True Adventures

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438 da438 dayys : an es : an extraordinaryxtraordinarytrue sttrue story oory of survivf survival aal at seat seaby Jonathan FranklinAn epic tale of survival: SalvadorAlvarenga's 14 months drifting at seaduring which he kept his body andmind intact until he was rescued.

The moThe moth and the mountain: ath and the mountain: atrue sttrue story oory of lof lovve, ware, war, and, andEEvveresterestby Ed CaesarDocuments the redemption journey oftraumatized Great War veteran EdCaesar, who in 1933 flew a biplane toEverest to attempt a first solo ascent.

WWest with the nighest with the nighttby Beryl MarkhamBeryl Markham's life story is a trueepic. Not only did she set records andbreak barriers as a pilot, she shatteredsocietal expectations, threw herself intotorrid love affairs, survived desperatecrash landings.

PiraPiratte hunte hunters: treasure,ers: treasure,obsession, and the searchobsession, and the searchffor a legendary piraor a legendary piratte shipe shipby Robert KursonTraces the high-stakes quest of JohnMattera and Shadow Divers' Chattertonto find the lost pirate ship of JosephBannister.

In PaIn Patagoniatagoniaby Bruce ChatwinAn account of Chatwin's journeythrough Patagonia, where he searchedfor almost-forgotten legends, ButchCassidy's log cabin, and thedescendants of Welsh immigrants.

TTo the edges oo the edges of the Earth :f the Earth :19091909, the rac, the race fe for the threeor the threepoles, and the climax opoles, and the climax of thef theage oage of ef exploraxplorationtionby Edward J. LarsonAn analysis of an exceptional yearduring the peak of exploration that wasmarked by record-setting expeditionsto the North and South Poles and the

legendary K2 mountain in the Himalayas.

No waNo way down: lify down: life and deae and deaththon K2on K2by Graham BowleyA dramatic account of the worstdisaster in the history of mountainclimbing on K2, the world's secondhighest peak.

IIcce ghosts: the epic hunt fe ghosts: the epic hunt fororthe lost Fthe lost Franklin eranklin expeditionxpeditionby Paul WatsonA member of the expedition thatdiscovered the wreck of HMS Erebus in2014 describes how an unlikelycombination of marine science andInuit knowledge helped solve themystery of the Lost Franklin Expedition

of 1845.

Tip oTip of the icf the iceberg: meberg: myy3,3,000-mile journe000-mile journey aroundy aroundwild Awild Alaska, the last grealaska, the last greattAmerican frontierAmerican frontierby Mark AdamsA fascinating, wild, and wonder-filledjourney into Alaska, America's lastfrontier, using Alaska's intricate publicferry system to recreate the historic

1899 Harriman Expedition.

True Adventures

TTrue Arue AdvdventuresenturesThe lost city oThe lost city of Z : a tale of Z : a tale offdeadldeadly obsession in they obsession in theAmazonAmazonby David GrannInterweaves the story of British explorerPercy Fawcett, who vanished during a1925 expedition into the Amazon, with

Grann's quest uncover the mysteries of Fawcett's finaljourney and what really lies deep in the Amazon jungle.

IntInto Thin Airo Thin Airby Jon KrakauerA spring 1996 trek to Mt. Everest ended indisaster, claiming the lives of eightclimbers. The author explains why hesurvived, in a definitive, firsthand accountof the tragedy.

The falcThe falcon thief: a true tale oon thief: a true tale offadvadventure, treacheryenture, treachery, and the, and thehunt fhunt for the perfor the perfect birdect birdby Joshua HammerThe story of Irish national Jeffrey Lendrumand his globetrotting adventures as asmuggler of rare birds, and British wildlife

detective Andy McWilliam's efforts to protect the world’sendangered birds of prey.

EndurancEndurance : Shacklete : Shackletonon''ssincredible vincredible vooyyageageby Alfred LansingThe ship of polar explorer ErnestShackleton became immobilized by ice for10-months on his 1914 expedition toAntarctica, resulting in an 850-milejourney with only a skeleton crew

remaining.

A woman in Arabia : theA woman in Arabia : thewritings owritings of the Queen of the Queen of thef theDesertDesertby Gertrude Lowthian BellMountaineer, archaeologist, Arabist,writer, poet, linguist, and spy, Bell wasone of the great woman adventurers of

the twentieth century.

IIccebound : shipwreckebound : shipwrecked aed attthe edge othe edge of the worldf the worldby Andrea PitzerThe remarkable survival tale of 16th-century Dutch explorer WilliamsBarents, whose obsessive quest tochart the remote regions of the Arcticled to 3 harrowing expeditions.

AAdrift: 76 dadrift: 76 dayys lost as lost at seat seaby Steven CallahanAn account of a 76-day ordeal adrift inthe Atlantic in a 5-foot inflatable raftafter his sailboat sank, recounting hisproblems surviving the weather, sharkattacks, raft leaks, and food and watershortages.

TTo shako shake the sleeping selfe the sleeping selfby Jedidiah JenkinsA travel writer and popularInstagrammer describes how he quithis job at age 30 and spent over a yearcycling from Oregon to Patagonia.

In the kingdom oIn the kingdom of icf ice : thee : thegrand and tgrand and terrible polarerrible polarvvooyyage oage of the USS Jf the USS Jeannetteannetteeby Hampton SidesRecounts the 19-century navalexpedition to the North Pole thatresulted in the sinking of the USSJeannette and the crew's struggle forsurvival in the unforgiving Arctic

environment.

The advThe adventurer'enturer's sons sonby Roman DialAn Alaska Pacific University scientistand National Geographic Explorerrecounts his two-year effort to uncoverthe fate of his adventurer son, who in2014 disappeared into an untrackedrainforest in Costa Rica.

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