William James, brother of novelist Henry James, was an American philosopher, as well as a psychologist. He was the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States. James was one of the leading thinkers of the late nineteenth century and is one of the most influential philosophers the United...
Arctic explorer, survival expert and naturalist Freddy Spencer Chapman was trapped behind enemy lines when the Japanese overran Malaya in 1942. His response was to begin a commando campaign of such lethal effectiveness that the Japanese deployed an entire regiment against him, hunting for him as they did for no other. He was wounded, and racked by tropical disease. His companions were killed, or captured...