books tagged “rivers”

books tagged “rivers”

›
› Find signed collectible books by ''

All About Great Rivers of the World
by Anne T. White

ISBN 039490222X (0-394-90222-X)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'All About Great Rivers of the World'
More editions of All About Great Rivers of the World:
- All About Great Rivers of the World: ISBN 039490222X (0-394-90222-X)
  Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
via
America's Wild and Scenic Rivers
by Natl Geog Soc Special Publications Division

ISBN 087044445X (0-87044-445-X)
Hardcover, Natl Geographic Society

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'America's Wild and Scenic Rivers'
More editions of America's Wild and Scenic Rivers:
- America's Wild and Scenic Rivers: ISBN 087044445X (0-87044-445-X)
  Hardcover, Natl Geographic Society
The American Yoga Association's New Yoga Challenge: Powerful Workouts for Flexibility, Strength, Energy, and Inner Discovery
by Alice Christensen

ISBN 0809231751 (0-8092-3175-1)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The American Yoga Association's New Yoga Challenge: Powerful Workouts for Flexibility, Strength, Energy, and Inner Discovery'
More editions of The American Yoga Association's New Yoga Challenge: Powerful Workouts for Flexibility, Strength, Energy, and Inner Discovery:
- The American Yoga Association's New Yoga Challenge: Powerful Workouts for Flexibility, Strength, Energy, and Inner Discovery: ISBN 0809231751 (0-8092-3175-1)
  Softcover, McGraw-Hill
Coot Club
by Arthur Ransome

ISBN 0879237872 (0-87923-787-2)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Coot Club'
More editions of Coot Club:
- Coot Club: ISBN 0879237872 (0-87923-787-2)
  Softcover, David R Godine Pub
The Day of Creation
by J.G. Ballard

ISBN 0575041528 (0-575-04152-8)
Hardcover, Gollancz

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Day of Creation'
More editions of The Day of Creation:
- The Day of Creation: ISBN 0575041528 (0-575-04152-8)
  Hardcover, Gollancz
The Freshwater Alphabet Book
by Jerry Pallotta, David Biedrzycki

ISBN 0881069000 (0-88106-900-0)
Softcover, Charlesbridge Pub Inc

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Freshwater Alphabet Book'
More editions of The Freshwater Alphabet Book:
- The Freshwater Alphabet Book: ISBN 0881069019 (0-88106-901-9)
  Hardcover, Charlesbridge Pub Inc
- The Freshwater Alphabet Book: ISBN 0881069000 (0-88106-900-0)
  Softcover, Charlesbridge Pub Inc
Let the River Run Silver Again!: How One School Helped Return the American Shad to the Potomac River-- And How You Too Can Help Protect And Restore Our Living Waters
by Sandy Burk

ISBN 0939923955 (0-939923-95-5)
Softcover, McDonald & Woodward Pub Co

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Let the River Run Silver Again!: How One School Helped Return the American Shad to the Potomac River-- And How You Too Can Help Protect And Restore Our Living Waters'
More editions of Let the River Run Silver Again!: How One School Helped Return the American Shad to the Potomac River-- And How You Too Can Help Protect And Restore Our Living Waters:
- Let the River Run Silver Again!: How One School Helped Return the American Shad to the Potomac River-- And How You Too Can Help Protect And Restore Our Living Waters: ISBN 0939923955 (0-939923-95-5)
  Softcover, McDonald & Woodward Pub Co
via
Life on the Mississippi
by Mark Twain

ISBN 1582182647 (1-58218-264-7)
Hardcover, Digital Scanning Inc

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Life on the Mississippi'
Book summary:
The popular 19th-century humorist offers lively recollections ranging from his salad days as a novice steamboat pilot on one of the world's greatest rivers to views from the passenger deck in the twilight of the river culture's heyday. Engrossing and entertaining anecdotes by a peerless storyteller from a now-finished chapter of American history.
[via]
More editions of Life on the Mississippi:
via
The Lost Rivers of London
by Nicholas Barton

