Author : John Long
Publisher : Falcon Guides
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,18 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Adventure and adventurers
ISBN : 9781560449850
In these collected stories, Long explores watery, secluded jungle caves in South America, tackles remote thawing iceflows on Baffin Island, and solos cutting-edge rock climbs over a desert hungry for his failure.
Author : John Long
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 31,10 MB
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1493030965
Riding tubes in Venezuela. BASE jumping in Europe. Climbing big walls in Yosemite. Riding bulls in Texas. These first-person stories from acclaimed climber and adventurer John Long may be vastly different in content, but they share an identifiable emotional texture, tone and delivery, and fundamentally are of one piece. This is storytelling at its best—nonfiction that reads like fiction. In Stories from the Dirt, the action leaves you breathless, but it’s the characters that really leave a lasting mark. Like all stories worth a damn, this collection is all about the people.
Author : Michael Dahl
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 19,92 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781404801349
Explains how scientists learn about dinosaurs and what their discoveries have revealed about Apatosaurus.
Author : John Long
Publisher : Falcon Guides
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,30 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Mountaineering
ISBN : 9781560448587
Presents stories of mountaineers and explorers who have climbed the world's highest peaks.
Author : Rolf Potts
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 37,66 MB
Release : 2002-12-24
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0812992180
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • With a new foreword by Tim Ferriss • “Vagabonding easily remains in my top-10 list of life-changing books. Why? Because one incredible trip, especially a long-term trip, can change your life forever. And Vagabonding teaches you how to travel (and think), not just for one trip, but for the rest of your life.”—Tim Ferriss, from the foreword There’s nothing like vagabonding: taking time off from your normal life—from six weeks to four months to two years—to discover and experience the world on your own terms. In this one-of-a-kind handbook, veteran travel writer Rolf Potts explains how anyone armed with an independent spirit can achieve the dream of extended overseas travel. Now completely revised and updated, Vagabonding is an accessible and inspiring guide to • financing your travel time • determining your destination • adjusting to life on the road • working and volunteering overseas • handling travel adversity • re-assimilating back into ordinary life Updated for our ever-changing world, Vagabonding is an indispensable guide for the modern traveler.
Author : Shannon Gilligan
Publisher : Choose Your Own Adventure
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,69 MB
Release : 2007-11
Category : Missing persons
ISBN : 9781933390659
The reader journeys to Thailand to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Jim Thompson, the "Thai Silk King."
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 25,8 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 9780601073368
Author : Peter Treseder
Publisher : New Holland Books
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 17,29 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781864365702
Australian adventurer, Peter Treseder has walked unsupported to the South Pole, kayaked across the Timor Sea, and is holder of numerous 4WD, mountaineering and bushwalking records. Focusing on the highlights of Treseder's adventuring achievements, this biography presents tales of survival together with Treseder's personal philosophy on the importance of testing oneself and expanding one's horizons.
Author : Viki Holmes
Publisher : Asian Review of Books
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 38,78 MB
Release : 2017-05-04
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9789881364333
The most recent collection of poetry from Viki Holmes and the recipient of a Hong Kong Arts Development Council grant, Girls' Adventure Stories of Long Ago revisits hero-stories, both male and female, through characters from legend, folktale and television: Akkadian moon priestesses and Greek nymphs take their places alongside characters from Saturday morning cartoons and cult sci-fi classics. Taking as its inspiration Joseph Campbell's Hero With a Thousand Faces, this collection transports the reader through landscapes British, European and Asian; through stories ancient and modern. Myth and media collide in an evocation of love, loss and identity that presents the reader with a hero's journey viewed through a contemporary feminist lens. Viki Holmes has been living and writing in Hong Kong since 2005. She is the author of miss moon's class (Chameleon Press, 2008), and co-editor of the anthology of world women's writing Not A Muse (Haven Books, 2009).
Author : Malcolm Saville
Publisher :
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 49,87 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 9781847450654
