Discover the secrets behind history’s greatest achievers.
What do Ben Franklin, Marie Curie, Ernest Shackleton, Susan B. Anthony, the Wright Brothers, and the Apollo astronauts have in common? They dared the impossible—and changed the world.
Discover the powerful mindset, resilience, and vision that unite history’s boldest innovators and explorers.
Packed with inspiring stories, timeless lessons, and practical insights, this book reveals how you can apply the same traits to achieve extraordinary success.
Inspiring stories of the small teams that shaped our world and built our future.
And others who excelled in art, design, music, pop culture, comedy, movies, and so much more.
When others exclaimed, “It can’t be done,” three titans of history proved it could.
Audacious Goals, Remarkable Results profiles the men and their larger-than-life endeavors:
Audacious Goals reveals the outsized risks and setbacks each faced in their quest to change our world.
Grab a warm blanket. This book puts you right into the action of the life-and-death decisions made by early Antarctic explorers.
In When Your Life Depends on It you’ll discover:
All set in the most hostile environment on Earth, where split seconds determine who gets out alive.
Why is it that some people wake up energized, raring to go, enthralled with all the challenges ahead?
They encounter obstacles and enjoy overcoming them. And how do you bring this into your own life?
Brad Borkan teamed up with author and podcaster Holly Worton to answer these questions.
This book provides an 8-step process showing you how to achieve Dynamic Alignment.
Chanticleer International Book Awards
Wishing Shelf Literary Awards
Voice Arts Awards: Best Audiobook - History category
Book, eBook, and Audiobook categories
Brad Borkan is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the Society of Authors. He has presented at business and Antarctic conferences and appeared on numerous leadership and history podcasts. Brad is a former senior director at leading high tech companies like SAP. His expertise is blending his business experience and history knowledge to create compelling stories offering direct lessons for today’s world.
David Hirzel’s passion as a maritime historian and author is best expressed in his books on Arctic and Antarctic exploration history. His Sailor on Ice polar biography series brings the story of the explorer Tom Crean to life. David also created a small, independent publishing company called Terra Nova Press which publishes polar-focused books as well as the Borkan-Hirzel co-authored books featured on this website. When not writing or publishing, he can be found designing residential architecture from his home office “Sky Ranch” overlooking the sea in Pacifica, California.