ISBN 094866715X (0-948667-15-X)
Hardcover, David Brown Book Co

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lost Rivers of London'
More editions of The Lost Rivers of London:
- The Lost Rivers of London: ISBN 094866715X (0-948667-15-X)
  Hardcover, David Brown Book Co
via
Mark Twain
by Mark Twain

ISBN 0940450070 (0-940450-07-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Mark Twain'
Book summary:
Here for the first time in one volume are the most famous and characteristic of Mark Twain's works. Through each of them runs the powerful and majestic Mississippi. The river represented for Twain the complex and contradictory possibilities in his own and the nation's life: the place where civilization's comforts meet the violence and promise of freedom of the frontier. It was the place, too, where Twain's youthful innocence confronted the grim reality of slavery. The nostalgic re-creation of childhood in "Tom Sawyer"--"simply a hymn put into prose form to give it a worldly air," said Twain--and the richly anecdotal memoir of his days as a riverboat pilot in "Life on the Mississippi" give way to the realism and often dark comedy of "Huckleberry Finn" and the troubled exploration of slavery in his mystery, "Pudd'nhead Wilson." Together, these four books trace the central trajectory of his life and career, and they can be read as a single masterpiece. [via]
More editions of Mark Twain:
- Mark Twain: ISBN 0940450070 (0-940450-07-0)
  Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
via
Minnow on the Say
by Philippa Pearce, Edward Ardizzone

ISBN 0688170986 (0-688-17098-6)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Minnow on the Say'
Book summary:
David can't believe his luck when a worn wooden canoe mysteriously appears on the banks of the River Say behind his house. With summer stretching endlessly before him, it seems too good to be true.
Soon there is another boy--Adam, the Minnow's rightful owner. Adam wants his boat back...but something else, too: a trustworthy friend to help him find the long lost ancestral jewels that could save his family from financial disaster!
Can two boys find what history has kept an untouchable secret for hundreds of years? Or will they lose the race against timeand against another treasure seeker lurking at the river's edge.
[via]
More editions of Minnow on the Say:
- Minnow on the Say: ISBN 0688170986 (0-688-17098-6)
  Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
via
The Mississippi Pilot
by Mark Twain

ISBN 3829050372 (3-8290-5037-2)
Hardcover, Konemann

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mississippi Pilot'
More editions of The Mississippi Pilot:
- The Mississippi Pilot: ISBN 3829050372 (3-8290-5037-2)
  Hardcover, Konemann
via
Mr. Gumpy's Outing
by John Burningham

ISBN 0805013156 (0-8050-1315-6)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Mr. Gumpy's Outing'
Book summary:
One fine morning Mr. Gumpy decides it's a perfect day for an outing in his little boat. Apparently, plenty of others think so, too. First some children ask to join him, then a rabbit, a cat, a dog, a pig, a sheep... Soon, Mr. Gumpy's boat is precariously full, and there's nowhere for anyone else to go--but overboard! This mild mariner takes everything in stride, though, and his guests are soon bellying up to a nice tea.
John Burningham earned the Kate Greenaway Medal, an ALA Notable Children's Book award, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Mr. Gumpy's Outing, and it's no wonder. This gifted and highly original author-illustrator creates a vision of glorious summer with deeply textured, sometimes only suggested, drawings. His tentatively questioning animals are ready to step right out of the pages and quietly join the delighted reader. And the simple, repetitive dialogue will lull the listener as long as it takes the characters to reach the boat's maximum capacity. Even then, there's no big splash--just an understated, Burningham-esque "and into the water they fell." Young readers will never tire of this gentle, comforting storybook. (Ages 2 to 6) --Emilie Coulter [via]
More editions of Mr. Gumpy's Outing:
via
My River
by Shari Halpern

ISBN 0590472372 (0-590-47237-2)
Softcover, Scholastic

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'My River'
Book summary:
Colorful two-page spreads, accompanied by a simple text, capture the numerous and varied inhabitants of the river--the fish, the muskrats, and the dragonflies--as well as the children who play along its banks. BOMC. [via]
More editions of My River:
- My River: ISBN 0027419800 (0-02-741980-0)
  Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
- My River: ISBN 0590472372 (0-590-47237-2)
  Softcover, Scholastic
Oceans and Rivers
by Barbara Taylor

