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Summary of Bear Grylls's Mud, Sweat, And Tears
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 37

Summary of Bear Grylls's Mud, Sweat, And Tears

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Walter Smiles, my great-grandfather, had a very clear dream for his life. He wanted to make his fortune and build a house on Portavo Point, a windswept cove in County Down, Northern Ireland, where he would return to live. #2 Great-grandfather Walter was a British officer who fought in World War I. He was highly decorated, and when he returned home, he was knighted. #3 The story of Walter and Margaret is a perfect example of how love can change your life. Walter, who was a diplomat, married Margaret, who was heavily into playing bridge and polo. She was pregnant with his child, but she did everything she could to make the pregnancy fail. #4 On the Princess Victoria, Walter was in the dead man’s zone between the ferry and the breaking waves, waiting to be killed.

Summary of Peter Zuckerman & Amanda Padoan's Buried in the Sky
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 27

Summary of Peter Zuckerman & Amanda Padoan's Buried in the Sky

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Chhiring’s first name, Cheerful, was a reflection of his determination. He was always cheerful, and his clients praised his attitude. He was always moving fast, and he couldn’t control the pace. Speed was hardwired into his DNA. #2 The Sherpa people of Rolwaling Valley are a small ethnicity that inhabit Beding and the other villages of the Rolwaling Valley. They rarely describe themselves this way, preferring to recognize what they have: faith and a self-reliant community. #3 The legend of Guru Rinpoche and the demons of Rolwaling is a scare tactic used to get visitors to visit the valley more often. The younger generation is less concerned with the apocalypse. #4 Rolwaling was a beyul, a frontier community that granted amnesty to refugees. It was thought to be guarded by a powerful mountain goddess. The Sherpa people relied on local materials and their own labor to feed and clothe themselves.

Summary of Joe Simpson's Touching the Void
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 35

Summary of Joe Simpson's Touching the Void

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I was in the middle of the Cordillera Huayhuash, in the Peruvian Andes, with Simon. We were surrounded by spectacular ice mountains and the only indication of this from within our tent was the regular roaring of avalanches falling off Cerro Sarapo. #2 I was not the full ticket, but I was over the worst. It was freezing last night. I had met Richard, a travel companion, in Lima, halfway through his six-month exploration of South America. His wire-rimmed glasses, neat practical clothing, and bird-like mannerisms hid a dry humor and a wild repertoire of beachcombing reminiscences. #3 I was worried about t...

Summary of Valerian Ivanovich Alʹbanov & Linda Dubosson's In the Land of White Death
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 34

Summary of Valerian Ivanovich Alʹbanov & Linda Dubosson's In the Land of White Death

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I left the ship with 13 other crew members and set off on foot toward Franz Josef Land, in search of an inhabited shore. We were icebound for a year and a half off Franz Josef Land, unable to advance or retreat, at the mercy of the winds and tides. #2 I asked to leave the ship, and the crew agreed. I was only glad that the others were leaving voluntarily, and chose their fate. I was still responsible for the safety of the crew, and I was not willing to let them go through another winter on the ice. #3 The air was electric whenever we met, but we did not part on good terms. We were always overemotional and often broke off our discussions in a rage. We would not have understood one another if we had been able to stay calm. #4 We had enough supplies to last us until the autumn of 1915, if we were able to reach open water. We could not predict who would succeed in this unequal struggle against the Arctic elements.

Summary of Dervla Murphy's Full Tilt
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 46

Summary of Dervla Murphy's Full Tilt

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I was trying to get a visa to travel through Afghanistan, but I was told that under no circumstances would they grant a visa to a woman who intended cycling alone through Afghanistan. #2 I went to the Afghan Embassy and explained my situation. They gave me a letter that was written on the government’s behalf requesting the Afghan Government to grant me a visa for a month’s traveling by bike through Afghanistan at my own risk. #3 I met three Pakistani officers who are here on a three-month military mission. They took me under their wing, and they did not expect me to be murdered in Afghanistan. They gave me a list of addresses of their friends and relatives, and advised me on which parts of Pakistan are worth seeing. #4 Persia has undermined my resolution to give nothing to anyone during the rest of the journey. I have decided to distribute money as baksheesh, which is an oblique form of selfishness. However, it is important to remember that this misery is not as total or as neglected as it seems.

