Elephant Dawn
The Inspirational Story of Thirteen Years Living with Elephants in the African Wilderness
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In 2001, Sharon Pincott traded her privileged life as a high-flying corporate executive to start a new one with the Presidential Elephants of Zimbabwe. She was unpaid, untrained, self-funded, and arrived with the starry-eyed idealism of most foreigners during early encounters with Africa. For 13 years - the worst in Zimbabwe's volatile history - this intrepid Australian woman lived in the Hwange bush fighting for the lives of these elephants, forming an extraordinary and life-changing bond with them.
Now remote from Robert Mugabe's rule, Sharon writes without restraint sequentially through the years, taking us on a truly unforgettable ride of hope and heartbreak, profound love and loss, adversity and new beginnings. This is the haunting, all-encompassing story we've been waiting for.
Powerfully moving, sometimes disturbing, and often very funny, Elephant Dawn is a celebration of love, courage, and honor amongst our greatest land mammals. With resilience beyond measure, Sharon earns the supreme right to call them family.
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- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Angus and Hugh MacNaughton are brothers. They dislike each other...a lot. They have loathed each other since Hugh bit Angus at a family picnic many years ago. In a last-ditch attempt to forge a brotherly bond between the two, Mr. and Mrs. MacNaughton secure them jobs at an exclusive five-star game lodge. They manage to convince (bribe in the case of Angus) the siblings to work at Sasekile Private Game Lodge for a year.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read!
- De M. en 04-22-17
De: James Hendry
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The Girl with No Name
- De: Marina Chapman
- Narrado por: Pam Ward
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 417
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 372
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 368
In 1954, in a remote South American village, a four-year-old girl was abducted and then abandoned deep in the Colombian rainforest. So begins the incredible true story of Marina Chapman, who went on to spend several years alone in the jungle, her only family a troop of capuchin monkeys. Using instinct to guide her, she copied everything they did and soon learned to fend for herself. At around 10 years old, a completely feral Marina was returned to civilisation by hunters, who sold her as a slave to a brothel. Beaten daily and groomed to be a prostitute, she escaped - to live the perilous existence of a Colombian city street kid.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Second time
- De Debbie en 05-21-15
De: Marina Chapman
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Dreaming of Jupiter
- De: Ted Simon
- Narrado por: Rupert Degas
- Duración: 16 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 118
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 115
When Ted Simon rode 64,000 miles round the world on his 500c Triumph Tiger, he inspired thousands of motorcyclists to begin their own adventures, including Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, who chronicled their travels in Long Way Round. Nearly 30 years later, Ted Simon took to the road again to retrace the epic journey he made in his 40s. He meets up with old friends and acquaintances, revisits old landmarks and locations, and rediscovers himself, as well as the world, along the way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing book, Amazing Man
- De Roxanna en 08-16-18
De: Ted Simon
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Spare
- De: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Narrado por: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Duración: 15 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 71,724
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 66,185
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 65,977
It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling—and how their lives would play out from that point on.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Gutterball!
- De Jimmyjoejangles en 01-10-23
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The Darling
- De: Russell Banks
- Narrado por: Mary Beth Hurt
- Duración: 14 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 378
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 128
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 133
The Darling is Hannah Musgrave's story, told emotionally and convincingly years later by Hannah herself. A political radical and member of the Weather Underground, Hannah has fled America to West Africa, where she and her Liberian husband become friends and colleagues of Charles Taylor, the notorious warlord and now ex-president of Liberia. When Taylor leaves for the United States in an effort to escape embezzlement charges, he's immediately placed in prison.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Complex and compelling
- De Ellen H. Anderson en 02-05-05
De: Russell Banks
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Max the Miracle Dog
- De: Kerry Irving
- Narrado por: Marston York
- Duración: 6 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 62
Suffering from severe neck and back injuries, Kerry was unemployed and housebound, struggling with depression and even thoughts of suicide. He went from cycling over 600 miles a month to becoming a prisoner in his own home. In the face of unbearable pain and overwhelming panic, he persevered, and along the way, met an adorable yard dog named Max. This is their remarkable, inspiring story.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Slow beginning
- De VIB en 05-13-21
De: Kerry Irving
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Red Ribbons
- Dr. Kate Pearson, Book 1
- De: Louise Phillips
- Narrado por: Caroline Morahan
- Duración: 12 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 429
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 382
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 382
A missing schoolgirl is found buried in the Dublin Mountains, hands clasped together in prayer, two red ribbons in her hair. Twenty-four hours later, a second schoolgirl is found in a shallow grave - her body identically arranged. The hunt for the killer is on. The police call in criminal psychologist Kate Pearson to get inside the mind of the murderer before he strikes again. But the more Kate discovers about the killings, the more it all feels terrifyingly familiar.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A true psychological thriller
