Icebound In The Arctic. The Mystery of Captain Francis Crozier and the Franklin Expedition, Paperback - Michael Smith

Two newly discovered ships which sank in the Arctic ice 170 years ago may hold clues to the fate of explorer, Captain Francis Crozier, who led the ...

James Fitzjames was a hero of the early nineteenth-century Royal Navy. A charismatic man with a wicked sense of humour, he pursued his naval career...

Publisher: Kids Can PressAuthor(s): Sigmund BrouwerIllustration(s): 100 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth collects the private correspondence of the officers and sailors who set out in May 1845 on the Erebus and Terror ...

Reducere. "John Muir was certainly as concerned for the potential loss of marvelous arctic cultures as he was for our continent's vanishing wilderness. In th...

Reducere. The English explorer Henry Hudson devoted his life to the search for a water route through America, becoming the first European to navigate the Hud...

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DescriptionGod's identity is beyond what we could ever fully express in human words. But Scripture uses one particular word to describe the distinc...

Publisher: Greystone Books, CanadaAuthor(s): Markus RexIllustration(s): B&W photos throughout, 8-page colour insertTranslator: Sarah PybusNumber of...

Reducere. In Gilded Age America, Arctic explorers were fabulous celebrities--assured of riches and near-immortality so long as they reached the North Pole fi...

The recent discovery and filming of Frankin's HMS 'Terror' has brought the tragic story of the expedition into the international spotlight. The onl...

The Franklin Expedition, where all 129 men died, is arguably the worst disaster to Britain's history of polar exploration. The fate of the missing ...

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Ice Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1845--whose two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and their crew of 12...

This book addresses the growing demand for collaborative and reflexive scholarly engagement in the Arctic aimed at providing relevant insights to t...

Publisher: Helion & CompanyAuthor(s): Michael Anthony TaylorIllustration(s): 7 b/w ills, 23 b/w photos, 6 mapsNumber of pages: 266Publication date:...

Publisher: Capstone Global Library LtdAuthor(s): Katrina M. PhillipsNumber of pages: 32Collection: Deadly ExpeditionsPublication date: 2022Dimensio...

DescriptionExplore one of the nation's greatest natural wonders and celebrate the 100th birthday of Grand Canyon National Park with this grand voya...

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DescriptionA detailed account of the Royal Navy's near fatal expedition into the polar regions in 1773--with the young Horatio Nelson on board.In t...

Publisher: Capstone Global Library LtdAuthor(s): Lisa M. Bolt SimonsNumber of pages: 32Collection: Deadly ExpeditionsPublication date: 2022Dimensio...

Reducere. As the 1798 Rebellion in Ireland began to peter out and the insurgent cause was clearly lost, Michael Dwyer and a band of loyal followers took to t...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): E.C.H KeskitaloNumber of pages: 298Collection: Studies in International RelationsPublication date: 2011Di...

Reducere. In 1832, Benjamin Bonneville led the first wagon train across the Continental Divide on the Oregon Trail. Financed by a rival of the Hudson's Bay C...

Spanning nearly 200 years, Ice Ghosts is a fast-paced detective story about Western science, indigenous beliefs, and the irrepressible spirit of ex...

Reducere. In the bestselling tradition of Hampton Sides's In the Kingdom of Ice, a "gripping adventure tale" (The Boston Globe) recounting Dutch polar explor...

Uncovering a wealth of neglected archival information, this book examines both visual and textual material from the mid-nineteenth century Franklin...

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Music in Religious Cults of the Ancient Near East presents the first extended discussion of the relationship between music and cultic worship in an...

Reducere. First published in 1926, "Melchizedek and the Mystery of Fire" by Manly P. Hall is an in-depth examination of the role that fire plays in religion,...

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Margarito acts like any other eleven-year-old aficionado of lucha libre. He worships all the players. But in the summer just before sixth grade, he...

Level 3. Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Boscombe Pool - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Discover the power of the book through fifty of the most influential texts ever written from around the world and throughout time. Books that truly...

Captain Scott's own account of his tragic race with Roald Amundsen for the South Pole thrilled the world in 1913. This new edition of his Journals ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Fred M. WalkerNumber of pages: 304Collection: Hakluyt Society, Third SeriesPublication date: 2022Dimensio...

Smith - "Before God could bring me to an amazing place of His Authority and Power He has broken me a thousand times. I have wept, I have groaned, I...

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Reducere. Who stole the hamster from Room 11? A once-happy class is set on edge in this humorous, highly relatable mystery perfect for middle-grade readers. ...

Drawing on extensive archival evidence, unpublished personal memoirs, and interviews with former employees, The Joint Arctic Weather Stations analy...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Shrabani BasuNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 23Cover type: Paperba...

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When Captain Scott died in 1912 on his way back from the South Pole, his story became a myth embedded in the national imagination.

Many black neighborhoods in New Orleans are perceived by outsiders as being areas of decay. However, to photographer Michael P. Smith, in these nei...

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Reducere. The history and philosophy of the mysterious Cathar religion and its lost treasure - Demonstrates that Catharism is not simply a heretical Christia...

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