Captain George Vancouver in Alaska and the North Pacific, Paperback - James K. Barnett

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...

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

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 1935, National Museum of Canada anthropologist Diamond Jenness did several months of fieldwork with the Coast Salish peoples of southwestern Van...

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...

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

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

Reducere. DescriptionIs there a more bizarre-looking animal in the sea than the octopus? A baggy, boneless body surmounted by a pair of soulless eyes and fle...

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...

Reducere. Storytelling is a precious, vibrant tradition among the Native peoples of the Far North. Collected here for the first time are stories from the com...

Reducere. For years, tour guide Daniel Lum has brought visitors as well as his children out to the remote corners of Barrow, Alaska, one of the northernmost ...

Reducere. Sarah Manguso's first collection, a combination of verse and prose poems, explores love, nostalgia, remorse, and the joyful and mysterious preparat...

Reducere. The bestseller from James Raffan, Emperor of the North tells the story of Sir George Simpson, whose extraordinary life coincided with the success o...

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...

Reducere. No other Reconstruction state government was as chaotic or violent as Louisiana's, located in New Orleans, the largest southern city at the time. J...

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...

Planet Earth was consumed in the fires of an unexpected epidemic.Perhaps it was an illness born of being out of balance with Nature."We are storyte...

Reducere. A kidnapped girl survived twelve nightmarish years.Now she's safely back home . . . or is she? Jenny Kristal was six years old when she was snatche...

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...

This seven-volume illustrated collection, published in 1821, contains the journals of Captain James Cook (1728-79) from his three voyages to the Pa...

Assembling the Architect explores the origins and history of architectural practice. It unravels the competing interests that historically have str...

Reducere. Tales of the South Pacific is the iconic, Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece that inspired a Broadway classic and launched the career of James A. M...

Reducere. During his tenure as Chancellor of North Carolina State University, Larry K. Monteith witnessed the state's transformation from a largely agrarian-...

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. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The extraordinary story of the World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its s...

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

Reducere. America is at war with itself over the right to vote, or, more precisely, over the question of who gets to exercise that right and under what circu...

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

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

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

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 ...

_____________________________'Fantastically good - dark yet compellingly upbeat, and insanely suspenseful ... Posters went up, the police investiga...

DescriptionTwo experienced educators offer an up-to-date introduction to philosophy from a Christian perspective that covers the four major areas o...

One of the most pressing issues facing the evangelical church today involves dramatic shifts in our culture's perceptions regarding human sexuality...

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. Chill Alaska Coloring Book is a collection of fine-line Alaska images to color for relaxation or just for fun.Original and beautifully detailed des...

"Fear rose within me as I anticipated taking the step. It was a step that would take me into my shadow, a step that would illuminate the darkness o...

Reducere. "Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Rom 5: 1). When Paul wrote these words he...