The Adventurers category has 204 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 1,191 ratings. The most-rated is Le sablier.
Michael Palin: Sahara
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Michael Palin's epic voyages have seen him circumnavigate the globe, travel from the North to the South Pole, and circle the countries of the Pacific Ocean, but perhaps the greatest single challenge he has faced is his latest: a crossing of the vast and merciless Sahara Desert. As the journey unfolds, the Sahara reveals not only the emptiness of endless sand dunes, but a huge and diverse range of cultures and landscapes, and a long history of civilisation, trade, commerce, and conquest. He walks with nomadic herders and rides with a camel caravan through Niger, scales the Hoggar Mountains and flies into the oilfields of Algeria, before investigating Colonel Gaddafi's Libya and the stunning classical remains of Tunisia, where Life of Brian was filmed and Palin crucified. This is Michael Palin, explorer-adventurer, at his hard-pressed best.
©2002 Michael Palin (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Headhunters on My Doorstep
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Entertainment Weekly calls acclaimed author and essayist J. Maarten Troost a "funny, candid, and down-to-earth travel companion". Both witty and poignant, Headhunters on My Doorstep follows Troost as he retraces Robert Louis Stevenson’s path through the South Pacific. Somewhere between AA meetings in Tahiti and discovering how the Island of Merrymaking got its name, Troost reconnects with himself, his family, and the beauty of life.
©2013 J. Maarten Troost (P)2013 Recorded Books
Dream Take Flight
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A shy girl breaks the rules. Refusing to follow the traditional career path for girls, Lisa Turner sets out to fulfill a promise she makes to her dying mother, disrupting the status quo every step of the way. When Lisa decides to build an airplane in the garage at the age of 45, her family thinks she has gone too far.... Everyone has a story. Everyone has a book in them. Stories are what make us wonderfully human. In the telling, we remind others that they are not alone, and we remind ourselves that we can experience great leaps of insight reaching for a goal. Lisa started writing Dream Take Flight in 1998. It began as a book about the joy of building and flying a home-built aircraft and piloting it on an epic solo flight. But she soon realized that it wasn't complete without the backstory of an unconventional childhood and a promise to her mother. Growing up in a neighborhood of boys, Lisa never understood why she couldn't take shop class, be a mechanic, or build an airplane. In the 1960s these were not expected activities for a girl. It took guts and persistence for a shy girl to break out of the norms and participate in non-traditional pursuits. The entire journey was life changing. Lisa wrote Dream Take Flight hoping that others would be inspired to pursue their own big goal. To that end, the last several chapters take the listener through a step-by-step process to achieve their dream, with hints, tips, and tricks to get there. Why you'll love this audiobook: It’s a fun, inspirational story about the pursuit of confidence and happiness The audiobook breaks with convention by including a how-to section on goal setting Lisa offers a companion guide and other free materials on her web site, Dream Take Flight If you enjoy entertaining and inspiring real-life adventure stories, you'll love Dream Take Flight.
©2019 Lisa Turner (P)2019 Lisa Turner
Open Mic Night in Moscow
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The raucous and surprisingly poignant story of a young, Russia-obsessed American writer and comedian who embarked on a solo tour of the former Soviet Republics, never imagining that it would involve kidnappers, garbage bags of money, and encounters with the weird and wonderful from Mongolia to Tajikistan. Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Siberia are not the typical tourist destinations of a 20-something, nor the places one usually goes to eat, pray, and/or love. But the mix of imperial Russian opulence and Soviet decay, and the allure of emotionally unavailable Russian men proved strangely irresistible to comedian Audrey Murray. At age 28, while her friends were settling into corporate jobs and serious relationships, Audrey was on a one-way flight to Kazakhstan, the first leg of a nine-month solo voyage through the former USSR. A blend of memoir and offbeat travel guide (black markets in Uzbekistan: five stars; getting kidnapped in Turkmenistan: one star) this thoughtful, hilarious catalog of a young comedian’s adventures is also a diary of her emotional discoveries about home, love, patriotism, loneliness, and independence. Sometimes surprising, often disconcerting, and always entertaining, Open Mic Night in Moscow will inspire you to take the leap and embark on your own journey into the unknown. And, if you want to visit Chernobyl by way of an insane-asylum-themed bar in Kiev, Audrey can assure you that there’s no other guidebook out there. (She’s looked.)
