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20,000 Leagues Under the Seaby Ron Miller, Jules Verne, Paul WrightISBN 0789434288 (0-7894-3428-8)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'Book summary:The adventure begins when Professor Aronnax accidentally becomes a prisoner of the very monster he is seeking to destroy -- the submarine Nautilus, commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo. Invited to experience the marvels of the Nautilus' magnificent undersea world, Arronnax struggles to piece together Nemo's tragic past. This exciting retelling captures the essence of Verne's visionary and unforgettable story, while also explaining the fascinating facts and fantasies of Captain Nemo's marvelous ocean realm. A unique cross-section of the Nautilus, color photographs, diagrams, and narrative illustrations explore Verne's unique vision and knowledge of the deep. [via]
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ADA Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arcticby Jennifer NivenISBN 078688746X (0-7868-8746-X)
Softcover, Hyperion Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'ADA Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic'Book summary:Ada Blackjack is a compelling tribute to the human will to survive as embodied by the most unlikely of protagonists. When we first meet her, Ada Blackjack is a young single Inuit mother, eking out a meager living in Nome, Alaska. Her tubercular infant son's need for expensive medical treatment forces Ada to take the job of seamstress and cook for four ambitious men making an expedition to desolate Wrangel Island. "She was a young and unskilled woman who headed into the Arctic in search of money and a husband," writes Jennifer Niven, award-winning author of the previous Arctic saga The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk. "What she found instead was a nightmare rivaling even the most horrific folktales she had grown up hearing from the storytellers in her village."
Separated from her son, alone in the cold with four strange men, and terrified at the prospect of being eaten by polar bears, Ada's initial reaction to her new condition casts doubt on her ability to persevere. She stubbornly refuses to work or obey the men's orders; she mopes around camp and wanders off on her own. After a supply ship laden with desperately needed supplies fails to reach the expedition, three of the men attempt a dangerous crossing to Siberia on foot, leaving Ada alone to care for herself and a dying member of the team. Then and there she decides that her son will not become an orphan, that she will "not be defeated by aches and pains or the raging weather or her own fear and discouragement... From that point forward, she would concentrate on keeping herself alive." Ada learns to shoot, she hunts seals and traps foxes, she collects seabird eggs. And while Ada's miraculous transformation forms the heart of the story, her eventual rescue leads to a new set of trials back in civilization. Niven deftly unfolds all of this in layers that reveal--warts and all--the forging of an accidental hero in a harsh land. --Dan Vancini [via]
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Adventures of Captain Bonnevilleby Washington IrvingISBN 0792237439 (0-7922-3743-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Art of National Geographic: A Century of Illustrationsby Alice A. Carter, Stephen Jay Gould, Chris SloanISBN 0792279204 (0-7922-7920-4)
Hardcover, National Geographic Society
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Before Lift-off: The Making of a Space Shuttle Crewby Cooper, Henry S., Jr.ISBN 0801835240 (0-8018-3524-0)
Hardcover, Johns Hopkins University Press
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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionageby Christopher Drew, Sherry Sontag, Annette Lawrence DrewISBN 0786218762 (0-7862-1876-2)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage'Book summary:Little is known--and less has been published--about American submarine espionage during the Cold War. These submerged sentinels silently monitored the Soviet Union's harbors, shadowed its subs, watched its missile tests, eavesdropped on its conversations, and even retrieved top-secret debris from the bottom of the sea. In an engaging mix of first-rate journalism and historical narrative, Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew, and Annette Lawrence Drew describe what went on.
