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The Voyage of Verrazzano
ISBN: 9781508636434 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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23,91 |
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Jungle Cruise From Hell To Hereafter: A True Story About A Father's Love
ISBN: 9781503146693 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the story of George Mann and what he did to celebrate his 75th birthday with his two sons and how his last words profoundly enriched his family. George Mann had taken his boys to the hunting camp from the time they were six. As they grew older they learned to share his love of camping, hunting, and the outdoors. A gift that they, in turn, have passed on to their boys. As his 75th birthday drew near George conceived and arranged a very special trip as a present for himself and his sons. Its object, hunting jaguars in Central America, sounded like a dream trip to his sons. However, as...
This is the story of George Mann and what he did to celebrate his 75th birthday with his two sons and how his last words profoundly enriched his famil...
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Torn Trousers: A True Story of Courage and Adventure: How A Couple Sacrificed Everything To Escape to Paradise
ISBN: 9781506099323 / Angielski / Miękka / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What could possibly go wrong in paradise? Tired of mortgage and car payments, thirty-something Andrew and Gwynn, and their Siamese cat, sold everything they owned and escaped their humdrum nine-to-five existence for life in paradise - a tiny island accessible only by boat or air in one of the remotest spots on Earth: the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Woefully inexperienced, they took control of a luxury game lodge where the rich and famous went to sip G&Ts with lions and elephants. Trouble soon followed. Their lives were threatened daily by snakes, elephants, baboons, and a hyena with a plastic...
What could possibly go wrong in paradise? Tired of mortgage and car payments, thirty-something Andrew and Gwynn, and their Siamese cat, sold everythin...
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63,82 |
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To the Klondike and Back (1894-1901)
ISBN: 9781884592652 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Adventurous 22-year-old George G. Shaw was determined to strike it rich in the Klondike gold fields. Shaw headed west from Vermont in 1894 to Seattle, then on to Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Here he braved the perils of wilderness travel - an unforgiving mountain pass, treacherous whitewater rapids - finally arriving in raucous Dawson City. In the Klondike, mining for gold challenged Shaw s considerable skills and strength, but he persevered, buoyed by his confidence and resourcefulness. After his gold-mining days, Shaw's adventures continued with a solo trek through remote Alaska and a...
Adventurous 22-year-old George G. Shaw was determined to strike it rich in the Klondike gold fields. Shaw headed west from Vermont in 1894 to Seattle,...
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84,93 |
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No Room for Watermelons
ISBN: 9780646931418 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 2012, while others his age were enjoying quiet retirement, Ron Fellowes set off on the challenge of a lifetime. His dream to ride a 102 year-old FN motorcycle across the world - to the Belgian factory where the bike originated - had all the hallmarks of an epic adventure: one that was never going to be easy. For eight months Ron rode 14,600 kilometres through 15 countries under grueling conditions, into some of the world's most hostile territory. He faced desert sandstorms, mountains too steep for the motorcycle's capability, the threat of rockslides and bombings when he took a detour, and...
In 2012, while others his age were enjoying quiet retirement, Ron Fellowes set off on the challenge of a lifetime. His dream to ride a 102 year-old FN...
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85,10 |
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Sandy Dann's Oldlando
ISBN: 9780692402573 / Angielski / Twarda / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dr. Carl "Sandy" Dann, III, born in 1932 in Orlando, Florida, recalls stories passed down from his family. One grandfather was a pioneer-family Florida Cracker who became a prominent developer. His other grandfather moved to Orlando with an education and wealth. He also developed in Central Florida. Both conflicting ways of life influenced Sandy and impacted the vast expansion of Orlando. With candor, wit and deep passion, Sandy documents the challenges, conflicts, and celebrations of early Florida and his beloved Orlando.
Dr. Carl "Sandy" Dann, III, born in 1932 in Orlando, Florida, recalls stories passed down from his family. One grandfather was a pioneer-family Florid...
