnosis that nearly prevented him from returning to space–but through it all, Dave never lost sight of his goal. And when he finally had the chance to fly among the stars, he came to realize that although the destination can be spectacular, it’s the journey that truly matters.
In Defying Limits, Dave shares the events that have defined his life, showing us that whether we’re gravity-defying astronauts or earth-bound terrestrials, we can all live an infinite, fulfilled life by relishing the value and importance of each moment. The greatest fear that we all face is not the fear of dying, but the fear of never having lived. Each of us is greater than we believe. And, together, we can exceed our limits to soar farther and higher than we ever imagined. -
Reason for Hope
- By: Jane Goodall
- Narrator: Jane Goodall
- Length: 6 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: November 01, 2005
- Language: English
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4.21(4184 ratings)
4.21(4184 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.98 USDFrom world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the new National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a poignant memoir about her spiritual epiphany and an appeal for why everyone can find a reason for hope. Dr. Jane Goodall’sFrom world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the new National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a poignant memoir about her spiritual epiphany and an appeal for why everyone can find a reason for hope.... Read moreDr. Jane Goodall’s revolutionary study of chimpanzees in Tanzania’s Gombe preserve forever altered the very, definition of humanity. Now, in a poignant and insightful memoir, Jane Goodall explores her extraordinary life and personal spiritual odyssey, with observations as profound as the knowledge she has brought back from the forest.
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The Worst Journey in the World
- By: Apsley Cherry-Garrard
- Narrator: Simon Vance
- Length: 20 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
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4.18(5803 ratings)
4.18(5803 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0031.95 USDThis gripping story of courage and achievement is an account of Robert Falcon Scott’s last fateful expedition to the Antarctic, as told by surviving expedition member Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Cherry-Garrard tells of the journey from England toThis gripping story of courage and achievement is an account of Robert Falcon Scott’s last fateful expedition to the Antarctic, as told by surviving expedition member Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Cherry-Garrard tells of the journey from England to South Africa and southward to the ice floes, where began the unforgettable polar journey across a forbidding and inhospitable region. On November 12, 1912, in arctic temperatures, Cherry-Garrard, in a search party, found the bodies of Scott and his companions, along with their poignant last notebook entries, some of them recorded in this work.
Among Cherry-Garrard’s friends and admirers were John Galsworthy, H. G. Wells, Arnold Bennett, and Bernard Shaw. His background in the arts and humanities makes The Worst Journey in the World stand out as a literary accomplishment as well as a classic in the annals of exploration.
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I Had to Survive
- By: Roberto Canessa
- Narrator: various narrators
- Length: 8 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.18(551 ratings)
4.18(551 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDOn October 13, 1972, a Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying members of the “Old Christians” rugby team–and many of their friends and family members–crashed into the Andes Mountains. I Had to Survive offers a gripping andOn October 13, 1972, a Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying members of the “Old Christians” rugby team–and many of their friends and family members–crashed into the Andes Mountains. I Had to Survive offers a gripping and heartrending recollection of the harrowing brink-of-death experience that propelled survivor Roberto Canessa to become one of the world’s leading pediatric cardiologists.
As he tended to his wounded teammates amid the devastating carnage of the wreck, rugby player Roberto Canessa, a second-year medical student at the time, realized that no one on earth was luckier: he was alive–and for that, he should be eternally grateful. As the starving group struggled beyond the limits of what seemed possible, Canessa played a key role in safeguarding his fellow survivors, eventually trekking with a companion across the hostile mountain range for help.
This fine line between life and death became the catalyst for the rest of his life.
This uplifting tale of hope and determination, solidarity and ingenuity gives vivid insight into a world-famous story. Canessa also draws a unique and fascinating parallel between his work as a doctor performing arduous heart surgeries on infants and unborn babies and the difficult life-changing decisions he was forced to make in the Andes. With grace and humanity, Canessa prompts us to ask ourselves, what do you do when all the odds are stacked against you?
