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A night to remember
Par Walter Lord. 1955
A detailed portrayal of what happened aboard the Titanic when it struck an iceberg and began to sink in the…
North Atlantic on April 14, 1912. Based on account of the survivors from first class passengers to steerage and crew. BestsellerAlbatross: a true story of a woman's survival at sea
Par Deborah Kiley. 1994
At twenty-four, Deborah signs on to the crew of a private yacht. She immediately has misgivings due to the personalities…
and work habits of the others. As they sail to Florida, a storm and a series of mishaps sink the boat, leaving the five-person crew fighting hypothermia in a small dinghy. Sharks, blood poisoning, and the effects of salt water reduce the crew to two. Strong languagePolar dream
Par Helen Thayer. 1993
In 1988, fifty-year-old Thayer and her newly acquired Inuit husky, Charlie, set off for a month-long trek to the North…
Pole. Forewarned about the ferocity of polar bears, Thayer is dismayed to encounter them regularly but deters them with flares and Charlie. They also face raging windstorms--one so violent that Thayer's supplies are lost and her face is cut by ice until her vision is impairedThe mirror of the sea
Par Joseph Conrad. 1906
Conrad, who went to sea at age seventeen and rose from apprentice seaman to master in the British merchant service,…
writes a paean to the sea. He describes, with the voice of a lover, the many moods of the ocean, the loading of cargo, the managing of crews and vessels, and the mysteries of the watersJaguars ripped my flesh: adventure is a risky business
Par Tim Cahill. 1987
A series of essays "conceived in fun and meant to be read for pleasure" on the joys and frustrations of…
travel. The articles first appeared in "Outside," "Geo," and "Rolling Stone" magazinesBurton: a biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton
Par Byron Farwell. 1963
Burton was a notorious adventurer, as well as an archaeologist, diplomat, inventor, linguist, translator, soldier, traveler, and explorer. Farwell portrays…
him as a rare personality from his wild childhood and expulsion from Oxford, to his years in India, Africa, and the Middle East, and in his literary career and peculiar marriageGold & silver, silver & gold: tales of hidden treasure
Par Alvin Schwartz. 1988
Nanda Devi: the tragic expedition
Par John Roskelley. 1987
An emotional account of the tragic expedition organized by Nanda Devi Unsoeld to climb her namesake mountain, the third highest…
Himalayan peak. The author, a lead climber of the ill-fated 1976 ascent and a renowned mountaineer, relates the idealistic goals, dreams, and ambitions of the team members, tells how their inexperience led to disaster, and describes the complexities and day-to-day toil of high-altitude mountaineeringA speck in the sea: a story of survival and rescue
Par John Aldridge. 2017
Ten stories of survivals that depend on life-and-death choices. Collection includes depictions of the fateful Donner Party excursion to California…
in 1846 and the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 in 1982. For grades 6-9 and older readersJack Knight's brave flight: how one gutsy pilot saved the U.S. Air Mail Service
Par Jill Esbaum. 2022
"When Jack Knight takes off in his biplane from North Platte, Nebraska, in 1921, hundreds of people crowd the airstrip.…
Is Jack transporting a famous passenger? Is he ferrying medicine for a sick child? Nope--Jack has six sacks of mail. For the past few years, biplanes like Jack's have been flying the mail only during daylight hours. Flying after dark is risky and crashes are too common, so lawmakers decide to cut funding for the US Air Mail Service. Outraged officials and pilots want to prove that flying the mail is best, so they concoct a plan--a coast-to-coast race. But when a crash, exhaustion, and a snowstorm ground three of the planes, Jack Knight becomes the race's only hope. All he has to do is fly all night long, leaning out of the plane to see, and navigate a blizzard over land he's never covered with an empty fuel tank. Will Jack pull it off and save the Air Mail Service?" -- Provided by publisherEverest 1922: the Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest Mountain
Par Mick Conefrey. 2022
"The first attempt on Everest in 1922 by George Leigh Mallory and a British team is an extraordinary story full…
of controversy, drama, and incident, populated by a set of larger-than-life characters straight out of an adventure novel. The expedition ended in tragedy when, on their third bid for the top, Mallory's party was hit by an avalanche that left seven men dead. Using diaries, letters, and unpublished accounts, Mick Conefrey creates a rich, character-driven narrative that explores the motivations and private dramas of the key individuals-detailing their backroom politics and bitter rivalries-who masterminded this epic adventure." -- Provided by publisherVermont wild: adventures of Vermont Fish & Game Wardens. Volume 1
Par Megan Price. 2011
Life on ice: 25 Years Of Arctic Exploration
Par Lonnie Dupre. 2011
Are We There Yet?: How Humans Find Their Way (Orca Timeline #4)
Par Maria Birmingham, Drew Shannon. 2023
On the beaten path: an Appalachian pilgrimage (Off The Beaten Path Ser.)
Par Robert Alden Rubin. 2000
Every year, a couple thousand would-be "thruhikers" set out to walk the entire 2,000-mile length Georgia- to Maine Appalachian Trail.…
About one of every 10 actually makes it. Robert Rubin's chances did not look good. Thirty-eight years old, dispirited, and burned out, he dreamed of leaving mortgage, wife, and cul-de-sac life behind for a journey that would take half a year-- or might never end. What awaited Rubin was not the solo trek he'd imagined, but a strange vagrant culture of pilgrims and dropouts with its own rules and rituals."The thrill of the chase: a memoir
Par Forrest Fenn. 2010