"Most of the stories in Blind Man's Bluff have never been told publicly," they write, "and none have ever been told in this level of detail." Among their revelations is the most complete accounting to date of the 1968 disappearance of the U.S.S. Scorpion; the story of how the Navy located a live hydrogen bomb lost by the Air Force; and a plot by the CIA and Howard Hughes to steal a Soviet sub. The most interesting chapter reveals how an American sub secretly tapped Soviet communications cables beneath the waves. Blind Man's Bluff is a compelling book about the courage, ingenuity, and patriotism of America's underwater spies. --John J. Miller [via]
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British Sea Power: A Historyby David HowarthISBN 078671249X (0-7867-1249-X)
Softcover, Basic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'British Sea Power: A History'Book summary:From the transatlantic adventures attributed to Irelands St. Brendan in the fifth century to Britains unparalleled supremacy on the seas in the twentieth, this engaging illustrated history traces the evolution of the naval fleets, admiralty, and merchantmen that for centuries defined the worlds greatest seafaring nation. Focusing on key voyages undertaken by the British in the course of fifteen hundred years, maritime historian David Howarth revisits the great successes and disasters that marked Britains progress through the early days of piracy, the era of Elizabethan exploration, the age of mercantile expansion, and the eighteenth-century rivalry with Holland, France and Spain. He recounts the sea battles of the Napoleonic Wars that made Horatio Nelson a national hero and won Britain its unchallenged authority at sea, so that Britannia indeed ruled the wavesuntil the dark days of WWI and WWII. The early twentieth century saw that the British naval force was far greater than any other, and more than half the worlds merchant ships were built and owned in Britain. That moment would pass, but it is masterfully recaptured and reconstructed in this history of a nation that for a century brought Pax Britannica to the world's seas. Maps are included.[via]More editions of British Sea Power: A History:
China Voyage: Across the Pacific by Bamboo Raftby Tim SeverinISBN 0788155970 (0-7881-5597-0)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the Worldby Mark KurlanskyISBN 0802713262 (0-8027-1326-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World'Book summary:[via]The codfish. Wars have been fought over it, revolutions have been spurred by it, national diets have been based on it, economies and livelihoods have depended on it, and the settlement of North America was driven by it. To the millions it has sustained, it has been a treasure more precious than gold. Indeed, the codfish has played a fascinating and crucial role in world history.
Cod spans a thousand years and four continents. From the Vikings, who pursued the codfish across the Atlantic, and the enigmatic Basques, who first commercialized it in medieval times, to Bartholomew Gosnold, who named Cape Cod in 1602, and Clarence Birdseye, who founded an industry on frozen cod in the 1930s, Mark Kurlansky introduces the explorers, merchants, writers, chefs, and of course the fishermen, whose lives have interwoven with this prolific fish. He chronicles the fifteenth-century politics of the Hanseatic League and the cod wars of the sixteenth and twentieth centuries. He embellishes his story with gastronomic detail, blending in recipes and lore from the Middle Ages to the present.
And he brings to life the cod itself: its personality, habits, extended family, and ultimately the tragedy of how the most profitable fish in history is today faced with extinction.
From fishing ports in New England and Newfoundland to coastal skiffs, schooners, and factory ships across the Atlantic; from Iceland and Scandinavia to the coasts of England, Brazil, and West Africa, Mark Kurlansky tells a story that brings world history and human passions into captivating focus.More editions of Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World:
Cold Oceans: Adventures in Kayak, Rowboat, and Dogsledby Jon TurkISBN 0788193139 (0-7881-9313-9)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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The Conquest of a Continent: Siberia and the Russiansby W. Bruce LincolnISBN 0801489229 (0-8014-8922-9)
Softcover, Cornell University Press
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Cortes and the Downfall of the Aztec Empireby Jon Manchip WhiteISBN 0786702710 (0-7867-0271-0)
Softcover, Basic Books
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Diamond: A Journey to the Heart of an Obsessionby Matthew HartISBN 0802713688 (0-8027-1368-8)
Hardcover, Walker & Company
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Diego Columbusby Marni McGee, Jim HsiehISBN 0800754336 (0-8007-5433-6)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Discovery of the Nileby Gianni GuadalupiISBN 0785815279 (0-7858-1527-9)
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Early Mapping of the Pacific: Including Australia and New Zealandby Thomas Suarez, Thomas ReidISBN 0794600921 (0-7946-0092-1)
Hardcover, Tuttle Publishing
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The English Patientby Michael OndaatjeISBN 0786211512 (0-7862-1151-2)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The English Patient'Book summary:Haunting and harrowing, as beautiful as it is disturbing, The English Patient tells the story of the entanglement of four damaged lives in an Italian monastery as World War II ends. The exhausted nurse, Hana; the maimed thief, Caravaggio; the wary sapper, Kip: each is haunted by the riddle of the English patient, the nameless, burn victim who lies in an upstairs room and whose memories of passion, betrayal, and rescue illuminate this book like flashes of heat lightning. In lyrical prose informed by a poetic consciousness, Michael Ondaatje weaves these characters together, pulls them tight, then unravels the threads with unsettling acumen.
A book that binds readers of great literature, The English Patient garnered the Booker Prize for author Ondaatje. The poet and novelist has also written In the Skin of a Lion, Coming Through Slaughter and The Collected Works of Billy the Kid; two collections of poems, The Cinnamon Peeler and There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do; and a memoir, Running in the Family. [via]
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Epic Wanderer: David Thompson and the Mapping of the Canadian Westby Darcy JenishISBN 0803226004 (0-8032-2600-4)
Hardcover, University of Nebraska Press
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Ernest Shackletonby George Plimpton, Sean MooreISBN 0789493152 (0-7894-9315-2)
Hardcover, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ernest Shackleton'Book summary:Writer and media personality George Plimpton not only tells Shackleton's story, but recounts his own recent adventure following Shackleton's footsteps through the bleak, beautiful seas, and islands at the bottom of the world.
