First published in 1900, "Sailing Alone Around the World" is the detailed account of how Joshua Slocum would become the first person to circumnavigate the globe by himself. Aboard a sloop named the 'Spray', which Slocum himself rebuilt and refitted, he would depart from Boston on April, 24th, 1895 on this remarkable journey. Over the course of the next three years the boat would take him to Gloucester, Nova Scotia, Azores, Gibraltar, Morocco, the...

Lawrence and the Arabs by Robert Graves is a compelling biography of T.E. Lawrence, better known as "Lawrence of Arabia," and his role in the Arab Revolt during World War I. Graves, a friend and contemporary of Lawrence, provides a unique perspective on Lawrence's complex character and his legendary involvement in Middle Eastern history. With keen insight and vivid storytelling, Graves follows Lawrence's transformation from a British officer and archaeologist...

I hope you will learn through reading this that my decision-making skills sometimes need a bit of help, but, that it all works out fine in the end. I feel I have been tremendously lucky and privileged to have had the lives (yes, it does feel like more than one) I've had. I've loved all of the 103 countries I have visited. The people who have had walk-on or more starring roles in my story have helped shape me into the Buddha lookalike I've grown...

First published in 1926, "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" is the fascinating and brutal account of the Arab Revolt of 1916 to 1918 by T. E. Lawrence, more famously known as "Lawrence of Arabia". Written, rewritten, and edited over a period of several years from 1919 to 1926, Lawrence recounts his time serving in the British Forces in North Africa when he was based in Wadi Rum. He describes his role assisting in the organization and carrying out of attacks...

This book required a lifetime of experience and sixteen years to write. Mind you, there was an eight-year gap in the middle when the author had to return to full-time, salaried employment. The chapters are presented alphabetically, so in theory it is possible to take any chapter and read it in its own right. Once a reader has read all twenty-six chapters, he or she will have a sum of all the parts: a completed 'jigsaw' of Hal T. Strapel's story. Truth...

El asombroso y descomunal entorno que describe el autor en esta magnifica novela embauca al lector tanto que, como nos dice su protagonista, uno se siente fundir con el extraordinario paisaje del altiplano boliviano. Las montañas nos enseñan que la línea que separa el éxito del fracaso es muy tenue, quizá demasiado, y también que el verdadero triunfo, en ese mundo de paredes y abismos, es volver para contarlo. Esta novela, inspirada en un hecho...

Join Curt Bradford on his personal quest for the unknown. Captivated by the mystery of sasquatches as a child and frightened by the possible existence of such creatures, he decides at age twenty-seven to leave Virginia and travel three thousand miles away to the great Pacific Northwest in search of the truth. Before he can get off the beaten path to look for evidence of sasquatches in the forests of Oregon, he must first gain a foothold in Portland,...

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Skipp heard the squeak and strain of the taut rope as it pulled on the pier holding the forty-foot schooner wobbling in the Santa Cruz Harbor. He had just finished sanding a ten-foot section of wooden rail, and he was dipping the hog's hairbrush into the varnish when he heard the sound of a young woman's voice calling his name. He had dreamed about meeting a beautiful woman in such a place. "So you live on a boat," she said. "Oh, we have got to see...

“The Adventures of Juan Ortiz: Explorer, Captive, Interpreter” is a captivating story of a fifteen year-old noble who left Seville, Spain, to explore the New World. This engaging story is based on Juan's real-life experiences. He left Spain to seek excitement and unexpectedly found more than he anticipated. During his journeys, Juan experienced the life as an explorer on a Spanish galleon crossing the Atlantic Ocean. He was then taken captive...