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In the footsteps of Alexander the Great: a journey from Greece to Asia
By Michael Wood. 1997
Michael Wood retraces the 2000 mile journey from Greece to India, made by Alexander the Great. In an account based…
on a range of sources as diverse as medieval travellers' narratives, satellite photography and eye-witness reports, momentous events of the past are interwoven with present day reality. 1997.In the heart of the sea: the epic true story that inspired Moby Dick
By Nathaniel Philbrick. 2000
The epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the nineteenth century which was the inspiration…
for Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick". The author uses a hitherto unknown diary of one of the survivors discovered in an attic in Connecticut in 1998 to tell the tale. 2000.In search of the Trojan War
By Michael Wood. 1985
The tale of the siege of Troy is perhaps the greatest non-religious story ever told. It has haunted the western…
imagination for nearly 3000 years, and the story of the modern quest for the reality behind Homer's epic has its own excitement: was there ever an actual siege of Troy? Did Helen, Agamemnon, Paris and all the other larger-than-life characters really exist? This is the story of the men who were determined to find out. 1985.Flags of our fathers
By James Bradley, Ron Powers. 2000
Recounts the story of the six young Marines who raised the flag at Iwo Jima during fierce combat on the…
obscure Japanese-held island in 1945. Author Bradley, the son of one of the soldiers, recreates his father's experiences as well as those of the five men who fought beside him. Bestseller. 2000.American sniper: the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history
By Chris Kyle, Jim DeFelice, Scott McEwen. 2012
Texas ranch hand-turned-Navy SEAL recalls his career as the sniper with the most kills in U.S. military history. Describes his…
training, his four tours of duty in Iraq, and the strains of deployment on his family life. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2012.Unbroken: a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption
By Laura Hillenbrand. 2010
Details the life of Louis Zamperini (b. 1917), an Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, who survived a plane…
crash and forty-seven days adrift at sea only to become a POW in Japan. Relates Louis's later religious awakening under Billy Graham's ministry. Violence. Bestseller. 2010.The perfect storm: a true story of men against the sea
By Sebastian Junger. 1997
Recounts the 1991 loss at sea of the New England fishing boat "Andrea Gail" in the "perfect storm" that resulted…
from the explosive convergence of several high-energy weather fronts. Depicts a fisherman's harsh life and gives a likely account of the vessel's final hour before sinking. Vividly portrays failed rescue efforts and people drowning. 1997.In the heart of the sea: the tragedy of the whaleship Essex
By Nathaniel Philbrick. 2000
The epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the nineteenth century which was the inspiration…
for Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick". The author uses a hitherto unknown diary of one of the survivors discovered in an attic in Connecticut in 1998 to tell the tale. Winner of the 2000 National Book Award for Nonfiction. 2000.Unbroken: an extraordinary true story of courage and survival
By Laura Hillenbrand. 2012
Details the life of Louis Zamperini (b. 1917), an Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, who survived a plane…
crash and forty-seven days adrift at sea only to become a POW in Japan. Relates Louis's later religious awakening under Billy Graham's ministry. Bestseller 2010. 2012.Tracks ((La cosmopolite).)
By Robyn Davidson, Bernardine Cheviron-Poylo. 2016
Robyn Davidson, que l'on surnomme dans son pays la Camel Lady, n'a pas usurpé son titre. Alors qu'elle n'a jamais…
tenu un marteau, reprisé des chaussettes, changé un pneu ou utilisé un tournevis, elle débarque en 1975 à Alice Springs, au beau milieu de l'Australie, avec cinq dollars en poche et un rêve un peu fou : apprivoiser et domestiquer des chameaux pour traverser le désert. Une fois prête, elle s'embarque pour ce voyage périlleux avec Dookie, Bub, Zeleika et Goliath, ses chameaux. Elle veut défier le monde moderne en vivant au rythme de la société aborigène traditionnelle et tester ses propres limites. Au bout du chemin, elle trouve refuge dans un modeste appartement londonien où elle entreprend d'écrire le récit de son aventure. Tracks paraît en Australie en 1980, et devient un culte de la littérature de voyage. 2016. Titre uniforme: Tracks.Touching the void
By Joe Simpson. 1988
Joe Simpson and his partner, Simon Yates, had reached the summit of the previously unclimbed West Face of the remote…
Siula Grande in Peru, before disaster struck. What happened, and how they dealt with the psychological traumas that resulted when Simon was forced into the appalling decision to cut the rope, makes not only an epic of survival but a quite extraordinary and moving book. Some strong language. 1997.The railway man
By Eric Lomax. 1995
Eric Lomax, a railway enthusiast, was taken prisoner in Malaya in 1941 while serving with the Signal Corps. He was…
put to work on the Burma-Siam railway; and he helped to build an illicit radio with which to follow the progress of the war. The discovery of the radio brought on two years of dreadful torture and distress - one tormentor in particular remained in Lomax's memory for half a century. Late in life, Lomax learned how to believe in the possibility of hope. He then discovered that his Japanese interrogator was alive, and found out where he was with an extraordinary will to remember and forgive. 1995.The perfect storm: a true story of men against the sea
By Sebastian Junger. 1997
Recounts the 1991 loss at sea of the New England fishing boat "Andrea Gail" in the "perfect storm" that resulted…
from the explosive convergence of several high-energy weather fronts. Depicts a fisherman's harsh life and gives a likely account of the vessel's final hour before sinking. Vividly portrays failed rescue efforts and people drowning. Some strong language. 1997.The ice pilots: flying with the mavericks of the great white north
By Michael Vlessides. 2012
Arctic airline Buffalo Airways defies the cold and the competition by using World War 2-era propeller planes to haul fuel,…
supplies and passengers to remote outposts across northern Canada. The author braves bone-chilling temperatures, treacherous landings, and owner Joe McBryan's famous temper to provide stories about the ice pilots, the crew, the passengers, and the communities they serve. Strong language. 2012.Les survivants
By Piers Paul Read. 1974
Octobre 1972, en Amérique du sud, un avion transportant 45 personnes s'écrase dans les Andes. Voici le récit détaillé de…
la lutte désespérée des 16 survivants de cette tragédie qui, pour survivre, ont du se résigner à manger la chair de leurs compagnons morts. Quelques descriptions de violence. 1974.The long walk: escape from a labour camp in Siberia
By Slavomir Rawicz. 1956
Slavomir Rawicz was an officer in the Polish Cavalry during World War II. In 1941, he and six fellow prisoners…
escaped from a Siberian labour camp and walked across 4,000 miles of forbidding terrain to freedom. This is their story. 1956.Seven pillars of wisdom: a triumph of the Arab revolt in the Great War
By T. E. Thomas Edward Lawrence. 1935
This classic autobiography features an account of the Arab revolt against the Turks during World War I, encompassing gross acts…
of cruelty and revenge, through which Lawrence weaves rich character portraits, philosophical observations and insights into his own complex personality. 1935.Roughing it
By Mark Twain. 1913
The railway man
By Eric Lomax. 1996
Eric Lomax was tortured by the Japanese as a POW working on the Burma-Siam Railway. Fifty years later he met…
one of his tormentors. His is a story of innocence betrayed; of passion and curiosity about the world of machines turned into nightmares, and punished by the cruelty of which only humans are capable. It is also a story of survival and of courage.A journalist's first-hand report on the ill-fated Mt. Everest expedition of May 1996 in which a freak storm claimed the…
lives of nine adventurers. Describes the gruelling ascent of the climbers, their sense of elation at reaching the peak, and the tragic events that followed. 1997.