A groundbreaking series of illustrated biographies, A & E Biographies combines the smart, concise approach of the hugely popular A&E Biography television series with the illuminating visual approach of DK Publishing to present the lives of history's most colorful figures.
Television's longest running, single-topic documentary series Biography on A&E Network is not only one of the most successful shows -- it is one of the most popular. Biography has profiled more than 900 people in its fifteen years. [via]
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Exploration of the Valley of the Amazonby William Lewis Herndon, Gary KinderISBN 0802137040 (0-8021-3704-0)
Softcover, Avalon Travel Publishing
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Explorerby Rupert MatthewsISBN 0789457628 (0-7894-5762-8)
Hardcover, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, John Grant, Barry Jones, Anthony MarksISBN 0794500900 (0-7945-0090-0)
Softcover, Edc Pub
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Frankensteinby Harold BloomISBN 0791078825 (0-7910-7882-5)
Hardcover, Facts On File, Inc.
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Graveyards of the Pacific: From Pearl Harbor to Bikini Islandby Robert D. Ballard, Michael Hamilton MorganISBN 0792263669 (0-7922-6366-9)
Hardcover, National Geographic Society
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Graveyards of the Pacific: From Pearl Harbor to Bikini Island'Book summary:Graveyards of the Pacific offers exactly what readers expect from National Geographic: A beautiful book full of outstanding photos and graphics. It is worth reading (bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose writes the introduction), but even better to look at. Coauthor Robert D. Ballard, of course, is the explorer best known for discovering the Titanic on the Atlantic seabed. As the title suggests, Graveyards of the Pacific focuses on the Second World War. It includes fewer underwater photos than what one might expect from a book coauthored by Ballard--no more than a dozen or so. But each is well selected: A Japanese torpedo lying on the floor of Pearl Harbor, planes encrusted by decades of marine growth, the mast of an aircraft transport surrounded by fish and covered with seaweed--in the shape of a cross, it looks "like an underwater shrine"--and vessels sunk during the Bikini Atoll atomic bomb tests. Most of the photographs and other illustrations (there are more than 150 in total) are contemporary pictures taken during the war, from a blurry image of Japanese battleships heading toward Pearl Harbor before the sneak attack to a sequential series of photos showing a kamikaze plane approaching an American aircraft carrier, and then smashing into it. The text of the book moves back and forth between historical descriptions of the naval war and accounts of how Ballard found many of the ships lost during the fighting. His most significant discovery in the Pacific was probably the U.S.S. Yorktown, destroyed during the battle of Midway in 1942 and now resting 17,000 feet below the waves. The description of its dark, final resting place is eerie: It "looks like a huge craft dropped down from space, shorn of many of the antenna and cables and protrusions that had once made her serviceable, but now reduced to her core, which is still massive and formidable. ...[A] huge sunken sea-beast from another time, a steel dinosaur out of another era, when deluded men still thought they could conquer the world." As Graveyards of the Pacific proves once again, we are fortunate to have Ballard embarking on an altogether different kind of conquest. --John Miller [via]
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The Halloween Treeby Ray Bradbury, Joseph MugnainiISBN 0785796126 (0-7857-9612-6)
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Hearts of Darkness: The European Exploration of Africaby Frank McLynnISBN 078670084X (0-7867-0084-X)
Softcover, Basic Books
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Henry Youle Hind, 1823-1908by W. L. MortonISBN 0802032788 (0-8020-3278-8)
Hardcover, University of Toronto Press
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Herman Melville's Moby-Dickby Harold BloomISBN 0791040674 (0-7910-4067-4)
Hardcover, Facts On File, Inc.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Herman Melville's Moby-Dick'Book summary:In his introduction Harold Bloom suggests that the tragic protagonist of Moby-Dick, Captain Ahab, has only a few peers among American literary characters--though none wholly of his eminence. This text includes a brief biography of Melville, thematic and structural analysis of the work, and numerous essays by the best critics of the novel.
