Kate’s 2¢: “Alone: lost overboard in the Indian Ocean” by Brett Archibald

“Alone: lost overboard in the Indian Ocean” by Brett Archibald

NOTE: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares her thoughts about what she reads. Inho…

   This is the story of two remarkable men. The one who fell overboard and survived 28-1/2 hours in the salty Indian Ocean and the instinct and perseverance of Captain Doris, who located and plucked Brett out of the ocean.

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The experience changed my life 180 degrees! I thought I was being such a cool dude but while I was in the ocean, I reflected on all of that and realized none of that meant anything!

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Alone: lost overboard in the Indian Ocean DB87975

Archibald, Brett Reading time: 10 hours, 0 minutes.

Byron Mondahl A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Adventure

Businessman and entrepreneur recounts being lost at sea for twenty-eight hours. Shares the events that led up to his falling overboard into a storm-tossed Indian Ocean sixty miles from shore, his interactions with wildlife, and his psychological state while awaiting rescue. Strong language. Commercial audiobook. 2016.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Empire of ice and stone: the disastrous and heroic voyage of the Karluk” by Buddy Levy

“Empire of ice and stone: the disastrous and heroic voyage of the Karluk” by Buddy Levy

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   Truly a story of perseverance, trials, and tribulations, not to mention bravery and the will to live and assist the party left behind. I must admit, I’m not a high rish taker and I’d never venture into the cold unknown. I’m happy that there are those who can do it and live to enlighten the rest of us.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In an astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an adventure thriller, historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures. It was a moment unique in human history, the face-to-face meeting between two men from civilizations a world apart..Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the La…

   Levy is among several academics, historians and others providing their expertise to the four-part documentary series about Davy Crockett.

History and adventure are common themes for Levy.

His latest book is No Barriers: A Blind Man’s Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon (St. Martin’s Press, 2017), which he wrote with adventurer Erik Weihenmayer. His other books include Geronimo: Leadership Lessons of An American Warrior (co-authored with Mike Leach, Simon & Schuster, May 2014); River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana’s Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon (Bantam Dell, 2011). He also is the author of Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs (Bantam Dell, 2008), which was a finalist for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award, 2009, and nominated for the Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award, 2009, and the PEN Center USA Award 2009; and Echoes On Rimrock: In Pursuit of the Chukar Partridge (Pruett, 1998). His books have been published in six languages.

As a freelance journalist Levy has covered adventure sports and lifestyle/travel subjects around the world, including numerous Eco-Challenges and other adventure expeditions in Argentina, Borneo, Europe, Greenland, Morocco, and the Philippines.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Empire of ice and stone: the disastrous and heroic voyage of the Karluk DB113494

Levy, Buddy Reading time: 14 hours, 43 minutes.

Will Damron

Biography

Adventure

World History and Affairs

“In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine Karluk departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlett, considered the world’s greatest living ice navigator. The expedition’s visionary leader was a flamboyant impresario named Vilhjalmur Stefansson hungry for fame. Just six weeks after the Karluk departed, giant ice floes closed in around her. As the ship became icebound, Stefansson disembarked with five companions and struck out on what he claimed was a 10-day caribou hunting trip. Most on board would never see him again. Twenty-two men and an Inuit woman with two small daughters now stood on a mile-square ice floe, their ship and their original leader gone. Under Bartlett’s leadership they built make-shift shelters, surviving the freezing darkness of Polar night. Captain Bartlett now made a difficult and courageous decision. He would take one of the young Inuit hunters and attempt a 1000-mile journey to save the shipwrecked survivors. It was their only hope. Set against the backdrop of the Titanic disaster and World War I, filled with heroism, tragedy, and scientific discovery, Buddy Levy’s Empire of Ice and Stone tells the story of two men and two distinctively different brands of leadership: one selfless, one self-serving, and how they would forever be bound by one of the most audacious and disastrous expeditions in polar history, considered the last great voyage of The Heroic Age of Discovery.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Forfeit: a classic racing mystery from the king of crime” by Dick Francis

“Forfeit: a classic racing mystery from the king of crime” by Dick Francis

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   Tony Britton did a good job of narrating this interesting story for NLS. I suppose there is greed, corruption, and nasty people in every profession. The protagonist did a clever ploy to foil the need to forfeit the horse race.

From britannica.com

 Dick Francis (born October 31, 1920, Lawrenny, Pembrokeshire, Wales—died February 14, 2010, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) was a British jockey and mystery writer known for his realistic plots centred on the sport of horse racing. The son of a jockey, Francis took up steeplechase riding in 1946, turning professional in 1948.

   It was the worst-kept secret in publishing that the Dick Francis books were written by both Dick and Mary Francis together John Junor, the then editor-in-chief of the Sunday Express, read the book and invited my father to write six weekly features for his newspaper about the current racing scene.

Dick Francis: How a sporting calamity jump-started a great writing

irishtimes.com

Alongside his sports journalism, Dick Francis began penning fiction, and in 1962, he published his first ever crime thriller, Dead Cert. The book told the story of an amateur jockey named Alan York and was the first of many horse racing-based novels for the author.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Forfeit: a classic racing mystery from the king of crime DB114002

Francis, Dick Reading time: 7 hours, 21 minutes.

Tony Britton

Mystery and Detective Stories

Animals and Wildlife

“Dick Francis, the bestselling master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. When reporter Bert Chekov falls to his death, his colleague James Tyrone is suspicious. Chekov’s column had recently recommended some ‘can’t-lose’ horses, who then wound up out of the running on race day. Tyrone thinks he can prove it was murder, but he may not live to tell the tale. Because as the dead man has already made clear, there’s no such thing as a sure thing…” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

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