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From the New York Times bestselling author Caroline Paul, a thrilling, gravity-defying book that takes us skyward to explore the art of aeronautics—and the human drive to live daringly. Flying has long represented that beautiful, high-stakes human drive to invent, to explore, to experience. Caroline Paul has known it since she was twenty and learned to fly a single-engine plane for the first time. In her thirties, she moved to a paraglider; in her forties, a motorized hang glider.

In the spring of 2022, renowned long distance motorcycle riders Wendy Crockett and Ian McPhee set out to execute their meticulously planned World Record ride attempt. The premise was simple enough: Visit every Australian state in alphabetical order, documenting each visit by photographing the state’s capitol building. The approach would then be replicated in the United States, visiting a grand total of 58 capitols on an epic road trip adventure spanning two continents and three countries.

In the 1700’s a Mestiza born in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia must leave her familiar surroundings to a new and inhospitable country in Central America with her family. After some time, she falls in love with a local boy but is forced not to see him. When the time comes when the fortress/small castle where she lives has to be defended from English filibusters, not only her young love but his father also dies.

Across every era of human history, one star has commanded the gaze with unmatched brilliance: Sirius. Visible from nearly every inhabited corner of the Earth, it has guided travelers, inspired mythmakers, and puzzled astronomers. But beyond its brightness lies a far deeper story—of science and symbolism, of stellar evolution and ancient memory, of cosmic scale and human meaning.

Is there a sports team more synonymous with winning than the New York Yankees? The team of Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Berra, Ford, Mantle, Jackson, Mattingly? Of Torre, Jeter, and Rivera? Of forty American League pennants, twenty-seven World Championships, and nearly forty Hall of Famers? Like so many great American institutions, the Yankees began humbly, on the muddy, uneven grass of Hilltop Park. Eighteen years later the little second-class franchise won its first pennant. Today, the Yankees are worth more than a billion dollars.

I would like to take you on a journey. It’s going to be a journey across many oceans, over a lot of water but very much a journey of the human spirit. This is not a sailing story. It’s much more than that. My seven crew and I participated in the fatal 1998 Sydney to Hobart yacht race in which 6 men tragically died, 55 were rescued and a number of boats sank. On our boat, for 15 hours, we thought that we had found out how we were going to die. By a slim margin, we managed to survive that incredible cornerstone event in each of our lives.

“Original, compelling, and memorable…Fehrman sheds new light on a fabled story, and tells it in a way that puts all of us back in a vanished but resonant world.” —Jon Meacham • “Here, at long last, is the Lewis and Clark expedition presented in living technicolor.” —Hampton Sides...

Become a stronger, faster, and injury-resistant runner with Running Rewired, the updated second edition of the essential running biomechanics book from Jay Dicharry, America’s leading endurance sports physical therapist.

25,000 miles. Countless lessons. One runner’s story of discipline, endurance, and purpose. From his first high school cross country practice to competing at the NCAA National Championships to crossing the finish line at the Boston Marathon, running has been far more than a sport for Brady DeHaven. Over eight years and 25,000 miles, he discovered that the true rewards of running aren’t medals or finish times—they’re the lessons that shape character, build habits, and transform everyday life.

Parents shape their young athletes' mental strength through everyday interactions, creating the foundation for both athletic success and life skills. This comprehensive guide gives parents the tools they need to build resilience, confidence, and mental toughness in their young athletes.

If you want to learn how to train, race, and succeed in triathlons as a triathlete, then check out HowExpert Guide to Triathlons.Imagine spending months or years dedicated to a specific goal and the euphoria associated with the moment when the work has paid off. That is a feeling unlike any other and exactly how it feels to cross the finish line of a triathlon. However, crossing that line is not happenstance. The outcome is reflective of months of hard work and requires a process and a plan that can be difficult to navigate without knowing where to start.

In this powerful memoir told through a series of raw, unfiltered letters, Tamara Dillard invites listeners into the most vulnerable parts of her story—from the pain of childhood abuse and the failures of the foster care system, to the healing she found in unexpected places and people. Each letter is written to someone who left an imprint on her life: the helpers, the hurters, and the bystanders. Letters to the Village is not just a story of survival—it's a testament to the ripple effects of our actions and inactions.

