This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Since Robert Falcon Scott's expedition to the South Pole in 1910-1912, controversy has raged about the correct interpretation of and explanation for the tragedy. Some writers have drawn a picture of Scott as a bumbling incompetent, whose lack of experience and preparation condemned his men to their deaths. Aspley Cherry-Garrard's account The Worst Journey in the World...

I hope you will learn through reading this that my decision-making skills sometimes need a bit of help, but, that it all works out fine in the end. I feel I have been tremendously lucky and privileged to have had the lives (yes, it does feel like more than one) I've had. I've loved all of the 103 countries I have visited. The people who have had walk-on or more starring roles in my story have helped shape me into the Buddha lookalike I've grown...

Casanova was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century. He has become so famous for his often complicated and elaborate affairs with women that his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". He associated with European royalty, popes and cardinals, along with luminaries such as Voltaire, Goethe...

This book traces the steps to becoming a designated naval aviator and a subsequent flying career encompassing the many adventures of a combat pilot. The author recounts what it is like to fly 437 combat missions and becoming the commander of the most famous fighter squadron in history, the Black Sheep. In this book, the author describes meeting many famous pilots along the way and tells why he thinks they are all great sky warriors.

Jean Mermoz nació en Aisne el 9 de diciembre de 1901 y desapareció en 1936 a bordo del hidroavión Croix-du-Sud a lo largo de las costas de Dakar. Tuvo un destino único: fue el piloto más prestigioso y más querido en una época en la que la aviación aún contaba epopeyas que inspiraban al mundo entero una admiración sin límites. Joseph Kessel, su amigo y biógrafo, dijo de él: "Arcángel glorioso, neurasténico profundo, místico resignado,...

This book is written with such clarity and vision I feel Im right there living the experience. It is written with such genuine heart feelings, that this collection is a work truly inspirational to all people who love horses and animals. Darlene Hunter Catherine Sampsons devotion to horses and her quest to understand them on a personal level are revealed in this story of an equestrians metamorphosis. On the journey from naive beginner to master trainer,...

Based On a True Story of the Author as Seen Through His Eyes as a 6 year-Old Child Caught Up in a Scary Flood That Creeped Upon His family in the Middle of the Night! A Scary hair Raising Experience!

Savannah's life is flipped upside down when her little brother James is killed. Will she learn to adjust to her new life or will she crash and burn? Find out when you read Savannah's Tragedy.

This is an account of the Lord God calling me into the ministry, preparing me, and sending me to the Philippine Islands as a missionary. While I was preparing to go, He told me not to become associated with any other ministry. That meant I would be totally on my own. After that, He told me not to raise any financial support, but to trust Him, and He would supply all of my needs. Because I was not associated with anyone else, I had to go to the Philippines...

Can two souls find their way back to each other? Karen had just gotten out of a thirty-year marriage, her self-esteem was low, and she was afraid. She had never fully taken care of herself. She was now challenged to not only take care of herself but also her ailing mother. Life was throwing too many challenges her way all at once. Then one day, a picture fell into her lap, and it changes the course of her life. Will she receive answers to her prayers? I've...