Expeditions & Discoveries
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Across the Wide Missouri: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
$19.99 Add to cartWinner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize. Across the Wide Missouri tells the compelling story of the climax and decline of the Rocky Mountain fur trade during the 1830s. More than a history
- Author: Devoto, Bernard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0395924979
- Language: English
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The Travels Marco Polo
$18.00 Add to cartMarco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kubilai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. On his return to the West… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Polo, Marco
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 30 1958
- ISBN10: 0140440577
- Language: English
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Leading at The Edge: Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton’s Antarctic Expedition
$22.99 Add to cartDrawing on the amazing story of Shackleton and his polar exploration team’s survival against all odds, author Dennis N. T. Perkins demonstrates the importance of a strong leader in times of adversity,
- Author: Perkins, Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 28 2012
- ISBN10: 0814431941
- Language: English
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El Infinito En Un Junco (Novela Gráfica) / Papyrus: The Invention of Books in T He Ancient World (Graphic Novel)
$25.95 Read moreLA ADAPTACI?N GR?FICA DEL ENSAYO REVELACI?N DE NUESTRO TIEMPO
PREMIO NACIONAL DE ENSAYO – PREMIO DE LA ASOCIACI?N DE LAS LIBRER?AS DE MADRID – PREMIO EL OJO CR?TICO DE NARRATIVA – PREMIO LAS LIBRER?… [more below]- Author: Vallejo, Irene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 8419399159
- Language: Spanish
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Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age
$21.99 Add to cartThe mesmerizing, larger-than-life tale of an eccentric adventurer who traversed some of the greatest frontiers of the twentieth century, from uncharted Arctic wastelands to the underground resistance
- Author: Mitenbuler, Reid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0063352435
- Language: English
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Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
$18.95 Add to cart“A remarkable piece of forensic deduction.”–Margaret Atwood
The internationally-bestselling account of the Franklin’s doomed Arctic expedition, and the thrilling scientific investigation that spurred
- Author: Beattie, Owen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: June 13 2017
- ISBN10: 1771641738
- Language: English
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Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada’s Arctic
$17.00 Read moreNational bestseller
A thrilling odyssey through an unforgiving landscape, from “Canada’s greatest living explorer.” In the spring of 2017, Adam Shoalts, bestselling author and adventurer, set off on a- Author: Shoalts, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 05, 2020
- ISBN10: 0735236852
- Language: English
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The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition
$38.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BEST SELLER – A riveting account of Shackleton’s famed Antarctic expedition, recounting one of the last great adventures in the Heroic Age of exploration–perhaps the greatest of them all—th… [more below]
- Author: Alexander, Caroline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 03 1998
- ISBN10: 0375404031
- Language: English
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Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell’s 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon
$19.99 Add to cartDrawing on rarely examined diaries and journals, Down the Great Unknown is the first book to tell the full, dramatic story of the Powell expedition.
On May 24, 1869 a one-armed Civil War veteran, John
- Author: Dolnick, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 17 2002
- ISBN10: 0060955864
- Language: English
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Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
$23.00 Add to cartIn 1834, Richard Henry Dana Jr. left the comforts of Boston for the hardships and abuses of the most exploited segment of the American working class. Dana’s account of his passage around Cape Horn to
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Dana, Richard Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: December 17, 1981
- ISBN10: 0140390081
- Language: English
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Along the Trail with Lewis & Clark: A Guide to the Trail Today (Revised)
$18.95 Add to cartFollow the journey of the Corps of Discovery from Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello through the Midwest and the Rockies, to the Pacific Ocean and back with this detailed chronicle of the Lewis & Clark Exp… [more below]
- Author: Fifer, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1560378034
- Language: English
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The Worst Journey in the World
$19.00 Add to cartA firsthand account of Scott’s disastrous Antarctic expedition
The Worst Journey in the World recounts Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. Apsley Cherry-Garrard–the youngest- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Cherry-Garrard, Apsley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: January 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0143039385
- Language: English
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The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke
$18.00 Add to cart*National Bestseller*
A sweeping account of America’s oldest unsolved mystery, the people racing to unearth its answer, and the sobering truths–about race, gender, and immigration–exposed by the stor… [more below]- Author: Lawler, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 04 2019
- ISBN10: 1101974605
- Language: English
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Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem
$20.99 Add to cart“One of the 100 best books of the year.” –The Times Literary Supplement Christopher Columbus is reevaluated as a man of deep passion, patience, and religious conviction–on a mission to save Jerusale… [more below]
- Author: Delaney, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 17 2012
- ISBN10: 1439102376
- Language: English
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1421: The Year China Discovered America
$22.99 Add to cartOn March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China to “proceed all the way to the ends of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas.” When the fleet
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Menzies, Gavin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: June 03 2008
- ISBN10: 0061564893
- Language: English
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The Year 1000: When Globalization Began
$19.99 Add to cart*A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice*
From celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen, a “vivid” and “astonishingly comprehensive account [that] casts world history in a brilliant new light” (P- Author: Hansen, Valerie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1501194119
- Language: English
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Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure
$32.50 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “Audacious…Life on the Mississippi sparkles.” —The Wall Street Journal * “A rich mix of history, reporting, and personal introspection.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch * “Bot… [more below]
- Author: Buck, Rinker
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1501106376
- Language: English
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Escalante’s Dream: On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest
$28.99 Add to cartIn July 1776, Franciscan friars Francisco Atanasio Dom nguez and Silvestre V lez de Escalante set out from Santa Fe to blaze a pathway to the new Spanish missions in California, across the huge expans
- Author: Roberts, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 17 2020
- ISBN10: 0393358453
- Language: English
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El Infinito En Un Junco / Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World
$21.95 Add to cartDe humo, de piedra, de arcilla, de seda, de piel, de ?rboles, de pl?stico y de luz… Un recorrido por la vida del libro y de quienes lo han salvaguardado durante casi treinta siglos.
Este es un libr- Author: Vallejo, Irene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: August 24 2021
- ISBN10: 0593312570
- Language: Spanish
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The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
$19.00 Add to cartOne of the great works of American exploration literature, this account of a scientific expedition forced to survive famine, attacks, mutiny, and some of the most dangerous rapids known to man remains… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Powell, John Wesley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 27 2003
- ISBN10: 0142437522
- Language: English
