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Zoo Quest for a Dragon Written By - David Attenborough Narrated By - David Attenborough Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd Runtime : 3 hours 15 minutes Categories : Autobiography Adventurers & Explorers Price : $22.25 Buy Now... David Attenborough, Britain's voice of natural history, narrates his early adventures in the wilds of Indonesia David Attenborough's books and broadcasts have opened the incredible world of natural history to millions of viewers and listeners. Zoo Quest for a Dragon takes us back to one of his earliest projects, when the BBC and London Zoo joined forces on several animal-collecting expeditions. This behind-the-scenes look at how the first programmes were made reveals moments of hardship on horseback, canoe and in a wreck of a jeep through swamp, desert and rainforest. Attenborough tells of danger on the crew's hazardous boat trip with a gun-smuggling captain and the terror of erupting volcanoes. He also depicts for the listener some of the incredible sights he and his team witnessed - breathtaking butterflies, taking tea with Charlie the orang-utan and the the voyage to the little-known island of Komodo to capture the elusive Komodo Dragon. Specially recorded for audio, David Attenborough's early adventures are sometimes life-threatening, often hilarious and always totally absorbing.The warmth and enthusiasm that have made him a broadcasting legend are instantly apparent here as he recounts this magical journey. Other titles you may be interested in Nick Adams Stories, The Written By - Ernest Hemingway Narrated By - Stacy Keach Published By : Simon & Schuster Runtime : 7 hours Categories : Historical Adventurers & Explorers Classics General Price : $29.95 $17.95 "Of the place where he had been a boy he had written well enough. As well as he could then." So thought a dying writer in an early version of "The Snows of Kilimanjaro."... More info... Around the World in 80 Days Written By - Michael Palin Narrated By - Michael Palin Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd Runtime : 7 hours 35 minutes Categories : Adventurers & Explorers Biographical British TV Non Fiction Price : $31.99 Michael Palin set out from the Reform Club with an ambitious plan: to circumnavigate the world, following the route taken by fictional hero Phileas Fogg 115 years earlier. More info... Epic: Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks Written By - Various Narrated By - Full Cast Production Published By : Listen & Live Runtime : 6 hours Categories : Adventurers & Explorers Price : $24.95 $16.25 A collection of the most memorable accounts of legend-making expeditions to the world's most famous peaks and often in the worst possible conditions. More info... Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Story of Disaster and Survival at Sea Written By - Michael Tougias Narrated By - Jeff Cummings Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc Runtime : 6 hours Categories : Adventurers & Explorers Price : $19.95 $14.95 "[A] dramatic, pared-down account...Tougias smartly leavens his spare narrative with similar worst-case scenarios that resulted when other seamen miscalculated the sea's wrathful... More info...