Kategoria BISAC: Biography & Autobiography >> Adventurers & Explorers

Starting in 1875 and covering a span of almost 100 years, three missionary families exhibited bravery, endurance, and sacrifice when their very lives were at risk. William David Powell and his wife, Mary Florence Mayberry Powell, were missionaries to "Wild West" Texas then Mexico. In the period 1910-1947 (including during Japanese occupation) their daughter Florence and her husband, Hendon M. Harris, were missionaries to Kaifeng, China. Their son Hendon M. Harris Jr. and his wife Marjorie Weaver Harris served as missionaries to Taiwan and Hong Kong. Referencing 55 books and 39 articles,...

Tales of exploration and adventure were wildly popular in the 18th century. When Maurice Benyovszky's -authentic- posthumous memoir was published in 1790, it was an instant sensation, and was translated into several languages and adapted for the theater and opera. With tales of daring escapes from Siberian prisons, of epic victories of 33 men overcoming 3,000 angry natives, and of being crowned King of Madagascar, who could not be caught up in Benyovszky-mania?

The self-identified -Hungarian Baron Maurice Auguste Aladar Benyofszky, Counsellor to Prince Albert, Duke of Saxony,...

Tales of exploration and adventure were wildly popular in the 18th century. When Maurice Benyovszky's -authentic- posthumous memoir was published in 1790, it was an instant sensation, and was translated into several languages and adapted for the theater and opera. With tales of daring escapes from Siberian prisons, of epic victories of 33 men overcoming 3,000 angry natives, and of being crowned King of Madagascar, who could not be caught up in Benyovszky-mania?

The self-identified -Hungarian Baron Maurice Auguste Aladar Benyofszky, Counsellor to Prince Albert, Duke of Saxony,...

Roger Robinson has been Denali mountaineering for over forty years and has worked as a ranger for most of this time. Robinson has climbed Denali, at 20,310 feet, numerous times, leading patrols on the mountain, organizing clean climb efforts on the mountain, meeting the best climbers in the world, and leading rescues that saved lives. Year after year, Robinson has studied the mountain and its climbers, its people, and he has experienced a series of adventures on one of the best-known and formidable mountains in the world, a mountain that for many is the symbol of Alaska, the 49th state....

Has life passed you by? And you fit in--nowhere?

"I gave the best years of my life to a cause--to a belief that proved false.

I loved living on the edge. The thrill of standing the watch.

Rushing into harm's way on behalf of my country.

For over 22 years and with pride, I represented America

by wearing the cloth of the nation.

When my service was all over? Life had passed me by and . . .

I fit in -- nowhere."

Senior Chief Petty Officer Brad Genereux

Is forgiveness and peace within the...

Falling Uphill
One man's quest for happiness around the world on a bicycle.

If you could do anything, what would you do?

In one week, Scott Stoll lost his job, his best friend, his girlfriend and his confidence. Disillusioned with society, full of angst, suffering from depression and with nothing left to lose Stoll asked himself a question: "If I only have one life, one chance, if I could do anything, what would I do?"

His answer resulted in a 4-year and 25,752-mile odyssey around the world by bicycle using nothing more than a...