Expeditions & Discoveries
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Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
$19.99 Add to cartExperience “one of the best adventure books ever written” (Wall Street Journal) in this New York Times bestseller: the harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 attempt to reach the
- Author: Lansing, Alfred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 28, 2015
- ISBN10: 0465062881
- Language: English
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Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II
$17.99 Add to cartA gripping true story of survival, bravery, and honor in the vast Arctic wilderness during World War II, from Mitchell Zuckoff, the author of New York Times bestseller Lost in Shangri-La.
On November 5
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Zuckoff, Mitchell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 29 2014
- ISBN10: 0062133403
- Language: English
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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
$21.99 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the definitive book on Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, the most momentous expedition in American hist… [more below]
- Author: Ambrose, Stephen E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 521
- Publish Date: June 02 1997
- ISBN10: 0684826976
- Language: English
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Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
$18.99 Add to cartIn 1914, an expedition headed by Sir Ernest Shackleton set out to be the first to cross the continent of Antarctica. Shipwrecked and marooned for months on end, their ill-fated voyage became a triumph… [more below]
- Author: Lansing, Alfred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0842308245
- Language: English
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Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune
$21.99 Add to cartDiscover the “fascinating and outrageously readable” account of the roguish acts of the first pirates to raid the Pacific in a crusade that ended in a sensational trial back in England–perfect for re
- Author: Thomson, Keith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 16, 2023
- ISBN10: 031670363X
- Language: English
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Who Discovered America?: The Untold History of the Peopling of the Americas
$19.99 Add to cartGreatly expanding on his blockbuster 1421, distinguished historian Gavin Menzies uncovers the complete untold history of how mankind came to the Americas–offering new revelations and a radical rethin
- Author: Menzies, Gavin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 25 2014
- ISBN10: 0062236784
- Language: English
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Ether Day: The Strange Tale of America’s Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made It
$17.99 Add to cartA fascinating and entertaining look at the men behind the first surgical use of anesthesia–and the price they paid for their breakthrough.
On Friday, October 16, 1846, only one operation was scheduled
- Author: Fenster, J. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 08 2002
- ISBN10: 0060933178
- Language: English
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Power Lines: Maps That Shaped the Way We See the World
$35.00 Read moreA collection of the greatest political maps in history and how these images have an unmatched power to influence our thinking–and our world.
- Author: Keating, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 1579658776
- Language: English
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The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen’s Race to the South Pole, Revised and Updated
$22.00 Add to cartAt the beginning of the twentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercely nationalistic modern age of exploration. In the brilliant dual biography, the award-winning writer … [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Exploration
- Author: Huntford, Roland
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: September 07 1999
- ISBN10: 0375754741
- Language: English
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A Short, Strange Trip: An Untold Story of Magic Mushrooms, Madness, and a Search for the Meaning of Life in the Amazon
$27.99 Add to cartTag along with clever guide John O’Connor as he leads us on a gonzo journey through the history of psychedelics, the Amazon rainforest, and into the cosmic dimensions of our own minds. This will be th
- Author: O’Connor, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1464218080
- Language: English
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The Greatest Templar Tale Never Told: The Sinclair/Weymss Journals
$26.00 Add to cartSpanning 417 years from the first entry in 1353 to the last in 1770, the Sinclair/ Wemyss journals tell the personal stories of how fifteen generations within two Scottish clans completed a sacred mis
- Series: The Hooked X
- Author: Wolter, Scott F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1682011623
- Language: English
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The Art of Biodiversity: Artists & Naturalists, 1700-1900
$35.00 Add to cartStrikingly original and abundantly illustrated, The Art of Biodiversity surveys the golden age of natural history art, exploring the alliance between scientists and artists that first revealed the ast
- Author: Himmel, Eric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1419777254
- Language: English
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The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering
$21.99 Add to cartWhether in the name of conquest, science, or the divine, humans across the centuries have had myriad reasons to climb mountains. From the smoking volcanoes of South America to the great snowy ranges o
- Author: Light, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 1324123575
- Language: English
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The Lost Cities of El Norte: Coronado’s Quest, the Unconquered West, and the Birth of American Indian Resistance
$35.00 Add to cartBy the bestselling author of Astoria, a thrilling and masterfully crafted narrative of the Conquistador Francisco Coronado’s expedition across 2,500 miles of the vast uncharted North American interior
- Author: Stark, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 0063383888
- Language: English
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Secrets of Antarctica: The Untold History of the Ice Continent
$24.95 Add to cartThe first chapters of Secrets of Antarctica will question the possibility of a lost continent, and visit the land of the Patagonia giants. Next are the Age of Exploration maps depicting the Ice Contin… [more below]
- Series: Esoteric
- Author: Olsen, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 01 2026
- ISBN10: 1888729988
- Language: English
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Edge of Empire: Lives, Culture, and Conquest in the East, 1750-1850
$23.00 Add to cartIn this imaginative book, Maya Jasanoff uncovers the extraordinary stories of collectors who lived on the frontiers of the British Empire in India and Egypt, tracing their exploits to tell an intimate… [more below]
- Author: Jasanoff, Maya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 12 2006
- ISBN10: 1400075467
- Language: English
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Realm of Ice and Sky: Triumph, Tragedy, and History’s Greatest Arctic Rescue
$20.00 Add to cartTwo-time National Outdoor Book Award-winning author Buddy Levy’s thrilling narrative of polar exploration via airship―and the men who sacrificed everything to make history.
Arctic explorer and A- Author: Levy, Buddy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1250906830
- Language: English
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Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey from My Doorstep to the Arctic
$17.00 Add to cart#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 SPEAKER’S BOOK AWARD “Epic. . . . The adventure of a lifetime.” –Global News From Canada’s most accomplished adventurer and storyteller comes a grippin- Author: Shoalts, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 29 2025
- ISBN10: 0735241031
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of Scandinavia: 14,000 Years from the Stone Age and the Vikings to the Happiest Nations in the World
$16.95 Add to cartOutsiders have long viewed Scandinavia as special, starting with the ancient Greeks and their myths of Ultima Thule, a place “where the Sun goes to rest.” Today, we admire Scandinavia for its universa
- Series: Shortest History
- Author: Kuldkepp, Mart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 9798893030914
- Language: English
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Neptune’s Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire
$35.00 Add to cartThe riveting true story of a legendary Spanish galleon that sunk off the coast of Colombia with over 1 billion dollars in gold and silver–and one man’s obsessive quest to find it–from the New York T… [more below]
- Author: Sancton, Julian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 615
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217169030
- Language: English
