This epic story of survival, full of exhilarating highs and devastating lows, is told with raw emotion and captivating honesty. This book will leave you amazed and exhausted.
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Language: en
Pages: 320
Pages: 320
‘I stood on the beach truly alone for the first time. I would not see another person for sixty days. I was on an uninhabited tropical island and I had nothing with me to help me survive. No food, no equipment, no knife and not even any clothes. All I
Language: en
Pages: 320
Pages: 320
Determined to beat his Guinness World Record for walking the length of the Amazon River, a retired British Army captain and adventurer maroons himself on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific for 60 days with no food, water or clothing where he pushes himself to the outer limits to
Language: en
Pages: 203
Pages: 203
Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1719) has had an enduring and widespread impact, becoming a universal myth. This volume offers various approaches to the rewriting of the desert(ed) island myth of the novel. Its originality comes from the time range covered, as its focus ranges from medieval proto-Robinsonades to twentieth-century cinematic
Language: en
Pages: 283
Pages: 283
"This is the first book devoted in its entirety to William Burroughs' masterpiece, bringing together an international array of scholars, artists, musicians, and academics from many fields to explore the origins, writing, reception, and complex meanings of Naked Lunch."--Inside cover.
Language: en
Pages: 160
Pages: 160
More than just a history of the real 'pirates of the Caribbean,' Pirates: A History explores piracy from ancient times to the present day, from the bloodthirsty Viking raiders who terrorised northern Europe to the legendary female Chinese pirate of the 1920s, Lai Choi San. In this history we see