Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Audio Editions)

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Summary: An excellent choice!
Review: This has been one of the most exciting books I have read recently. The captivating and compelling dialogue of the men and their trials and tribulations, this book takes you to a place you probably never want to go. It gave me an emmense feeling of awe for what these me went through. I encourage everyone to read it for themselves.

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Summary: 5th grade level reading
Review: Quite the struggle to Endure and it became tiring toward the last forty pages...."Get over that mountain!"

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Summary: Do they really survive? No way! But it's true, WOW!
Review: Two weeks and I devoured this book. Riding the Long Island Railroad helped. I find it hard to believe that these men had the strong desire to press on in such a barren place. I like to be adventureous but this blows me away. AWESOME!

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Summary: Escape from the Bermuda triangle of testosterone books
Review: If you, like I, have been trapped in the Bermuda triangle of testosterone books lately (The Perfect Storm, Into Thin Air, Young Men and Fire, Ship of Gold, etc...) then read this book and tremble. The degree of hardship these men endured, as well as their incredible will to live, transcends all other adventure tales and will help you break out of the Bermuda triangle rut. This book will be the one from which you judge all other books that have to do with the human spirit. It will be your frame of reference. Through Lansing's unflinching and stark prose, you will see yourself in a different light, and see mankind from a different perspective, when you finish this read. It is humbling, terrifying and true.

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Summary: An extrordinary story of courage, resourcefulness and skill
Review: I bought the book on the basis of the reviews on AMAZON.COM. At first I frankly wondered what the fuss was all about. By the end of the book I vowed I'd recommend it to everyone I know. If this were a novel or a movie, no one would believe it. The number of hairsbreadth escapes, the impossible feats performed by men who had already suffered immeasurably, the sheer audacity of the things they did, all beggar the imagination. At point after point one is vastly impressed by what they accomplished, only to find that they had to do something even more difficult. There is no doubt that this is a "must read." This is among the handful of books I will always treasure.

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Summary: Incredible adventure.
Review: If you liked this book, be sure to read Tim and Pauline Carr's new book, Antarctic Oasis: Under the Spell of South Georgia, for a modern-day adventure in the same setting. This book has maps and extraordinary color photography. It will knock your polar fleece socks off!

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Summary: Endurance = Excitement
Review: I ran across this book five years ago in my public library and realized what a treasure of adventure and inspriration it was. My heart is pounding again with this paperback edition. I couldn't wait to get my hands on it and then to heartily recommend it to my friends. Shakleton is the man. He demonstrates a depth of leadership that we long for today. His was a triumph of man over the forces of nature and deprivation. My only regret was that this edition lacked the suberb original art and photography of the hardback. You really must find a copy and see the grim, courageous faces of those men and the desolate landscape of their ordeal. Lansing puts you there and makes you long for a personal meeting with Shakleton and his men. What a splendid lecture it must have been when the crew of the Endurance returned with it's story of survival. I have never read a more inspiring account of leadership and heroism. Pass it along.

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Summary: A Great Adventure!!!
Review: A Perfect Storm, Into Thin Air neither can top the raw adventure and true courage of the men of the Endurance.

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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read
Review: A well-written true adventure story about men surviving against all odds, as told in their journals and pieced together by the author. Captures the nightmarish beauty of the Southern Ocean. A good sailing yarn also. My only criticism is that I wanted a map to follow their journey.

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Summary: Can you endure the details?
Review: It is an interesting book. Shackleton's experience is a miracle. It has great historical value. The details are griping, but after a while they become tedious. I began skipping pages just to keep interested. The book could use maps and an epilogue.