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Annapurna
- By: Arlene Blum
- Narrator: Eileen Stevens
- Length: 9 hours 59 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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4.16(2295 ratings)
4.16(2295 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDIn August 1978, thirteen women left San Francisco for the Nepal Himalayas to make history as the first Americans–and the first women–to scale the treacherous slopes of Annapurna I, the world’s tenth highest peak. Expedition leaderIn August 1978, thirteen women left San Francisco for the Nepal Himalayas to make history as the first Americans–and the first women–to scale the treacherous slopes of Annapurna I, the world’s tenth highest peak. Expedition leader Arlene Blum here tells their dramatic story: the logistical problems, storms, and hazardous ice climbing; the conflicts and reconciliations within the team; the terror of avalanches that threatened to sweep away camps and climbers.
On October fifteenth, two women and two Sherpas at last stood on the summit–but the celebration was cut short, for two days later, the two women of the second summit team fell to their deaths.
Never before has such an account of mountaineering triumph and tragedy been told from a woman’s point of view. By proving that women had the skill, strength, and courage necessary to make this difficult and dangerous climb, the 1978 Women’s Himalayan Expedition’s accomplishment had a positive impact around the world, changing perceptions about women’s abilities in sports and other arenas. And Annapurna: A Woman’s Place has become an acknowledged classic in the annals of women’s achievements–a story of challenge and commitment told with passion, humor, and unflinching honesty.
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The Polar Adventures of a Rich American Dame
- By: Joanna Kafarowski
- Narrator: Kate Mulligan
- Length: 9 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.1(33 ratings)
4.1(33 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThe first comprehensive biography of Louise Arner Boyd–the intrepid American socialite who reinvented herself as the leading female polar explorer of the twentieth century. Born in the late 1880s to a gritty mining magnate who made hisThe first comprehensive biography of Louise Arner Boyd–the intrepid American socialite who reinvented herself as the leading female polar explorer of the twentieth century.
Born in the late 1880s to a gritty mining magnate who made his millions in the California Gold Rush and a well-bred mother descended from one of New York’s distinguished families, society beauty Louise Arner Boyd was raised during a glittering era.
After inheriting a staggering family fortune, she began leading a double life. She fell under the spell of the north in the late 1920s after a sailing excursion to the Arctic Ocean. Over the next three decades, she achieved international notoriety as a rugged and audacious polar explorer while maintaining her flamboyant lifestyle as a leading society woman. Yet despite organizing, financing, and directing seven daring Arctic expeditions between 1926 and 1955, she is virtually unknown today.
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Admiral of the Ocean Sea
- By: Samuel Eliot Morison
- Narrator: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 25 hours 57 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2011
- Language: English
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4.1(400 ratings)
4.1(400 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0034.95 USDAdmiral of the Ocean Sea is Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison’s classic biography of the greatest sailor of them all, Christopher Columbus. It is written with the insight, energy, and authority that only someone who had himself sailed inAdmiral of the Ocean Sea is Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison’s classic biography of the greatest sailor of them all, Christopher Columbus. It is written with the insight, energy, and authority that only someone who had himself sailed in Columbus’ path to the New World could muster. Morison undertook this expedition in a 147-foot schooner and a 47-foot ketch, the dimensions of these craft roughly matching those of Columbus’ Santa Maria and Niña. The result is this vivid and definitive biography that accurately details the voyages that, for better or worse, changed the world.
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Running Against the Tide
- By: Captain Lee
- Narrator: Captain Lee
- Length: 6 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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4.06(848 ratings)
4.06(848 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDFrom the star of Bravo’s hit reality show Below Deck comes Running Against the Tide, the “Stud of the Sea’s” first-ever memoir recounting his journey from landlocked Saginaw, Michigan to the high seas, where he has spent moreFrom the star of Bravo’s hit reality show Below Deck comes Running Against the Tide, the “Stud of the Sea’s” first-ever memoir recounting his journey from landlocked Saginaw, Michigan to the high seas, where he has spent more than twenty-five years as a superyacht captain.
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The cast members of Below Deck are known for their catfights, scheming, personal attacks, and long-held grudges, but what keeps viewers coming back week after week is resident hero Captain Lee, the only cast member to appear in all five seasons.
