Adventurers & Explorers
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Torrents as Yet Unknown: Daring Whitewater Ventures Into the World’s Great River Gorges
$27.00 Read moreA dramatic narrative tour of 10 of the world’s most incredible whitewater adventures–spanning 5 continents and 40 years–guided by a legendary whitewater trailblazer
This fascinating history of darin- Author: Walker, Wickliffe W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 158642372X
- Language: English
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Annapurna: A Woman’s Place
$19.95 Read moreIn August 1978, thirteen women left San Francisco for the Nepal Himalaya to make history as the first Americans–and the first women–to scale the treacherous slopes of Annapurna I, the world’s tenth … [more below]
- Author: Blum, Arlene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 15 2015
- ISBN10: 1619026031
- Language: English
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The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance
$21.99 Add to cart“As thrilling as any tale from the heroic age of exploration. . . Bound’s account is a triumph. The storytelling is piano-wire taut, the writing saturated with polar moodiness.” ― Sunday Times
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- Author: Bound, Mensun
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0063297418
- Language: English
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Survival Is Not Assured: The Life of Climber Jim Donini
$22.95 Read more“A bold and full account of a remarkable climbing life, exceptionally well told…”–Yvon Chouinard
Jim Donini has been an icon of American climbing for the past 50 years, pushing the boundaries of a- Author: Powter, Geoff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1680515373
- Language: English
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Inside: One Woman’s Journey Through the Inside Passage
$19.95 Add to cart2017 Washington State Book Award finalist, based on the strength of its literary merit and lasting importance!
The Ocean is calling me. This is my Journey.
With these words, in the spring of 2010, Susan
- Author: Conrad, Susan Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1736590669
- Language: English
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Tap Dancing on Everest: A Young Doctor’s Unlikely Adventure
$22.95 Add to cartThe plan was outrageous: A small team of four climbers would attempt a new route on the East Face of Mt. Everest, considered the most remote and dangerous side of the mountain and only successfully cl
- Author: Zieman, Mimi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1493078437
- Language: English
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Naked in Eden: My Adventure and Awakening in the Australian Rainforest
$17.99 Add to cartRobin was an eccentric free spirit who never quite fit in. She found her soulmate in Ian—a rugged, rowdy Aussie who wanted out of his father’s business. Together they planned their great escape, to
- Author: Easton, Robin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 362
- Publish Date: February 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1734428104
- Language: English
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Jackson in Action: True Tales of Adventure
$12.00 Add to cartAcross the world from Africa to Canada and down to the backwaters of Florida, Jackson in Action: True Tales of Adventure is just that; an entertaining, informative, and humorous account of the author’… [more below]
- Author: West, Jack Dale
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 108
- Publish Date: January 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1480910929
- Language: English
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Vintage Norman Island: True Tales about a Real Treasure Island with Pirates and Buried Treasures in the British Virgin Islands
$32.97 Add to cartDiscover Norman Island’s History of Piracy and Buried Treasure!
The pursuit of buried treasure is the stuff of legends and has fascinated people for centuries with its promise of gleaming gold doubloon
- Author: Sims, Valerie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: March 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1734386339
- Language: English
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Last of the Donkey Pilgrims
$20.99 Add to cartKevin O’Hara’s journey of self-discovery begins as a mad lark: who in their right mind would try to circle the entire coastline of Ireland on foot–and with a donkey and cart no less?
But Kevin had pr- Author: O’Hara, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 430
- Publish Date: February 01 2005
- ISBN10: 076530984X
- Language: English
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The Character of Meriwether Lewis: Explorer in the Wilderness
$29.95 Add to cartMeriwether Lewis commanded the most important exploration mission in the early history of the United States. Clay S. Jenkinson takes a fresh look at Lewis, not to offer a paper cutout hero but to desc
- Author: Jenkinson, Clay S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0874224160
- Language: English
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Alpine Rising: Sherpas, Baltis, and the Triumph of Local Climbers in the Greater Ranges
$29.95 Read more“Alpine Rising is a fascinating history of the crucial and frequently tragic role of local Nepalis, Tibetans, and Pakistanis on mountaineering expeditions to the world’s highest peaks.”– Jon Krakauer… [more below]
- Author: McDonald, Bernadette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1680515780
- Language: English
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Sea Room
$28.99 Add to cartNicolson’s chronicle is a fine book . . . Readers will be duly awed by his delicately layered story. –The New York Times Book Review
In 1937, Adam Nicolson’s father answered a newspaper ad for a small- Author: Nicolson, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 10 2015
- ISBN10: 1250074959
- Language: English
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Get Your Cow Out of My Kitchen!
$14.95 Add to cartGet your COW out of my kitchen will take you on an oft-times humorous journey discovering new creatures and how their amazing personalities captured the heart of a little red-haired girl. You will mee
- Author: Hudson, Catherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: April 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1637840306
- Language: English
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Marco Polo: His Travels and Adventures
$17.99 Add to cartWho is Marco Polo and why does his name sound so familiar? Yet why do most people seem to have no idea about who he is?
This book takes you eight centuries back in time to journey with one of the most
- Author: Towle, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 142
- Publish Date: August 31 2021
- ISBN10: 139632108X
- Language: English
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George Drouillard: Hunter and Interpreter for Lewis and Clark and Fur Trader, 1807-1810
$19.95 Add to cartGeorge Drouillard’s service to the Lewis and Clark Expedition was long obscured by the stronger light cast on the leaders and Sacagawea. Drawing from the various journals of the expedition and from ma… [more below]
- Author: Skarsten, M. O.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0803293097
- Language: English
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The Last Ivory Hunter
$34.99 Add to cartA chance meeting around a safari campfire on the banks of the Mupamadazi River leads to The Last Ivory Hunter: The Saga of Wally Johnson, a grand tale of African adventure by renowned hunting author P
- Author: Capstick, Peter Hathaway
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 15 1988
- ISBN10: 0312000480
- Language: English
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As Long as It’s Fun: The Epic Voyages and Extraordinary Times of Lin and Larry Pardey
$18.95 Read moreTo anyone interested in small-boat cruising and voyaging, the names Lin and Larry Pardey need no introduction. As world-girdling sailors who roamed the planet on a pair of small, engineless boats that… [more below]
- Author: McCormick, Herb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 15 2014
- ISBN10: 1929214987
- Language: English
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Corky Carroll – Not Done Yet: An epic journey of the planet’s first professional surfer.
$19.95 Add to cartCome along for the ride of a lifetime. Kick back and enjoy, while Corky takes you along in his travels across the globe and shares, in his unique flair for telling a good story, about his storied, and
- Author: Carroll, Corky
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0578624710
- Language: English
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Born 150 Years Too Late: The Musings of a Modern Wilderness Junkie
$22.95 Add to cartThis book about nature and the environment is told by someone who prefers to approach the wilderness the old-fashioned way. Prepare for an armchair journey into the deserts and mountains of Utah and A
- Author: York, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: August 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1632935449
- Language: English
