Audacious Goals, Remarkable Results

How an Explorer, an Engineer and a Statesman shaped our Modern World

3 Extraordinary People. 6 Extraordinary Achievements. 

“Bullets, blizzards, fires and floods were all part of a day’s work.”

Showcasing:

  • The great polar explorer: Roald Amundsen
  • The greatest engineer the world had ever seen: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
  • The cowboy turned statesman: Theodore Roosevelt

As exciting as any adventure story, get ready to be awed by the out-sized risks they faced in their larger-than-life endeavors.

  • The harrowing digging of the Thames Tunnel
  • The Great Western Railway
  • The National Parks
  • The Panama Canal
  • The  Northwest Passage
  • The South Pole

Incredible and daring examples of the mighty human spirit — showing all of us how to overcome those who exclaim, “It can’t be done!”

  • Winner: Wishing Shelf Book Bronze Award for Non-Fiction.
  • Finalist: Chanticleer International Book Award for I&I Non-Fiction.

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A well-deserved five stars.

Olivia Spring

Best-selling author

I enjoyed this book immensely.

Geoff Hudson-Searle

Executive and expert in Leadership

Deeply fascinating.

Sir Ranulph Fiennes

World's greatest living explorer

Audacious Goals, Remarkable Results is a gripping work.

Wiliam Myers, Jr

Best-selling author

A fast read, and a good one.

Dr. Peter Bauer

USA

Co-written by award-winning authors Brad Borkan and David Hirzel, Audacious Goals, Remarkable Results is packed with stories about three unstoppable people who undertook incredible endeavors. 

Their work proves that imagining the impossible, and planning while accepting failure as part of the process, can lead to remarkable, and literally earth-changing, results. 

If you enjoy books by Malcolm Gladwell, you will love Audacious Goals, Remarkable Results. Play the two minute video to find out why. 

Paperback and Kindle: available on all Amazon sites worldwide: Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, UK, USA

Audiobook: available on Chirp, Google Play, Kobo, Libro.FM, Scribd and Walmart. Coming soon to Audible, iTunes and others.

Chanticleer Finalist Award

Finalist

Chanticleer International Book Award: I&I Non-fiction

Gold Medal Winner - Wishing Shelf Awards

Winner - Bronze Award

Wishing Shelf Literary Award: Non-Fiction

About the authors

Brad Borkan has always been fascinated with how people and businesses can make better decisions. With a graduate degree in Decision Sciences, this London-based Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society has presented at business and Antarctic conferences, appeared on US-based cable TV, and on numerous historical and business-focused podcasts. Brad’s expertise lies in the themes of leadership, teamwork, and winning against the odds.

David Hirzel is a maritime historian and author. His passion is early Antarctic exploration, expressed in his books such as the Sailor on Ice series about Tom Crean, one of Shackleton’s hardiest men. When not writing or sailing in San Francisco Bay, David pursues his career in residential architecture. David is a popular guest lecturer for Viking and other cruise lines.