But you don’t have to be one of Below Deck‘s 1.5 million weekly viewers to appreciate Captain Lee’s story, which offers a glimpse behind-the-scenes at the luxury yachting industry and one of Bravo’s biggest franchises. From having to reclaim his drunk captain’s lost papers in the Dominican Republic to unwittingly crewing a drug boat out of Turks and Caicos to navigating the outrageous demands of the super-rich in New York City, Captain Lee’s tales from the high seas run the gamut, proving time and time again why he’s a fan favorite: he’s occasionally profane, he’s often surprising, but he’s never dull and, for the first time, he’s here to tell all. -
Fearless
- By: Don Dahler
- Narrator: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 8 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
- Publish date: June 14, 2022
- Language: English
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4.03(24 ratings)
4.03(24 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.98 USDIn the spirit of the bestseller Fly Girls comes the definitive and compelling true story of Harriet Quimby, the first American woman to receive a pilot’s license. In the early twentieth century, headlines declared that “the era of womenIn the spirit of the bestseller Fly Girls comes the definitive and compelling true story of Harriet Quimby, the first American woman to receive a pilot’s license.
In the early twentieth century, headlines declared that “the era of women has dawned.” Against this changing historical backdrop, Harriet Quimby’s extraordinary life stands out as the embodiment of this tumultuous, exciting era–when flight was measured in minutes, not miles.
This untold piece of feminist history unveils Quimby’s incredible story: rising from humble beginnings as a dirt-poor farm girl to become a globe-trotting journalist, history-making aviator, and international celebrity. With her tragic death in 1912 at the age of thirty-seven, her story faded, with her many accomplishments–the first woman to fly solo over the English Channel among them–overshadowed by major events, including the sinking of the Titanic.
With black and white illustrations throughout, Fearless is the definitive biography of the first licensed female American pilot: one of the most inspiring hidden figures of history.
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Epic Solitude
- By: Katherine Keith
- Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
- Length: 9 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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3.9(230 ratings)
3.9(230 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDAll her life, Katherine Keith has hungered for remote, wild places that fill her soul with freedom and peace. Her travels take her across America, but it is in the vast and rugged landscape of Alaska that she finds her true home. Alaska is known asAll her life, Katherine Keith has hungered for remote, wild places that fill her soul with freedom and peace. Her travels take her across America, but it is in the vast and rugged landscape of Alaska that she finds her true home. Alaska is known as a place where people disappear–at least a couple thousand go missing each year. But the same vast and rugged landscape that contributed to so many people being lost is precisely what has gotten her found.
She and her husband build a log cabin miles away from the nearest road and create a life of love. An idyllic existence, but with isolation and brutal living conditions can also come heartbreak. Chopping wood and hauling water are not just parts of a Zen proverb but a requirement for survival. Keith experiences tragic loss and must push on, with her infant daughter, alone in the Alaskan backcountry.
Long-distance dog sledding opens a door to a new existence. Racing across the state of Alaska offers the best of all worlds by combining raw wilderness with solitude and athleticism. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the “Last Great Race on Earth,” remains a true test of character and offers the opportunity to intimately explore the frontier that she has come to love.
With every thousand miles of winter trail traversed in total solitude, she confronts challenges that awaken internal demons, summoning all the inner grief and rage that lies dormant. In the tradition of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and John Krakauer’s Into the Wild, Epic Solitude is the powerful and touching story of how one woman found her way–both despite and because of–the difficulties of living and racing in the remote wilderness.
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The Republic of Pirates
- By: Colin Woodard
- Narrator: Lewis Grenville
- Length: 13 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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3.87(6519 ratings)
3.87(6519 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.95 USDThe untold story of a heroic band of Caribbean pirates whose defiance of imperial rule inspired revolt in colonial outposts across the world In the early eighteenth century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains,The untold story of a heroic band of Caribbean pirates whose defiance of imperial rule inspired revolt in colonial outposts across the world
In the early eighteenth century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Blackbeard, “Black Sam” Bellamy, and Charles Vane. Along with their fellow pirates–former sailors, indentured servants, and runaway slaves–this “Flying Gang” established a crude but distinctive democracy in the Bahamas, carving out their own zone of freedom in which servants were free, blacks could be equal citizens, and leaders were chosen or deposed by a vote. They cut off trade routes, sacked slave ships, and severed Europe from its New World empires. And for a brief, glorious period, the Republic was a success.