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106,43 |
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The Odyssey of an African Slave
ISBN: 9780813061856 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Powerful, mesmerizing narrative of the life of an African-born slave "St. Augustine during the nineteenth century has been described for us by many a resident and traveler, but never so pungently and colorfully as by Sitiki, renamed Uncle Jack, an African American who passed from slave in the first half of the century to freedman in the second."--Michael Gannon, author of Florida: A Short History "Griffin presents Sitiki/Smith's narrative, his life and his times, with sensitivity, respect, and accuracy. A revealing autobiography of a remarkable man."--Jim Miller,...
Powerful, mesmerizing narrative of the life of an African-born slave "St. Augustine during the nineteenth century has been described for u...
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75,83 |
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Love Is a Pretty Girl with a Cape to Share Your Dreams with
ISBN: 9781508879817 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A humorous autobiographical anthology from the author of the best-selling love story series the Horses of Tir Na Nog. -------//------- What's it like to have your love life devastated....twice......before you're six? What's it like when everyone knows how your life will turn out.......5 months before you're born? What's it like to step off a bus in a foreign country 3,500 miles from home and feel like you were always meant to be there? What's it like to be enchanted by history and a city that has been the center of trade and multiple empires for over 2000 years? What's it like to volunteer at...
A humorous autobiographical anthology from the author of the best-selling love story series the Horses of Tir Na Nog. -------//------- What's it like ...
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51,68 |
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Black Suede Jacket
ISBN: 9781312995246 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Monday morning. I wake up from my nap and look at time in the car- 2:30 a.m. - Black Suede Jacket. Then I snapped out of it and realized I'd been waiting on 2 friends as if I was their chauffeur. It was at this point where I decided to drive home. I had lent Angela my favorite jacket. When would I get it back?
Monday morning. I wake up from my nap and look at time in the car- 2:30 a.m. - Black Suede Jacket. Then I snapped out of it and realized I'd been wait...
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85,14 |
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The Miracle Miner: My Life as a Female Gold Miner
ISBN: 9781511486088 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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51,68 |
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I Am My Father's Child: In HIS Presence I Am Free
ISBN: 9780578156590 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Life is our story as well as our testimony. We all know; there's the Beginning which is our Birth and there's the End which is our Death and somewhere in the Middle is our Life. With every new phase of my life I found myself hiding hurt, shame and pain behind a mask of certainty; that though I may not have had control over my circumstances; my circumstances did not have control over me. I refused to become its victim or its prey. It's only because of God's Grace and Mercy that I don't look like what I've been through. The security that a little girl feels when she looks up into her father's...
Life is our story as well as our testimony. We all know; there's the Beginning which is our Birth and there's the End which is our Death and somewhere...
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161,55 |
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The Adventures of an Alaskan Game Warden
ISBN: 9780986430527 / Angielski / Twarda / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A man without a dream is like a candle without a wick. Don't be afraid to dream; imagine it, chase it, capture it and make it yours. You may only have that one chance in your life time, so take advantage of it. Then let a tongue of the consuming fire of God touch the wick of your dream and produce some light for this darkened world. You may be wondering what this bit of poetry has to do with the subject of this book- well, everything. If I had not pursued my dream long ago of becoming a game warden in Alaska I obviously would not have written this book, you would not be reading it and would...
A man without a dream is like a candle without a wick. Don't be afraid to dream; imagine it, chase it, capture it and make it yours. You may only have...
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Over the Hills
ISBN: 9780994061409 / Angielski / Miękka / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Over the Hills, Peter Steele recounts the story of his turbulent childhood in England and his student years at Cambridge University. There he learned mountaineering and medicine, culminating in his selection as medical officer to the ill-fated 1971 International Expedition to Mount Everest. Before settling down to practice medicine in the Yukon, Steele spent years travelling the world with his young family. After a life filled with adventure and challenges, including working as a flying doctor in Labrador, the retired doctor is now working on the next installment of his memoirs.
In Over the Hills, Peter Steele recounts the story of his turbulent childhood in England and his student years at Cambridge University. There he learn...
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67,81 |
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Adventures in the Supernatural
ISBN: 9781498432115 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whether hanging from a 100 foot cable below a helicopter flying through the Rocky Mountains, paddling a tiny canoe through shark infested waters to some remote tiny tropical island, or experiencing Gods miracles across the globe, Eric Moen is always aware that he is on a great adventure with God. As you read this book, join in a supernatural adventure that will challenge your understanding about how big God really is and how much he cares for each one of us. You will see God's word from a fresh new perspective that will empower you to walk with God with new insight into His plan and destiny...
