When the Endurance steamed south into the splitting ice pack of the Weddel Sea in the summer of 1914, she carried aboard the renowned British explorer Earnest Shackleton. The Endurance was specially designed and massively constructed by one of the world's finest shipyards, staffed with scientists and qualified volunteers and outfitted with meticulously tested equipment. Shackleton himself was an experienced polar veteran who had once come within a day's march of being the first to reach the south pole. But in spite of careful planning, the Endurance was doomed, and this expedition would be Shackleton's last Antarctic voyage. Unexpected cold weather froze the ship solidly into the ice, and 7 months later, the mounting pressure of millions of tons of ice crushed the three-foot wooden hull. The Endurance sank into the black water, and left the 30 exhausted men marooned on the treacherous melting ice flows of the storm-churned antarctic sea. For six months the poorly-equipped castaways would struggle under inconceivable hardship until the drifting ice broke up enough for Shackleton to lead his expedition in three open lifeboats through freezing open water to a lifeless bit of rock called Elephant Island. With 5 companions aboard the remaining battered lifeboat, Shackleton left his crew and stuck out across the open ocean in a desperate attempt to reach a remote whaling station to obtain help. His faithful men would remain behind to weather the winter storms sleeping under the upended wreckage of a lifeboat -- their lives dangling by the frail promise that he would someday return. Alfred Lancing is an experienced journalist whose detailed research combines with direct and perfectly-paced prose and a handful of the expedition's original photographs. It is a tale of leadership, unflagging courage, and determination in the face of impossible odds. But maybe the real definition of heroism is to be undaunted by the impossible. After sixteen days covering 900 miles of water in an amazing feat of open boat navigation, Shackleton struck land at South Georgia Island -- and after a three-day sleepless march over the 10,000 foot mountains in the huge island's interior, Shackleton and his remaining companions finally stumbled into a remote whaling outpost. And 450 days after being shipwrecked, after 5 attempts in three different ships, Shackleton managed to return to Elephant island to rescue his 22 remaining crew members in a tugboat borrowed from the Chilean government -- finally delivering all 29 of his men without the loss of a single life -- and making Endurance one of the most inspiring stories of human survival every written.

I used to have a little Mr Coffee espresso machine that ran based on steam. What I mean is I had to wait for the steam to build up before I could make coffee and this could take about 15 minutes. With my new ECMP50 model that has changed. I turn it on, and by the time I put the grounds in the filter it's ready to go. The coffee comes out so much better with the added pressure of the pump that is built in to this one and the steam never loses pressure. The water reservoir makes it really handy too since I don't have to be measuring water every time like I used to with my other machine. One thing I would suggest to the manufacturer however is to include a separate tamper instead of the cheap plastic one that is part of the measuring spoon. I purchased a separate one so I'm happy. I did not think I could get coffee this good from a sub $100 machine but I now stand corrected.

I just bought a Rexing S300 Dash Camera along with a Rexing V1. Although the V1 is quite a nice and useful Camera, it is no match to the Rexing S300. This last one has a larger and clear screen and has also several useful and advanced functions, one of them being the night mode, that will make our travel more safe and pleasant. The buttons layout in front, around the screen, make its operation easy and straightforward.

I purchased 3 of these, it works perfectly and I had no problem downloading it because I followed the instructions. DO NOT LISTEN to these people that can't follow instructions. After you buy it will ask you to download immediately, that is the wrong link DO NOT PRESS IT, the instructions are on the top of the page right under the price. If you want to download it you need to click on your account drop down menu go to your games and software library and click on the product from there it will redirect you to the office.com site where it downloads, you don't even have to put in the product code it knows directly from the redirect. I can only assume that the people that say they can't download this can't read and therefore have no business using a word document anyway.

If you like feeling manipulated and are a fan of unbelievable, contrived stories, this is the book for you. It drew on many cliches and most of the twists were predictable, but it was interesting enough that I read through to the end, although it was growing tedious by then. A decent airplane book, but you'll feel used by the time you finish.

There was a time that I (and many others) had rroblems with Norton/Symantrec products, but for the past 3 years or so, they have become great. This purchase was just to extend my one year registration for 3 PC's. 19 bucks for 3PC's useage is a great value. I purchased the download version, but all I really needed was the new reg key for an additional one year of Norton 360 for 2013.