This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. These texts are the ideal aid for all students of literature, presenting concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work. Also provided are multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters. [via]
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I, Columbus: My Journal - 1492by Peter Roop, Connie Roop, Peter HansonISBN 0802769780 (0-8027-6978-0)
Hardcover, Walker & Company
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Ice Maiden: Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods, and Sacred Sites in the Andesby Johan ReinhardISBN 0792259122 (0-7922-5912-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Inca Land: Explorations in the Highlands of Peruby Hiram Bingham, Lisa ThomasISBN 0792261941 (0-7922-6194-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Inside Nasa: High Technology and Organizational Change in the U.S. Space Programby Howard E. McCurdyISBN 0801849756 (0-8018-4975-6)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inside NASA: High Technology and Organizational Change in the U. S. Space Program'Book summary:Inside NASA explores how an agency praised for its planetary probes and expeditions to the moon became notorious for the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger and a series of other malfunctions. Using archival evidence as well as in-depth interviews with space agency officials, Howard McCurdy investigates the relationship between the performance of the American space program and NASA's organizational culture. He begins by identifying the beliefs, norms, and practices that guided NASA's early successes. Originally, the agency was dominated by the strong technical culture rooted in the research-and-development organizations from which NASA was formed. To launch the expeditions to the moon, McCurdy explains, this technical culture was linked to an organizational structure borrowed from the Air Force ballistic-missile program. Changes imposed to accomplish the lunar landingalong with the normal aging process and increased bureaucracy in the government as a wholegradually eroded NASA's original culture and reduced its technical strength.
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Journeys of Voyager: Nasa Reaches for the Planetsby Robin KerrodISBN 0792453824 (0-7924-5382-4)
Hardcover, Bdd Promotional Book Co
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Killing Dragons: The Conquest of the Alpsby Fergus FlemingISBN 0802138675 (0-8021-3867-5)
Softcover, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Killing Dragons: The Conquest of the Alps'Book summary:There is a mathematical law which explains why you wait for ages for a bus to turn up and then two appear at the same time. This may be of small comfort to Fergus Fleming, whose Killing Dragons, a thoroughly engaging story of how the Alps were conquered--primarily by the British, has had some of its thunder stolen by another book, Jim Ring's equally excellent How The British Made the Alps which was published a month earlier. Inevitably the two books cover similar ground, but Fleming should not be too disappointed at not having cracked the market first as the Alps are his natural stomping ground. Fleming came to prominence last year with the publication of Barrow's Boys, the story of how the Navy sought to justify its budget in peacetime by organising a series of quasi-scientific expeditions to increasingly remote locations, and Killing Dragons is a natural successor. Fleming has a natural affinity for charming, buccaneering eccentrics and there are more than enough on offer here. He starts, understandably enough, with the early pioneers and the first ascent of Mont Blanc by Balmat and Paccard in 1786; this is chattily written and good fun with it, but the book steps up a gear with the arrival of the Brits, such as Tyndall and Whymper. In the early days of Alpine climbing, scientific endeavour was felt to be far more important than the conquest of the peaks, but the Brits stripped away these pretensions and turned the Alps into an adventure playground where rivalries were played out in the pursuit of glory. Fleming strikes a fine balance in his storytelling. He doesn't bore us with endless details of belays and rappels but he still conveys a sense of the technical difficulties involved. Most of all, though, he has a natural feel for what people want to read. When it comes to the conquest of the North Face of the Eiger he admits that the ascent doesn't strictly fall within his remit, but he tells it anyway as the story is so gripping. --John Crace [via]
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The Last Voyage Of Captain Cook: The Collected Writings of John Ledyardby James Zug, John LedyardISBN 0792293479 (0-7922-9347-9)
Softcover, Natl Geographic Society
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The Left Hand of Darknessby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0802713025 (0-8027-1302-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Left Hand of Darkness'Book summary:Genly Ai is an emissary from the human galaxy to Winter, a lost, stray world. His mission is to bring the planet back into the fold of an evolving galactic civilization, but to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own culture and prejudices and those that he encounters. On a planet where people are of no gender--or both--this is a broad gulf indeed. The inventiveness and delicacy with which Le Guin portrays her alien world are not only unusual and inspiring, they are fundamental to almost all decent science fiction that has been written since. In fact, reading Le Guin again may cause the eye to narrow somewhat disapprovingly at the younger generation: what new ground are they breaking that is not already explored here with greater skill and acumen? It cannot be said, however, that this is a rollicking good story. Le Guin takes a lot of time to explore her characters, the world of her creation, and the philosophical themes that arise.
If there were a canon of classic science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness would be included without debate. Certainly, no science fiction bookshelf may be said to be complete without it. But the real question: is it fun to read? It is science fiction of an earlier time, a time that has not worn particularly well in the genre. The Left Hand of Darkness was a groundbreaking book in 1969, a time when, like the rest of the arts, science fiction was awakening to new dimensions in both society and literature. But the first excursions out of the pulp tradition are sometimes difficult to reread with much enjoyment. Rereading The Left Hand of Darkness, decades after its publication, one feels that those who chose it for the Hugo and Nebula awards were right to do so, for it truly does stand out as one of the great books of that era. It is immensely rich in timeless wisdom and insight.
