Hound of the Sea by Garrett McNamara, Karen KarboRequirements: .MP3 reader, 233MBOverview: Big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara set the world record for the sport, surfing a 78-foot wave in Nazare, Portugal, in 2011, a record he smashed two years later at the same break. Propelled by the challenge and promise of bigger, more difficult waves, this […]
Battle Story: Verdun 1916 by Chris McNabRequirements: .ePUB, .PDF, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 6.2 MbOverview: The Battle of Verdun was one of the bloodiest engagements of the First World War, resulting in 698,000 deaths, 70,000 for each of the 10 months of battle. The French Army in the area were decimated and it is often most tragically […]
Hound of the Sea: Wild Man, Wild Waves, Wild Wisdom by Garrett McNamara, Karen KarboRequirements: .ePUB reader, 855.3KBOverview: In this thrilling and candid memoir, world record-holding and controversial Big Wave surfer Garrett McNamara chronicles his emotional quest to ride the most formidable waves on earth. Garrett McNamara—affectionately known as GMac—set the world record for the […]
Jeff Bezos: The World-Changing Entrepreneur by Chris McNabRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 346 MBOverview: What was the key to Jeff Bezos’s success? This biography takes a deep dive into his career and the decisions he made to become the world’s most successful business magnate. Entrepreneur and e-commerce pioneer Jeff Bezos is a success story of the business […]
Elon Musk: Innovator, Entrepreneur and Visionary by Chris McNabRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 316 MBOverview: Elon Musk is one of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs- the CEO of Tesla, the founder of SpaceX, and one of the richest people on the planet. Raised in South Africa, he attended a number of universities before founding the software company […]