©2018 Audrey Murray (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers
Ask an Astronaut
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What happens when you sneeze in space? Was it fun to do a space walk? How squashed were you in the capsule on the way back? What were your feelings as you looked down on Earth for the first time? Were you ever scared? Where to next - the moon, Mars, or beyond? Based on his historic mission to the International Space Station, Ask an Astronaut is Tim Peake's guide to life in space and his answers to the thousands of questions he has been asked since his return to Earth. With explanations ranging from the mundane (how do you wash your clothes or go to the bathroom while in orbit?) to the profound (do humans have a duty to explore the unknown?), all written in Tim's characteristically warm style, Tim shares his thoughts on every aspect of space exploration. From training for the mission to launch to his historic spacewalk to reentry, he reveals for listeners of all ages the cutting-edge science behind his groundbreaking experiments and the wonders of daily life onboard the International Space Station.
©2017 Tim Peake (P)2017 Hachette Audio
Conversation with the Mind
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Now is the time to clear your mind and set it on the right path! Throughout life, you experience so many emotions, decisions, people, and situations. It lies in your conscience to learn from life and handle it the right way. Afi Kingdom is an author, international podcaster, mindset coach, and an efficient educator. He tries to share his life's experiences through skills to shape and manipulate personalities, relationships, style, confidence, and other essential elements of living. His style of writing is truly captivating and makes the listeners lose themselves into his words only to find themselves in a better position. Through his intriguing and strategically effective communication skills, he brings out the following: Puzzles and examples that excavates a deeper self Directions to find, reconstruct, and re-model your thoughts Bemusing truths about the real purpose of existence Knowing how to manipulate and control oneself and others The skills to win and lead in situations Reveals hidden emotions through purgation and catharsis Building the right ego, attitude, and confidence The hidden instincts of men and women Physical and mental desires of life and their meaning Throughout this book, Afi talks to the mind so powerfully and persuasively that his presence is felt by the listeners in a rather disturbingly pleasant manner. His strong words make one constantly doubt and lose oneself to discover an enlightened stance in life. His questions, teachings, advice, and answers alter one's mind and soul to a path of wisdom. He communicates in a way where the listeners submit themselves to learn his lessons. Afi makes one open up their mind and heart to know the real hidden secrets and powers. This is a counseling experience of learning, aspiring, and developing into a self-aware individual in the journey of life.
©2020 Afi Kingdom (P)2020 Afi Kingdom
Endeavour
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Endeavour is the story of a ship, an idea, and a way of looking at the world. It is grounded in the Enlightenment, an age of endeavors, with Britain consumed by the impulse for grand projects undertaken at speed. Endeavour was also the name given to a collier - a commonplace coal-carrying vessel - made of oak, bought by the Royal Navy in 1768. No one could have guessed it would go on to become the most significant ship in the chronicle of British exploration. As Charles Darwin wrote, Endeavour added an entire hemisphere to the civilized world when it carried Captain James Cook on his first major voyage, newly charting the existence of New Zealand and the eastern coast of Australia.
Endeavour also had a role in American history. During the battles for control of New York in 1776, she witnessed the bloody birth of the republic. As well as carrying botanists, a Polynesian priest, and the remains of the first kangaroo to arrive in Britain, she transported Hessian soldiers to American shores as well as Newcastle coal. NASA ultimately named a space shuttle in her honor. But to others she was a toxic symbol of empire, responsible for dispossession and disruption.
The first history of its kind, Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship That Changed the World is the epic telling of the ship's many lives. Using meticulous research, Moore tells the story of one of history's most defining sailing ships, and in turn shines new light on the ambition and consequences of the Enlightenment.
Winner of the Mary Soames Award for History. A Sunday Times (London) best seller.
©2019 Peter Moore (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Adventures for a Lifetime
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An inspiring selection of hand-picked adventures, chosen by Ed Stafford. For those who don’t mind a bit of discomfort in order to experience the wilder side of our amazing planet. Open your mind and reboot your soul with these unforgettable adventures. Get a taste of total freedom as you soar like an eagle over mountains and lakes Come face to fin with ocean giants as you kayak spectacular coastlines Strap on your skis and head off for an adventure in the frozen wastes Experience jaw-dropping sights and lung-bursting trails from the seat of your saddle and more "Life is for going out into the open. Life is for exploring, for feeling cold and vulnerable, for finding new possibilities and new opportunities." (Ed Stafford)
©2018 Ed Stafford (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers
The Sky Below
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An epic memoir from a man whose life is defined by exploration and innovation, The Sky Below re-creates some of the most unforgettable adventures of our time. From dramatic, high-risk spacewalks to author Scott Parazynski's death-defying quest to summit Mount Everest - his body ravaged by a career in space - listeners will experience the life of an elite athlete, physician, and explorer. This intimate, compelling account offers a rare portrait of space exploration from the inside. A global nomad raised in the shadow of NASA's Apollo missions, Parazynski never lost sight of his childhood dream to one day don a spacesuit and float outside the airlock. With deep passion, unbridled creativity, resilience, humility, and self-deprecation, Parazynski chases his dream of the ultimate adventure experience, again and again and again. In an era that transitioned from moon shots to the Space Shuttle, space station, and Mars research, Parazynski flies with John Glenn, tests jet packs, trains in Russia to become a cosmonaut, and flies five missions to outer space (including seven spacewalks) in his seventeen-year NASA career. An unparalleled, visceral opportunity to understand what it's like to train for - and deploy to - a home in zero gravity, The Sky Below also portrays an astronaut's engagement with the challenges of his life on Earth, including raising a beautiful autistic daughter and finding true love.
