Títulos em Aventureiros, Exploradores e Sobreviventes

No verão de 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton parte a bordo do Endurance em direção ao Atlântico Sul. O objetivo de sua expedição era cruzar o continente antártico, passando pelo Pólo Sul. Mas, a apenas um dia do ponto de desembarque planejado, o Endurance fica aprisionado num banco de gelo no mar de Weddell e acaba sendo destruído. Através dos diários e entrevistas com alguns membros da expedição, Alfred Lansing reconstrói as dificuldades que a tripulação do Endurance enfrentou.

A bailarina de Auschwitz é a história inspiradora e inesquecível de uma mulher que viveu os horrores da guerra e, décadas depois, encontrou no perdão a possibilidade de ajudar outras pessoas a se libertarem dos traumas do passado.

Em 2021, em plena pandemia, a navegadora Tamara Klink partiu da França com o objetivo de chegar até a costa brasileira pelo mar. Nessa empreitada ambiciosa, contou apenas com a companhia permanente de seu caderno e do barco, Sardinha. À distância, teve o apoio (e também a preocupação) constante da família, dos amigos, de Henrique — conselheiro de primeira hora —, e dos admiradores nas redes sociais, que seguiram a viagem praticamente em tempo real.

“A bible for badass women.”—SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR “Gripping and liberating.”—ADAM GRANT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential and Think Again “Survivor legend and gay icon, Parvati Shallow has won my heart all over again.”—BOWEN YANG NATIONAL BESTSELLER •...

A transformational journey through Italy, India, and Bali searching for pleasure and devotion—the massive bestseller from the author of The Signature of All Things This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made...

You'll be awe-inspired by the heroic efforts of the crew of the Endurance, a ship that battled its way for six weeks through thousands of miles of pack ice while ironically only a day's sail from its destination.

When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were...

Haunting forty-year-old injuries. Inexperienced in foreign travel. No Spanish-speaking ability. Yet, the Camino de Santiago whispered its call: Come walk 500 miles across the French Pyrenees and northern Spain. Alone. What could go wrong?

In 1968, I was a sixteen-year-old girl with three passions: writing, my boyfriend, and sex. So… I started a diary, got married, and had a baby. Now, in 2025, I am a seventy-three-year-old woman with three passions: writing, my family, and, well… It's time to tell my story... As a teenager, Dawn had everything she wanted in suburban Toronto—good grades, proud parents, and a passionate romance with an ambitious young artist. But when her father's affair shattered her family and her mother warned "you can't trust men," her world turned upside down.

The House That Broke My Home: Based on a true story of child sexual abuse is a raw, courageous journey through a mother’s worst nightmare—and her relentless pursuit of healing, justice, and hope. When her children reveal the unthinkable betrayal by someone she trusted most—her father-in-law—everything changes. What was once a safe family home becomes the symbol of pain, silence, and devastation. But in the midst of grief, guilt, and unimaginable heartache, she refuses to let their story end in ruin.

Trial and tribulation are nothing new to Vera Simpson Gaines. When her mother sickened and died when Vera was a young girl, the effects were devastating, yet she managed to come through with her sanity intact and a strong sense of determination which served her well in later years as she faced more difficulties. Firmly rooted in her faith and the belief that God does not give you more than you can handle, in the intervening years she has faced estrangement from her father and other family members, an often rocky marriage, and scores of health problems that would have felled a lesser woman.

When Niké Ojekunle lost her health, her career and nearly her life, she entered a journey few talk about. A journey through trauma, domestic violence, betrayal and spiritual upheaval. But it was also a journey into the most powerful truths of the brain, the mind and the unseen forces that shape our reality. In this book, Niké weaves neuroscience with manifestation, psychology with mysticism and pain with resurrection.

A wild adventure on horseback, beyond the Mississippi River into America's far west of 1832. Washington Irving, author of the “The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle,” joins a group of inexperienced rangers, hunters and an assortment of colorful characters on a trip into the unsettled prairies. Their goal: meeting Native Americans, hunting buffalo and getting in trouble.

A fearless and funny memoir about love, loss, adventure, and the photographs we take to remember who we are. The Love Offensive travels from a Massachusetts childhood to wanderlust-fueled trips across the world — and into the heart of what it means to lose and find yourself again. Through humor, grief, friendship, family, and art, Tara tells a story about the things that break us, the things that save us, and the extraordinary ways we learn to keep going.

Bo Joseph’s life reads like one of his own stories. Raw, reckless, and relentlessly real. A high school dropout and convicted felon, he spent his teens and twenties doing everything he could to derail his future. By thirty, he’d hit rock bottom. Divorced, bankrupt, and arrested more times than he could count. But somewhere between the wreckage and redemption, he found his voice. The B-Train: An American Loser is Joseph's brutally honest and darkly funny account of second chances, survival, and self-discovery.

Todos vivimos en prisiones ocultas: el duelo, la ira, la vergüenza, el trauma, la inseguridad, la ansiedad. Incluso virtudes como el amor, el honor, el deber y la lealtad, pueden convertirse sigilosamente en muros que nos encierran. Pero no importa cuán imponente sea la prisión, siempre hay una puerta de salida. Inspirado por su extraordinaria historia, desde el encarcelamiento hasta convertirse en autor bestseller experto en resiliencia y empresario, Shaka Senghor revela la mentalidad y las prácticas que transformaron su vida y que pueden ayudarte a construir tu propia libertad.

Salvaguardar el asombro, mantener alerta la curiosidad, explorar sin limitación todo cuanto aparezca ante los ojos y, si no se dan las circunstancias, salir corriendo y no mirar atrás han sido las motivaciones de mi viaje por el mundo. Así lo cuento para ustedes en estas páginas que hilvanan episodios y memoria, con ellas espero despertarles, al menos, la sonrisa.

In Lost & Found: The Journey of Socorro, Linda Ann Sanchez shares her remarkable memoir of survival, resilience, and self-discovery. From the uncertainty of her earliest years to the struggles of growing up in a world where she never quite felt at home, Linda’s story is one of perseverance and hope. Through the trials of adoption, the challenges of family relationships, and the search for faith and purpose, Linda discovers that healing isn’t just about finding where you come from—it’s about embracing where you are meant to be.

Unbroken: From Bullied to Boardroom tells Ron Cox’s powerful true story—rising from trauma, depression, and failure, to success, guided by his grandfather’s words and his own relentless drive to build a better life.

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