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How many Mondays do you have left to live? In this book, Jodi Wellman inspires the reader to wake up and live life more fully. Don’t think for a moment that this is a morbid or depressing read. Her positive psychology training comes through in an easy, eye-opening way.

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Gutsy Girl, a funny, inspiring, deeply researched exploration into the science and psychology of the outdoors and our place in it as we age-now in paperback.

Chronicling the dramatic details of this historic expedition for the first time, No Horizon Is So Far explores what drove Ann and Liv across the ice and ultimately into hearts and history books around the world. It traces the birth of their dreams as girls half a globe apart, their tenacious work to assemble the necessary money and gear, and their brutally taxing trek.

The search to find one’s own limits and surpass them is what defines us as human beings. By consciously choosing to walk the path of most resistance, we come to a better understanding of ourselves, and our potential for physical, mental and emotional growth.

Why do some people seek adventure, exploration, and the unknown while others are happier with the status quo? Here’s a book with deep scientific backing presented in an easy-to-understand way.

Ever wonder about the mind/body connection? Or how you can squeeze greater performance out of your body without more physical training? This book covers the science of that in an entertaining, easy-to-understand way.

How is it some people seem to succeed in such amazing ways with such little effort? This book provides insight to 10 traits that are behind such achievers – and insights to how you can develop them.

Do you have challenges with motivating to exercise, or building habits to stick with it on a regular basis? Your not alone. Here’s a book that helps explain by it’s so difficult for some people, and tips on how to overcome the hurdles.

Want to know what it’s like to swim non-stop in the ocean for 53 hours? …

WOOP is a neuroscience-based methodology for increasing your rate of success in achieving goals. It …

This article from the journal Psychology Today provides some food for thought on how you …

I was initially uninterested in seeing this movie because for some reason I had the …

Author: Tony Horwitz Captain James Cook sailed 150,000 miles in the mid-1700s, making the last …

This biography by Stephen Ambrose is about Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis & Clark expedition fame. Ambrose assembles a mix of expedition journal excerpts and his own modern day commentary into a wonderful story of adventure, exploration, grit, and human challenges. It might be best read while paddling down the Missouri River

Author: Eddy Harris Mississippi Solo is a beautiful true-life American adventure about a black man …

Author: Lynne Cox Epic swim after epic swim, Lynne Cox describes her experiences in such …

Author: Diana Nyad Dream adventures rarely just happen. They take a lot of time, effort, …

People tackle epic physical adventures for many different reasons. Some do it for the emotional healing effect that a large dose of nature, exercise, and unimpeded opportunity to ponder life can bring. Cheryl Strayed demonstrates this in an existing, yet deeply personal memoir about her own healing on the Pacific Crest Trail.

Author: Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge M.D. My father gave me this book when …

Author: Spencer Johnson Do you feel your life is stuck in a rut because you …

As Hutchinson puts it in this book, endurance is “the struggle to continue against a mounting desire to stop.” He helps disentangle the link between mind and body in a ways that allows you to extend your physical limits further than you ever believed possible.

Want to know how some people always seem blessed with success? And do you want to know how you can be like that? It’s not necessarily IQ or how you were raised. This book on neuroscience presents interesting techniques that breed success.

Are you looking for a way to introduce your children to adventure in the outdoors …

Want to learn how to sail a small boat? A big boat? This organization has an excellent reputation for a wide variety of training and certifications for sailors, both beginning and advanced. Learn about boat handling, navigation, meteorology, and lots more.

Tracy Edwards is an inspiration to anyone harboring a grand ambition who is starting at …

Author: Gwendolyn Bounds An inspiring autobiographical account of an out-of-shape middle-aged woman stuck in the …