Expeditions & Discoveries
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The Curse of Oak Island: The Story of the World’s Longest Treasure Hunt
$27.00 Add to cartFrom longtime Rolling Stone contributing editor and journalist Randall Sullivan, The Curse of Oak Island explores the curious history of Oak Island and the generations of individuals who have tried an
- Author: Sullivan, Randall
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 396
- Publish Date: December 11 2018
- ISBN10: 0802126936
- Language: English
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The Greatest Mountain Men Stories Ever Told
$19.95 Add to cartLong the dominant icon embodying the spirit of America’s frontier past, the image of the cowboy no longer stands alone as the ultimate symbol of independence and self-reliance. The great canvas of the… [more below]
- Series: Greatest
- Author: Underwood, Lamar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 15 2018
- ISBN10: 1493032879
- Language: English
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Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan’s Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws’ Bloo
$17.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “Talty’s vigorous history of seventeenth-century pirates of the Caribbean [is] a pleasure to read from bow to stern.”–Entertainment Weekly
“In Stephan Talty’s hands, the b… [more below]- Author: Talty, Stephan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 22 2008
- ISBN10: 0307236617
- Language: English
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Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on the World’s Greatest Scientific Expedition
$28.00 Add to cartThe story of the world’s largest, longest, and best financed scientific expedition of all time, triumphantly successful, gruesomely tragic, and never before fully told
The immense 18th-century scien- Series: Merloyd Lawrence Book
- Author: Bown, Stephen R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0306825198
- Language: English
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The Curse of Oak Island: The Story of the World’s Longest Treasure Hunt
$19.00 Add to cartUPDATED WITH NEW MATERIAL FROM THE AUTHOR
In The Curse of Oak Island, longtime Rolling Stone contributing editor and journalist Randall Sullivan explored the curious history of Oak Island and the gene- Author: Sullivan, Randall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 17 2020
- ISBN10: 0802148271
- Language: English
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Against the Ice: The Classic Arctic Survival Story
$18.95 Read moreNow a major Netflix film co-written by and starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones)
The harrowing, amazing, and often amusing personal account of two mismatched Arctic explorers who banded tog- Author: Mikkelsen, Ejnar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1586423347
- Language: English
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The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery
$24.95 Add to cartFollowing orders from President Thomas Jefferson, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out from their wintering camp in Illinois in 1804 to search for a river passage to the Pacific Ocean. … [more below]
- Author: Lewis, Meriwether
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 497
- Publish Date: November 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0803280394
- Language: English
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Conquering the Pacific: An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery
$17.99 Add to cartThe story of an uncovered voyage as colorful and momentous as any on record for the Age of Discovery–and of the Black mariner whose stunning accomplishment has been until now lost to history
It bega- Author: Reséndez, Andrés
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 0063269066
- Language: English
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Sea of Glory: America’s Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
$19.00 Add to cart“A treasure of a book.”–David McCullough
The harrowing story of a pathbreaking naval expedition that set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean, dwarfing Lewis and Clark with its discoveries, from the N- Author: Philbrick, Nathaniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 26 2004
- ISBN10: 0142004839
- Language: English
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The Adventures of the Mountain Men: True Tales of Hunting, Trapping, Fighting, Adventure, and Survival
$17.99 Add to cartIncredible stories from those who thrived in the Wild West.
The “mountain men” were the hunters and trappers who fiercely strode the Rocky Mountains in the early to mid-1800s. They braved the elements- Author: Brennan, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 316
- Publish Date: July 25 2017
- ISBN10: 1510719040
- Language: English
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A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
$16.00 Add to cartBartolom? de Las Casas was the first and fiercest critic of Spanish colonialism in the New World. An early traveller to the Americas who sailed on one of Columbus’s voyages, Las Casas was so horrified… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Las Casas, Bartolom? de
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 03 1992
- ISBN10: 0140445625
- Language: English
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The White Nile
$19.99 Add to cart“A truly great work–massive, monumental. . . . A wonderful story of heroism, a superb feat of research. . . . The best book of its kind.” —Baltimore Sun
Relive all the thrills and adventure of Alan M
- Author: Moorehead, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 17 2000
- ISBN10: 0060956399
- Language: English
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The Jerusalem Files: The Secret Journey of the Menorah to Oak Island
$22.95 Read moreA non-fiction Da Vinci Code for the 21st century, this thrilling treasure hunt traces the voyage of the legendary Jewish Menorah from the Jerusalem of the Knights Templar through France, Portugal and … [more below]
- Author: Mol, Corjan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1786788365
- Language: English
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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 Add to cartLA 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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The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt
$29.95 Add to cartA breathtakingly illustrated and brilliantly evocative recounting of Alexander Von Humboldt’s five-year expedition in South America–from the author of Magnificent Rebels and the New York Times bestse… [more below]
- Series: Pantheon Graphic Library
- Author: Wulf, Andrea
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1524747378
- Language: English
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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