The Left Hand of Darkness is science fiction for the thinking reader, and should be read attentively in order to properly savor the depth of insight and the subtleties of plot and character. It is one of those pleasures that requires a little investment at the beginning, but pays back tenfold with the joy of raw imagination that resonates through the subsequent 30 years of science fiction storytelling. Not only is the bookshelf incomplete without owning it, so is the reader without having read it. --L. Blunt Jackson [via]
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Let Me Goby Helga SchneiderISBN 0802714358 (0-8027-1435-8)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Lewis and Clark among the Indiansby James P. RondaISBN 0803238703 (0-8032-3870-3)
Hardcover, University of Nebraska Press
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The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discoveryby Gary E. Moulton, William Clark, Meriwether LewisISBN 080322950X (0-8032-2950-X)
Hardcover, University of Nebraska Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery'Book summary:Following orders from President Thomas Jefferson, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out from their wintering camp in Illinois in 1804 to search for a river passage to the Pacific Ocean. In this riveting account, editor Gary E. Moulton blends the narrative highlights of the Lewis and Clark journals so that the voices of the enlisted men and of Native peoples are heard alongside the words of the captains.All their triumphs and terrors are herethe thrill of seeing the vast herds of bison on the plains; the tensions and admiration in the first meetings with Indian peoples; Lewis's rapture at the stunning beauty of the Great Falls; the fear the captains felt when a devastating illness befell their Shoshone interpreter, Sacagawea; the ordeal of crossing the Continental Divide; the kidnapping and rescuing of Lewiss dog, Seaman; miserable days of cold and hunger; and Clark's joy at seeing the Pacific. The cultural differences between the corps and Native Americans make for living drama that at times provokes laughter but more often is poignant and, at least once, tragic.[via]More editions of The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery:
The Life and Adventures of John Nicol, Marinerby Tim FlanneryISBN 0802137466 (0-8021-3746-6)
Softcover, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
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The Magnificent Mountain Women: Adventures in the Colorado Rockiesby Janet RobertsonISBN 0803238924 (0-8032-3892-4)
Hardcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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The Mammoth Book of Endurance and Adventureby Jon E. LewisISBN 0786707887 (0-7867-0788-7)
Softcover, Running Press Book Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mammoth Book of Endurance and Adventure'Book summary:Fifty vivid true-life accounts from the Great Age of Exploration, in the words of the intrepid adventurers who survived to tell the tale. Inspired by Sir Ernest Shackleton's account of his Antarctic expedition aboard the Endurance and including his own gripping tale of an 800-mile voyage across polar waters on a lifeboat, this anthology comprises fifty true-life adventures taken from contemporary memoirs, letters, and journals -- among them, selections by Thor Heyerdahl on the Kon Tiki, Edmund Hillary on Everest, Robert Falcon-Scott on the South Pole, Chris Bonnington on the Blue Nile, Wilfred Thesiger on the Arabian desert, and Beryl Markham on her east-to-west flight across the Atlantic.[via]More editions of The Mammoth Book of Endurance and Adventure:
The Mammoth Book of Explorersby John Keay, Wilfred ThesigerISBN 0786709510 (0-7867-0951-0)
Softcover, Running Press Book Publishers
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The Mapping of Americaby Seymour I. Schwartz, Ralph E. EhrenbergISBN 0785813195 (0-7858-1319-5)
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Mapping the Worldby Michael SwiftISBN 0785820744 (0-7858-2074-4)
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Mind over Matter: The Epic Crossing of the Antarctic Continentby Ranulph FiennesISBN 0788152424 (0-7881-5242-4)
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Moby Dickby Herman Melville, Alex NinoISBN 0791091066 (0-7910-9106-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moby Dick'Book summary:Avec Moby Dick, Melville a donné naissance à un livre-culte et inscrit dans la mémoire des hommes un nouveau mythe : celui de la baleine blanche. Fort de son expérience de marin, qui a nourri ses romans précédents et lui a assuré le succès, l'écrivain américain, alors en pleine maturité, raconte la folle quête du capitaine Achab et sa dernière rencontre avec le grand cachalot. Véritable encyclopédie de la mer, nouvelle Bible aux accents prophétiques, parabole chargée de thèmes universels, Moby Dick n'en reste pas moins construit avec une savante maîtrise, maintenant un suspense lent, qui s'accélère peu à peu jusqu'à l'apocalypse finale. L'écriture de Melville, infiniment libre et audacieuse, tour à tour balancée, puis hachée au rythme des houles, des vents et des passions humaines, est d'une richesse exceptionnelle. Il faut remonter à Shakespeare pour trouver l'exemple d'une langue aussi inventive, d'une poésie aussi grandiose. --Scarbo [via]
Morning Girlby Michael DorrisISBN 078681358X (0-7868-1358-X)
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Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevadaby Clarence KingISBN 0803257163 (0-8032-5716-3)
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NASA and the Space Industryby Joan L. BrombergISBN 0801865328 (0-8018-6532-8)
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In NASA and the Space Industry, Joan Lisa Bromberg explores how NASA's relationship with the private sector developed and how it works. She outlines the various kinds of expertise public and private sectors brought to the tasks NASA took on, describing how this division of labor changed over time. She explains why NASA sometimes encouraged and sometimes thwarted the privatization of space projects and describes the agency's role in the rise of such new space industries as launch vehicles and communications satellites.