- De BARBARA WAGONER en 12-24-16
De: Louise Phillips
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End of the Spear
- De: Steve Saint
- Narrado por: Todd Busteed
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 110
Steve Saint was five years old when his father, missionary pilot Nate Saint, was speared to death by a primitive Ecuadorian tribe. In adulthood, Steve, having left Ecuador for a successful business career, never imagined making the jungle his home again. But when that same tribe asks him to help them, Steve, his wife, and their teenage children move back to the jungle. There, Steve learns long-buried secrets about his father's murder, confronts difficult choices, and finds himself caught between two worlds.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of my favorite books
- De N. Land en 02-28-23
De: Steve Saint
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Walking to Listen
- 4,000 Miles Across America, One Story at a Time
- De: Andrew Forsthoefel
- Narrado por: Andrew Forsthoefel
- Duración: 13 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 405
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 350
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 352
At 23, Andrew Forsthoefel headed out the back door of his home in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, with a backpack, an audio recorder, his copies of Whitman and Rilke, and a sign that read "Walking to Listen". He had just graduated from Middlebury College and was ready to begin his adult life, but he didn't know how. So he decided to take a cross-country quest for guidance, one where everyone he met would be his guide. In the year that followed, he faced an Appalachian winter and a Mojave summer. He met beasts inside: fear, loneliness, doubt.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Transcends the typical trekking story
- De barefoot rabbit en 08-07-18
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Tippi
- A Memoir
- De: Tippi Hedren
- Narrado por: Tippi Hedren
- Duración: 9 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 148
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 147
For decades Tippi Hedren's luminous beauty radiated from the silver screen, enchanting moviegoers and cementing her position among Hollywood's elite - beauty and star power that continue to endure. For too long Hedren's story has been told by others through whispered gossip and tabloid headlines. Now Hedren sets the record straight, recalling how a young and virtuous Lutheran girl from small-town Minnesota became a worldwide legend.
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4 out of 5 stars
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You've got to love lions!
- De Sharon en 12-15-16
De: Tippi Hedren
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Wide-Open World
- How Volunteering Around the Globe Changed One Family's Lives Forever
- De: John Marshall
- Narrado por: John Marshall
- Duración: 12 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 26
John Marshall had read about the growth of voluntourism, and frankly, it was the only kind of extended trip he could afford. He'd heard that some peoples' lives were changed by a week of overseas service - what might half a year accomplish for his family? His wife, Traca, was all in favor of it; his kids, especially his 14-year-old daughter, were strongly opposed. Wide-Open World is the totally engaging, bluntly honest story of the Marshall family's life-changing adventure.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I enjoyed every minute
- De Chris en 05-15-15
De: John Marshall
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The Dark Flood Rises
- A Novel
- De: Dame Margaret Drabble
- Narrado por: Anna Bentinck
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 138
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 126
Francesca Stubbs has a very full life. A highly regarded expert on housing for the elderly who is herself getting on in age, she drives restlessly round England. Amid the professional conferences she attends, she fits in visits to old friends, brings home-cooked dinners to her ex-husband, texts her son, who is grieving over the sudden death of his girlfriend, and drops in on her daughter, a quirky young woman who lives in a floodplain in the West Country.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Life Observed By An Exceptional Writer
- De Sara en 03-22-17
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Driving on the Rim
- De: Thomas McGuane
- Narrado por: Traber Burns
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 71
The unforgettable voyager of this dark picaresque is I. B. "Berl" Pickett, M.D., whose die was probably cast the moment his mother thought to name him after Irving Berlin. Other insults piled on apace thereafter: the spasms of Pentecostal Sunday worship; the social debilitation of following his parents' itinerant rug-shampooing business; the erotic initiation at the hands of his aunt. It's hard to imagine what would have become of him had he not gone to medical school.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Delightful
- De Roy en 01-05-11
De: Thomas McGuane
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The Electricity of Every Living Thing
- A Woman's Walk in the Wild to Find Her Way Home
- De: Katherine May
- Narrado por: Katherine May
- Duración: 8 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 152
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 135
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 137
In anticipation of her 38th birthday, Katherine May set out to walk the 630-mile South West Coast Path. She wanted time alone, in nature, to understand why she had stopped coping with everyday life; why motherhood had been so overwhelming and isolating; and why the world felt full of expectations she couldn't meet. She was also reeling from a chance encounter with a voice on the radio that sparked her realisation that she might be autistic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect!!!
- De Amazon Customer en 10-20-22
De: Katherine May
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Nurse, Come You Here!