Melanie stepped onto the Appalachian Trail with a desire to thruhike and strip life down to its essentials. She longed for clarity, challenge, and the freedom of the wild. What began as a test of endurance became a journey of resilience, self-discovery, and deep human connection. Through months of walking, she experienced both the beauty and the struggle of trail life, from the unpredictability of nature to the hilarious moments that only come with spending endless days in the wilderness. With humor, heart, and unfiltered honesty, she shares the lessons that transformed her along the way.

Vom Schatten ins Licht erzählt die eindrucksvolle Lebensgeschichte von Bagher Ahmadi, einem jungen Hazara aus Afghanistan, der sich bereits mit 13 Jahren gegen alle Widerstände auf die Suche nach Freiheit, Identität und einem neuen Leben machte. Aufgewachsen in den Bergen Afghanistans und geprägt von Verlust, Flucht und Entbehrungen, begibt er sich auf eine gefährliche Reise durch den Iran und Europa. Mit unerschütterlichem Willen trotzt der Krieg und der Einsamkeit des Exils verfolgt er unbeirrt seinen großen Traum: die Schauspielerei.

He wasn’t fast. He wasn’t flashy. He wasn’t supposed to make it. But Tom Brady didn’t just beat the league — he rewrote it. From 199th pick to seven-time Super Bowl champion, GOAT is the sharp, unforgiving story of the man who turned quarterback into algorithm, the Patriots into a dynasty, and doubt into fuel. With chapters covering Spygate, Deflategate, 28–3, the Bledsoe moment, the breakup with Belichick, the reinvention, the retirement(s), and the afterlife — this book tracks the full evolution of Brady as myth, machine, and man. Tom Brady broke the league. And the league never recovered.

There was a time when DJ Carey didn’t need a surname. The star player of a Kilkenny hurling team that dominated the sport for a decade, he had a rare, natural talent that led his county to five All Ireland titles and won him nine All Stars. DJ wasn’t just a hero on the pitch—his easy charm, generosity, and readiness to meet young fans made him a national treasure. Throughout his meteoric rise, strange rumours followed him. In 2003, shocking claims that DJ was dying of cancer swept the country. Two decades later, the truth emerged.

Mass Extinction Number 6: The End of Our Time on Earth is a sobering and powerful exploration of the ongoing ecological collapse unfolding in the 21st century—a catastrophe not caused by an asteroid or supervolcano, but by us. In the tradition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and Elizabeth Kolbert’s The Sixth Extinction, Ronald Baldwin brings a unique blend of investigative clarity, emotional urgency, and narrative power to this stark warning about humanity’s role in triggering the sixth mass extinction event in Earth’s history.

Emily Lyons survived a bomb detonated by Eric Robert Rudolph in Birmingham, Alabama on Jan 29th, 1998. Rudolph was on the FBI's Top Ten for over five years with a reward of one million dollars. The manhunt cost $30 million. Emily sustained extensive injuries, including the loss of her eye. This book is about the attack, but there is so much more – love and hate, life and death, joy and sorrow. Most of all, it is about survival. Tragic events do not make a person special. Life knocks everybody down. What counts is how you stand up afterwards.

Why do England lose? Why does Scotland suck? Why doesn't America dominate the sport internationally...and why do the Germans play with such an efficient but robotic style? These are questions every soccer aficionado has asked. Soccernomics answers them. Using insights and analogies from...

Diary of a Dog Patcher is a raw and unflinching memoir of trauma, survival, and transformation — told with heartbreaking honesty, unexpected humor, and a fierce love that refuses to let silence win. Born into a lineage of addiction, abandonment, suicide, and shame, Casey Carpenter was adopted at age five by her maternal grandparents. Raised in a modest neighborhood known as “Dog Patch,” where grief was inherited and hard things weren’t spoken aloud, she learned early how to patch together what others left broken.