True Adventure

THE YEAR IS 1921. A 14-year-old boy abandons the comforts of home for the wild, untamed bushlands of East Africa to become a hunter. This incredible true-life story follows his exploits in a harsh land where life's lessons must be learned quickly, or die young. Determined to succeed, he undertakes any odd job to put food on the table. His attempts at farming, gold mining and running a garage seemed doomed to failure as he is constantly called back to a life in the bush. Enjoy accounts of his amazing escapades, filled with more excitement and adventure than anyone could have in 10 lifetimes....

Angel DeLucca is one of the most sought after gay bachelors in Virginia Beach. He's smart successful, lethal, and more than anything he's drop dead gorgeous. When a one night hook-up goes terribly wrong, Angel comes into contact with the breathtaking Maximus "Max" Strong. Max is a firefighter for the Virginia Beach Fire Department. Max is beautiful, charming, and also very straight. One meeting with the mysteriously, sexy Angel DeLucca and a whiff of that silky, jet black hair, Max finds himself questioning everything he's known to be true about himself.

After her plane crashes, a 17-year-old girl spends 11 days walking through the Peruvian jungle. Against all odds, with no food, shelter, or equipment, she gets out. A better equipped group of adult survivors of the same crash sits down and dies. What makes the difference?

With the long awaited day finally approaching, Dare eagerly rushes home to wed the women he loves. Basking in the prospect of marital bliss, his family happily settled at Nirim Manor and growing closer by the day, his life is as idyllic as he ever could've hoped. And beyond the comforts of home there are still wilds to explore and dungeons to look forward to, with a party of skilled adventurers he's brought together standing at his back ready to venture out into the world with him. Best of all, no matter how far he roams the women he loves and their children are waiting to welcome him upon ...

What would a sailing challenge be without green water over the bow and a hard beat to windward? ‘Quest on the Thorny Path’ is the second book of the Quest series. You are now on the feared and fabled Thorny Path. Leave the laid back cruiser hangout of Georgetown, Bahamas behind and hit the big ocean waves for the first time. From Georgetown we take the path less traveled through the deserted and desolate out islands of the southern Bahamas. After a short stay in the Turks and Caicos, our course takes us to the north coast of Hispaniola. Christopher Columbus appropriately named this ...

True Raiders tells the untold true story of Monty Parker, a British rogue nobleman who, after being dared to do so by Ava Astor, the so-called “most beautiful woman in the world,” headed a secret 1909 expedition to find the fabled Ark of the Covenant. Like a real-life version of Raiders of the Lost Ark, this incredible story of adventure and mystery has almost been completely forgotten today. Using recently uncovered records from the original expedition and several newly translated sources, True Raiders is the first retelling of this group’s adventures.

Seventy-foot waves batter a torn life raft 250 miles out tosea in one of the world's most dangerous places, the Gulf Stream. Hanging on to the raft are three men, a Canadian, a Brit, and their captain, Jean Pierre de Lutz, a dual citizen of America and France. Their capsized forty-seven-foot sailboat has filled with water and disappeared below the tempestuous sea. The giant waves repeatedly toss the men out of their tiny vessel, and JP, with ninebroken ribs, is hypothermic and on the verge of death.

A love story and a fight to survive A young man decides to do the Santiago Path alone. There he meets Valeria, a young Brazilian who, after a bad break-up, is eager to start a new life. The two meet each other, walk together and end up falling in love. As they begin making plans for their future, however something unbelievable happens in the middle of the Path and they’ll have to fight, not only for their relationship but also for their lives. Only for readers who like a good twist and strong emotions.

How and why to live in a car, van or RV, and learn to love it! There are two main reasons you might buy a book on living in a vehicle: 1) You're being forced into it by a bad economy, divorce, or unemployment, or 2) The "American Dream" has become a nightmare for you and you are dropping out of the rat race. Whatever your reason, this book will tell you everything you need to make it the best possible experience it can be. We'll cover details like: which vehicle to live in and how to find it, where to park, staying clean, going to the bathroom, how to cook in a van, get out of debt, survive...