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National Geographic Expeditions AtlasISBN 0792276175 (0-7922-7617-5)
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National Geographic on Assignment USAby Priit VesilindISBN 0792270118 (0-7922-7011-8)
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National Geographic's Guide to the Lewis and Clark Trailby Thomas SchmidtISBN 0792264711 (0-7922-6471-1)
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The North Pole: A Narrative Historyby Anthony BrandtISBN 0792274113 (0-7922-7411-3)
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Off the Map: Tales of Endurance And Explorationby Fergus FlemingISBN 0802142729 (0-8021-4272-9)
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The Oregon Trailby Francis Parkman, Anthony BrandtISBN 0792266404 (0-7922-6640-4)
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The Outer Coastby Richard BatmanISBN 0785813462 (0-7858-1346-2)
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The Permanent Book of Explorationsby John KeayISBN 0786700343 (0-7867-0034-3)
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The Photographsby Leah Bendavid-Val, National Geographic Society StaffISBN 0792269365 (0-7922-6936-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Photographs'Book summary:Hundreds of award-winning photographs, emphasizing the best of the last 25 years, chronicle the National Geographic Society's development into one of the greatest photographic institutions in the world. WORLD-RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHY: This book includes award-winning photography culled from the Society's vast archives, collected over the last century. Research among readers shows that photography is the most popular feature of National Geographic Magazine. CONTAINS PERSONAL, COLOURFUL ANECDOTES from the photographers themselves, who speak of their techniques and of individual photographs. Here are National Geographic magazine's photographs of the last 25 years, the facts behind them, and the inside stories of the men and women who took them. The images capture rare moments in nature and the lives of animals, along with defining events in the lives of people everywhere. Many earlier pictures place the new ones in perspective, illustrating how the Geographic has created a unique photographic approach and maintained its tradition over decades, while evolving in response the changing realities that the photography documents. Five chapters cover the Society's major themes: wildlife on land and underwater, cultures in the United States and around the world, and science - from astronomy to archaeology to the human senses. On page after page, stunning images reveal the skill and imagination of Geographic's photographers. Accompanying the images are the photographer's accounts of adventures in the field - sometimes humorous, sometimes terrifying, always vividly compelling. Author Leah Bendavid-Val writes about the photographers' achievements from technical, journalistic, and artistic points of view. [via]
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Pilgrims on the Ice: Robert Falcon Scott's First Antarctic Expeditionby T. H. BaughmanISBN 0803212895 (0-8032-1289-5)
Hardcover, University of Nebraska Press
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Prelude to Empire Portugal Overseas Before Henry the Navigatorby Bailey W. DiffieISBN 0803250495 (0-8032-5049-5)
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Prisoners Of The Northby Pierre BertonISBN 0786715073 (0-7867-1507-3)
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Prisoners of the North: Portraits of Five Arctic Immortalsby Pierre BertonISBN 0786718374 (0-7867-1837-4)
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Quest for Adventure: Ultimate Feats of Modern Explorationby Chris BoningtonISBN 0792279530 (0-7922-7953-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Quest for Adventure: Ultimate Feats of Modern Exploration'Book summary:There is a special breed of person who thrives on risk, for whom an unconquered mountain or an unexplored ocean represents an irresistible challenge. Some are world-famous -- Hillary, Heyerdahl, Chichester -- while others are known only to a tightknit group of their peers, but all share certain hallmark qualities: a fierce desire to be first and best; a deep commitment to their goals; and most important of all, a kind of determination and endurance that is even more spiritual than physical.
Chris Bonington understands the powerful allure of adventure, and in this enthralling book he chronicles a generous selection of the most remarkable and daring exploits of the past half-century. A record-setting mountaineer, he's the perfect guide to some, of the world's most remote, forbidding, and dangerous places, from the blazing sands of the Sahara to the frigid Antarctic ice cap, from the blinding white of a Himalayan blizzard to the pitch-black depths of an underground river. Along with the first-person story of his own pioneering ascent of Annupurna's treacherous South Face, Bonington presents vivid accounts of 16 other epics -- on land, on water, and in the air.
