Expedition Whydah: The Story of the World's First Excavation of a Pirate Treasure Ship and the Man Who Found Her, Paperback - Barry Clifford

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Non-fiction book telling the story of the ship HMY Sheemaun

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Osnat was born five hundred years ago - at a time when almost everyone believed in miracles. But very few believed that girls should learn to read....

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The son of a plantation owner and a free woman of colour, Andrew Watson was not only the first black football player, he was one of the best in the...

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A complete history of one of the world's most iconic cocktails--now the poster child of the modern cocktail revival--with fifty recipes for classic...

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Bestselling Australian author Peter FitzSimons reveals the real James Cook in this new biography.

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Reducere. Golden KiteIn this one-of-a-kind historical picture book, author Glennette Tilley Turner tells the story of Fort Mose, which was founded in St. Aug...

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A doctor and physiologist, Griffith Pugh revolutionised almost every aspect of British high-altitude mountaineering, transforming the climbers' att...

An insight into the man at the heart of the world's most infamous maritime disasterPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Clifford IsmayIllustr...

The true story of the men who made Shackleton's most famous expedition possible and paid the highest price for it.

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Reducere. Lucie Blackman--tall, blond, twenty-one years old--stepped out into the vastness of Tokyo in the summer of 2000, and disappeared forever. The follo...

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This international bestseller is a moving, uplifting and life-enhancing story with a strong environmental theme, illustrated by prize-winning Satos...

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In The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries, Donald R. Prothero tells the fascinating stories behind the most important fossil finds and the in...

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Who invented the diving helmet? The First Treasure Divers reveals the true and fascinating story. It follows the lives of two brothers as they stru...