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Smithsonian Institution Secretary, Charles Doolittle Walcott
Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850-1927) is a highly respected figure in history of geology and paleontology. Perhaps his most notable contribution to his field was his discovery of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, one of the most important fossil discoveries ...more |
Ellis Yochelson |
1 Mar 2013 |
$29.99 |
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The Man Who Thought like a Ship
J. Richard "Dick" Steffy stood inside the limestone hall of the Crusader castle in Cyprus and looked at the wood fragments arrayed before him. They were old beyond belief. For more than two millennia they had remained on the sea floor, eaten by worms and ...more |
Loren C. Steffy |
22 Feb 2013 |
$35.00 |
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White Thirst: Surviving a New Life
It is 1979 in Eastern Europe, Romania - A bad year in the heavy-footed, deadly Communist Era under the Russian dominance. Two young men plan and manage to escape (risking their lives every step of the way) from the Iron Curtain and reach an International ...more |
Mike Anka |
22 Feb 2013 |
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White Thirst: Surviving a New Life
It is 1979 in Eastern Europe, Romania - A bad year in the heavy-footed, deadly Communist Era under the Russian dominance. Two young men plan and manage to escape (risking their lives every step of the way) from the Iron Curtain and reach an International ...more |
Mike Anka |
22 Feb 2013 |
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A Will to Be Free Vol. 1
Collected here in this omnibus edition are three influential autobiographies of prominent men who rose up from slavery to greatness. Essential reading for anyone interested in African American Heritage. Included are Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington, ...more |
Booker T. Washington |
21 Feb 2013 |
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Wanderjahr: An odyssey of sorts
This is a story of two young men, fresh from school, as they travel in search of knowledge about the world and themselves. Trying to reach Africa on motor scooters, they nearly circle the Mediterranean. The impulses and questions they have are archetypal: ...more |
Richard Bevis |
19 Feb 2013 |
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Livingstone: Revised and Expanded Edition
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Tim Jeal |
16 Feb 2013 |
$25.00 |
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Pelletier
This book tells the story of a French cabin boy, Narcisse Pelletier, and his life with the Uutaalnganu people of north-east Cape York from 1858 to 1875. Even though it is all but forgotten in Australia, and in France is known only in its broad outlines, ...more |
Stephanie Anderson |
13 Feb 2013 |
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Alby Mangels: Beyond World Safari
At the height of his fame Alby Mangels was more than just an international household name - he was a legend! His blockbuster travel documentaries - The World Safari series - blazed a path into untamed territories. He explored the world and took us along. ...more |
Lynn Santer |
13 Feb 2013 |
$9.99 |
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46 Days Adrift: A True Story
Imagine yourself... adrift in a four-metre tinnie in the shark-infested waters of the Pacific Ocean - lost and seemingly forgotten - shark bait! Ben Tooki, his uncle and a friend were caught in a storm off the island of Kiribati and swept out to sea. For ...more |
Barry Donnelly |
13 Feb 2013 |
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Man on Fire: A Stunt of a Life
His has been a life of cunning stunts - falling from the sky, jumping off cliffs, crashing motorbikes, rolling cars ... Grant Page, one of the world's best and most fearless stuntmen, tells his extraordinary life story. ...more |
Grant Page &
Steve Wright |
31 Jan 2013 |
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Pedro de la Torre: Doctor to Conquerors
A biography of Pedro de la Torre, a 16th century physician to Spanish adventurers, with insights into medicine in the early Americas. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org) online version of the ...more |
John Tate Lanning |
24 Jan 2013 |
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Ada BlackJack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic
Now available as an ebook, the gripping and inspiring tale of a woman's survival alone in the Arctic.In 1921, four men and one woman ventured deep into the Arctic. Two years later, only one returned. When 23-year-old Inuit Ada Blackjack signed on as ...more |
Jennifer Niven |
18 Jan 2013 |
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The Yangtze Valley and Beyond
Isabella Bird was one of the greatest travelers and travel writers of all time, and this is her last major book, a sympathetic look at inland China and beyond into Tibet at the end of the 19th century. In describing the journey, Isabella provides a rich ...more |
Isabella L. Bird |
16 Jan 2013 |
$9.99 |
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The True Story of Christopher Columbus
A fantastic biography of one of the world's greatest explorers, Christopher Columbus, written by the prolific children's historian Elbridge Streeter Brooks. ...more |
Elbridge Streeter Brooks |
10 Jan 2013 |
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Northern Rover
From 1919 to 1970, Olaf Hanson was a trapper, fur trader, prospector, game guardian, fisherman, and road blasting expert in northeastern Saskatchewan. He told his life story to popular Saskatchewan author A. L. Karras, who wrote this historical memoir ...more |
A. L. Karras &
Olaf Hanson |
4 Jan 2013 |
$29.95 |
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The Coconut Comes in Due Season
In his memoir, David Hurd tells us of his adventures in Kenya in the 1960s and 1970s. His travels and work in the coast lead him to many adventures, from kidnappings to wild encounters with animals and even ghosts. Hurd becomes a fisherman and settles ...more |
David Hurd |
25 Dec 2012 |
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Peak Performance: The First Welsh Woman to Climb Everest
The youngest British woman and first Welsh woman to climb Everest ...more |
Tori James |
24 Dec 2012 |
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Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration
His two companions dead, food and supplies vanished in a crevasse, Douglas Mawson was still one hundred miles from camp. On January 17, 1913, alone and near starvation, Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, was hauling a sledge |
David Roberts |
18 Dec 2012 |
$27.95 |
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The Nullarbor Kid: Stories from my trucking life
He was a pioneer trucker in postwar Australia - a time when outback roads were little more than corrugated dirt goat tracks. This is a story of vast distances, ill-equipped machines, heat and dust, humour and mateship. ...more |
Ray Gilleland |
14 Dec 2012 |
$22.72 |
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