We voyage across the Pacific with Thor Heyerdahl's crew on the primitive balsa raft called Kon-Tiki and ride the jet stream around the world in the gondola of the uItra-modern Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon. We free-climb the vertiginous face of El Capitan and follow the footsteps of solo climbers into the Death Zone of Karakoram peaks. We cling alone and desperate to a tiny, dismasted sailboat in an Antarctic ocean gale, fight gun battles with murderous bandits during the first boat descent of the rapid-strewn Blue Nile, cave-dive hundreds of feet beneath the English hills, and much more.
This book isn't just a lively narrative of 17 great adventures; its also an expert overview of the history, lore, and techniques of aeronautics, ocean sailing, mountaineering, and polar trekking, to name just four, as well as a wonderful portrait gallery of scores of colorful figures, familiar names, and unsung heroes alike. Finally, it's a fascinating analysis of the wide variety of styles and personalities drawn to adventuring, observed with the keen eye of an experienced insider.
Highlighted by more than 125 photographs, illustrations, and maps, these truly suspenseful tales of triumph -- and often tragedy -- offer a wonderful panorama of adventuring and its all-or-nothing champions, the extraordinary men and women who feel most alive when they are on the very edge of a perilous unknown. [via]
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Race to the Pole: Tragedy, Heroism, And Scott's Antarctic Questby Ranulph FiennesISBN 078688858X (0-7868-8858-X)
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Robinson Crusoeby Daniel Defoe, Julek HellerISBN 0789436256 (0-7894-3625-6)
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Saga of Lewis & Clark: Into the Uncharted Westby Jeremy Schmidt, Thomas SchmidtISBN 0789446383 (0-7894-4638-3)
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The Saga of Lewis and Clark: Into the Uncharted Westby Thomas Schmidt, Jeremy Schmidt, Wayne Mumford, Dorling Kindersley Publishing StaffISBN 078948076X (0-7894-8076-X)
Softcover, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
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Sailing Alone Around the Worldby Joshua Slocum, Anthony BrandtISBN 0792265564 (0-7922-6556-4)
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Scrambles Amongst the Alps: In the Years 1860-69by Edward Whymper, Anthony BrandtISBN 0792269233 (0-7922-6923-3)
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Published in 1871, Scrambles Amongst the Alps is Whymper's own story of his nine years spent climbing in the Alps. One of the first books devoted to the sheer thrill of mountaineering, it is a breathtaking account of the triumph of man over mountain in a time before thermal clothing, nylon ropes, global positioning systems, and air rescues. It also offers Whymper's controversial story of the tragedy on the Matterhorn. One of the best adventure books of all time, Scrambles Amongst the Alps is an essential classic of climbing literature by one of mountaineering's most legendary figures. [via]More editions of Scrambles Amongst the Alps: In the Years 1860-69:
Sex and Conquest: Gendered Violence, Political Order, and the European Conquest of the Americasby Richard C. TrexlerISBN 0801484820 (0-8014-8482-0)
Softcover, Cornell University Press
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Sexing the Cherryby Jeanette WintersonISBN 0802135781 (0-8021-3578-1)
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Shape of the World: The Mapping and Discovery of the Earthby Andrew Robinson, Simon BerthonISBN 0788164635 (0-7881-6463-5)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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Silent Worldby Jacques Yves Cousteau, Frederic Dumas, Anthony BrandtISBN 0792267966 (0-7922-6796-6)
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The South Pole: A Historical Readerby Anthony BrandtISBN 0792267974 (0-7922-6797-4)
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Space Policy in the Twenty-First Centuryby W. Henry LambrightISBN 0801870682 (0-8018-7068-2)
Hardcover, Johns Hopkins University Press
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The Spice Islands Voyage: The Quest for Alfred Wallace, the Man Who Shared Darwin's Discovery of Evolutionby Timothy SeverinISBN 0786707216 (0-7867-0721-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Spice Islands Voyage: The Quest for Alfred Wallace, the Man Who Shared Darwin's Discovery of Evolution'Book summary:No mere travelogue of palm-fringed beaches and photogenic natives, Tim Severin's The Spice Islands Voyage is a rewarding mix of historical biography, contemporary adventure travel, and firm (but not shrill) warnings for the future of this exotic East Indonesian island group. As he relates his experiences sailing the archipelago in an indigenous prahu, Severin brings to life both the lush, volcano-spawned isles and Alfred Wallace, the 19th-century British naturalist whose myriad travels here provide the blueprint for Severin's own journey. A shy, self-taught naturalist with a gift for intuitive leaps of genius, Wallace authored a groundbreaking essay (conceived and written in the Spice Islands) on natural selection--an essay his idol, Charles Darwin, may have "mined" for his own theory of evolution.
