Kira Salak: 3 books
The Cruelest Journey
Six Hundred Miles to Timbuktu
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
DESCRIPTION
Kira Salak became the first person in the world to kayak alone 600 miles on the Niger River of Mali to Timbuktu, retracing the fatal journey of the great Scottish explorer Mungo Park. Enduring tropical storms, hippos, rapids, the unrelenting heat of the Sahara desert, and the mercurial...
by Kira Salak
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Description
Four Corners is Kira Salak's riveting account of her epic, solo jungle trek across the remote Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea—often called the last frontier of adventure travel. Traveling by dugout canoe and on foot, confronting the dangers and wonders of a largely untouched...
The White Mary
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
A young woman journeys deep into the untamed jungle, wrestling with love and loss, trauma and healing, faith and redemption, in this sweeping debut from "the gutsiest woman adventurer of our day" (Book Magazine)
Marika Vecera, an accomplished war reporter, has dedicated her life to...