Títulos em Aventureiros, Exploradores e Sobreviventes

At seven years old in Newburgh, New York, Lawyer Johnson’s innocence was stolen, and he carried that secret into the housing projects of Goldsboro, North Carolina, where violence and chaos shaped his teenage years. By the time he reached the crack-era streets of Brooklyn, his trauma had twisted into rage, betrayal, and hustling that led straight to a prison cell. But the cages that were supposed to break him became the fire that revealed his strength. From Rikers Island to North Carolina prisons, Johnson wrestled with the scars of abuse and began the long fight toward healing.

This is a testimony of faith, a story of how Jesus found Dawn, steeped in trauma and drug abuse, at the age of sixteen. Her walk of faith was not linear. She gives an honest and unfiltered look into the messy walk of a believer in Christ. Her story is one of hope. Despite all the odds, she became the person that no one would have thought possible. Her life story shows that every promise and word of God does prove true. No matter how far we stray back out into the "wilderness," he will still come for us.

When her horse bucked her off at a rodeo, professional barrel racer Marci Powell shattered her neck and back in two places — injuries so severe doctors warned she might never walk again, let alone ride. But Marci’s story didn’t end in that arena. Through pain, fear, and the silent battles of PTSD, she learned that standing again isn’t about perfection — it’s about persistence. This book is for anyone who’s been broken — by trauma, by loss, by life itself — and is trying to find their way back.

This was my journey, throughout the years of enduring deception by manipulation that contributed to me falling into a brain fog that led me into a downward spiral. My husband was cunning and knew just how to persuade me and alter who God created me to be. For fifty years he led me down a negative pathway, of what could have been the road of no return. Continuing in my cloudy behavior would have killed me, but Jesus intervened, showing me HIS truth that set me free!

"J’ai été un otage, j’ai vécu des heures sombres enfermé dans les geôles d’une Katiba islamiste. Je m’étais fait une promesse : si je survis, je témoignerai de ce que j’ai vécu. Une telle perspective m’a aidé à ne pas sombrer dans le désespoir ou la folie. Je suis un militaire, un homme de terrain, un ancien membre du Service Action de la DGSE.
Toute ma vie, j’ai choisi le danger, les missions périlleuses, le combat. J’ai survécu mais cette épreuve m’a changé à jamais. Quand on a envisagé chaque jour comme le dernier, peut-on s’estimer sauvé d’avoir retrouvé la liberté ?"

Dans ce récit de guerre d'une rare intensité, le lecteur est plongé au sein d'une unité de combat, lors de l'opération Barkhane. Il nous fait partager le danger omniprésent, la prise de risque nécessaire pour remplir la mission, la fraternité d'armes, les joies et les peines. Il plonge le lecteur dans les dunes de sable, sous une chaleur écrasante, où la mort peut surgir à tout instant et où la ruse du tacticien, la bataille de l'influence et la force morale sont aussi décisives qu'un canon de 155mm.

This author shares her journey from a childhood shaped by abuse, silence, and shame to the long, difficult path of healing and self-discovery. Through powerful storytelling and emotional honesty, she recounts what it means to survive abuse, raise children in the aftermath, and find strength in vulnerability. This memoir is a story of reclaiming identity, learning to trust again, and the quiet power of rebuilding a life from the ground up. It is a tribute to the resilience of those who’ve endured in silence, and a beacon of hope for anyone ready to begin again.

From personal loss to phantom diseases, The Empathy Exams is a bold and brilliant collection. A Publishers Weekly Top Ten Essay Collection of Spring 2014 Beginning with her experience as a medical actor who was paid to act out symptoms for medical students to diagnose, Leslie Jamison's visceral...

Andrew’s second book, Travels with Tracy: Tales from a Midlife Gap Year, is not your typical travel memoir. With successful careers behind them, supportive families and a lifetime of hard work up their sleeves, Andrew and Tracy decided to pack up their lives and embark on a richly diverse two-year journey through seventeen countries, across five continents.

With the proper guidance, you can explore the outdoors with confidence and ease. The Great Outdoors Hacks That Work is your practical, inspiring guide to discovering nature on your own terms. Blending eco-friendly tips, clever hacks, and personal stories, it helps make every adventure safer, simpler, and more memorable.