Now, 140 years later, Severin sets forth to see how the clear turquoise waters, teeming reefs, and wildly diverse animal life that entranced and inspired Wallace have fared. Searching out boldly feathered birds of paradise, graceful green sea turtles, blue-capped maleos, and black-crested macaques, he finds reason for both hope and despair. In some regions, a blend of traditional subsistence hunting and human ingenuity has allowed imperiled species to hold their own; in others, shortsighted greed is decimating one of the most varied plant and animal kingdoms on earth.
Well written, generously illustrated, and powerfully evocative, The Spice Islands Voyage opens a window onto a fascinating historical figure and the precarious state of the islands he loved. --Rebecca Gleason [via]
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Summer of Betrayal: A Novelby Hong Ying, Martha AveryISBN 0802135943 (0-8021-3594-3)
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Tales of the Frontier: From Lewis and Clark to the Last Roundupby Everett DickISBN 0803257449 (0-8032-5744-9)
Softcover, University of Nebraska Press
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Timelines of World Historyby Jane ChisholmISBN 0794503586 (0-7945-0358-6)
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Titanic: Ghosts of the Abyssby James Cameron, Mireille MajoorISBN 0786818999 (0-7868-1899-9)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books for Children
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Touching My Father's Soulby Broughton Coburn, Jamling T. NorgayISBN 0786235136 (0-7862-3513-6)
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The Towers of Trebizondby Rose MacaulayISBN 0786702664 (0-7867-0266-4)
Softcover, Avalon Publishing Group
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The Ultimate Book of Cross-Sectionsby John C. Miles, Nancy Jones, Nigel RitchieISBN 0789411954 (0-7894-1195-4)
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Under a Sickle Moon: A Journey Through Afghanistanby Peregrine HodsonISBN 0802139523 (0-8021-3952-3)
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trailby Bill BrysonISBN 0786215135 (0-7862-1513-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail'Book summary:Your initial reaction to Bill Bryson's reading of A Walk in the Woods may well be "Egads! What a bore!" But by sentence three or four, his clearly articulated, slightly adenoidal, British/American-accented speech pattern begins to grow on you and becomes quite engaging. You immediately get a hint of the humor that lies ahead, such as one of the innumerable reasons he longed to walk as many of the 2,100 miles of the Appalachian Trail as he could. "It would get me fit after years of waddlesome sloth" is delivered with glorious deadpan flair. By the time our storyteller recounts his trip to the Dartmouth Co-op, suffering serious sticker shock over equipment prices, you'll be hooked.
When Bryson speaks for the many Americans he encounters along the way--in various shops, restaurants, airports, and along the trail--he launches into his American accent, which is whiny and full of hard r's. And his southern intonations are a hoot. He's even got a special voice used exclusively when speaking for his somewhat surprising trail partner, Katz. In the 25 years since their school days together, Katz has put on quite a bit of weight. In fact, "he brought to mind Orson Welles after a very bad night. He was limping a little and breathing harder than one ought to after a walk of 20 yards." Katz often speaks in monosyllables, and Bryson brings his limited vocabulary humorously to life. One of Katz's more memorable utterings is "flung," as in flung most of his provisions over the cliff because they were too heavy to carry any farther.
The author has thoroughly researched the history and the making of the Appalachian Trail. Bryson describes the destruction of many parts of the forest and warns of the continuing perils (both natural and man-made) the Trail faces. He speaks of the natural beauty and splendor as he and Katz pass through, and he recalls clearly the serious dangers the two face during their time together on the trail. So, A Walk in the Woods is not simply an out-of-shape, middle-aged man's desire to prove that he can still accomplish a major physical task; it's also a plea for the conservation of America's last wilderness. Bryson's telling is a knee-slapping, laugh-out-loud funny trek through the woods, with a touch of science and history thrown in for good measure. (Running time: 360 minutes, four cassettes) --Colleen Preston [via]
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Walk Two Moonsby Sharon CreechISBN 0786227737 (0-7862-2773-7)
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The Wilder Shores of Loveby Lesley BlanchISBN 0786710306 (0-7867-1030-6)
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The Wilder Shores of Love: The Exotic True Life Stories of Isabel Burton, Aimee Dubucq de Rivery, Jane Digby and Isabelle Eberhardtby Lesley BlanchISBN 0786702605 (0-7867-0260-5)
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