Summary of Dava Sobel's Longitude
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 31

Summary of Dava Sobel's Longitude

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The latitude and longitude lines govern the world today, as they have for centuries. They were first mapped out by Ptolemy in his first world atlas in AD 150. #2 The difference between latitude and longitude is that the zero-degree parallel of latitude is fixed by the laws of nature, while the zero-degree meridian of longitude shifts like the sands of time. To find your latitude, you only need to know the length of the day or the height of the sun above the horizon, whereas to find your longitude, you need to know what time it is aboard ship and the time at your home port or another place of known long...

Summary of Jim Wight's The Real James Herriot
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 73

Summary of Jim Wight's The Real James Herriot

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Alf Wight was not a Scotsman, as he never lost the soft Glaswegian accent he developed over his twenty-three years in that great Scottish city. He was an Englishman born of English parents in an English town. He was not a Scotsman, and he never spent his entire life as a practicing veterinary surgeon in Yorkshire. #2 Alf’s mother, Hannah, was a music lover who wanted to improve herself and her family’s situation. She sent her husband to Glasgow in 1914, where he could find work in the shipyards and cinemas. #3 The family was devastated by the death of Jim’s brother Alfred in the First World War, but his name lived on through Alf. Jim was a quiet, reserved and very gentlemanly man, while Pop was a fanatical football fan and a native of Sunderland. #4 The Wight family had their first home in Glasgow in 1916, when baby Alfred was barely three weeks old. His happy and fulfilling childhood days in the city resulted in him forever referring to himself as a Glaswegian.

Summary of Yossi Ghinsberg's Lost in the Jungle
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 40

Summary of Yossi Ghinsberg's Lost in the Jungle

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I want to thank my parents, who taught me that being a happy old person is the purpose of life. I am a fortunate man of many assets, and these are my friends.

Summary of Jayne Zanglein's The Girl Explorers
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 37

Summary of Jayne Zanglein's The Girl Explorers

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Blair was fond of the Explorers Club’s ban on women members. She thought that women were falling into the same trap as men when they announced that they were the first white woman to do something. She knew there was a fine line between showing strength when danger loomed ahead and completely disregarding that danger. #2 Mickie was not afraid of taking risks, as she knew she could overcome any danger. She was collecting specimens for the Brooklyn Museum of Arts and Sciences, and she collected memories of the cruelty of the Congo, which she tried to prevent along the way. #3 Osa Johnson was an anomaly. She was an independent, feisty, quick-tempered woman. But she was also tiny, adorable, and exuberant. Her energy of purpose could brush aside obstacles entailing physical danger or hardship. #4 Osa was captured by the Malekulans, and she was brought to their leader, Nagapate. She was terrified of being eaten, but the tribe leader seemed to be fascinated by her white skin.

Summary of Marty Neumeier's The Brand Gap
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 13

Summary of Marty Neumeier's The Brand Gap

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The three little questions are a litmus test for what makes you different, what gives your company its raison d’etre. A good example of a company that understands differentiation is John Deere, which makes farm tractors and related equipment. #2 The human brain is a filter that protects us from the vast amount of irrelevant information that surrounds us every day. It learns to tell things apart by comparing them to data from earlier experiences. #3 The shift from a one-size-fits-all economy to a mass-customization economy has led to the attention of marketing shifting from features to benefits to experience to tribal identification. #4 We need divisions just as much as we need ways to transcend them. Without barriers, there would be no safety against war, disease, natural disaster, or a feeling of alienation. The faster globalism removes barriers, the faster people erect new ones.