ISBN 0753454912 (0-7534-5491-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Oceans and Rivers'
More editions of Oceans and Rivers:
- Oceans and Rivers: ISBN 0753454912 (0-7534-5491-2)
  Softcover, Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
via
Old Glory: An American Voyage
by Jonathan Raban

ISBN 0671250612 (0-671-25061-2)
Hardcover, Simon and Schuster

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Old Glory: An American Voyage'
Book summary:
Jonathan Raban is an English author who fell in love with the Mississippi River when he was a boy (he was reading HUCKLEBERRY FINN). Over the years he dreamed about drifting its length. In 1979, he flew to Minneapolis, bought a 16 foot outboard launch, and set off for New Orleans. He takes us with him every step of the way.
"The book and the journey would be all of a piece," Raban writes, "The plot would be written by the current of the river itself. It would carry one into long deep pools of solitude...Everything would be left to chance. There would be no advance reservations, no letters of introduction. One would try to be as much like a piece of driftwood as one could manage." [via]
More editions of Old Glory: An American Voyage:
- Old Glory: An American Voyage: ISBN 0671250612 (0-671-25061-2)
  Hardcover, Simon and Schuster
via
Paddle-To-The-Sea
by Holling C. Holling

ISBN 0395292034 (0-395-29203-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Paddle-To-The-Sea'
Book summary:
A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and names him Paddle-to-the-Sea. Paddle's journey, in text and pictures, through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean provides an excellent geographic and historical picture of the region.
[via]
More editions of Paddle-To-The-Sea:
via
Redeeming Love
by Francine Rivers

ISBN 1590525132 (1-59052-513-2)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Redeeming Love'
Book summary:
In this splendid retelling of the biblical story of Hosea, bestselling author Francine Rivers pens a heartbreaking romance between a prostitute and the upright and kind farmer who marries her; the story also functions as a reminder of God's unconditional love for his people. Redeeming Love opens with the Gold Rush of 1850 and its rough-and-tumble atmosphere of greed and desire. Angel, who was sold into prostitution as a child, has learned to distrust all men, who see her only as a way to satisfy their lust. When the virtuous and spiritual-minded Michael Hosea is told by God to marry this "soiled dove," he obeys, despite his misgivings. As Angel learns to love him, she begins to hope again but is soon overwhelmed by fear and returns to her old life. Rivers shines in her ability to weave together spiritual themes and sexual tension in a well-told story, a talent that has propelled her into the spotlight as one of the most popular novelists in the genre of Christian fiction. This is one of her best. --Cindy Crosby [via]
More editions of Redeeming Love:
via
The River at the Center of the World : A Journey up the Yangtze and Back in Chinese Time
by Simon Winchester

ISBN 0805055088 (0-8050-5508-8)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The River at the Center of the World : A Journey up the Yangtze and Back in Chinese Time'
Book summary:
British born author Simon Winchester lived in Hong Kong before setting off on a journey up the Chang Jiang or Yangtze River as it is most often referred to in the West. In The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze and Back in Chinese Time, he chronicles his adventures across China along the 3,964-mile River. Employing nearly every mode of transportation--including boat, train, jeep and shoe leather--Winchester recalls his passionate exploration of the countryside, while providing important and engaging historical information. His recollections of the Chinese people are often less complimentary, as he exudes an air of disgust at the country's apparent disregard for pollution, its awkward modern architecture and decaying historical monuments. [via]
More editions of The River at the Center of the World : A Journey up the Yangtze and Back in Chinese Time:
- The River at the Center of the World : A Journey up the Yangtze and Back in Chinese Time: ISBN 0805038884 (0-8050-3888-4)
  Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
- The River at the Center of the World : A Journey up the Yangtze and Back in Chinese Time: ISBN 0805055088 (0-8050-5508-8)
  Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
River Horse: The Logbook of a Boat Across America
by William Least Heat Moon

