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"Ranking alongside Ranulph Fiennes and Chris Bonnington in the pantheon of British explorers, David Hempleman-Adams is the first person in history to achieve what is termed the Adventurers' Grand Slam, by reaching the Geographic and Magnetic North and South Poles as well as climbing the highest peaks on all seven continents. But this feat is merely tip of the iceberg. Having reaching the summit of Everest on the more difficult north side and flown...
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Essays from the adventures and philosophy of a hillbilly savant. From running away from home at the age of five to joining a circus in his sixties. Quantum mechanics, spending time with Timothy Leary and publishing a model of consciousness at a scientific conference. Teaching himself to fly fish at the age of seven and helping his son catch a rare trout on the fly rod at the age of five.
Digging sapphires and catching crawdads. An Eagle Scout with...
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One year. Four continents. And a love-crazed travel writer going off the beaten track.
In 1989, Frank Kusy found himself the unwilling love pawn of a booted and bodiced Boadicea on a Harley low rider. Then he fell in love with someone else, and it got a lot worse. Trapped in a small bedsit in London, with strange foreign curses coming through the door, he jumped at the chance to write a travel book on South East Asia. There followed the craziest year...
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"…a hilarious memoir about enlightenment and old age…"
"…a superb lead-in to Frank's travel memoirs proper…"
"…honest, whimsical, and keenly observing…"
"...Frank is a wonderful storyteller, I really warmed to him..."
As Frank Kusy turns 27 he is unexpectedly put in charge of an old people's home in Clapham, South London. Driven to distraction by a crazy cast of characters he seeks solace in Buddhism, only to find himself up to his ears...
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A discovery in Feral House's Tramp Lit Series, Bart Kennedy's 1908 A Tramp's Philosophy is Kennedy's late work distilling his life and experiences into a concept for living. He includes insights on everything from religion to civilization to crime to the lure of the open roads.
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From the acclaimed author of In Praise of Paths comes a humorous and modest Walden for modern times.
As nature becomes ever more precious, we all want to spend more time appreciating it. But time is often hard to come by. And how do we appreciate nature without disruption? In this sensitively-written book, Torbjørn Ekelund, an acclaimed Norwegian nature writer, shares a creative and non-intrusive method for immersing oneself...
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You Can't Win, the beloved memoir of real lowdown Americana by criminal hobo Jack Black, was first published in 1926, then reprinted in 1988 by Adam Parfrey's Amok Press, featuring an introduction by William S. Burroughs.
After its Amok Press edition went out of print, You Can't Win found popularity once again with the AK Press edition.
Feral House's new version will take this classic American narrative a lot further,
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Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (1821—1890) was a British writer, poet, linguist, explorer, translator, geographer, ethnologist, orientalist, Freemason, diplomat, and cartographer best remembered for extensively travelling in and exploring Africa, Asia, and the Americas. An extraordinary polyglot, he spoke 29 languages and gained extensive knowledge of many different cultures and their practices. His most famous works include English translations...
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Marching to the beat of her own drums, Roseanney Liu shares her first half-life memoir, ‘You did WHAT now?’ that details many experiences that shaped, who she is today, a straight shooter giving and tolerating no BS, able to see the humor in most things, and a boundless curiosity and energy that enable her, to explore the possibility in everything that piques her interest. ‘You did WHAT now?’ gives, detailed account Liu's close encounters...
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At eighteen, Vermont-native Leath Tonino ventured west to attend college in Colorado. Upon hearing his destination, many of Tonino's friends and family predicted that he'd never come back; he'd make the 'land of endless space and sky, its ranges and their storms' his home. 'The West will swallow you,' one said, in a tone that felt like part warning and part prophecy.
More than a decade later Tonino continues to call Vermont his home. But despite...
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In 1947, Bradford Angier and his wife, Vena, both disillusioned with city life, decided to attempt living off the land, trading Boston for the frontier town of Hudson's Hope, British Columbia. With their Irish wolfhound in tow, they headed out to try the simple life for just one year - and ended up lingering far longer than originally planned. The Angiers' rough-hewn adventures resulted in a series of best-selling books, including How to Stay Alive...
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Christian Beamish, a former editor at The Surfer's Journal, envisioned a low-tech, self-reliant exploration for surf along the coast of North America, using primarily clothes and instruments available to his ancestors, and the 18-foot boat he would build by hand in his garage. How the vision met reality - and how the two came to shape each other - places Voyage of the Cormorant in the great American tradition of tales of life at sea, and what it has...
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Throughout history, many people have escaped to nature either permanently or temporarily to rest and recharge. Richard L. Proenneke, a modern-day Henry David Thoreau, is no exception. Proenneke built a cabin in Twin Lakes, Alaska in 1968 and began thirty years of personal growth, which he spent growing more connected to the wilderness in which he lived. This guide through Proenneke's memories follows the journey that began with One Man's Wilderness,...
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A diverse collection of remarkable stories that represent the universal thrill of the hunting experience.
From stalking the big game of the African savannah, to grouse shooting in the American Northeast, to bear hunting in the Pacific Northwest, a hunter's experience is as varied as the terrain that he or she traverses. But what is universal is the joy and elation that a hunter experiences while out in the field. Found in this collection are timeless...
15) Montagnes
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Extrait : "Pour les âmes — rares — qui ne goûtent pleinement les voluptés du destin terrestre que dans les formes ardentes, excessives et métaphysiques de la nature, il n'y a pas de choix à faire entre la Mer et la Montagne. Pas plus que pour le grand buveur entre le Bourgogne et le Bordeaux."
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« Aucun grimpeur de rocher n'a été aussi visionnaire, hardi et inébranlable. Ou ne s'est fait autant plaisir. »
Californie, années 70. L'escalade libre est en plein essor et s'imprègne des idéaux de la culture hippie, baignée de rock et de substances illicites.
À la croisée de ces mondes, Jim Bridwell déboule au Yosemite et révolutionne l'escalade de grandes parois. Son ascension en un jour de l'immense face du Nose, en 1975, marque...
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"In this engaging follow-up to her first book, Travel Mania, Karen Gershowitz reflects on the unusual places she's visited (in more than ninety countries!). Along the way, readers will be introduced to the unconventional people she's met, and weird-and often wonderful--food she's tasted, transporting readers deep into the richness of other cultures and inspiring them to set out on their own journeys."--
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What begins with simple observations from a Utah transplant to Wyoming becomes an ode to family and place, and perhaps an elegy for it all." -Jeffe Kennedy, author of Wyoming Trucks, True Love, and the Weather Channel
In this unconventional memoir, Kevin Holdsworth vividly portrays life in remote, unpredictable country and ruminates on the guts-or foolishness-it takes to put down roots and raise a family in a merciless environment.
Growing up in Utah,...
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Scale the world's highest peaks, plunge to the depths of the ocean, wade through the dense jungles of the Amazon, and cross every terrain in between in Incredible Survival Stories. Featuring more than a dozen firsthand accounts from celebrated explorers and adventurers, this collection includes some of the most perilous accounts of man versus nature ever to be penned. Prepare to be amazed, as within these pages you'll:
•Join Theodore Roosevelt's...
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Il suffit d'un déclic, d'un choix fait à un moment clef de sa vie pour la rendre complètement extraordinaire!
Steph Davis, une américaine hors limite, qui aime prendre des risques, se laissant guider par son instinct et agissant en fonction de ce qu'elle ressent au plus profond d'elle-même. Pour inégalée qu'elle soit, sa place dans le monde de l'alpinisme a quelque chose de profondément humain. Dans ce livre, elle raconte ses débuts dans...
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