Exploration & Discovery

A tale of personal courage and dedication, all set against a backdrop of perhaps the harshest environment on earth....

This book covers fascinating origin stories of 55 everyday items that were invented by accident; that is, the inventor did not expect to make the product when the product was discovered. Not only will this book share amazing stories about everyday products, but it will also inspire you....

Based on the true account of a boy's harrowing journey through the vast wilderness of the Katahdin Mountains, Lost on a Mountain in Maine is a gripping survival story for all ages....

Do your fantasy-loving kids find history class too boring? Do they wonder if maybe some really awesome stories from the past never made it into their library books? Absolutely! Get ready to unlock hours of engaging listening for your young one with this new collection of amazing stories....

Did you know that there are over a million different insects in the world? Cassandra is going to need to fire up her Shrink-O-Meter to discover the fascinating life of some of the world's smallest animals....

A companion book for young listeners based on 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, the groundbreaking best seller by Charles C. Mann....

Marco Polo was 17 when he set out for China...and 41 when he came back! More than 700 years ago, Marco Polo traveled from the medieval city of Venice to the fabled kingdom of the great Kublai Khan, seeing new sights and riches that no Westerner had ever before witnessed....

Have you ever wondered how fast a T-Rex could really run, or how much a Triceratops weighed? How about how long a Brachiosaurus’s neck is, or how high a Velociraptor could jump? This audiobook has all of these answers and more....

From the first immunosuppressant drugs to the first successful heart transplant, this exploration of scientific inquiry celebrates the greatest developments to date in transplant medicine....

Peter Frankopan explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology in this extraordinary book about how the East married the West with a remarkable voyage at its heart - the journey along the Silk Roads....

This long-awaited new volume in the acclaimed "Lives of" series presents the fascinating true tales of both notorious and little-known pirates....

Amazing Facts to Blow Your Mind unveils a world where the ordinary becomes extraordinary. This isn't just a collection of trivia; it's a meticulously curated portal to the wonders of our universe, tailored for the eternally curious of all ages.

On this adventure, we're going to encounter a phenomenon of nature—the volcano! We'll travel through the different layers of the earth to reach its core and learn about how scientist document changes over years and years....

Join our intrepid adventurers Otto and Cassandra (and Missy, the smartest bird in the universe) as they embark on a brand new Ladybird Audio Adventure....

Meet our fearless adventurers Cassandra, Otto and Missy AKA the smartest raven in the universe as they set out on their next action-packed Ladybird Audio Adventure!

Follow our fearless adventurers Cassandra and Otto (and Missy, the smartest bird in the universe) as they set out on their next action-packed Ladybird Audio Adventure....

From Ashima Shiraishi, one of the world's youngest and most skilled climbers, comes a true story of strength and perseverance - in rock climbing and in life....

It's a survival story almost too incredible to believe, but it's the extraordinary true tale of endurance in the harshest environment on earth...

Are you ready for the ultimate challenge to build up your faith? Join best friends Justin and Andrew from the hit YouTube channel JStu for this daring 100-day devotional that will test your limits, call for courage, and level up your adventure with Jesus.

En este libro descubrirá cómo era realmente la vida de los vikingos durante su época dorada. Aprenderá sobre los vikingos y las incursiones más importantes, y conocerá más sobre su vida cotidiana y las cuestiones que eran más importantes para ellos.

As adventurers from around the world raced to reach the South Pole and achieve other polar firsts in the early 1900s, outsider Ernest Shackleton and his motley expeditions would outshine even the British navy, becoming icons of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.....

Here are the stories of nine great adventures and the lives of the men who took part in them. They pushed back the frontiers of man's knowledge of the world....

From the team that created the ALA Notable Book The Cod's Tale comes the fascinating history of salt, which has been the object of wars and revolutions and is vital for life....

Whaling in the Arctic waters off Alaska’s coast was as dangerous as it was lucrative in 1897....

Wildlife expert and Emmy Award-winning Coyote Peterson brings his 12.5 million YouTube subscribers and legions of kid fans a full exploration of his "Sting Zone" adventure series, culminating in his thrilling encounter with the "King of Sting" - the Executioner Wasp....