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The Yellow Envelope
- By: Kim Dinan
- Narrator: Laurence Bouvard
- Length: 8 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: April 01, 2017
- Language: English
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3.78(2270 ratings)
3.78(2270 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDAfter Kim and her husband, Brian, decide to quit their jobs to travel around the world, they’re given a yellow envelope containing a check and instructions to give the money away. There are only three rules for the envelope: don’tAfter Kim and her husband, Brian, decide to quit their jobs to travel around the world, they’re given a yellow envelope containing a check and instructions to give the money away. There are only three rules for the envelope: don’t overthink it, share your experiences, and don’t feel pressured to give it all away. Through Ecuador, Peru, Nepal, and beyond, Kim and Brian face obstacles, including major challenges to their relationship. As they distribute the money to people they encounter along the way, they learn that money does not have anything to do with the capacity to give but that it is the giving of ourselves that is transformational.
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Natural Rivals
- By: John Clayton
- Narrator: Richard Powers
- Length: 9 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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3.74(212 ratings)
3.74(212 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThis dynamic examination traces the lives of two of the most influential figures and their dueling approaches on America’s natural landscape. John Muir, the most famous naturalist in American history, protected Yosemite, cofounded the SierraThis dynamic examination traces the lives of two of the most influential figures and their dueling approaches on America’s natural landscape.
John Muir, the most famous naturalist in American history, protected Yosemite, cofounded the Sierra Club, and is sometimes called the Father of the National Parks. A poor immigrant, self-taught, individualistic, and skeptical of institutions, he had an idealistic belief in the spiritual benefits of holistic natural systems that led him to a philosophy of preserving wilderness unimpaired.
Gifford Pinchot founded the US Forest Service and advised his friend Theodore Roosevelt on environmental policy. Raised in wealth, educated in privilege, and interested in how institutions and community can overcome failures in individual virtue, Pinchot’s pragmatic belief in professional management led him to a philosophy of sustainably conserving natural resources.
When these rivaling perspectives meet, what happens? For decades, the story of their relationship has been told as a split between the conservation and preservation philosophies, sparked by a proposal to dam a remote Yosemite valley called Hetch Hetchy. But a decade before that argument, Muir and Pinchot camped together alongside Montana’s jewel-like Lake McDonald in what was at the heart of a region not yet consecrated as Glacier National Park.
At stake in 1896 was the new idea that some landscapes should be collectively, permanently owned by a democratic government. Although many people today think of public lands as an American birthright, their very existence was then in doubt and dependent on a merger of the talents of these two men. Natural Rivals examines a time of environmental threat and political dysfunction not unlike our own and reveals the complex dynamic that gave birth to America’s rich public lands legacy.
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20 Hrs. 40 Min.
- By: Amelia Earhart
- Narrator: Pamela Almand
- Length: 4 hours 4 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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3.72(26 ratings)
3.72(26 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.95 USDAmelia Earhart captured the hearts and imaginations of people around the world when she became the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane. This audiobook, her personal account of the historic flight, sparkles with her high-spirited charm andAmelia Earhart captured the hearts and imaginations of people around the world when she became the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane. This audiobook, her personal account of the historic flight, sparkles with her high-spirited charm and adventurous determination.
Narrated by a fellow female pilot with a voice reminiscent of Earhart’s mid-West twang, this audiobook includes logbook entries from the historic flight, as well as an autobiographical account of her young adult life and fascination with airplanes and a serious-minded discussion of the future of flight and the important role of women in aviation. 20 Hrs. 40 Min. remains a classic tale of adventure to this day.
Includes a bonus PDF with illustrations and photos, including photos of actual logbook pages from Amelia’s flight
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Two Years before the Mast
- By: Richard Henry Dana
- Narrator: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 16 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2010
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.95 USDRichard Henry Dana referred to this book as “a voice from the sea.” Influencing such authors as Conrad and Melville, it has become a maritime classic that has inflicted legions of men with a passion for the sea. Dana, a law studentRichard Henry Dana referred to this book as “a voice from the sea.” Influencing such authors as Conrad and Melville, it has become a maritime classic that has inflicted legions of men with a passion for the sea.
Dana, a law student turned sailor for health reasons, sailed in 1834 on the brigPilgrimfor a voyage from Boston around Cape Horn to California. Dana Point was named as a result of this journey. Drawing from his journals,Two Years before the Mastgives a vivid and detailed account, shrewdly observed and beautifully described, of a common sailor’s wretched treatment at sea, and of a way of life virtually unknown at that time.
This is a breathtaking true storyof adventure on the high seas.
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