©2017 Scott Parazynski (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
The Fire Line
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“In Fernanda Santos’ expert hands, the story of 19 men and a raging wildfire unfolds as a riveting, pulse-pounding account of an American tragedy; and also as a meditation on manhood, brotherhood and family love. The Fire Line is a great and deeply moving book about courageous men and women.” (Héctor Tobar, author of Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine and the Miracle that Set Them Free) When a bolt of lightning ignited a hilltop in the sleepy town of Yarnell, Arizona, in June of 2013, setting off a blaze that would grow into one of the deadliest fires in American history, the 20 men who made up the Granite Mountain Hotshots sprang into action. An elite crew trained to combat the most challenging wildfires, the Granite Mountain Hotshots were a ragtag family, crisscrossing the American West and wherever else the fires took them. The Hotshots were loyal to one another and dedicated to the tough job they had. There's Eric Marsh, their devoted and demanding superintendent who turned his own personal demons into lessons he used to mold, train and guide his crew; Jesse Steed, their captain, a former Marine, a beast on the fire line and a family man who wasn’t afraid to say “I love you” to the firemen he led; Andrew Ashcraft, a team leader still in his 20s who struggled to balance his love for his beautiful wife and four children and his passion for fighting wildfires. We see this band of brothers at work, at play and at home, until a fire that burned in their own backyards leads to a national tragedy. Impeccably researched, drawing upon more than a hundred hours of interviews with the firefighters’ families, colleagues, state and federal officials, and fire historians and researchers, New York Times Phoenix Bureau Chief Fernanda Santos has written a riveting, pulse-pounding narrative of an unthinkable disaster, a remarkable group of men and the raging wildfires that threaten our country’s treasured wild lands. The Fire Line is the winner of the 2017 Spur Award for Best First Nonfiction Book, and Spur Award Finalist for Best Western Contemporary Nonfiction.
©2016 Fernanda Santos (P)2016 Macmillan Audio
Apollo Pilot
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In October 1968 Donn Eisele flew with fellow astronauts Walt Cunningham and Wally Schirra into Earth orbit in Apollo 7. The first manned mission in the Apollo program and the first manned flight after a fire during a launch pad test killed three astronauts in early 1967, Apollo 7 helped restart NASA's manned-spaceflight program. Known to many as a goofy, lighthearted prankster, Eisele worked his way from the US Naval Academy to test pilot school and then into the select ranks of America's prestigious astronaut corps. He was originally on the crew of Apollo 1 before being replaced due to injury. After that crew died in a horrific fire, Eisele was on the crew selected to return Americans to space. Despite the success of Apollo 7, Eisele never flew in space again, as divorce and a testy crew commander led to the three astronauts being labeled as troublemakers. Unbeknownst to everyone, after his retirement as a technical assistant for manned spaceflight at NASA's Langley Research Center in 1972, Eisele wrote in detail about his years in the Air Force and his time in the Apollo program. Long after his death, Francis French discovered Eisele's unpublished memoir. Listeners can now experience an Apollo story they assumed would never be written as well as the story behind its discovery.
©2017 Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (P)2016 Redwood Audiobooks
Kilimanjaro Diaries
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When expat blogger and mother of four Eva Melusine Thieme first harbors the idea of ringing out her three years in Africa on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, it sounds easy. In fact, it has all the trappings of a dream vacation: no cooking, no fighting kids, and an army of porters to lug everything up the mountain. What can go wrong? Tag along as Eva takes you on her journey up the slopes of Kilimanjaro together with her teenage son and a group of hilarious South African friends. From planning the trip to shopping for supplies to trudging uphill wishing with all her heart for an ice cold sip of water untainted by chlorination tablets, you will follow her step by step on her quest to scale the world's highest free-standing mountain. But the list of challenges is long: sub-zero temperatures, blistered feet, long drop toilets (of which, you may learn, the drops are not nearly as long as they had once been, if you get the drift), and the ever-threatening altitude sickness no one can quite escape from. Eva's climb turns into the most difficult test she has ever faced, and ultimately she must make a fateful decision on that mountain. Thieme's debut travel memoir is equally poignant and laugh-out-loud funny. Part guide book, part travel memoir, and part history lesson, her story will keep you hooked - whether you're a seasoned hiker nodding your head in recognition, an aspiring Kilimanjaro trekker searching for tips, or an armchair traveler reveling in adventure stories from the comfort of your home.
