Digging for the Truth: One Man's Epic Adventure Exploring the World's Greatest A

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		Digging for the Truth: One Man's Epic Adventure Exploring the World's Greatest A
		Digging for the Truth: One Man's Epic Adventure Exploring the World's Greatest A

基本信息·出版社：Turnaround
·页码：208 页
·出版日期：2007年08月
·ISBN：1592403182
·条形码：9781592403189
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语

内容简介 Now in paperback: Josh Bernstein, host of The History Channel’s hit series Digging for the Truth, takes readers beyond the cameras for an even closer look at his adventures through some of the most intriguing places on the planet.

No location is too dangerous, no terrain too rough, no culture too exotic for explorer and survival expert Josh Bernstein. With his unique hands-on approach, he travels the globe, seeking answers to some of the most enigmatic mysteries of the ancient world. Digging for the Truth shares Josh’s personal stories, journals, and insights, revealing the risks and dangers of what went on behind the scenes in shooting the show, and the fascinating details about what he uncovers along each adventure. Readers are right in the action as he:
• Discovers who built Egypt’s pyramids and learns what secrets may be buried below the Sphinx.
• Follows the trail of the Lost Ark of the Covenant to the remote monasteries and churches of Ethiopia.
• Sails a Viking ship on a quest to determine if the Vikings landed in the New World five hundred years before Columbus.

作者简介 Josh Bernstein is the president and CEO of BOSS, the Boulder Outdoor Survival School, the oldest and largest wilderness survival school in the world. Born and raised in New York City and educated at Cornell University, Josh has also been featured in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Men’s Vogue, CNN, NBC News, ABC News, CBS News, Good Morning America, and the Today show. Josh is a member of The Explorers Club and a professional photographer.
编辑推荐 From Publishers Weekly
TV show host and first-time author Bernstein is a real-life Indiana Jones: rugged, stubbled, khakied and capped with a familiar-looking hat ("It's not a fedora"), he might look silly if he didn't have the chops to back it up. Fortunately, he does: CEO of an outdoor survival school, Bernstein also has anthropology and psychology degrees from Cornell, as well as a lifelong love for the wilderness. It all combines to crowd-pleasing effect in this passionate volume, a companion to his popular History Channel series of the same name. After a brief autobiography, chapters describe how episodes were filmed in locations like Ethiopia, Italy and Austria, Egypt, Peru and Easter Island. Along the way the explorer rappels down Alpine cliffs, dives into mysterious Mayan cenotes and, yes, even searches for the Lost Ark of the Covenant, joined by colorful local experts like prickly Egyptian archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass. Illustrated with full-color location and crew photos, chapters also include interesting side bar lessons on wilderness survival-how to start a fire and put together an explorer's med kit among them. Bernstein glosses over neither dangers nor consequences, and it's clear throughout that he loves his job and knows how lucky he is to have it (despite the nightmare travel schedule and severe parasitic infections), making this an exciting, addicting read for fans of the show, present and future.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Review
Digging for the Truth is not a traditional archaeology show—it’s the very best in armchair adventure. Bernstein inspires his viewers, taking them on a hands-on journey into the past. -- Success Magazine

The best thing for archaeology’s image since Harrison Ford cocked his hat and starred in Raiders of the Lost Ark. -- The New York Times --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Review
“The best thing for archaeology’s image since Harrison Ford cocked his hat and starred in Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
—The New York Times

“...an exciting, addicting read for fans of the show, present and future.”
—Publishers Weekly

“...Bernstein vividly describes his trips to 10 exotic locales...He has the enthusiasm of someone who is very interested in the subject—but hasn’t had that spirit dulled by years of doctoral study.”
—New Jersey Jewish Standard

“...a lush and beautiful exploration of all the exotic locales that his viewers are accustomed to seeing on the show...coffee-table-worthy...and exciting and interesting read—at times as in-depth and fast-paced as a Clive Cussler novel...lets the reader feel like a part of Bernstein’s epic journey.”
—Decatur Tribune (IL)

“The host of the History Channel’s Digging for the Truth presents a behind-the-scenes tour of some of his most interesting and physically challenging adventures”
—Forecast (NJ)

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