Adventure Expedition

#1 Bestseller on Amazon.com (Feb 2019 in Mountaineering Guides) “Explorers must be prepared for anything.” Expedition—An adventure into the extreme unknown where you will be tested to the limit. How do you plan and pull off your first epic expedition? Where should you even start? This book contains practical advice to help you put together your first trek. Dreaming, planning, training, doing, and returning alive are all covered in this guide. This book opens up the often reticent world of the explorer. Avoid critical mistakes and understand the essential ingredients required for ...

POST-APOCALYPTIC FICTION BY JERRY D. YOUNG A strong-willed heiress leads an Expedition to the Amazon Jungle in hopes of finding growth opportunities for her family’s empire. Accompanied by professional adventurer Jack Sandusky and a team of well-trained experts, she struggles to balance the responsibility of being in charge of the Expedition with the fact that she herself has no personal experience and must trust her team. She quickly learns the difficulty and the frustration of leading others in such a dangerous venture. Perhaps most frustrating is that fact that Jack Sandusky not only ...

POST-APOCALYPTIC FICTION BY JERRY D. YOUNG A strong-willed heiress leads an Expedition to the Amazon Jungle in hopes of finding growth opportunities for her family’s empire. Accompanied by professional adventurer Jack Sandusky and a team of well-trained experts, she struggles to balance the responsibility of being in charge of the Expedition with the fact that she herself has no personal experience and must trust her team. She quickly learns the difficulty and the frustration of leading others in such a dangerous venture. Perhaps most frustrating is that fact that Jack Sandusky not only ...

The “mountain men” were the hunters and trappers who fiercely strode the Rocky Mountains in the early to mid-1800s. They braved the elements in search of the skins of beavers and other wild animals, to sell or barter for goods. The lifestyle of the mountain men could be harsh, existing as they did among animals, and spending most of their days and nights living and camping out in the great unexplored wilds of the Rockies.

Historical Adventure Novel A thriller adventure book set in Seattle and the Alaskan wilderness during the early 20th century. Prepare for an exhilarating ride into the treacherous edge of humanity and nature’s sweeping wilds. Follow Ned Cornet on this gripping journey, as he transforms from a reckless son of wealth into a hardened survivor in the unforgiving Alaskan territories. Ned Cornet's life of indulgence crashes down after a near-fatal car accident. In a final attempt to reform him, his father, Godfrey Cornet, proposes an adventurous fur-trading expedition in the Alaskan wilderness....

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.

An Action and Adventure Saga A strong-willed heiress leads an Expedition to the Amazon Jungle in hopes of finding growth opportunities for her family’s empire. Accompanied by professional adventurer Jack Sandusky and a team of well-trained experts, she struggles to balance the responsibility of being in charge of the Expedition with the fact that she herself has no personal experience and must trust her team. She quickly learns the difficulty and the frustration of leading others in such a dangerous venture. Perhaps most frustrating is that fact that Jack Sandusky not only appears know ...

This book will take you on an unforgettable journey filled with adventure, danger, and resilience, as you follow the incredible story of Lewis and Clark's expedition across North America to the Pacific Ocean. Experience the thrill of exploring uncharted territory Feel the emotional highs and lows of the expedition members Understand the impact this journey had on American history In this book, you will find: Detailed accounts of the expedition's encounters with Native American tribes Fascinating insights into the physical and mental challenges faced by the expedition members Gripping tales ...

A remarkable true story of adventure, betrayal, and survival set in one of the world's most inhospitable places. In 1906, from atop a snow-swept hill in the ice fields northwest of Greenland, hundreds of miles from another human being, Commander Robert E. Peary spotted a line of mysterious peaks looming in the distance. He called this unexplored realm "Crocker Land". Scientists and explorers agreed that the world-famous explorer had discovered a new continent rising from the frozen Arctic Ocean.

Sam and Remi Fargo return for the thrilling third adventure in the acclaimed new series. In Spartan Gold and Lost Empire, Clive Cussler brought readers into the world of husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo, whose passion and instinct for treasure-hunting has led to extraordinary...

They drilled too deep and broke through into a world that should have been dead for 65 million years. Dr. Marla Reyes, a paleontologist ridiculed for her theories of preserved ecosystems, is brought to a top-secret facility to explain an impossible anomaly found miles beneath the Utah desert. The anomaly isn't rock—it's a shell. And when it breaks, it plunges Marla and a team of soldiers into a savage, prehistoric world. The survivors are trapped in a subterranean jungle teeming with monstrous flora and terrifying, hyper-evolved predators. Their leader, the ruthless Commander Graves, sees...

