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Sent blind soon after birth David Hume stubbornly refused to live the limited life well-meaning elders and social norms expected. 'I do not wake in the morning and regret I'm blind. No, I wake and look to another win in a busy life.' To date, that encompasses years in a blind institute, two marriages, grieving for two outstanding wives, founding recruiting firms, devising marketing techniques, facing business collapse, sailing ocean races and through much of it, being the lead singer in popular bands. If you enjoy a short biography that inspires, saddens, cheers and sticks in your memory, then don't put aside Blind Without Barriers.

David Hume, Peter R Murray (Author), Robert De Graaw (Narrator)

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Cries of the Savanna: An Adventure. An awakening. A journey to understanding African wildlife conser

Her first night in a Tanzanian tent began with a prowling lion’s roar. Will the savage terrors open her eyes to an unseen world? Sue Tidwell lived in awe of Africa’s extraordinary wildlife. After years spent appreciating the animals in her imagination, the tenderhearted American hated the idea of joining her husband on a big game hunt. And getting attacked by blood-sucking tsetse flies the moment she stepped off the plane gave no hint of the mind-blowing change of perspective in her future… With her initial animosity turning into curiosity as they breathlessly tracked dangerous beasts, Sue formed a surprising bond with their young, female, government-assigned game scout. And as she became entranced by the tales and wisdom from the Masimba Camp crew, she was humbled by the mystery of the vilified safari and the people who relied on it for survival. Supplementing her own experiences on the elephant-rutted roads with local insights and scientific research into conservation efforts, Tidwell explores how her preconceived beliefs sluiced away under the deluge of reality. And with an evocative narrative peppered with self-deprecating humor, vivid imagery, and over ninety photos and illustrations, you’ll emerge forever changed by the truths this greenhorn found buried in a rugged and romantic landscape. Cries of the Savanna is an unflinching and passionate memoir. If you like awe-inspiring adventures, truth revealed through laughter, and life being stranger than fiction, then you'll adore Sue Tidwell's brush with the wild. Buy Cries of the Savanna to put boots on the ground today! NOTE: The audible version of Cries of the Savanna includes guest narration by Lilian Mremi, the Tanzanian Game Scout featured in the book, as well as the LITERAL cries of the savanna -- lions, hyenas, hippos, elephants, leopards, baboons and more.

Sue Tidwell (Author), Bernadine Bornman, Lilian Mremi, Sue Tidwell (Narrator)

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Graveyard of the Pacific: Shipwreck and Survival on America’s Deadliest Waterway

Off the coast of Oregon, the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean and forms the Columbia River Bar: a watery collision so turbulent and deadly that it’s nicknamed the Graveyard of the Pacific. Two thousand ships have been wrecked on the bar since the first European ship dared to try to cross it. Since then, the commercial importance of the Columbia River has only grown, but despite the construction of jetties on either side, the bar remains treacherous. When Randall Sullivan and a friend set out to cross the bar in a two-man kayak, they’re met with skepticism and concern. But on a clear day in July 2021, when the tides and weather seem right, they embark. As they plunge through the currents that have taken so many lives, Randall commemorates the brave sailors that made the crossing before him—including his own abusive father, a sailor himself who also once dared to cross the bar—and reflects on toxic masculinity, fatherhood, and what drives men to extremes. Rich with exhaustive research and propulsive narrative, Graveyard of the Pacific follows historical shipwrecks through the moment-by-moment details that often determined whether sailors would live or die, exposing the ways in which boats, sailors, and navigation have changed over the decades. As he makes his way across the bar, floating above the wrecks and across the same currents that have taken so many lives, Randall Sullivan faces the past, both in his own life and on the Columbia River Bar.

Randall Sullivan (Author), Lynch Travis (Narrator)

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Prepared: A Manual for Surviving Worst-Case Scenarios

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A former Green Beret's indispensable course in preparedness, teaching the keys to building a resilient and fearless life Most people think that being prepared for catastrophe means stocking up on MREs and building a bunker in their backyard, but this approach leaves you vulnerable in the real world of car accidents, natural disasters, grid failures, and global pandemics. Prepared overturns today's paranoid survival wisdom and teaches the foundational skills of preparedness that will not only help you build situational awareness and achieve greater mobility but that will also help you build resilient mental habits. After 20 years in the US Army, Special Forces, and as a government contractor for the CIA, Mike Glover has trained thousands of men, women, and families in the art and science of survival. In this book, he shows you how to: • Harness your brain chemistry to eliminate the freeze response and increase your stress tolerance during a crisis • Fortify your home by learning how to use and store essential foods, water, supplies, first aid, and ammunition in your everyday life • Equip your vehicle with sufficient first aid, so you can respond to injuries even before an ambulance arrives-dramatically increasing your chance of survival in an accident Drawing on Glover's most dire experiences in combat and in the real world, this book shows you how almost no disaster is more powerful than someone who is truly prepared. For Glover, surviving catastrophe is not about fearing crisis, but creating more resilient habits so that you can be ready for whatever comes your way.

