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  • Protecting Whitney

    The Memoir of Her Bodyguard

    by David Roberts ...
    David Roberts was Whitney Houston's bodyguard, the real one.Roberts was hired in 1988 for Houston's UK portion of the Moment of Truth world tour. Accustomed to working for diplomats and Fortune 500 clients, Roberts had reservations about working with a pop star. But Houston's heart of gold won him over from the moment they met at Heathrow Airport.There's a high bar for those who work in this ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Finding Everett Ruess

    The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer

    by David Roberts ...
    **The definitive biography of Everett Ruess, the artist, writer, and eloquent celebrator of the wilderness whose bold solo explorations of the American West and mysterious disappearance in the Utah desert at age twenty have earned him a large and devoted cult following.“Easily one of [Roberts’s] best . . . thoughtful and passionate . . . a compelling portrait of the Ruess myth.”—Outside**Wandering ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Monuments Egypt and Ancient Civilization

    The Egyptian drawings and illustration collection (1796–1864).

    The Egypt illustrations by David Roberts’ Nile (1796–1864) graciously captures life in Egypt and its ancient civilization. These Egyptian illustrated picturesque scenes of Egypt and its architectural landmarks, as well as the daily lives of the people, while traveling around this fascinating country. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • ONCE THEY MOVED LIKE THE WIND: COCHISE, GERONIMO,

    by David Roberts ...
    During the westward settlement, for more than twenty years Apache tribes eluded both US and Mexican armies, and by 1886 an estimated 9,000 armed men were in pursuit. Roberts (Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative) presents a moving account of the end of the Indian Wars in the Southwest. He portrays the great Apache leaders—Cochise, Nana, Juh, Geronimo, the woman warrior Lozen—and U.S. generals George ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • True Summit

    What Really Happened on the Legendary Ascent on Annapurna

    by David Roberts ...
    In a startling look at the classic Annapurna—the most famous book about mountaineering—David Roberts discloses what really happened on the legendary expedition to the Himalayan peak.In June 1950, a team of mountaineers was the first to conquer an 8,000-meter peak. Maurice Herzog, the leader of the expedition, became a national hero in France, and Annapurna, his account of the historic ascent, has ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration

    The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration

    by David Roberts ...
    His two companions dead, food and supplies vanished in a crevasse, Douglas Mawson was still one hundred miles from camp.On January 17, 1913, alone and near starvation, Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, was hauling a sledge to get back to base camp. The dogs were gone. Now Mawson himself plunged through a snow bridge, dangling over an abyss by the sledge harness. A ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Shantaram

    A Novel

    Now a major television series from Apple TV+ starring Charlie Hunnam!“It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured.”An escaped convict with a false passport, Lin flees maximum security prison in Australia for the teeming streets of Bombay, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Into the Great Emptiness

    Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap

    by David Roberts ...
    **A Library Journal Best Book of 2022 in Science and Technology“A gripping saga—and one of Roberts’s finest books.” —Jon KrakauerThe riveting story of one of the greatest but least-known sagas in the history of exploration.**By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had occupied the relatively accessible west coast for centuries. The east coast, however ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • Healing Conversations

    Talking Yourself Out of Conflict and Loneliness

    by David Roberts ...
    Brings to life the seven elements of how to have deep and fulfilling interactions so that people can connect in a world with many conversational obstacles.Conversation is the way human beings connect. Great friendships are defined by the way one speaks, listens, and flows through the joy of effortless conversation. As the divisions in culture deepen due to politics, generational misunderstanding, ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Devil's Gate

    Brigham Young and the Great Mormon Handcart Tragedy

    by David Roberts ...
    The Mormon handcart tragedy of 1856 is the worst disaster in the history of the Western migrations, and yet it remains virtually unknown today outside Mormon circles.Following the death of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church, its second Prophet and new leader, Brigham Young, determined to move the faithful out of the Midwest, where they had been constantly persecuted by their neighbors, to ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • In Search of the Old Ones

    by David Roberts ...
    Series series A Brief History of the Anasazi
    An exuberant, hands-on fly-on-the-wall account that combines the thrill of canyoneering and rock climbing with the intellectual sleuthing of archaeology to explore the Anasazi.David Roberts describes the culture of the Anasazi—the name means “enemy ancestors” in Navajo—who once inhabited the Colorado Plateau and whose modern descendants are the Hopi Indians of Arizona. Archaeologists, Roberts ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Lost World of the Old Ones

    Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest

    by David Roberts ...
    An award-winning author and veteran mountain climber takes us deep into the Southwest backcountry to uncover secrets of its ancient inhabitants.In this thrilling story of intellectual and archaeological discovery, David Roberts recounts his last twenty years of far-flung exploits in search of spectacular prehistoric ruins and rock art panels known to very few modern travelers. His adventures range ... Read more

    $12.99 USD