Great Journeys in History, Paperback - ***

The adventurous stories of the greatest explorers in history.Illustrations: With 47 illustrations and 67 mapsEditor(s): Robin Hanbury-Tenison

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Part story, part scholarship, his eccentric history of England moves from the founding of the printing press into virtual reality, linking four jou...

One man's personal travelogue of his journeys throughout BR's Western Region, Wales and the Welsh Marches during the final months of steamPublisher...

DescriptionThe line from Settle to Carlisle is one of the world's great rail journeys. It carves its way through the magnificent landscape of the Y...

Reducere. Anna Citrino has woven the story of Italian immigrants--their small joys and compelling heartaches--into a moonlit tapestry. Thread by poetic threa...

DescriptionCairngorms: A Secret History is a series of journeys exploring barely known human and natural stories of the Cairngorm Mountains. It loo...

Reducere. They've been to three worlds in less than a day. Time isn't just running out...it's running wild. David King is reeling from his travels through hi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Heather Andrea WilliamsAfter the Civil War, African Americans placed poignant "information wanted" advertisements in newspa...

How did the Christian Church originate, what journeys has it taken over two millennia, and how did it come to exist in its present, myriad forms? T...

Reducere. J. W. Williams s classic survey of the big ranches of the Southwest reaches deep into the stories of key players in American ranching history. Colo...

Reducere. Twenty-five years ago Philip L. Fradkin read a book about a remote bay on the Gulf of Alaska coast. The noted environmental historian was attracted...

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Reducere. Long the dominant icon embodying the spirit of America's frontier past, the image of the cowboy no longer stands alone as the ultimate symbol of in...

Reducere. When he left his Spanish base one spring day in 218 B.C. with his 100, 000-man army of mercenaries, officers, and elephants, Hannibal was launching...

Reducere. American hero and explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. tells the story of his first journey through Antarctica and the founding of a series of cam...

Shortly after her husband's death, Julia Blackburn became fascinated with Doggerland, the vast once-populated stretch of land that connected Great ...

Li Po (AD 701-62) and Tu Fu (AD 712-70) were devoted friends who are traditionally considered to be among China's greatest poets. Li Po, a legendar...

Reducere. This story could be one story--a child's world, maimed by inconceivable cruelty. A child's heart, irreparably torn.But this story is another one. I...

Reducere. **PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST****NOMINATED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE****WINNER OF THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARD** A New York Times Notable BookA Wall Street J...

Reducere. Oklahoma Book AwardIn today's world of jet airplanes and smooth highways, it is nearly impossible to imagine the hardships faced by the thousands o...

"Dazzling...Riveting." --New York Times Book Review "Chen has one of the year's big debut books." --Philadelphia Inquirer "Gripping and illuminatin...

Reducere. Many malevolent menaces have imperiled the magical land of Xanth in its long and storied history. But none has been as despicably dangerous as the ...

Reducere. "Stan has given us a book that is full of insight--about the life of one great woman, yes, but also about some of the most complicated, nuanced, an...