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  • Envoy to the Archives

    Ruth Anna Fisher and Hidden Transatlantic History

    de William L. Fox ...
    Series series African American Intellectual History
    How a pioneering manuscript librarian and intellectual uncovered buried records that reshaped America’s pastAs the London-based agent of the US Library of Congress, Ruth Anna Fisher (1886–1975) profoundly shaped the field of US history. Working at the British Museum and Public Record Office between the world wars, she was responsible for a vast program of identifying and copying up to a million ... Leer más

    $20.19 USD

  • In the Desert of Desire

    Las Vegas and the Culture of Spectacle

    de William L. Fox ...
    Las Vegas, says William Fox, is a pay-as-you-play paradise that succeeds in satisfying our fantasies of wealth and the excesses of pleasure and consumption that go with it. In this context, Fox examines how Las Vegas’s culture of spectacle has obscured the boundaries between high art and entertainment extravaganza, nature and fantasy, for-profit and nonprofit enterprises. His purview ranges from ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • The Void, The Grid & The Sign

    Traversing The Great Basin

    de William L. Fox ...
    This is a story that few know, but those who do are its disciples. The story, of the highest and driest of all American deserts, the Great Basin, has no finer voice than that of William Fox. Fox’s book is divided into the three sections of the title. In “The Void,” he leads us through the Great Basin landscape, investigating our visual response to it—a pattern of mountains and valleys on a scale ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Terra Antarctica

    Looking into the Emptiest Continent

    de William L. Fox ...
    How does the human mind transform space into place, or land into landscape? For more than three decades, William L. Fox has looked at empty landscapes and the role of the arts to investigate the way humans make sense of space. In Terra Antarctica, Fox continues this line of inquiry as he travels to the Antarctic, the largest and most extreme desert on earth.” This contemporary travel narrative ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

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  • Into Thin Air

    de Jon Krakauer ...
    #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more—including Krakauer's—in guilt-ridden disarray.**“A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and worse judgment and of heartbreaking heroism.”—**PeopleA Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Book of the Last 30 Years</stro... ... Leer más

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  • The Complete Guide to Minecraft: Crafting, Mining, Farming, Enchanting, Redstone, Cheats

    de Harbor City Apps ...
    The Complete Guide to Minecraft: Crafting, Mining, Farming, Enchanting, Redstone, CheatsThis guide will help you turn from Minecraft newbie to an advanced player! Aimed especially at newer players, this guide contains a new player's guide, and sections on crafting, mining, farming, enchanting, a walkthrough/tutorial, a brief section on redstone, and a section on cheats! There is enough here that a ... Leer más

    $4.95 USD

  • Solitude

    Seeking Wisdom in Extremes: A Year Alone in the Patagonia Wilderness

    de Robert Kull ...
    Years after losing his lower right leg in a motorcycle crash, Robert Kull traveled to a remote island in Patagonia’s coastal wilderness with supplies to live alone for a year. He sought to explore the effects of deep solitude on the body and mind and to find the spiritual answers he’d been seeking all his life. With only a cat and his thoughts as companions, he wrestled with inner storms while the ... Leer más

    $10.69 USD

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  • South

    Shackleton's Endurance Expedition

    de Ernest Shackleton ...
    In 1914, as Europe braces for an unfathomably deadly war, explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton sets sail for Antarctica to do the impossible: traverse the continent. He has a ship (the aptly named Endurance), a head brimming with optimism, and 28 men willing to follow him on an expedition across some of the most treacherous terrain on the planet. But Shackleton’s optimism doesn't last long. Despite his ... Leer más

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  • A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes – Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Irish History

    Fascinating Snippets of Irish History from the Ice Age to the Peace Process

    de Jonathan Bardon ...
    THE ONLY BOOK ON IRISH HISTORY YOU'LL EVER NEED!From invasions to rebellions, heroic martyrs to pragmatic politicians, industrial development to mass emigration, A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes by renowned Irish historian Jonathan Bardon will take you on a sweeping journey through Irish history, getting behind the historical headlines to reveal the lived experience of Irish people.Written in ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Fishing the River of Time

    A Grandfather's Story

    de Tony Taylor ...
    At age eighty, Tony Taylor journeys from Sydney, Australia, to British Columbia to fish the Cowichan River with his eight-year-old grandson, Ned. The trip is an opportunity for Tony to return to a landscape that has had a profound effect on his life and his way of thinking, and to share this place with his grandson. As Tony teaches Ned the patient art of fly-fishing, a lifetime of memories, ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Boundless

    Tracing Land and Dream in a New Northwest Passage

    de Kathleen Winter ...
    In 2010, bestselling author Kathleen Winter (Annabel) embarked on a journey across the storied Northwest Passage, among marine scientists, historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, and curious passengers. From Greenland to Baffin Island and all along the passage, Winter bears witness to the new math of the North—where polar bears mates with grizzlies, creating a new hybrid species; where the ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • The Land of Little Rain

    Enriched edition. Exploring the Beauty of Southwest Wilderness

    de Mary Austin, Sabrina Hendricks ...
    Mary Austin's "The Land of Little Rain" is a lyrical exploration of the natural beauty and stark realities of the high desert of California. Through a series of evocative essays, Austin masterfully intertwines the landscape's physicality with its cultural and spiritual significance to native peoples and settlers alike. Her keen observations render the region's flora and fauna not merely as ... Leer más

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