ISBN 0140298606 (0-14-029860-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'River Horse: The Logbook of a Boat Across America'
More editions of River Horse: The Logbook of a Boat Across America:
- River Horse: The Logbook of a Boat Across America: ISBN 0140298606 (0-14-029860-6)
  Softcover, Penguin Group USA
via
River Ran Wild: An Environmental History
by Lynne Cherry

ISBN 0152163727 (0-15-216372-7)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'River Ran Wild: An Environmental History'
Book summary:
From the author of the beloved classic The Great Kapok Tree, A River Ran Wild tells a story of restoration and renewal. Learn how the modern-day descendants of the Nashua Indians and European settlers were able to combat pollution and restore the beauty of the Nashua River in Massachusetts.
[via]
More editions of River Ran Wild: An Environmental History:
- A River Ran Wild : An Environmental History: ISBN 0152005420 (0-15-200542-0)
  Hardcover, Harcourt
- River Ran Wild: An Environmental History: ISBN 0152163727 (0-15-216372-7)
  Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
via
River-Horse: A Voyage Across America
by William Least Heat Moon

ISBN 0395636264 (0-395-63626-4)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'River-Horse: A Voyage Across America'
Book summary:
Since hitting the American roads in Blue Highways nearly 20 years ago, William Least Heat-Moon has been following another calling--to traverse America by its rivers. "I wanted to see those secret parts hidden from road travelers," he writes. And from the waterways of his 5,000-mile voyage, Least Heat-Moon shares a sharp and stirring vision of America. Filling a small bottle with brine from the Atlantic Ocean, Least Heat-Moon and his wise companion, whom he calls "Pilotis," start up the Hudson River in a 22-foot C-Dory that Least Heat-Moon has named Nikawa--from the Osage words ni for river and kawa for horse. The voyage--from New York harbor to the Pacific Ocean--packs surprises, wisdom, regrets, mishaps, candor, and conversations that readers who savored Blue Highways and PrairyErth will delight in.
The impetus for River Horse is one of intrigue--less urgent than the departure in Blue Highways--and the narrative possesses a captivating pull as it courses westward through the strongest currents and pauses in the back eddies of contemporary American life. Least Heat-Moon is in his element. Written in short thematic chapters, River Horse plies canals, greets the Missouri's many moods, and challenges chaotic waves. Indeed, the turbulent and placid waters of America flow throughout this well-told story. When Nikawa finally reaches the Pacific Ocean, Least Heat-Moon has discovered a new America in the country he knows so well. He ponders the command that rivers hold on him and celebrates the national treasures that they are. Exceeding 500 pages, River Horse may be a long journey, but when traveling by rivers, America is a larger country. A triumphant book all the way to the salty Pacific. --Byron Ricks [via]
More editions of River-Horse: A Voyage Across America:
- River-Horse: A Voyage Across America: ISBN 0395636264 (0-395-63626-4)
  Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
Running the Amazon
by Joe Kane

ISBN 1885283024 (1-885283-02-4)
Hardcover, Adventure Library

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Running the Amazon'
More editions of Running the Amazon:
- Running the Amazon: ISBN 1885283024 (1-885283-02-4)
  Hardcover, Adventure Library
Shooting the Boh: A Woman's Voyage Down the Wildest River in Borneo
by Tracy Johnston

ISBN 0679740104 (0-679-74010-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Shooting the Boh: A Woman's Voyage Down the Wildest River in Borneo'
More editions of Shooting the Boh: A Woman's Voyage Down the Wildest River in Borneo:
- Shooting the Boh: A Woman's Voyage Down the Wildest River in Borneo: ISBN 0679740104 (0-679-74010-4)
  Softcover, Random House Inc
Suttree
by Cormac McCarthy