Ich habe mich selbst in Ketten gelegt, als ich auf meine Ängste hörte und ihnen jedes Wort abnahm. Bis ich ihnen nicht mehr gehorchte. Ein Auto bringt ein leidendes Herz nach Schweden und von dort auch wieder zurück. Doch es ist eine Reise wie keine andere ... Eine gestandene Frau sucht ihren eigenen mythischen Vogel und entdeckt dabei das geheimnisvolle Leuchten eines beeindruckenden Landes mitsamt dessen urmystischer Energie. ... autobiografisch, unbeschönt, echt in jeder Zeile und dem Raum dazwischen

From surviving an horrific dog attack as a toddler, to the tragic death of his father in a car accident, to the challenges of leaving the country of his birth and then finally to the very emotional divorce from his wife... this story has truth at its heart and purpose at its soul. Funny, tragic, and at times unbelievable, the story weaves its way from various towns in the regional Eastern Cape Province of South Africa to the cities of the Gold Coast, Sydney and Brisbane.

No livro, originalmente escrito em francês, o aeronauta e inventor brasileiro relata com entusiasmo e precisão suas primeiras conquistas no ar, revelando os desafios, as emoções e os ideais que impulsionaram suas realizações. A narrativa combina observações pessoais, reflexões sobre o progresso científico e descrições vívidas dos voos que marcaram o início da era da aviação.

Blue House: Ten Years on the Way Home tells the struggles, traumas and tragedies of a family in the former USSR during Stalin's reign, pre-WWII. Dispossessed of the happy home and wealth they built through their own sweat and labor, they were forced to withstand horrors and hardships as their daily bread...when there was any bread.

Five Women. A Crumbling City. A Daring Flight to Freedom. August 2021. The fall of Kabul. Twenty years after they were defeated, the Taliban storms Afghanistan's capital, claiming every piece of land they pass and plunging the city into chaos. For Anjali and four other women, who were all from...

Experiencing severe abuse during childhood, Paul struggled to manage life. His struggles were complicated by attention deficit disorder and dyslexia. Paul turned to faith in God and prayer in facing the challenges of life. After a near-death experience and a brutal beating, he ran away and walked through the New Mexico desert with prayer and a promise to God to always go to church, perform missionary service, get an education, and marry in the church. Paul was rescued by a family at 1:00 am. on a dark and lonely road after being told by the spirit to "Go to the highway as fast as you can."

The Odell Buckenflush Chronicles 5 is the unforgettable conclusion to Steve Spencer’s beloved series of river adventures, where outdoor education meets laugh-out-loud storytelling. Dr. Odell Buckenflush—part myth, part mischief, and entirely unforgettable—returns in a final collection of forty-eight tales that blend canoeing escapades, survival lessons, family misadventures, and tongue-in-cheek philosophy. From battling sudden floods in the Ozarks to surviving paddling mishaps that turn into life lessons, these chronicles remind us that the river is both a teacher and a trickster.

A gifted multi-sport athlete and a devout Roman Catholic, Derek Ruth was barely one month shy of his thirteenth birthday when he suffered a traumatic brain injury on the football field. As his family, friends, and even competitors gathered, they prepared for the worst while praying for a miracle, as Derek was on an eight-minute life-flight to the hospital where the heroic doctors would work to save his life. But while everyone waited for news, Derek was spending extended time with Jesus in heaven, who offered him a choice.

They called her Kizzy a name that carried mystery, sweetness, and prophecy. To the world, she was peculiar, too much, too fast, too different. But within her was a story that could not be silenced. In KIZZY, Shakitha Jamerson delivers a raw and soul-stirring memoir of survival, faith, and transformation. Through 35 unforgettable chapters, she peels back layers of silence, shame, and struggle to reveal resilience, redemption, and the power of a God who never let go.

While hiking down from the Grand Teton in Wyoming, sixty two year old Dan Wenker slid into an ice mote and dropped sixty feet, landing on a small three-foot ledge under the ground. Staying on Guard is his story of how he survived the experience and went on to have more adventures. Dan began mountain climbing in his fifties, and despite more than one accident and a near death experience, he is not done yet. He shares the value of staying active in mid- and late-life, how to do so safely by staying on guard, and the importance of finding your why and having wonderful and meaningful experiences.