Expeditions & Discoveries
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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 Read moreOne 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
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Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
$22.00 Add to cartThe definitive story of the British adventurers who survived the trenches of World War I and went on to risk their lives climbing Mount Everest.
On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched at- Author: Davis, Wade
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: October 02 2012
- ISBN10: 0375708154
- Language: English
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Enslaved: The Sunken History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
$19.95 Read moreA riveting and illuminating exploration of the transatlantic slave trade by an intrepid team of divers seeking to reclaim the stories of their ancestors.
“For me, Enslaved is an attempt to give a voic- Author: Kingsley, Sean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1639364587
- Language: English
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Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
$20.00 Add to cartNational Outdoor Book Awards Winner
Winner of the BANFF Adventure Travel Award
“A thrilling and harrowing story. If it’s a cliche to say I couldn’t put this book down, well, too bad: I couldn’t put thi- Author: Levy, Buddy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1250782066
- Language: English
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The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
$20.00 Add to cart***NPR Books We Love selection***
“If you’re only going to read one Everest book this decade, make it The Third Pole. . . . A riveting adventure.”–Outside
Shivering, exhausted, gasping for oxygen, bey- Author: Synnott, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1524745596
- Language: English
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Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs: 100 Discoveries That Changed the World
$35.00 Add to cartBlending high adventure with history, this chronicle of 100 astonishing discoveries from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the fabulous “Lost City of the Monkey God” tells incredible stories of how explorers an… [more below]
- Author: National Geographic
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1426221983
- Language: English
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition Day by Day
$29.95 Add to cart“The Lewis and Clark Expedition Day by Day has several key strengths making it an admirable contribution to both historical geography and Lewis and Clark scholarship.”–Robert M. Briwa, Historical Geo
- Author: Moulton, Gary E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 774
- Publish Date: April 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1496203836
- Language: English
