Captain George Vancouver in Alaska and the North Pacific, Paperback

Reducere. Two of the Northwest Coast's largest cities and its most prominent island are named after the British explorer, George Vancouver, who is largely un...

Russia's most famous aviator disappears on a world record flight over the North Pole. A commercial airliner with thirty-eight people is never found...

DescriptionAleutians 1942-43 is the full story of the forgotten battle to liberate American soil from the Japanese during World War II.It is often ...

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the gold rush written by participants *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of co...

Reducere. HIstory turns into mystery when the authors begin to research the oral stories about Wade Baker's ancestor, Third Lieutenant Joseph Baker, mapmaker...

Simon McCartney was a cocky young British alpinist climbing many of the hardest routes in the Alps during the late seventies, but a chance meeting ...

DescriptionRugged mountains, wild coastlines, and dense forests coexist with vibrant, diverse cities in one of the wildest corners of North America...

Reducere. In her debut collection, Melinda Moustakis brings to life a rough-and-tumble family of Alaskan homesteaders through a series of linked stories. Bor...

Reducere. Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award A Northern classic and beloved favorite, Two in the Far North chronicles the incredible story of Margaret...

Herring are vital to the productivity and health of marine systems, and socio-ecologically Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) is one of the most imp...

DescriptionWith nearly 50 species of berries that grow wild in Alaska, this collection takes the more abundant and popular species and shares 200 t...

Reducere. Just a few short hours north of Atlanta, the Georgia mountains offer the best of all possible worlds for road bikers. A mild climate and nearly yea...

The Role of the Individual in History was first published in 1898, and occupies a very prominent place among those of Plekhanov's works in which he...

In 2010, while working on a PhD in South Korea, Andray Abrahamian visited the other Korea, a country he had studied for years but never seen. He re...

Reducere. Description"I wish I were a dancer to let lines fall like that. / But I am dressed like you, roughly for the North." Roughly for the North is a ten...

Reducere. This newly revised edition includes up-to-date information and historical photographs on everything you need to know about the Last Frontier, all i...

Reducere. DescriptionThe motorcycle byways of the Southern Appalachians are classic: Georgia 60, the notorious 'Dragon, ' and the Cherohala Skyway. Ride to t...

The story of Kilsoo Haan's brilliant espionage, first against Japan and then against the Soviet Union - a huge advantage spurned.

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Sufferings in Africa: The Astonishing Account of a New England Sea Captain Enslaved by North African Arabs, Paperback

Reducere. 2020 Banff Mountain Book Competition Finalist in Adventure Travel In Journeys North, legendary trail angel and thru hiker Barney Scout Mann spins a...

Prussian-born cartographer Oscar Hinrichs was a key member of Stonewall Jackson's staff, and worked alongside such prominent Confederate leaders as...

In the popular imagination, Civil War disability is synonymous with amputation. But war affects the body in countless ways. Sarah Handley-Cousins e...

Reducere. Across the Shaman's River is the story of one of Alaska's last Native American strongholds, a Tlingit community closed off for a century until a fa...

Reducere. We all have a story to tell. Mine is a sea story that started in 1948 when I turned 14 and no further education was available to me. My father gave...

Reducere. Shaman and Kushtaka, both struck terror in the hearts of the Tlingit and Haida, for both possessed frightening supernatural powers. Among the Nativ...

This newly revised edition includes up-to-date information and historical photographs on everything you need to know about the Last Frontier, all i...

Reducere. Eighteen-year-old Darcy lives on the island of America Pacifica -- one of the last places on earth that is still habitable, after North America has...

A strikingly original and stylish debutPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Anna NorthNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2012Dimensions...

Reducere. "Into the North Wind" chronicles Jill Homer's record-breaking bicycle ride across Alaska on the Iditarod Trail. Jill is one of those "accidental at...

Reducere. In 1982, Tony West and Avery Brock made a visit to notorious Corpsewood Manor under the pretense of a celebration. They brutally murdered their hos...

Reducere. Author Corey Ford writes the classic and moving story of naturalist Georg Whlhelm Steller, who served on the 1741-42 Russian Alaska expedition with...

Reducere. DescriptionFamily Walks and Hikes is an exciting new series of books written specifically for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages and abilities. These ...

Reducere. What do panning for gold, splashing in a spring-fed swimming pool, touring Civil War battlefields, rafting a wild and scenic river, exploring myste...

Reducere. This definitive work, a crown jewel in the distinguished career of Russian America scholar Lydia Black, presents a comprehensive story of the Russi...

In this beautifully illustrated sailing classic, which starts with the tragic deaths of the author's sister and father and impending poverty of his...

Reducere. DescriptionThe story behind the best-selling book One Man's Wilderness and how author Sam Keith and Dick Proenneke met and forged an everlasting fr...

Reducere. "Astoria is the gateway by the sea, and Portland is the gateway by land. I suspect that Astoria will not be quiet and obscure for long." -George Fl...

Reducere. "This book celebrates without apology the fact that indigenous spirituality lives and breathes in our Pacific person and personhood. In so doing, i...

Demographic transition, along with the economic and geopolitical re-emergence of Asia, are two of the largest forces shaping the twenty-first centu...

How do political actors in the Pacific islands region make sense of the success (or failure) of parliamentary gender quota campaigns? To answer the...

The Pacific is not only the world's largest body of water; its vast expanse also includes an extraordinary number and diversity of oceanic islands,...

Reducere. Tales from the Cold War is one man's memoir about his service time in Germany during the Cold War. Colonel Michael D. Mahler (Ret.) first went to G...

Reducere. DescriptionGeorge Washington Sears tributes the great outdoors with a collection of poems chronicling life among nature in all its rugged glory. A ...

This book examines how states in eight countries across Asia and the Pacific address internal displacement in the context of disasters and climate ...

Reducere. Resonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context offers a fresh curriculum for the college-level music appreciation course. The musical examples ...