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Crossing Denali

An Ordinary Man's Adventure Atop North America

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CLICK HERE to download a sample from Crossing Denali• A gripping adventure set on North America's highest mountain• Inspirational story of a transformative experience• A tale that any reader can connect withSince slowly transforming himself from an overweight and overworked chain-smoker into a two-time marathon runner, Michael Fenner had climbed one glaciated peak—Mount Rainier in Washington State ... Read more

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CLICK HERE to download a sample from Crossing Denali• A gripping adventure set on North America's highest mountain• Inspirational story of a transformative experience• A tale that any reader can connect withSince slowly transforming himself from an overweight and overworked chain-smoker into a two-time marathon runner, Michael Fenner had climbed one glaciated peak—Mount Rainier in Washington State
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Endurance

Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

by Alfred Lansing ...

**The legendary and harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackelton’s 1914 shipwreck on Antarctic ice – and how his leadership rescued his crew“One of the greatest adventure stories of our time.” –New York Times Book Review**In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In ... Read more

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**The legendary and harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackelton’s 1914 shipwreck on Antarctic ice – and how his leadership rescued his crew“One of the greatest adventure stories of our time.” –New York Times Book Review**In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In
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The Adventures Of An Elephant Hunter With Illustrations

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Originally published 1912. A detailed and exciting record of sixteen years spent hunting African elephants and other big game. During ten of these years the author shot 447 bull elephants - a world record. Many of the earliest hunting books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works ... Read more

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Originally published 1912. A detailed and exciting record of sixteen years spent hunting African elephants and other big game. During ten of these years the author shot 447 bull elephants - a world record. Many of the earliest hunting books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works
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A Life Sold - What Ever Happened to That Guy Who Sold His Whole Life on eBay?

by Ian Usher ...

What on earth would make someone decide to put their whole life up for sale… on eBay?When Ian Usher decided that it was time to leave the past behind and move on to the next chapter of his life, that is exactly what he did. The results were surprising, entertaining and challenging.However, the auction was only the beginning of the adventure. What does someone do when they have sold their life? ... Read more

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What on earth would make someone decide to put their whole life up for sale… on eBay?When Ian Usher decided that it was time to leave the past behind and move on to the next chapter of his life, that is exactly what he did. The results were surprising, entertaining and challenging.However, the auction was only the beginning of the adventure. What does someone do when they have sold their life?
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The Lost Book of Moses

The Hunt for the World's Oldest Bible

by Chanan Tigay ...

A gripping account of one man's quest to find the world's oldest Bible and learn about the brilliant, doomed antiquities dealer accused of forging it.In 1883, Moses Wilhelm Shapira—archaeological treasure hunter, inveterate social climber, and denizen of Jerusalem's bustling marketplace—arrived unannounced in London claiming to have discovered the world's oldest Bible scroll in a desert cave east ... Read more

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A gripping account of one man's quest to find the world's oldest Bible and learn about the brilliant, doomed antiquities dealer accused of forging it.In 1883, Moses Wilhelm Shapira—archaeological treasure hunter, inveterate social climber, and denizen of Jerusalem's bustling marketplace—arrived unannounced in London claiming to have discovered the world's oldest Bible scroll in a desert cave east
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Hold the Enlightenment

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In Hold the Enlightenment, America’s favorite and funniest adventure writer returns with his most entertaining collection of essays yet, as he travels the globe and faces down challenges that are animal, topographical—and human.Hold the Enlightenment takes Tim Cahill to sites as far-flung as Saharan salt mines, the Congolese jungle, and Hanford, Washington, home of the largest toxic-waste dump in ... Read more

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In Hold the Enlightenment, America’s favorite and funniest adventure writer returns with his most entertaining collection of essays yet, as he travels the globe and faces down challenges that are animal, topographical—and human.Hold the Enlightenment takes Tim Cahill to sites as far-flung as Saharan salt mines, the Congolese jungle, and Hanford, Washington, home of the largest toxic-waste dump in
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Honor in the Dust

Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Dream

by Gregg Jones ...

