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The Adventures of a Pakistani in Texas
A young woman from Karachi doesn’t discover how intense Islam can be…until moving to Texas.
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Mariya Karimjee
A Whaleship Full of Cannibals (Who Happen to Be My Family)
My parents love the tale of how our ancestors’ whaling ship capsized, turning the crew into cannibals. As an environmental reporter, there’s no story I…
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Melissa Cronin
The Adventures of a Pakistani in Texas
A young woman from Karachi doesn’t discover how intense Islam can be…until moving to Texas.
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Mariya Karimjee
How I Wrote Myself into a Real-life Romantic Comedy – That Turned into a Survivalist Thriller
As a filmmaker, I thought I could write the screenplay for my own love life. When I got lost in a hailstorm at 12,000 feet, searching for my ex, I…
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Melissa Johnson
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My Wild Escape Into the Parrot Protection Program
I was the only woman on a volunteer crew sent into the jungle to defend a dwindling bird population from pet-trade poachers. And I saved my sense of…
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Ali Wunderman
Two Geniuses, One Wheelchair and an Audacious Plan to Swim with the Whales
When the oceanographer who discovered whale songs met the paralyzed disability rights leader, they began a quest that grew more dangerous and beautiful…
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Scot Danforth
The Dangerous Undersea Search for Missing Military Heroes
From the English Channel to the Pacific, one band of volunteer divers look for the remains of American M.I.A.s. I joined and discovered this mission can…
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Brant deBoer
The Quarantined Hippies Trapped in a Jungle Paradise
When COVID flared in Panama, 20 travelers from 18 countries holed up in this eco-village and shut the gates. Things in the outside world got worse, and…
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Alden Wicker
An Accidental Sailor Vs. the Storm of the Century
I had zero experience when I signed up for a week at sea on an ancient wooden vessel. I got enough to last a lifetime.
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Nelson Simon
The Parachuting Female Photojournalist Who Dove Into War Headfirst
Dickey Chapelle jumped out of planes, marched through the jungle and survived enemy prison—redefining what it meant to be a woman on the front lines.
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Lorissa Rinehart
The King of Adventure Stares Down Death
A rodeo cowboy, skydiver, firefighter, ultramarathoner and motorcycle racer, Coach Stroud is a 71-year-old badass. And he’s determined to die on his own…
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Andrew Shaughnessy
This Quadriplegic Daredevil Invented His Own Tech to Race at 130mph
After a devastating injury as a teenager, Mario Bonfante Jr. now races using equipment he built in his bedroom, and he’s ready to help others do the…
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Mike Kessler
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