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Author | : James P. Delgado |
Publisher | : Douglas & McIntyre Limited |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781553651598 |
Across the Top of the World is a tale that rivals the story of Antarctic exploration for heroism, drama and tragedy. In the great age of Exploration, the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage lured bold adventurers to the icy Arctic. They risked and sometimes lost their lives in search of a sea route across the top of the world, connecting Europe with Asia and its riches. This spellbinding saga of Arctic exploration is brought to life by quotations from grim first-hand accounts and by dramatic images, ICC colour and 100 black and white. These paintings, engravings and photos of the intrepid men and their ships, as well as of relics and archaeological sites, provide a poignant and compelling link with the past. Landscapes and seascapes of the harsh yet beautiful Arctic illustrate the challenges that faced explorers. The Inuit, the native people of the Arctic, lived in isolation until Europeans began to arrive in the sixteenth century, and relations were not always cordial. For centuries, nations sent out expedition after expedition to search for the Northwest Passage, each one suffering extreme hardship. The most tragic was the mysterious loss of Sir John Franklin, his 128 men and two ships in the 1840s. Attempts to sail the dangerous, icy maze of the passage ended in defeat until Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen succeeded in 1903-1906. Then, in the 1940s, to assert Canada's sovereignty in the Arctic, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police schooner, St. Koch, became the second vessel to conquer the passage. This set the stage for the modern phase of Arctic exploration utilizing icebreakers and American nuclear-powered submarines. James Delgado writes with the passion and authority of an underwater archaeologist and historian who has taken part in Arctic expeditions.
Author | : Daniel Mason |
Publisher | : Pan Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 179 |
Release | : 2020-05-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1529038510 |
*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2021** From Daniel Mason, the bestselling, award-winning author of The Winter Soldier and The Piano Tuner comes a collection of interlacing tales of men and women as they face the mysteries and magic of the world. On a fated flight, a balloonist makes a discovery that changes her life forever. A telegraph operator finds an unexpected companion in the middle of the Amazon. A doctor is beset by seizures, in which he is possessed by a second, perhaps better, version of himself. And in Regency London, a bare-knuckle fighter prepares to face his most fearsome opponent, while a young mother seeks a miraculous cure for her ailing son. At times funny and irreverent, always moving, these stories cap a fifteen-year project that has won both a National Magazine Award and Pushcart Prize. From the Nile’s depths to the highest reaches of the atmosphere, from volcano-wracked islands to an asylum on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, these are lives of ecstasy and epiphany.
Author | : Robin S. Doak |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780756504229 |
A biography of the exploration and journey of Henry Hudson's attempt to find a shorter route to Asia from Europe.
Author | : Samuel Hynes |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Bomber pilots |
ISBN | : 9780747578116 |
A gripping, literary recollection of a pilot's experiences during WWII.
Author | : Justin Cronin |
Publisher | : Doubleday Canada |
Total Pages | : 785 |
Release | : 2010-06-08 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0385669526 |
The Andromeda Strain meets The Stand in this startling and stunning thriller that brings to life a unique vision of the apocalypse and plays brilliantly with vampire mythology, revealing what becomes of human society when a top-secret government experiment spins wildly out of control. At an army research station in Colorado, an experiment is being conducted by the U.S. Government: twelve men are exposed to a virus meant to weaponize the human form by super-charging the immune system. But when the experiment goes terribly wrong, terror is unleashed. Amy, a young girl abandoned by her mother and set to be the thirteenth test subject, is rescued by Brad Wolgast, the FBI agent who has been tasked with handing her over, and together they escape to the mountains of Oregon. As civilization crumbles around them, Brad and Amy struggle to keep each other alive, clinging to hope and unable to comprehend the nightmare that approaches with great speed and no mercy. . .
Author | : Jessica Gunderson |
Publisher | : Stone Arch Books |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1496534859 |
Are you ready for an adventure? Then stow away with Samuel as he journeys from France to the New World in search of fortune. But beware, his travels through North America may be more difficult and dangerous than he ever dreamed.
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Publisher | : U.K. Hydrographic Office |
Total Pages | : 423 |
Release | : 2009-07-01 |
Genre | : Pilot guides |
ISBN | : 9780707718873 |
Author | : Max Singer |
Publisher | : Transaction Publishers |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781412830522 |
Argues that the dominant characteristic of the modern era is the world's passage from poverty to wealth. Examines whether this economic growth is sustainable and looks at present concerns about degradation of the environment and the finite supplies of basic resources.
Author | : Josh Ritter |
Publisher | : Dial Press |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2011-06-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0679604251 |
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Henry Bright has newly returned to West Virginia from the battlefields of the First World War. Griefstruck by the death of his young wife and unsure of how to care for the infant son she left behind, Bright is soon confronted by the destruction of the only home he’s ever known. His hopes for safety rest with the angel who has followed him to Appalachia from the trenches of France and who now promises to protect him and his son. Haunted by the abiding nightmare of his experiences in the war and shadowed by his dead wife’s father, the Colonel, and his two brutal sons, Bright—along with his newborn—makes his way through a ravaged landscape toward an uncertain salvation. DON’T MISS THE EXCLUSIVE CONVERSATION BETWEEN JOSH RITTER AND NEIL GAIMAN IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK.
Author | : Various Authors, |
Publisher | : Zondervan |
Total Pages | : 6637 |
Release | : 2008-09-02 |
Genre | : Bibles |
ISBN | : 0310294142 |
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