Endurance: 100 Tales of Survival, Adventure and Exploration

100 of the most astonishing stories of human survival, adventure, and exploration, chosen by Levison Wood, showcase the enduring nature of the human spirit and the mental and physical determination it takes to achieve one's aims. The extracts are organized around a range of themes, including those who sought out new frontiers, endured persecution and suffering, or were thrust into life or death situations.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 648 pages
Publication date: 07 December 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

We are undeniably captivated by tales of courage and bravery, of world-firsts and death-defying experiences. In this anthology, explorer and bestselling author Levison Wood has curated a collection of 100 of the most captivating accounts of human endurance throughout history. From the heroism of Antarctic explorers to pioneering women in the Middle East; from record-breaking athletes to survivors of war and torture, this wide-ranging collection embraces both classics of the genre and new and neglected voices. The extracts are organized around a range of themes, including those who sought out new frontiers, purposefully tested their physical limits in full knowledge of the dangers or risks they might face, and those who endured persecution and suffering or were thrust into life or death situations yet defied the odds to survive. Endurance is packed full of you-couldn't-make-it-up true stories and adventure fiction classics, from the high seas to the poles, from inhospitable jungles and deserts to the unknown realms of space, through physical and mental despair to euphoric highs. Yet, all of these extraordinary stories celebrate the enduring nature of the human spirit and showcase the mental and physical determination it sometimes takes to achieve one's aims. This varied and compelling collection will take you on an adventure around the world, but also on an emotional journey exploring what it means to be human.

Includes extracts about and by Ernest Shackleton, Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, Amelia Earhart, Marie Colvin, John Krakauer, Solomon Northrup, Ella Maillart, Freya Stark, Ed Stafford, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Aron Lee Ralston, María Elena Moyano, and Ger.

Weight: 1012g
Dimension: 178 x 247 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781801102575