Humphreys Alastair - Against The Odds The Incredible Struggles Of 20 Great Adventurers - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: FROM THE Author OF Great Adventurers - Winner OF THE Edward Stanford Children's Travel BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019. Sometimes adventure like life doesn't work out as you want it to. Even determined explorers make mistakes. Many of the greatest adventurers of all time have failed along the way. Hand - picked by adventurer Alastair Humphreys this compilation retells the extraordinary journeys undertaken by explorers who have tried failed and succeeded against the odds. It features adventurers whose expeditions went desperately wrong turning into struggles for survival. And adventurers who had to fight for their right to succeed in the face of discrimination or setbacks that threatened to squash their dreams. These are stories of self - belief resilience friendship courage determination and hope - against the odds. Featuring explorers modern and ancient from Zheng He to Joe Simpson Jeanne Baret to Matthew Henson these men and women ventured into space oceans deserts and jungles and may inspire you to do the same." We often hold a very narrow ideas of what 'success means. We think that if we don't reach a certain outcome then we've failed and wasted our time. But in this book you are going to read of changed plans leading to greater happiness of personal disaster opening the door to wonderful experiences of lessons learned from compromising and even occasions when mere survival is triumph enough." - Alastair Humphreys
Title: Against The Odds The Incredible Struggles Of 20 Great Adventurers
Author(s): Humphreys Alastair, Pola Mai
Publisher: Templar Publishing
Barcode: 9781787410169
Pages: 96 Pages
Publication Date: 7/2/2024
Category: People & Places (Children's / Teenage)