- More True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle
- De: Mary J. MacLeod
- Narrado por: Jill Tanner
- Duración: 10 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 499
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 456
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 455
Mary J. Macleod and her husband left the London area for an idyllic place to raise their young children in the late '60s, and they found the island of Papavray in the Scottish Hebrides. There they bought a croft house on a "small acre" of land, and Mary J. (also known as Julia) became the district nurse.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book!
- De Catt Pataky en 09-02-17
De: Mary J. MacLeod
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Killed at the Whim of a Hat
- De: Colin Cotterill
- Narrado por: Jeany Park
- Duración: 10 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 196
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 170
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 168
Jimm Juree was a crime reporter for the Chiang Mai Daily Mail with a somewhat eccentric family. When she is forced to follow her family to a rural village on the coast of Southern Thailand, she’s convinced her career—maybe her life—is over. So when a van containing the skeletal remains of two hippies is inexplicably unearthed in a local farmer’s field, Jimm is thrilled. Shortly thereafter an abbot at a local Buddhist temple is viciously murdered.
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5 out of 5 stars
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delighted...
- De Bobbie en 08-23-11
De: Colin Cotterill
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Dear Fatty
- De: Dawn French
- Narrado por: Liza Tarbuck
- Duración: 6 h y 36 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 384
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 301
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 301
With a sharp eye for comic detail and a wicked ear for the absurdities of life, Dawn French shows just how an RAF girl from the west country with dreams of becoming a ballerina/bridesmaid/thief rose to become one of the best-loved comedy actresses of our time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If you like Dawn French - You will love this book!
- De Pamela en 01-22-09
De: Dawn French
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Intelligent, majestic, and loyal, with lifespans matching our own, elephants are among the greatest of the wonders gracing the African wilds. Yet in the 1970s and 1980s, about 1,000 of these captivating creatures were slaughtered in Zambia each year, killed for their valuable ivory tusks. When biologists Mark and Delia Owens, residing in Africa to study lions, found themselves in the middle of a poaching fray, they took the only side they morally could: that of the elephants.
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Walking the Nile
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Starting in November 2013 in a forest in Rwanda, where a modest spring spouts a trickle of clear, cold water, Levison Wood set forth on foot, aiming to become the first person to walk the entire length of the Nile. He followed the river for nine months, over 4,000 miles, through six nations - Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, the Republic of Sudan, and Egypt - to the Mediterranean coast.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Miles from Nowhere
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This is the story of Barbara and Larry Savage's sometimes dangerous, often zany, but ultimately rewarding 23,000-mile global bicycle odyssey, which took them through 25 countries in two years. Miles from Nowhere is an adventure not to be missed! Along the way, these near-neophyte cyclists encountered warmhearted strangers eager to share food and shelter, bicycle-hating drivers who shoved them off the road, various wild animals, rock-throwing Egyptians, overprotective Thai policeman, motherly New Zealanders, meteorological disasters, bodily indignities, and great personal joys.
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Don’t Go There
- Weird Travel Series, Book 1: From Chernobyl to North Korea - One Man’s Quest to Lose Himself and Find Everyone Else in the World’s Strangest Places
- De: Adam Fletcher
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They shouldn't have tear gassed best-selling (bald) author Adam Fletcher. It ruined his supposedly normal holiday in Istanbul, made him curious, and began a quest to visit places everyone else is trying to escape from, and tourists don't normally go to. In this hilarious travel memoir, he'll enter a blizzard in China armed with only biscuits; pose as a scientist to sneak into Chernobyl; be chased by Croatian police boats en route to Liberland (the world's newest country); become a reluctant diving board star in a North Korean water park, and much more.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Take the title's advice!
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De: Adam Fletcher
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Elephant Company
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At the onset of World War II, Williams formed Elephant Company and was instrumental in defeating the Japanese in Burma and saving refugees, including on his own "Hannibal Trek." Billy Williams became a media sensation during the war, telling reporters that the elephants did more for him than he was ever able to do for them, but his story has since been forgotten.
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Lost on Purpose
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Lost on Purpose is the nonfiction adventure narrative of a former technology executive who took leave of the real world to reinvent himself as a 21st-century mountain man. In October-November 2013, Patrick Taylor crossed the Rocky Mountains alone on foot. He passed through one of the largest wilderness areas in the lower 48 to reach and retrace the route of Lewis and Clark in the winter. The sacrifices - vocationally, financially, emotionally - are measured against the benefits by the author in a refreshingly honest, humorous, and inspirational fashion.
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5 out of 5 stars
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get lost, in this story!