In 1845, Sir John Franklin and his men set out to "penetrate the icy fastness of the north, and to circumnavigate America." And then they disappeared. The truth about what happened to Franklin's ill-fated Arctic expedition was shrouded in mystery for more than a century. Then, in 1984, Owen Beattie and his team exhumed two crew members from a burial site in the North for forensic evidence, to shocking results. But the most startling discovery didn't come until 2014, when a team commissioned by the Canadian government uncovered one of the lost ships: Erebus.

Over the years, thousands of tales both true and fantastic have been told about the dastardly thievery of pirates. Their rum-drunk exploits and high-seas violence never fail to delight. Now in a brand new series collection, The Best Pirate Stories Ever Told includes many of the very best pirate yarns ever created on history’s most debaucherous scalawags. Anyone who loves a good story full of excitement, adventure, thrills, and laughs will find this collection irresistible.

By the end of the 1996 season - the deadliest in the history of Mount Everest - 13 climbers in all had perished. If it wasn’t the weather, and if it wasn't just the presence of journalists, what else fatally compromised Rob Hall's team, the Adventure Consultants? Were they really on a winning wicket when things "suddenly" went south on summit day, or was something else insidiously eating at the team's ability to perform all along? If so, what was it? What was the actual psychology that drove a record number of strong, brave men – and a Japanese woman – to certain death? On May 10 two ...

For thousands of years, we have set out sailing for all kinds of reasons - for battle, for infinite wealth, for the excitement of exploring the unknown, and for escape from the mundane. We have always had a primal relationship with the sea - even those who have never been to sea remain fascinated by the seafaring life and tales of salty adventure. Now in a brand–new series collection, The Best Sailing Stories Ever Told brings together such diverse authors as Charles Dickens, Jack London, John Masefield, Stephen Crane, Herman Melville, and dozens more.

When a lucrative contract to guide a "geological survey" deep into a restricted sector of the Amazon feels wrong, veteran survivalist Daniel Rusk trusts his gut. The client is a shadowy corporation, the gear is military-grade, and the destination is a place the locals call the Tenebris Zone—a land of bad spirits and a chilling, unnatural silence. Trapped in a canyon that time forgot, Rusk and the expedition team discover they were lied to. They are not here for minerals. They are here to hunt a living fossil, an evolved predator that has dominated its isolated kingdom for sixty-five ...

Deep in the Louisiana bayou, a nightmare stalks the shadows. When a young girl goes missing near the swamps, Lux Branson is called in to investigate. Locals whisper of the Rougarou—a Cajun werewolf said to punish the wicked. But Lux isn’t one to chase ghost stories. Until the bodies start turning up. What begins as a routine search becomes a tense and terrifying hunt through tangled wetlands, where folklore bleeds into reality and something savage lurks just out of sight. As the full moon rises and the line between myth and monster fades, Lux must confront a creature older than the ...

A Russian Drama best seller now in its second edition! In February, 1959 nine young hikers on a cross country ski trip mysteriously died under horrific circumstances. It is one of the great mysteries of our times. They would be found with missing eyes, even a missing tongue, crushed bones, and stripped of their clothes (later found radioactive) in minus 50 degree temperatures. Theories range from their being murdered by the CIA to space aliens, to even "Abominable Snowmen". This book explores this famous incident using a technique known as "Higher criticism" to explain their terrifying ...

Deep in the Amazon, a catastrophic sinkhole rips a wound in the earth, revealing a lost world that has been isolated for millions of years. For an elite team of scientists and survival experts, it’s the discovery of a lifetime. But their state-of-the-art expedition is unprepared for what awaits them in the crushing depths. The ecosystem they discover is not just ancient—it's actively hostile. When they are cut off from the world above, the team becomes prisoners in a subterranean cavern of impossible scale, hunted by the environment’s apex predator. This is no fossil. It's a nightmare...

A hilarious, offbeat debut space opera that skewers everything from pop culture to video games and features an irresistible foul-mouthed captain and her motley crew, strange life forms, exciting twists, and a galaxy full of fun and adventure. Captain Eva Innocente and the crew of La Sirena Negra...