The Adventurer's Handbook: From Surviving an Anaconda Attack to Finding Your Way Out of a Desert - Softcover

Conefrey, Mick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230105572 ISBN 13: 9780230105577

Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL, 2010

Synopsis

The Adventurer's Handbook What makes a good explorer? Adaptability, ambition, stamina, self-confidence, curiosity, optimism, authority--and fund-raising ability. Though few of us will ever have to face a charging elephant, or survive solely on penguin stew, when it comes to project management, crisis aversion, or any number of everyday problems, there is much we can learn from the larger-than-life tales of the world's most... Full description

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Review:

"I enjoyed this book so much my friends and I are attempting to make a film out of it. I did the same with 'A Clockwork Orange, ' but apparently, some random guy has beat me to it." --Jonah Hill

About the Author:

Mick Conefrey is an author and filmmaker who has made award-winning documentaries on Arctic exploration and Himalayan mountaineering. He also produced the BBC's anniversary film to commemorate the first ascent of Everest in 1953. He is the author of Mountain Men: A History of the Remarkable Climbers and Determined Eccentrics Who First Scaled the World's Most Famous Peaks and A Teacup in a Storm: An Explorer's Guide to Life. He lives in Oxford, England.

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0230105572
• ISBN 13: 9780230105577
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256