"Listening to these audiobooks is an armchair adventurer's dream as you sit back, close your eyes, and let your imagination go." - Independent Publisher
The wilderness-forest, desert, glacier, jungle - has been the scene of the past century's most exciting stories, inspiring many of its greatest writers, including Jack London, Norman Maclean, Evelyn Waugh, Redmond O'Hanton, Sir Wilfred Thesiger, H.M. Tomlinson and Algernon Blackwood.
Selections from these authors' most gripping works are delivered by equally compelling narration producing an audiobook experience ideal for people who are fascinated by the beauty, insight and danger that awaits us all in the wild.
"...will take your breath away and send your heart racing." - Audiofile
"Absolutely gripping." - Kliatt
Written By : Various
Narrated By : Full Cast Production
Published By : Listen & Live
Length : 6 hours
Type : Adventurers & Explorers
Download Price : $24.95 $16.25
Gripping stories of what happens when people find themselves caught up in treacherous weather - or when it finds them. More info... |
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Published By : Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 3 hours
Type : Adventurers & Explorers
Travel
Download Price : $16.75
Determined to pin down mythical tales of his own clan history, Pete is thrust into a world-wide adventure that reveals an unsettled and poignant history, while unearthing a good pint in the most... More info... |
Written By : William Kalush, Larry Sloman
Narrated By : Adam Grupper
Published By : Simon & Schuster
Length : 6 hours
Type : Adventurers & Explorers
True Crime
Download Price : $29.95 $17.95
Jouney to find the man behind the myth, from the passions that drove Houdini to perform ever-more-dangerous feats to his secret life as a spy, and the pernicious plot to subvert his legacy. More info... |
Written By : Michael Palin
Narrated By : Michael Palin
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 5 hours 40 minutes
Type : Adventurers & Explorers
Non Fiction
Download Price : $26.99
Three years after going Around the World in 80 Days, Michael Palin was off again. More info...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography
Biographical
Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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