A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca: The Extraordinary Tale of a Shipwrecked Spaniard Who Walked Across America in the, Paperback -

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Andres ResendezThe extraordinary tale of a shipwrecked Spaniard who walked across America in the sixteenth centuryIn 1527, ...

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Reducere. Of the 300 Spanish explorers who set out to discover and conquer the wilderness of North America, only four returned -- after covering about 6, 000...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book combines a new English translation of La Relacion ("The Account") by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca with the translator's analysis...

Reducere. In 1526 Carlos I of Spain granted Pánfilo de Narváez a license to claim what is now the Gulf Coast of the United States. Pánfilo de Narváez set sai...

Reducere. DescriptionCabeza de Vaca came to the New world in 1527 as part of a Spanish expedition to conquer the region north of the Gulf of Mexico. His expl...

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Reducere. This edition of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's Relacion offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de ...

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The book, The Pennsylvania Hermit: A Narrative Of The Extraordinary Life Of Amos Wilson Who Expired In A Cave In The Neighborhood Of Harrisburgh (P...

Reducere. A wickedly smart, funny, and irresistibly off-kilter account of an improbable thousand-mile journey on foot into the heart of modern Florida, the s...

A funny, charming and feel-good story about a fake fakir from India who arrives in France to shop at Ikea and unwittingly embarks on a European tou...

Reducere. DescriptionIt was the day before Independence Day, 1833. As his bride, Lucie, was about to be sold down the river, Thornton Blackburn planned a dar...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Peter Shea L. AcThis book explores the evolutionary and spiritual core of the acupuncture meridian systems known as the 8 E...

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Now that President Donald Trump has revived the Keystone XL pipeline that was rejected by former President Obama, Trespassing Across America is the...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): Lennard BickelNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 30Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedes...

On a motorcycle trip from Manitoba to southern Chile, Cameron Dueck seeks out isolated enclaves of Mennonites--and himself. "An engrossing account ...

Who Are China's Walking Dead? Former high-ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials, alongside an army colonel, a judge, a diplomat, a propag...

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Reducere. What we have forgotten Nature remembers. Our soul hungers for an authentic existence, living from our deep beauty and gifts, in harmony with the na...

A spellbinding short story collection from bestselling fantasy author Garth Nix.Publisher: Hot Key BooksAuthor(s): Garth NixNumber of pages: 352Pub...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Ahmed AlmheiriIllustration(s): 84 black and white illustrations, 7 colour platesNumber of pages: 312Publication ...

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The President of Uruguay, Jos "Pepe" Mujica, has recently become a global icon. Among other things, he lives a notoriously austere lifestyle; esche...

Reducere. A magnificently reported and soulfully crafted exploration of the human immune system-the key to health and wellness, life and death. An epic, firs...

Publisher: Yoffy PressIllustration(s): Color photographs throughoutNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 224 x 272 x 20Cover type: ...

Reducere. Farzana's Journey is a narrative about a young girl, who must walk a long distance to fetch her family's water. Her usual journey develops into an ...

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Reducere. Did you know that not every passenger aboard the Mayflower was a Pilgrim?In fact, of the 102 passengers on the Mayflower, only about 40 were fleein...