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Intelligent, majestic, and loyal, with lifespans matching our own, elephants are among the greatest of the wonders gracing the African wilds. Yet in the 1970s and 1980s, about 1,000 of these captivating creatures were slaughtered in Zambia each year, killed for their valuable ivory tusks. When biologists Mark and Delia Owens, residing in Africa to study lions, found themselves in the middle of a poaching fray, they took the only side they morally could: that of the elephants.
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Starting in November 2013 in a forest in Rwanda, where a modest spring spouts a trickle of clear, cold water, Levison Wood set forth on foot, aiming to become the first person to walk the entire length of the Nile. He followed the river for nine months, over 4,000 miles, through six nations - Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, the Republic of Sudan, and Egypt - to the Mediterranean coast.
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The Elephant Whisperer
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- De: Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence
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>When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of "rogue" wild elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, his common sense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival: they would be killed if he wouldn't take them. In order to save their lives, Anthony took them in. In the years that followed he became a part of their family. And as he battled to create a bond with the elephants, he came to realize that they had a great deal to teach him about life, loyalty, and freedom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful story, beautifully written
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“Then the Hail Came” is the true story of George Steffanos on his quest to become more than just a two pack a day looser by finally completing something significant in his life - The Appalachian Trail. It is true that everyone who hikes the A.T. has their share of misfortune, but for George, it seems like a daily occurrence, yet he continues to put his best foot forward. All the ups and downs are described poignantly with humor as he manages to provide wonderful descriptions of the characters he meets, and the surrounding landscape encountered through all 2138 miles from Georgia to ...
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Babylon's Ark
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When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, caught in the crossfire at the heart of the city. Once Anthony entered Iraq, he discovered that hostilities and uncontrolled looting had devastated the zoo and its animals. Working with members of the zoo staff and a few compassionate U.S. soldiers, Anthony defended the zoo, bartered for food on war-torn streets, and scoured bombed palaces for desperately needed supplies.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Engrossing, inspiring, and a little meandering
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- De: Bernard Ollivier, Dan Golembeski - translator
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11
Upon retirement at the age of sixty-two, and grieving his deceased wife, renowned journalist Bernard Ollivier felt a sense of profound emptiness: What do I do now? While some see retirement as a chance to cash in their chips and settle into a comfy armchair, Ollivier still longed for more. Searching for inspiration, he strapped on his gear, donned his hat, and headed out the front door to hike the Way of St. James, a 1400-mile journey from Paris to Compostela, Spain.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A cerebral quest and a physical test.
- De Warren en 10-05-23
De: Bernard Ollivier, y otros
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Love, Life, and Elephants
- An African Love Story
- De: Daphne Sheldrick
- Narrado por: Virginia McKenna
- Duración: 14 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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Daphne Sheldrick, whose family arrived in Africa from Scotland in the 1820s, is the first person ever to have successfully hand-reared newborn elephants. Her deep empathy and understanding, her years of observing Kenya’s rich variety of wildlife, and her pioneering work in perfecting the right husbandry and milk formula have saved countless elephants, rhinos, and other baby animals from certain death.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Bummer of a book.
- De Kali en 08-03-13
De: Daphne Sheldrick
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Walking Thru
- A Couple’s Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail
- De: Michael Tyler
- Narrado por: William Sarris
- Duración: 5 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 126
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Bored and fed up with life, staring down a 50th birthday, Mike Tyler was looking for a change. Life had become routinized and unexciting. Maybe it was a mid-life crisis, or maybe just a yearning for one last big adventure. Mike decides to try hiking from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail, just to see what happens. Mike convinces his wife, Margo, to join him. Together, they embark on a five-month hike full of anticipation. They hike through some of the most stunning and remote places in the country on a trail full of unique, offbeat characters.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Just Eh...
- De Carrie Ann en 07-18-22
De: Michael Tyler
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Elephant Dawn
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- Steve Adams
- 08-17-24
One plucky Australian
You have to admire a woman willing to put her life on the line in Robert Mugabe’s dystopian Zimbabwe for 13 years, and her heroic effort to save elephants, and to alert the rest of the world of the slaughter of these magnificent animals to feed the Asian desire for ivory in places like China. It’s an excellent book.
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-02-24
it was interesting tohear a first hand account of how much the government of Zimbabwe was interfering with conservation efforts
the narrator mispronounced all the place names which as they cropped up numerous times was very annoying
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- L Lamkin
- 02-14-20
More like depressing elephant dusk...
I appreciate hearing the painful truth about the elephants in Zimbabwe, but I learned very little about elephants, other than how many ways humans currently harm them. This is more autobiography about this woman and critique of the corrupt & ignorant government & citizens of Zimbabwe.
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- 01-28-24
Excellent yet heart wrenching
great narrator and such a great adventure of saving elephants despite a terrible government. I'm going to Africa in the summer and this has gotten me excited for my trip.
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