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LT Dick Thompson, codename Dynamite, describes in heart-stopping detail that takes your breath away, brutal firefights and hand-to-hand combat against overwhelming odds as seen through his eyes. Follow Dynamite as he transitions from a hardcore Airborne Ranger Special Forces warrior into one of the most elite, tier-one special operators on the face of the planet. In the future, scholars will turn first to this book for historic and jarring SOG-related action.

From late 1872 to 1876, H.M.S. Challenger explored the world's oceans. Conducting deep sea soundings, dredging the ocean floor, recording temperatures, observing weather, and collecting biological samples, the expedition laid the foundations for modern oceanography. Following the ship's naturalists and their discoveries, earth scientist Doug Macdougall engagingly tells a story of Victorian-era adventure and ties these early explorations to the growth of modern scientific fields.

Traveling With Dogs: From the USA to the UK is the first in a series by Elizabeth Acker about her journeys with her beloved dogs.

The life of Robert II Furfan de Ros is fascinating. The man did it all, but nobody has heard of him. He marries the king of Scotland's daughter. He goes on the Third Crusade with King Richard the Lionheart and angers the king of Austria during that Crusade, which causes King Richard to be held for ransom. He raises 25 percent of a king's ransom.

The book begins with one of the experiences that I survived while hitchhiking in Florida. I continue by writing about my life as a blind person. How did my parents handle the news no parent can possibly be prepared for - that I was totally blind? How did I handle my blindness, and how did my need to be independent deeply influence my future? It also colorfully discusses my time in a residential school for the blind and some of the conflicting emotions that impacted me, such as feeling sad and abandoned when being sent away from home at the age of four years old.

Ejnar Mikkelsen er en af de store danske grønlandsrejsende, og der er aldrig lavet en biografi om ham. Gyldendal har udgivet hans egne bøger, og nu er tiden kommet til at sætte Ejnar Mikkelsen ind i en større sammenhæng. Af de gamle grønlandsforskere er Knud Rasmussen og Ejnar Mikkelsen de to, der har haft størst betydning for forholdet mellem Grønland og Danmark - men på hver deres måde - Mikkelsens måske den største, hvis det hele skal gøres op. Om nogen blev Ejnar Mikkelsen manden på Grønlands østkyst.

Den danske forfatter og polarforsker Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872-1907) blev især berømt for de to grønlands-ekspeditioner, som han planlagde og deltog i: Den Litterære Ekspedition, der gik langs Grønlands vestkyst op til Thuledistriktet, og Danmark-ekspeditionen på den nordøstgrønlandske kyst. "Ud hvor livet frister" er fortællingen om hans fantastiske liv og død i 1907 under Danmark-ekspeditionen skrevet af forfatter og polarekspert Janni Andreassen. Bogen er illustreret med enestående og ikke tidligere offentliggjorte fotos.

"Farlig tomandsfærd" er et af den grønlandske histories mest eventyrlige afsnit. Bogen fortæller om en lille håndfuld mænds uforfærdede kamp for i årene 1909-12 at løfte resten af det slør, der endnu hvilede over Mylius-Erichsens, Høeg-Hagens og Jørgen Brønlunds sidste tragiske rejse under "Danmarks-ekspeditionen" 1906-08. Ekspeditionsleder og polarforsker Ejnar Mikkelsen har beskrevet nogle af de oplevelser, han og hans ekspeditionskammerat Iver Iversen kom ud for, da de ufrivilligt måtte tilbringe tre år i den nordøstgrønlandske ødemark.