The True Adventures of an Alaska Sourdough in the Greatest Big-Game Country on Earth, the Upper Yukon. Major Nevill Armstrong was the first civilized man to set foot in the Macmillan River wilderness on the Upper Yukon. On a prospecting trip there in 1905 with another sourdough during a 16-month prospecting trip turned survival ordeal, fell in love with that brutal country 300 miles from the nearest post.* Fast forward 10 years Nevill Armstrong returns with a few other sportsmen to reap the reward of his previous scouting adventures. On a hunting trip in 1914 he found that the riches of ...

For Zeb Hogan, bigger is better - especially when it comes to fish. From sawfish to alligator gars to giant stingrays, Zeb's on a mission to save the world's freshwater giants. In this cool Chapter book, you'll join Zeb on amazing - and true - adventures with supersize swimmers.

Follow along with National Geographic explorer Brady Barr as he crawls into a muddy hole just barely big enough for his shoulders, and comes face to face with 13 crocodiles! Laugh out loud as you learn how to catch a crocodile using shoe laces and underpants. Listen in anticipation to find out what happens when you put a 600-lb crocodile on an airplane in just a flimsy wooden crate. These action-packed stories and more will engage listeners and inspire them to go out and explore their own world.

Join National Geographic expert and TV personality Brady Barr on some wild adventures with snakes! Listeners won't believe their ears as they hear Barr's hilarious - and completely true! - accounts of his interactions with some of the biggest, weirdest, and craziest snakes on earth. Filled with engaging facts, listeners won't want this audiobook to end.

Peer through the veil that separates this world and the spirit realm. Join Richard Moschella, author of My New Jersey Paranormal Project, as he takes you on a journey into the process of spirit communication. In his second book, Spirit Voices: Investigations in Search of the Paranormal, he presents stories and cases that will give insight into the ways spirits communicate with the living. Through firsthand experiences and in-depth interviews with paranormal investigators, we will be able to peer through the veil that separates this world and the spirit realm.

They say the Rockies hide their secrets well — but sometimes, the giants leave tracks. From shadowy figures on remote trails to ancient whispers echoing in hidden valleys, Bigfoot in Colorado: 24 Amazing Encounters takes you deep into the heart of the mystery. Explore a gripping collection of fictionalized accounts inspired by real sightings, footprints, and strange phenomena reported across Colorado’s rugged wilderness. Each story plunges you into a different chilling encounter — whether it’s strange howls in the San Juans, massive silhouettes at Pikes Peak, or mysterious glyphs ...

Carl Ross has spent over four decades inside the world of police work. His memoir takes the reader on patrol, into investigations, on SWAT calls, and inside the chief’s office, all the while explaining what officers do and why. Forever Blue has more than 225 true stories taken from the author’s files and unforgettable encounters. The following samples of the book’s stories give a glimpse of the variety of experiences in store for the reader: the best way to have a wreck in a police car; the murderer and the band saw; suicides in progress; one nightstick too many; all knives look sharp...

In 1991, acting on a tip from a local fisherman, two scuba divers discovered a sunken German U-boat, complete with its crew of 60 men, not too far off the New Jersey coast. The divers, realizing the momentousness of their discovery, began probing the mystery. Over the next six years, they became expert and well-traveled researchers, taught themselves German, hunted for clues in Germany, and constructed theories corrective of the history books, all in an effort to identify this sunken U-boat and its crew.

A reluctant Mail Order Bride accepts her fate as her family struggles to survive the fall of civilization on Earth. Food, medicine, and water are scarce. Her family’s only hope is the dowry they will receive from Trixie’s future alien husband. She agrees to be a Mail Order Bride without knowing what kind of humanoid he will be... Rox is not exactly humanoid… he looks more beast than human. Worse, he paid for a bride during a drunken spree and then forgot about her. He doesn’t even show up for her arrival. Rox takes his friend’s advice, decides to enjoy his bride in every way until...

Follow an underwater wildlife photographer on four real-life adventures as he photographs leatherback sea turtles, harp seals, a whale named Wilma, and some gray reef sharks.

WHEN JOSH GETS KIDNAPPED BY ALIENS because he refuses to eat his broccoli, he and his cousin Brandon end up having a hilarious outer-space adventure. The two eleven-year-old boys must face down the Intergalactic Council, rescue an alien who starts a flood every time she cries, fly an air sled, travel through time, and deal with a talking broccoli plant that might even eat them! Whether you like broccoli or not, you will definitely want to find out what happens, and after listening to this you may even find you eat your vegetables all the time! But the fun doesn't end there.