Whether hanging from a 100 foot cable below a helicopter flying through the Rocky Mountains, paddling a tiny canoe through shark infested waters to so...
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68,07 |
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ANCIL--Plain & Simple: Volume I of a Series: A Time of Change
ISBN: 9781508764540 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I think there comes a time in everybody's life for change. Sometimes more drastic than others. 1971 was a time of drastic changes for me personally. So, one day I decided I would live out a childhood dream. California or bust. So the journey begins...
I think there comes a time in everybody's life for change. Sometimes more drastic than others. 1971 was a time of drastic changes for me personally. S...
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40,71 |
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Intrepid Explorer: The Autobiography of the World's Best Mine Finder
ISBN: 9781941451038 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When seven-year-old Dave Lowell was camped out at his father s mine in the hills of southern Arizona in 1935, he knew he had found his calling. Life couldn t get any better than this, he recalls. I didn t know what science was, but wisps of scientific thought were already working into my plan. So began the legendary career of the engineer, geologist, explorer, and international businessman whose life is recounted in his own words in this captivating book.
An Arizona native with family roots in territorial times, Lowell grew from modest beginnings on a ranch near Nogales to become a major... When seven-year-old Dave Lowell was camped out at his father s mine in the hills of southern Arizona in 1935, he knew he had found his calling. Life c...
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Trick-or-Treat Mercenary: Family skeletons in a Cold War closet
ISBN: 9781494939403 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It was a stormy Halloween night in 1960 when an American father of five disappeared on a plane that was bound for Cuba and loaded with three improvised bombs. Why would this ex-Navy pilot leave everything behind to join the Cuban revolution, giving up his American citizenship and risking his life on a mission for revenge against Fidel Castro? After years of secrets and silence about her father's disappearance, his daughter Karen decided it was time for answers. Heavily censored government files, meetings with Cuban exiles in Miami, discovering an aunt who was a spy, an eye-opening solo...
It was a stormy Halloween night in 1960 when an American father of five disappeared on a plane that was bound for Cuba and loaded with three improvise...
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Silk Roads: The Asian Adventures of Clara and André Malraux
ISBN: 9781504008747 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the greatest art theft stories of the 20th century: Andre Malraux, French novelist, art theorist, and eventually France's Minister of Cultural Affairs, and his wife, Clara, traveled to Cambodia in 1923, planning to steal and smuggle artifacts out of the country and sell them in America. The Cambodian treasure hunt promised to be a mix of cultural sleuthing for important antiquities and risk-taking on the fuzzy edge of the laws that governed historical sites. The jungle expedition ended in arrest and, for Andre, trial and conviction. But it also led to a second Asian venture: the...
One of the greatest art theft stories of the 20th century: Andre Malraux, French novelist, art theorist, and eventually France's Minister of Cultural ...
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53,17 |
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Cousteau: An Unauthorized Biography
ISBN: 9781504008778 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the most influential men of the twentieth century, Jacques Cousteau was an eco-emissary whose own life of derring-do brought him fame and the means to proselytize his cause. Ecologist, adventurer, celebrity, businessman--Cousteau was a brilliant and complex individual, and Madsen's biography captures him in style. Madsen, who knew the Cousteau family for over two decades, interviewed Cousteau personally for this book.
One of the most influential men of the twentieth century, Jacques Cousteau was an eco-emissary whose own life of derring-do brought him fame and the m...
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True Story of Women Peace Train: From Kampala to Johannesburg
ISBN: 9781504938396 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The African women conceived the idea of the Women's Peace Train from Kampala to Johannesburg during the Second Preparatory Committee of the United Nation's World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD). The objective of the Women's Peace Train (WPT) was to pass on a strong message to the continent leaders, war mongers, armies, guerrillas, arms traders, and dealers in the African continent that women wanted peace and stability for their children. In its ten-day journey across seven countries, the Peace Train called upon the ringleaders and perpetrators of wars in Africa to end them...
The African women conceived the idea of the Women's Peace Train from Kampala to Johannesburg during the Second Preparatory Committee of the United Nat...
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