ISBN 0679736328 (0-679-73632-8)
Softcover, Vintage Books

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Suttree'
More editions of Suttree:
- Suttree: ISBN 067964265X (0-679-64265-X)
  Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
- Suttree: ISBN 0679736328 (0-679-73632-8)
  Softcover, Vintage Books
Where the River Begins
by Thomas Locker, Jane Byers-Bierhorst

ISBN 080370089X (0-8037-0089-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'Where the River Begins'
More editions of Where the River Begins:
- Where the River Begins: ISBN 0803700903 (0-8037-0090-3)
  Hardcover, Dial Books
- Where the River Begins: ISBN 080370089X (0-8037-0089-X)
  Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
via
The White Nile
by Alan Moorehead

ISBN 1885283032 (1-885283-03-2)
Hardcover, Adventure Library

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The White Nile'
Book summary:
A thrilling narrative history of the exploration of Africa in the last half of the 19th century featuring larger-than-life personalitiesStanley, Livingstone, Burton, among many othersand intense drama. An immediate bestseller when first published, this may be the most absorbing and enjoyable of all the books about African exploration.
Original publication date 1960
New introduction by Jeremy Bernstein
New maps, drawings and photos, index [via]
More editions of The White Nile:
- The White Nile: ISBN 1885283032 (1-885283-03-2)
  Hardcover, Adventure Library
via
The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame, Gardner McFall

ISBN 1593082657 (1-59308-265-7)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wind in the Willows'
Book summary:
Inspired by correspondence from Wind in the Willow's author Kenneth Grahame to his young son, award-winning illustrator Michael Foreman took up paint and brush to follow Mole, Ratty, Mr. Badger, and Toad through another edition of this well-loved kids classic.
Grahame's time-honored story, an adventure-filled idyll that meanders across a lovingly described English countryside, cemented its status as a masterpiece generations ago. But this newest edition adds some noteworthy extras: the unabridged text includes two chapters that don't appear in some modern versions ("The Pipers at the Gates of Dawn" and "Wayfarers All"), and the book closes with reproductions of two of Grahame's actual letters to his son Alistair ("My darling Mouse") in 1907, written on ornate, old-timey stationery from two Cornwall hotels and recounting one of Toad's first adventures (which Toad fans will recognize as the train-assisted escape of a certain "washerwoman").
These inclusions alone might merit a new edition, but Foreman's illustrations stand shoulder to shoulder with those of previous Winds artists (among them Ernest Shepard, the original illustrator, and Arthur Rackham, both of whom Foreman modestly stands "in awe" of). The lively, full-color illustrations appear generously throughout the book, as they convincingly capture both the story's small moments (like the washerwoman's weeping, for one) and more explosive events (like the storming of Toad Hall). (All ages) --Paul Hughes [via]
More editions of The Wind in the Willows:
via
The Wind in the Willows
by Michael Hague, Kenneth Grahame

ISBN 0805002138 (0-8050-0213-8)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry

Find This Book

› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wind in the Willows'
Book summary:
"[Mole] thought his happiness was complete when, as he meandered aimlessly along, suddenly he stood by the edge of a full-fed river. Never in his life had he seen a river before--this sleek, sinuous, full-bodied animal, chasing and chuckling, gripping things with a gurgle and leaving them with a laugh, to fling itself on fresh playmates that shook themselves free, and were caught and held again." Such is the cautious, agreeable Mole's first introduction to the river and the Life Adventurous. Emerging from his home at Mole End one spring, his whole world changes when he hooks up with the good-natured, boat-loving Water Rat, the boastful Toad of Toad Hall, the society- hating Badger who lives in the frightening Wild Wood, and countless other mostly well-meaning creatures. Michael Hague's exquisitely detailed, breathtaking color illustrations on almost every generous spread--along with Kenneth Grahame's elegant, delightfully old-fashioned characterizations of the animals--make this book a wonderful read-aloud. Grahame's The Wind in the Willows has enchanted readers for four generations, and this lavishly illustrated gift edition is perhaps the finest around. (All ages, or 9 to 12) [via]
More editions of The Wind in the Willows:
- The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0805002138 (0-8050-0213-8)
  Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry

Results page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NEXT