Mike Glover (Author), Mike Glover, Ray Porter (Narrator)

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Will to Wild: Adventures Great and Small to Change Your Life

Embrace adventures both big and small and pursue your wild ideas with this motivational guidebook from seasoned adventurer and podcaster Shelby Stanger. Will to Wild is an instruction manual to adventure. Your guide: enthusiastic outdoorswoman Shelby Stanger. Shelby has been teaching folks how to leap into the unknown since she taught her first surf class over twenty years ago. Over the years, she watched many of her students quit their jobs, end dysfunctional relationships, and move across the country for a healthier work-life-balance—all after spending a bit of time in nature. Shelby marveled at the phenomenon. Being outside was changing the lives of her students, her peers, and herself. Shelby was so intrigued, she began to tell their stories, first as a writer and journalist, then as a podcast host for Wild Ideas Worth Living, REI Co-op Studio's flagship podcast. With her first book, Will to Wild, Shelby shares all she's witnessed and learned in her years covering adventurers. It's the book she wishes she'd had when she'd first felt the urge to leap from familiar to wild terrain. The one that takes you step-by-step from the first inkling of inspiration for your own wild idea through fear and self-doubt and on to the finish line. In these pages, you will find stories with practical tips and tactics from world-famous rock climbers and ultra-runners, to longtime thru-hikers, surfers, desk jockeys who've figured out how to get off the clock, and even a suburban mom who started teaching women to scale frozen waterfalls in her mid-fifties. Along with Shelby's stories, they will show you how to get unstuck, how to pay attention to "trail signs" that point you toward your adventure, how to face your fears, and what to do when everything goes haywire (which will likely happen, never fear!). With Shelby's characteristic strength and vulnerability, Will to Wild encourages you to break out of your comfort zones, get out into nature, and bring their own wild ideas to life. Whether you're already an adventure junkie or someone who's never set up a tent, there's something inside these pages for you.

Shelby Stanger (Author), Shelby Stanger (Narrator)

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Bushcraft First Aid: A Field Guide to Wilderness Emergency Care

From wilderness expert Dave Canterbury and outdoor survival instructor Jason Hunt comes the next installment in the New York Times bestselling Bushcraft series—a go-to first aid resource for anyone headed into the woods. Out in the woods or on top of a mountain, there's no calling 9-1-1. Bushcraft First Aid teaches you how to be your own first responder. The authors' years of experience and training will help hikers and backpackers deal with a variety of emergency situations, from cuts and burns to broken bones and head injuries. You'll also learn what to pack and how to make bandages, dressings, and slings at a moment's notice. As bushcraft experts, Canterbury and Hunt explain how to use plants as medicine to treat various conditions. Bushcraft First Aid provides the lifesaving information you need to keep yourself and your fellow hikers safe on the trail.

Dave Canterbury, Jason A. Hunt (Author), Travis Tonn (Narrator)

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The Secret Carp

The Secret Carp is a fishing book with a difference. As The Independent comments, it is one of the few books that manages to capture the real joy of fishing in such a way that even a non-angler could be seduced. It tells the true story of the events of a single day and night beside an English carp lake in high summer. When he stumbled upon a long-neglected, overgrown lake holding some monster carp, Chris Yates knew that he had discovered the kind of place about which every carp angler dreams. He set about trying to catch the huge, elusive inhabitants with rod and line. It was a quest that was to reveal many insights into the secretive behaviour of this king of freshwater fish and bring him thrillingly into contact with his quarry. Waiting, watching and stalking, quite undeterred by the damp sleeping bag and the cold. Yates' enthralling story whispers adventure and promise. And it is punctuated by moments of great drama as monster fish disturb the tranquil world of the angler. Fishermen of all persuasions will enjoy this masterful angling chronicle.

Chris Yates (Author), Chris Yates (Narrator)

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Unmoored: Coming of Age in Troubled Waters

It’s the sixties. Everything’s groovy. Teenagers bask in the freedom of a country transformed. Counterculture is on the rise, and the times, they-are-a-changing. Everything, that is, except the author’s young life. She doesn’t swoon for the Beatles or scream for the Stones. She doesn’t protest the Vietnam War or fight for women’s rights. Instead, from age seven to sixteen, she accompanies her father to a dilapidated barn on the edge of a dusty little town located on the outskirts of San Francisco, where she works after school, on weekends, and summers building a ship that is supposed to set her free. It is her father’s promise of one day sailing the ocean on a three-year, around-the-world adventure that keeps her going. With the sixties and teenage torment as a backdrop, Unmoored is the parallel story of growth and redemption through the travails of a forty-four-foot schooner and the girl who helped guide it through storms, fire, near destitution and, ultimately, disaster, notwithstanding coping with a cold and moody father. But in the end, she learns that “Heritage’s worth, like ours, is not measured in terms of where she landed nor by what others thought of her, but in the attempt to get somewhere better than where she’d started. In that, she succeeded, and by default, so did we.”