“Fascinating.”—New York Times Book Review • “Well-written.”—The Boston Globe • “Extraordinary.”—The Christian Science Monitor • “A compelling page-turner.”—Adam HochschildOn the eve of a new century, an up-and-coming Theodore Roosevelt set out to transform the U.S. into a major world power. The Spanish-American War would forever change America's standing in global affairs, and drive the young ... Read more

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“Fascinating.”—New York Times Book Review • “Well-written.”—The Boston Globe • “Extraordinary.”—The Christian Science Monitor • “A compelling page-turner.”—Adam HochschildOn the eve of a new century, an up-and-coming Theodore Roosevelt set out to transform the U.S. into a major world power. The Spanish-American War would forever change America's standing in global affairs, and drive the young
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Trickster Travels

A Sixteenth-Century Muslim Between Worlds

by Natalie Zemon Davis ...

An engrossing study of Leo Africanus and his famous book, which introduced Africa to European readersAl-Hasan al-Wazzan--born in Granada to a Muslim family that in 1492 went to Morocco, where he traveled extensively on behalf of the sultan of Fez--is known to historians as Leo Africanus, author of the first geography of Africa to be published in Europe (in 1550). He had been captured by Christian ... Read more

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An engrossing study of Leo Africanus and his famous book, which introduced Africa to European readersAl-Hasan al-Wazzan--born in Granada to a Muslim family that in 1492 went to Morocco, where he traveled extensively on behalf of the sultan of Fez--is known to historians as Leo Africanus, author of the first geography of Africa to be published in Europe (in 1550). He had been captured by Christian
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White Lama

The Life of Tantric Yogi Theos Bernard, Tibet's Lost Emissary to the New World

by Douglas Veenhof ...

An amazing, often overlooked story of the man who brought Yoga and Tibetan culture to America. Theos Bernard’s colorful, enigmatic, and sometimes contradictory life captures an intersection of East and West that changed our world.After years of forcibly stopping foreigners at the borders, the leaders of Tibet opened the doors to their kingdom in 1937 for Theos Bernard. He was the third American to ... Read more

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An amazing, often overlooked story of the man who brought Yoga and Tibetan culture to America. Theos Bernard’s colorful, enigmatic, and sometimes contradictory life captures an intersection of East and West that changed our world.After years of forcibly stopping foreigners at the borders, the leaders of Tibet opened the doors to their kingdom in 1937 for Theos Bernard. He was the third American to
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David Thompson

by Tom Shardlow ...

Series Book 17 - Quest Biography
Across North America in 2007-2009, communities will celebrate the David Thompson Bicentennials. For 34 years the great explorer, surveyor, and fur trader travelled across the continent, finding and mapping the routes between the St. Lawrence and the Pacific. Trusting the stars and his sextant, he surveyed a continental area so vast it remains a mapping achievement unequalled in human history. This ... Read more

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Across North America in 2007-2009, communities will celebrate the David Thompson Bicentennials. For 34 years the great explorer, surveyor, and fur trader travelled across the continent, finding and mapping the routes between the St. Lawrence and the Pacific. Trusting the stars and his sextant, he surveyed a continental area so vast it remains a mapping achievement unequalled in human history. This
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If Only the Trees Could Talk

Kokoda in My Footsteps

by Kristy-Lee Jones ...

How do you remember something so great, without forgetting those little moments? From the moment 22 year old Kristy-Lee Jones booked her historic adventure of Trekking Kokoda in Paupa New Guinea, she had decided she wanted to do exactly that. For eight days of the trek Kristy-Lee put pen to paper and documented the events of each day, the moments that made her laugh, cry, challenge and push her to ... Read more

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How do you remember something so great, without forgetting those little moments? From the moment 22 year old Kristy-Lee Jones booked her historic adventure of Trekking Kokoda in Paupa New Guinea, she had decided she wanted to do exactly that. For eight days of the trek Kristy-Lee put pen to paper and documented the events of each day, the moments that made her laugh, cry, challenge and push her to
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A Lifetime of Small Adventures

by Bill Birnbaum ...

If there's even a bit of the adventurer in you, you'll love Bill Birnbaum's stories of adventure, misadventure and lessons learned along the way.You will:- Laugh when you learn that, as a teenager, he experimented with home-made rockets and bombs. And – quite innocently, he claims – he did just a little bit of damage.- Hold your breath while reading Bill's stories about picking up hitchhikers. ... Read more

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If there's even a bit of the adventurer in you, you'll love Bill Birnbaum's stories of adventure, misadventure and lessons learned along the way.You will:- Laugh when you learn that, as a teenager, he experimented with home-made rockets and bombs. And – quite innocently, he claims – he did just a little bit of damage.- Hold your breath while reading Bill's stories about picking up hitchhikers.
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