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Wind of Peace

The True Story of One Family’S Sailing Adventure and the People, Places, and Challenges Encountered Along the Way

by Elli K. Straus ...

Realizing that the time is right to act on their crazy idea of pulling their two daughters out of school for a year, shut down the house, and embark on a sailing sabbatical, Elli and her husband David, pitch the idea to their daughters. With just a few months planning time available, what follows is a mad rush to take sailing lessons, buy and equip a boat, devote countless hours to researching ... Read more

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Realizing that the time is right to act on their crazy idea of pulling their two daughters out of school for a year, shut down the house, and embark on a sailing sabbatical, Elli and her husband David, pitch the idea to their daughters. With just a few months planning time available, what follows is a mad rush to take sailing lessons, buy and equip a boat, devote countless hours to researching
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Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube

Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North

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A rich and revelatory memoir of a young woman reclaiming her courage in the stark landscapes of the north.By the time Blair Braverman was eighteen, she had left her home in California, moved to arctic Norway to learn to drive sled dogs, and found work as a tour guide on a glacier in Alaska. Determined to carve out a life as a "tough girl"—a young woman who confronts danger without apology—she ... Read more

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A rich and revelatory memoir of a young woman reclaiming her courage in the stark landscapes of the north.By the time Blair Braverman was eighteen, she had left her home in California, moved to arctic Norway to learn to drive sled dogs, and found work as a tour guide on a glacier in Alaska. Determined to carve out a life as a "tough girl"—a young woman who confronts danger without apology—she
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8,000 Miles Across Alaska: A Runner's Journeys on the Iditarod Trail

by Jill Homer, Tim Hewitt ...

In North America's Last Frontier, there are still untrammeled wildernesses where a man can stand alone in a region the size of entire states, where deep cold quiets every whisper of life and vast emptiness reigns. Alaska remains a mysterious place that, thanks to reality television, has captured the imagination of millions. Yet a minuscule fraction have acquired an understanding of the land ... Read more

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In North America's Last Frontier, there are still untrammeled wildernesses where a man can stand alone in a region the size of entire states, where deep cold quiets every whisper of life and vast emptiness reigns. Alaska remains a mysterious place that, thanks to reality television, has captured the imagination of millions. Yet a minuscule fraction have acquired an understanding of the land
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Cycle For Life: The Story of the 1991 Trans-Canada Record Attempt

by Bill Narasnek ...

The story of Bill Narasnek's record setting trans-Canada ride in 1991. The book describes how Bill and his support team overcame the many challenges and obstacles that confront any adventurer when attempting an endeavour of this magnitude. Bill tells the story in his own words with humour and honesty. ... Read more

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The story of Bill Narasnek's record setting trans-Canada ride in 1991. The book describes how Bill and his support team overcame the many challenges and obstacles that confront any adventurer when attempting an endeavour of this magnitude. Bill tells the story in his own words with humour and honesty.
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Paddling North

A Solo Adventure Along the Inside Passage

by Audrey Sutherland ...

In a tale remarkable for its quiet confidence and acute natural observation, the author of Paddling Hawaii begins with her decision, at age 60, to undertake a solo, summer-long voyage along the southeast coast of Alaska in an inflatable kayak. Paddling North is a compilation of Sutherland’s first two (of over 20) such annual trips and her day-by-day travels through the Inside Passage from ... Read more

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In a tale remarkable for its quiet confidence and acute natural observation, the author of Paddling Hawaii begins with her decision, at age 60, to undertake a solo, summer-long voyage along the southeast coast of Alaska in an inflatable kayak. Paddling North is a compilation of Sutherland’s first two (of over 20) such annual trips and her day-by-day travels through the Inside Passage from
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A Woman in Arabia

The Writings of the Queen of the Desert

by Gertrude Bell ...

A portrait in her own words of the female Lawrence of Arabia, the subject of the PBS documentary Letters from Baghdad, voiced by Tilda Swinton, and the major motion picture Queen of the Desert, starring Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Damian Lewis, and Robert Pattinson and directed by Werner HerzogGertrude Bell was leaning in 100 years before Sheryl Sandberg. One of the great woman adventurers of the ... Read more

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A portrait in her own words of the female Lawrence of Arabia, the subject of the PBS documentary Letters from Baghdad, voiced by Tilda Swinton, and the major motion picture Queen of the Desert, starring Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Damian Lewis, and Robert Pattinson and directed by Werner HerzogGertrude Bell was leaning in 100 years before Sheryl Sandberg. One of the great woman adventurers of the
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Hashish

by Henry De Monfreid ...