©2014 Eva Melusine Thieme (P)2018 Tantor
La mort suspendue
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Joe Simpson et Simon Yates, deux jeunes alpinistes britanniques, tentent la première et ambitieuse ascension de la face ouest du Siula Grande dans les Andes du Pérou. Ils atteignent le sommet, mais c'est à la descente que se produit le drame. Dans la tempête, Joe tombe à travers une corniche de neige et se blesse gravement à la jambe. À 6000 mètres, sur cette montagne isolée du monde, il n'a aucune chance de s'en sortir. Il le sent. Et Simon sait qu'en voulant porter secours à son compagnon, il n'en réchappera pas non plus. Que se passe-t-il dans la tête d'un homme condamné à trancher la corde au bout de laquelle est suspendue la vie de son ami ? À quoi peut penser celui dont l'existence ne tient plus qu'à un fil ? Comment peut-on trouver la force de lutter encore, contre toute raison, alors que la mort semble déjà avoir gagné ? Cette expérience effroyable et exceptionnelle, Joe Simpson l'a racontée dans un livre ( Touching the Void), traduit en une quinzaine de langues et devenu un best-seller international. Son récit est d'une intensité dramatique exceptionnelle. Car au-delà du combat pour survivre qu'aucun romancier n'aurait osé imaginer, La mort suspendue est un témoignage bouleversant sur la souffrance, physique et psychique, mais aussi sur l'amitié. Cet ouvrage, Joe Simpson l'a rédigé avec une maîtrise littéraire étonnante. Le drame qui aurait dû lui coûter la vie lui a ainsi ouvert une carrière d'écrivain. En effet, il a depuis publié cinq autres ouvrages, tous traduits en plusieurs langues. >> Ce livre audio en version intégrale vous est proposé en exclusivité par Audible et est uniquement disponible en téléchargement.
©2004 Glénat / Jeff, affiche du film de Kevin MacDonald, distribué en France par Diaphana (P)2018 Audible Studios
Salvador
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El sábado 17 de noviembre de 2012 Salvador Alvarenga y su compañero Ezequiel Córdoba se hicieron a la mar para ir a pescar tiburones en su pequeña embarcación. Había aviso de tormenta pero Alvarenga era un experto pescador que no se amedrentaba por nada. Cuando les alcanzó el temporal se encontraban lejos de la costa y un fallo del motor acabó imposibilitando su regreso. Catorce meses después, el 30 de enero de 2014, con el pelo largo, barba poblada y sin poder apenas hablar ni caminar, Salvador llegó a la playa del atolón Ebon en las Islas Marshall, a siete mil millas de donde partió con su bote. Gracias a una dieta a base de pescado crudo, tortugas, pequeños pájaros, agua de lluvia y su propia orina, pudo sobrevivir en alta mar. Por su parte, Ezequiel, quien se negó a tomar esos alimentos, murió pocas semanas después de la tormenta que les convirtió en náufragos. Fascinado por la historia, el periodista estadounidense Jonathan Franklin entrevistó en numerosas ocasiones al pescador y a todas las personas que fueron testigos de su aparición en las Islas Marshall, y también a aquellos que le acompañaron en los días posteriores, durante su hospitalización. De todas estas conversaciones surge este heroico relato sobre la resistencia humana, seguramente el más asombroso de nuestros días. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish. NOTA: Al comprar este título, el material de referencia estará disponible en su sección de Biblioteca junto con el audio.
©2015; 2016 Jonathan Franklin; Isabel Murillo (de la traducción), Centro Libros PAPF, S.L.U. (P)2018 Audible, Inc.
South
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On 8 August 1914, five days after the outbreak of World War One, the Endurance, a wooden-hulled, coal-fired icebreaker, set sail for the South Pole, in a bid to complete the first-ever trans-Antarctic expedition, which would cross the continent from the Weddell Sea to Scott's base at Cape Evans, via the Pole. However, despite the best planning, the ship succumbs to the ice floes of the Weddell Sea, and is subjected to months of uncontrollable drifting before its crew makes a scramble for Elephant Island, where they battle constant cold and starvation. Faced with the most fearsome terrain and extreme conditions, it is up to Ernest Shackleton, commander of the Endurance, to lead his men back to safety and save them from the horrors of the ice.
