Expeditions & Discoveries
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By: Alfred Lansing
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
$19.99PaperbackAdd 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
$17.99PaperbackAdd 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
$21.99PaperbackAdd 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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By: Alfred Lansing
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
$18.99PaperbackAdd 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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By: Keith Thomson
Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune
$21.99PaperbackAdd 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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By: Wolter, Scott F.
The Greatest Templar Tale Never Told: The Sinclair/Weymss Journals
$26.00PaperbackAdd 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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By: Himmel, Eric
The Art of Biodiversity: Artists & Naturalists, 1700-1900
$35.00HardcoverRead moreStrikingly 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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By: Light, Daniel
The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering
$21.99PaperbackAdd 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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By: Stark, Peter
The Lost Cities of El Norte: Coronado’s Quest, the Unconquered West, and the Birth of American Indian Resistance
$35.00HardcoverRead moreBy 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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By: Olsen, Brad
Secrets of Antarctica: The Untold History of the Ice Continent
$24.95PaperbackRead moreThe 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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By: Jasanoff, Maya
Edge of Empire: Lives, Culture, and Conquest in the East, 1750-1850
$23.00PaperbackAdd 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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By: Vallejo, Irene
El Infinito En Un Junco (Edici?n Limitada Firmada) / Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World
$24.95HardcoverAdd to cartEl ensayo revelaci?n de nuestro tiempo
M?s de 500.000 ejemplares vendidos
Publicado en m?s de 40 pa?ses PREMIO NACIONAL DE ENSAYO – PREMIO EL OJO CR?TICO
PREMIO DE LA ASOCIACI?N DE LAS LIBRER?AS DE MADR- Author: Vallejo, Irene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 600
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 846638054X
- Language: Spanish
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By: Levy, Buddy
Realm of Ice and Sky: Triumph, Tragedy, and History’s Greatest Arctic Rescue
$20.00PaperbackAdd 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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By: Shoalts, Adam
Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey from My Doorstep to the Arctic
$17.00PaperbackAdd 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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By: Kuldkepp, Mart
The Shortest History of Scandinavia: 14,000 Years from the Stone Age and the Vikings to the Happiest Nations in the World
$16.95PaperbackAdd 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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By: Sancton, Julian
Neptune’s Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire
$35.00PaperbackRead moreThe 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
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By: Beard, Morgan
Build Your Own Stonehenge
$13.95PaperbackAdd to cartExplore and replicate the magic of this extraordinary monument in miniature scale right at your desktop!
- Specifications: Includes 16 Stonehenge rocks and landscaped puzzle map
- Illustrated mini book:
- Series: Rp Minis
- Author: Beard, Morgan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 9798894141770
- Language: English
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By: Shoalts, Adam
Vanished Beyond the Map: The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrell
$27.00HardcoverAdd to cartCanada’s greatest modern-day explorer sets out into the arctic wilderness to solve a mystery more than 100 years old.
In November 1910, explorer Hubert Darrell vanished in the uncharted wilds of the N- Author: Shoalts, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0735236860
- Language: English
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By: Sancton, Julian
Neptune’s Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire
$33.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe riveting true story of a legendary Spanish galleon that sunk off the coast of Colombia with over $1 billion in gold and silver–and one man’s obsessive quest to find it–from the New York Times be… [more below]
- Author: Sancton, Julian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 0593594177
- Language: English
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Into Unknown Skies: An Unlikely Team, a Daring Race, and the First Flight Around the World
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cart“Thrilling . . . With deep research and suspenseful storytelling, Mr. Randall reminds us that America’s pre-eminence in the aviation industry was never assured and that it took a race of unlikely hero
- Author: Randall, David K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 0063371413
- Language: English
