Nobleman, writer, adventurer and inspiration for the swashbuckling gun runner in the Adventures of Tintin, Henri de Monfried lived by his own account ‘a rich, restless, magnificent life’ as one of the great travellers of his or any age. Infamous as well as famous, his name is inextricably linked to the Red Sea and the raffish ports between Suez and Aden in the early years of the twentieth century. ... Read more

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Nobleman, writer, adventurer and inspiration for the swashbuckling gun runner in the Adventures of Tintin, Henri de Monfried lived by his own account ‘a rich, restless, magnificent life’ as one of the great travellers of his or any age. Infamous as well as famous, his name is inextricably linked to the Red Sea and the raffish ports between Suez and Aden in the early years of the twentieth century.
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Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition

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Translated by Fanny Bandelier ...

The New World story of the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca in his own wordsThis riveting true story is the first major narrative detailing the exploration of North America by Spanish conquistadors (1528-1536). The author, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, was a fortune-seeking Spanish nobleman and the treasurer of an expedition sent to claim for Spain a vast area of today's southern United States. In ... Read more

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The New World story of the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca in his own wordsThis riveting true story is the first major narrative detailing the exploration of North America by Spanish conquistadors (1528-1536). The author, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, was a fortune-seeking Spanish nobleman and the treasurer of an expedition sent to claim for Spain a vast area of today's southern United States. In
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British Legends: The Life and Legacy of Sir Francis Drake

by Charles River Editors ...

*Includes a contemporary account of Drake's voyage around the world. *Includes pictures depicting Drake and important people, places, and events in his life. *Discusses the legends and controversies surrounding Drake's piracy and adventures. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents. "There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end ... Read more

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*Includes a contemporary account of Drake's voyage around the world. *Includes pictures depicting Drake and important people, places, and events in his life. *Discusses the legends and controversies surrounding Drake's piracy and adventures. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents. "There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end
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Harry

A Wilderness Dog Saga

by Chris Czajkowski ...

Living alone in the remote wilderness, Chris Czajkowski has given her dogs a rich life, although not without its difficulties. Often residing in areas accessible only by float plane, the dogs have encountered grizzlies and cougars, slept in the snow, hiked with packs of food and equipment, and occasionally gotten themselves into scrapes, such as becoming lost in the wild or falling through ice ... Read more

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Living alone in the remote wilderness, Chris Czajkowski has given her dogs a rich life, although not without its difficulties. Often residing in areas accessible only by float plane, the dogs have encountered grizzlies and cougars, slept in the snow, hiked with packs of food and equipment, and occasionally gotten themselves into scrapes, such as becoming lost in the wild or falling through ice
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Adalyn, on the Georgian Bay

by Val-Ann Stepanchuk ...

It has been my desire for decades to tell of my Grandmother’s life of survival, determination and humour. This is a basically true, completely Canadian story of how it was for her to live and raise a family on the Georgian Bay in Ontario. She made the choice to live in a beautiful place even though it meant a more difficult life. It has some characters that are pretty big, but very real. It is ... Read more

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It has been my desire for decades to tell of my Grandmother’s life of survival, determination and humour. This is a basically true, completely Canadian story of how it was for her to live and raise a family on the Georgian Bay in Ontario. She made the choice to live in a beautiful place even though it meant a more difficult life. It has some characters that are pretty big, but very real. It is
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His Life Worth Living

Memoirs, #3

by Pat Ritter ...

Series Book 3 - Memoirs
Every adversity carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.≈ Napoleon Hill ≈Courage, determination, independence are some of the words to describe George Burtenshaw. His passing, aged one hundred and two years and a half truly showed inspiration with such self-determination, willpower and a 'what he wanted attitude' combined with a deep love for his huge family.Born in 1911 at ... Read more

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Every adversity carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.≈ Napoleon Hill ≈Courage, determination, independence are some of the words to describe George Burtenshaw. His passing, aged one hundred and two years and a half truly showed inspiration with such self-determination, willpower and a 'what he wanted attitude' combined with a deep love for his huge family.Born in 1911 at
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