Born and raised in Fort McMurray, Damian Asher was a fifteen year veteran and captain in the city's fire department. On May 1, 2016, when a raging wildfire struck the city and forced the entire population to evacuate, Damian and his...
True adventure stories
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Author:Asher, DamianSummary: - Author:Filippi, Gabriel, Popplewell, BrettSummary:
«La plupart des auteurs de grands récits d’aventures racontent ce qu’ils ont fait. Très peu vous disent pourquoi ils ont fait tout ça et comment tout cela les a changés. L’histoire de Gabriel Filippi est une exploration fascinante qui...
- Author:Bown, Stephen R.Summary:
The immense eighteenth-century scientific journey, variously known as the Second Kamchatka Expedition or the Great Northern Expedition, from St. Petersburg across Siberia to the coast of North America, involved over 3,000 people and...
- Author:Rae, John, McGoogan, KenSummary:
Although Arctic explorer and Hudson Bay Company surveyor John Rae (1813–1893) travelled and recorded the final uncharted sections of the Northwest Passage, he is best known for his controversial discovery of the fate of the lost...
- Author:Russell, OsborneSummary:
In 1834, Osborne Russell joined an expedition from Boston, which proceeded to the Rocky Mountains to capitalize on the lucrative salmon and fur trade. Beginning at the age of twenty, he detailed the life of a trapper in his journal and...
- Author:Ghinsberg, YossiSummary:
What begins as a dream adventure for four amicable--if hastily met--mochileros (backpackers) quickly becomes a struggle for survival as they unravel under the duress of the jungle. They are an odd mix, to be sure: Marcus, the Swiss...
- Author:Carlsen, WilliamSummary:
This is the true story of two nineteenth-century explorers who discovered 1,500-year-old pyramids and temples in Central America and evidence of an astonishingly sophisticated culture. Their discovery of the Mayan civilization would...
- Author:Fleming, FergusSummary:
In a riveting narrative of daredevils and eccentrics, Fergus Fleming gives us the breathtaking story of some of history's greatest explorers as they conquer the soaring peaks of the Alps. Fleming recounts the incredible exploits of...
- Author:Lee, NormanSummary:
The latest addition to TouchWood Editions’ Classics West Collection, Klondike Cattle Drive is the colourful tale of a formidable trek undertaken by legendary Cariboo rancher Norman Lee.In 1898, Lee set out to drive 200 head of cattle...
- Author:Hawes, Jason, Wilson, GrantSummary:
The Atlantic Paranormal Society, aussi connu sous l’acronyme T.A.P.S., est le bébé de deux personnes qui exercent le métier de plombier le jour et d’enquêteurs paranormaux la nuit : Jason Hawes et Grant Wilson. Grâce aux enquêtes...
- Author:Pickman, DebraSummary:
Dans ce livre, Debra Pickman nous raconte elle-même ce qu’elle, son mari Tony et leur fils nouveau-né Taylor ont vécu dans la désormais célèbre maison de Sallie, depuis le jour de leur arrivée jusqu’à celui où, terrorisés, ils se sont...
- Author:Levy, BuddySummary:
Based on the author's exhaustive research, the incredible true story of the Greely Expedition, one of the most harrowing adventures in the annals of polar exploration. In July 1881, Lt. A.W. Greely and his crew of 24 scientists and...
- Author:Lewis, MattSummary:
"A sinister version of The Perfect Storm ... Thrilling." -Sunday Times (UK). For readers of The Perfect Storm, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, and Into the Wild There's nothing that armchair adventure lovers relish more than a gripping...
- Author:Collins, GarySummary:
A storytelling masterpiece, Left to Die is Gary Collins’s most ambitious and creative work to date. With new photos and new research revealed, he recalls with stunning clarity what history remembers about the SS Newfoundland...
- Author:Clavin, Tom.Summary:
An American fighter pilot doomed to die in Buchenwald but determined to survive. On August 13, 1944, Joe Moser set off on his forty-fourth combat mission over occupied France. Soon, he would join almost 170 other Allied airmen as...
- Author:Shrodes, Amy ClariceSummary:
When an Iraqi family is forced to flee their home, they can't bear to leave their beloved cat, Kunkush, behind. So they carry him with them from Iraq to Greece, keeping their secret passenger hidden away. But during the crowded...
- Author:Cremonesi, Kathleen, Inchbald, IsabellaSummary:
If you live life without a net, what happens when you fall? Kathleen Cremonesi knew early on she wanted to be different. Determined to avoid following in her mother's footsteps to an ill-fated marriage, Kathleen left Oregon in her early...
- Author:Sancton, JulianSummary:
The harrowing true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry-with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter-in the tradition of David Grann, Nathaniel Philbrick...
- Author:Saunders, RexSummary:
“This is going to be a good day out in boat,” said Rex Saunders, a sixty-six-year-old sealer from St. Lunaire-Griquet, NL, before heading out to the icefields on May 4, 2009. Later that day, the cold and unforgiving waters of the...
- Author:Collins, GarySummary:
An adventure story from award-winning author Gary Collins: Newfoundland’s Favourite Storyteller!
“There is a feeling that comes to one who goes unafraid into the wilderness. For the very few who experience it comes a sense of...
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