Public Domain (P)2019 Naxos Audiobooks
High and Low: How I Hiked Away from Depression Across Scotland
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When dealing with emotional baggage, it’s best to pack light. An amusing and life-affirming travel memoir, concluding with tips for managing depressive episodes. Keith Foskett refused to let his dark mood define his limitations. Unknowingly suffering with depression, he took to hiking the wilds of Scotland to face the inner demons that threatened to gnaw him to the bone. From the craggy Highlands of the Cape Wrath Trail and West Highland Way, to the canals criss-crossing the low country, 600 miles of unforgiving hiking terrain called his name. Keith repositioned his compass to what really matters in life. As laughter became his traveling companion, he discovered that when dealing with emotional baggage, it’s best to pack light. Pushing his mind and body past breaking point, his journey could set a brave new course for coping with depression. Battling ferocious weather, the ubiquitous Scottish midge, strange-sounding local delicacies and substandard TV sets, this is one man’s battle to conquer the wilds of Scotland, and his own psychological demons.
©2018 Keith Foskett (P)2018 Keith Foskett
Pushing Rubber Downhill
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When Adam Piggott rode his motorbike across Australia chasing a girl he barely knew, he didn't understand much about anything at all. He wanted to change his life, but he didn't know how or what to change. The girl was the catalyst that forced him out of his comfortable existence. This is the story of how a young man with no direction ended up working as a river guide in a range of exotic locations around the world. And on the way, while battling crazy bosses, fearsome rivers, and hordes of charlatans, thieves, and witch doctors, he learned what it is to truly effect change in oneself. With humor and honesty, Piggott shows how it's possible for a young man to end up in extraordinary circumstances through a willingness to take a chance instead of settling for the safe option.
©2015 Adam Piggott (P)2016 Adam Piggott
Into the Storm
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Reed Timmer is one of the most successful and most extreme storm chasers in the world. His is a job that requires science and bravado, knowledge and instinct just to survive, never mind excel. It's a job some people would kill for. But most prefer to let Timmer take the risks while they watch from the safety of their homes. Reed Timmer is a star of Storm Chasers, one of the Discovery Channel's top-rated shows. Into the Storm is Timmer's dramatic account of his extraordinary profession. Each chapter features the story of one of the 300-plus extreme tornadoes, hurricanes, or blizzards that Timmer has intercepted over the last decade - storms that include the killer F5 tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma, in May 1999; the unprecedented, devastating storm surge of Hurricane Katrina; and the little-studied but enormously powerful storm systems in places like Canada and Argentina, including a recent trip in which Timmer realized he was the only storm chaser in South America and was able to intercept super cells in the most prolific hail-producing region in the world. As a Ph.D. candidate in meteorology, Timmer is after more than just an adrenaline rush - his stories feature fascinating insights into the science of storms and how the data he is collecting will someday save lives. With a firsthand perspective on the storm-chasing community, Timmer also takes listeners inside this world, examining his controversial obsession and the ethical debates it sparks. Featuring the same you-are-there immediacy that attracts more than 100,000 visitors to Timmer's Web site every month, Into the Storm is one wild - and informative - ride.
©2010 Reed Timmer (P)2010 Tantor
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian
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Pulitzer Prize winner Wallace Stegner recounts the remarkable career of Major John Wesley Powell, the distinguished ethnologist and geologist who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of the Southwest Indian tribes. This classic work is a penetrating and insightful study of the Powell’s career, from the beginning of the Powell Survey, in which Powell and his men famously became the first to descend the Colorado River, to his eventual expulsion from the Geological Survey. In masterful prose, Stegner details the expedition, as well as the philosophies and ideas that drove Powell.
©1954 Wallace E. Stegner (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ragnar Lothbrok
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Ragnar Lothbrok was a legendary Viking warrior and king whose tales have survived more than 1,000 years. Though his true existence is still debated to this day, Ragnar has been the inspiration for many books, movies, and even a TV series: Vikings. Inside this audiobook, you will discover who Ragnar Lothbrok was and what impact he had on the Viking culture. You will learn about his ruthless war tactics, his fearsome brutality, his lineage, and his legacy. Also discussed in this audiobook is the fascinating Norse mythology that shaped the bulk of Ragnar's beliefs and motivations for living the way he did!
©2017 Ingram Publishing (P)2018 Ingram Publishing