J. R. Roessl (Author), J. R. Roessl (Narrator)

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The Bushcraft Field Guide to Trapping, Gathering, and Cooking in the Wild

"Practical and sized just right, for places where Google can't always be summoned. Includes a guide to what's edible for foragers and key illustrations, in addition to recipes." —The Washington Post What to eat, where to find it, and how to cook it! Renowned outdoors expert and New York Times bestselling author Dave Canterbury provides you with all you need to know about packing, trapping, and preparing food for your treks and wilderness travels. Whether you're headed out for a day hike or a weeklong expedition, you'll find everything you need to survive--and eat well--out in the wild. Canterbury makes certain you're set by not only teaching you how to hunt and gather, but also giving you recipes to make while on the trail. Complete with illustrations to accompany his instructions and a full-color photo guide of plants to forage and those to avoid, this is the go-to reference to keep in your pack. The Bushcraft Field Guide to Trapping, Gathering, and Cooking in the Wild helps you achieve the full outdoor experience. With it, you'll be prepared to set off on your trip and enjoy living off the land.

Dave Canterbury (Author), Travis Tonn (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - PLANTAS SILVESTRES COMESTIBLES PARA PRINCIPIANTES: La Guía Definitiva para Principiantes

La agricultura se introdujo hace sólo un par de cientos de años. Hoy en día, no es posible imaginar un mundo en el que no exista la agricultura o el cultivo. Sin embargo, ¿cómo se las arreglaban nuestros antepasados antes de la llegada de la agricultura? Dependían exclusivamente de la naturaleza para obtener el sustento necesario. Durante la mayor parte de nuestra historia en este planeta, nuestra supervivencia sólo fue posible gracias a la caza y la recolección. Cuando el fuego no estaba disponible, no se podía cazar la carne. En esos casos, se recurría a la recolección de alimentos naturales para el sustento y la supervivencia. Los alimentos naturales encontrados en la naturaleza ayudaban a nutrir sus cuerpos y a curarlos. Todo esto se lograba mediante el forrajeo. El concepto de forrajeas no es ajeno a los humanos. Varias sociedades todavía lo practican para obtener el sustento que necesitan.

Kecia Abbott (Author), Bibiana Segura (Narrator)

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ROSCO The Fastest Aussie on Earth: The amazing true life story of Rosco McGlashan

The story you are about to read is about Rosco McGlashan’s life. I’m very excited to tell you this story as it is so compelling and had to be told. So many people have said they would tell it, but no one has done it yet. So I had to write the incredible story of Rosco’s life, his obsession with speed, thrills, and living on the edge before this rollercoaster of a story was lost forever. Rosco’s early life was challenging and not one of privilege like some in motorsport. He spent time in state-run homes and remand centres, eventually leaving his home and school at 12 after a run-in with his headmaster for parking his car in his shaded spot. He fought everyone and everything, and at 17, he found himself on the wrong side of the law, in prison and even solitary confinement. When things could have spiralled down into a lifetime of crime and worse, he finds salvation through his love of speed and raw horsepower. He focuses his fighting spirit and energy on his motor racing, trying to achieve his goal of breaking the world land speed record and becoming the fastest man on Earth. His motor racing career takes him all over Australia and the USA, meeting some great people and some not-so-great ones. His passion for going fast has led to some incredible adventures and tales, and this book pulls no punches, its warts and all. Some of these true stories will leave you speechless, from being kidnapped by the Russian Mafia when trying to buy two MIG jet fighter engines, crashing a car at close to 600 mph, and clinically dying on an operating table when another car he was racing went off a mountain road. He was revived and went on to break many records. You may not have heard of Rosco McGlashan before. Still, you will honestly ask yourself why after hearing about his incredible life adventures. As Rosco says, “It’s hard to beat someone who never gives up.”

Mark J Read (Author), Greg Newman (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - FORRAJEO PARA LA SUPERVIVENCIA: Métodos Avanzados para Mejorar sus Habilidades de Forraj

El forrajeo es esencialmente el acto de encontrar comida en la naturaleza, incluyendo la recolección de plantas comestibles que crecen de forma natural, la caza de animales o la búsqueda de animales muertos por otros depredadores. Por tanto, si va a cazar al bosque y planea comer los animales que caza, técnicamente está forrajeando para alimentarse. El forrajeo constituye una parte fundamental de la historia del ser humano. Durante el 95% de la existencia de los seres humanos en la tierra, han consumido alimentos mediante el forrajeo. La agricultura tradicional es un proceso relativamente nuevo en comparación con la existencia humana. Sin embargo, ahora que la agricultura formalizada es popular, y los alimentos -de origen animal y vegetal- se pueden conseguir fácilmente en los supermercados, el forrajeo ha caído en desgracia. Para muchos, se asocia con la pobreza y la falta de recursos para comprar (o producir) alimentos.

Kecia Abbott (Author), Bibiana Segura (Narrator)

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