Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Audio Editions)

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Summary: Impressive book: more impressive story
Review: Incredible voyage does not begin to cut the surface of this amazing story. It is amazing that more people don't know about this. no wonder there is a surge in "shackelton-theory" of management. read this book at your peril...you will find yourself sucked in!

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Summary: Perhaps the best book I've ever read!
Review: This is probably the best book I've ever read -- on page after page of this account of the "failed" Shackleton expedition I found myself gasping and exclaiming out loud "unbelievable!!". My husband's curiosity was picqued by such outbursts; after passing it on to him, he read it in almost one sitting and agreed that it was perhaps the best book he had ever read as well (and we've read LOTS of books!). The small annoyances of daily living will seem laughably trivial after you've been exposed to the true hardship these men faced for almost 2 years. Although the recent best-sellers Into Thin Air and The Perfect Storm were both good reads, Endurance makes the events in those books look like a walk in the park by comparison. Buy more than one copy -- if you loan it to someone, you might not get it back!

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Summary: One of the best books that I have ever read.
Review: And I thought it was hard to walk through ten miles of snow to school.Could not get over how tough and brave these men were.There are many things to learn from this book.

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Summary: Great Book
Review: Excellent narration by Lansing, although pictures and drawings and some maps could have made the book even better. I savored every word!!!!

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Summary: Fantastic! Best book I've read in a long time.
Review: A must for anyone who, like myself, is addicted to reading accounts of human endurance and survivial.

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Summary: Shakletons' courage serves to inspire!
Review: If you are an adventurer at heart, Shakleton will make you want to travel again. Some might call him crazy, but I think he understood the purpose of life. He was happy when he had a mission.

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Summary: Excellent. Even if you're not interested in Antarctica I
Review: recommend this book as a testament to the will of man in harsh conditions. I also recommend a fiction novel set in Antarctica-- ETERNITY BASE by Bob Mayer. He weaves a modern day tale of intrigue around the last continent. As a military man serving in Alaska I can empathize with trying to simply survive in the bitter cold, never mind actually do something!!

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Summary: A gripping, brilliant book
Review: Read the first page of this astonishing tale and you are guaranteed to read straight through to the end.

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Summary: Your jaw will drop. Your teeth will chatter
Review: Like many, I was turned onto the adventure story genre by the success of books like 'The Perfect Storm' and 'Into thin Air'. Those two were suitable warm-ups for 'Enduranc'e a book so engrossing as to make one never think the same about warm bed sheets or dry clothing ever again. What unthinkable hardship these men faced! One of the many great highlights are the wonderful journal exerpts that describe in the men's own wonderful and very elegant words the unending harships they faced. Shakleton's leadership, too, is awe inspiring. Fantastic through and through. A unforgettable reading experience.

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Summary: An incredible feat of tenacity & endurance. A great read.
Review: I could not put this book down. What a horrible existence these men lived. It made me wonder how I would have reacted to such challenges. I was amazed by how happy they were a lot of the time. In the face of such danger, they occasionally felt the warmth of the sun on their faces and realized how wonderful it was to be alive. The author does a great job of recounting the details, but I was left longing for a more personal account. I wondered what the men where thinking and feeling. If you love adventures stories, you will love this book.