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Paid in Sunsets: A Park Ranger's Story
ISBN: 9781941892305 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Paid in Sunsets: A Park Ranger's Story is a humorous memoir of David A. Dutton's life as a Federal Park Ranger. Park Rangers are called upon to do many dangerous things, like rappel down cliff faces to rescue stranded climbers, or cut fire lines in advance of raging forest infernos. Dutton didn't do those things. He spent thirty-one years sharing the natural world with others. This memoir retells the best of those experiences-bawdy encounters along the muddy Rio Grande, ghosts in a remote Southwest canyon, swimming with Great White sharks, tweezing pernicious Kentucky ticks off his...
Paid in Sunsets: A Park Ranger's Story is a humorous memoir of David A. Dutton's life as a Federal Park Ranger. Park Rangers are called upon to...
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63,83 |
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Returned Exile: A Biography of George James Christian of Dominica and the Gold Coast, 1869-1940
ISBN: 9789766405885 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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156,09 |
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The True Adventures of Jim Stark
ISBN: 9781540862440 / Angielski / Miękka / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The True Adventures of Jim Stark One of Jim Stark's sons described his father as a story-seeker. That's an apt description and this book shares Stark's stories collected while flying airplanes as both a Navy and civilian pilot, sailing boats on the Atlantic, Pacific, Caribbean and Adriatic Seas, running more miles than the circumference of the Earth, and traveling thousands of miles on motorcycle discovering North America's fascinating history. Jim Stark is a ordinary guy, blessed with extra-ordinary encounters - sometimes hilarious, always memorable, and occasionally perilous.
The True Adventures of Jim Stark One of Jim Stark's sons described his father as a story-seeker. That's an apt description and this book shares Stark'...
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279,94 |
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Heavy Metal Meditation
ISBN: 9781541006386 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Heavy Metal Meditation is a true story. Of a young traveler soul searching at the bottom of city dumpsters. On freight trains, inside tipis, converted buses, vans, abandoned cabins, squats and sailboats. From the wild of Alaska to the desert of Peru. Finding music at the end of her trail. Find out more about her and her music at www.sammbones.com
Heavy Metal Meditation is a true story. Of a young traveler soul searching at the bottom of city dumpsters. On freight trains, inside tipis, converted...
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80,04 |
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The True Adventures of Jim Stark: Black and White Version
ISBN: 9781541010093 / Angielski / Miękka / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The True Adventures of Jim Stark One of Jim Stark's sons described his father as a story-seeker. That's an apt description and this book shares Stark's stories collected while flying airplanes as both a Navy and civilian pilot, sailing boats on the Atlantic, Pacific, Caribbean and Adriatic Seas, running more miles than the circumference of the Earth, and traveling thousands of miles on motorcycle discovering North America's fascinating history. Jim Stark is a ordinary guy, blessed with extra-ordinary encounters - sometimes hilarious, always memorable, and occasionally perilous.
The True Adventures of Jim Stark One of Jim Stark's sons described his father as a story-seeker. That's an apt description and this book shares Stark'...
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63,83 |
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Cats and Canals: Living on a Narrowboat
ISBN: 9781541014442 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Inside this little book is a story of an 18-year-old dream of wanting to live on a narrow boat. The idea came from a holiday with my then husband. We had enjoyed a lovely holiday on a small cruiser on the Caledonian Canal in Scotland. We both wanted to try living on a boat for years after that holiday, but because of the lack of finances we were not able to do it. Four years later we parted anyway. But I carried on wanting to have a go for years. In 2010 I was fortunate enough to be able to sell my mobile home and realise the dream. This is the story of that realisation and, at 54 years old,...
Inside this little book is a story of an 18-year-old dream of wanting to live on a narrow boat. The idea came from a holiday with my then husband. We ...
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43,83 |
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The Real Deal
ISBN: 9781541152076 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Real Deal is an evocative memoir of a life lived to the full and it's perfect for anyone who loves a good yarn and a bit of nostalgia. The author's natural storytelling skills will have you smiling, laughing, and struggling to hold back the tears, in equal measure. As The Real Deal is written by an octogenarian, you can imagine there is an eclectic mix of colourful anecdotes to enjoy, spanning from the 1930s and WWII to 21st century life. He is a family man at heart, and whilst some of his intriguing stories are about his own childhood, most are about his daughter and the other children...
The Real Deal is an evocative memoir of a life lived to the full and it's perfect for anyone who loves a good yarn and a bit of nostalgia. The author'...
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39,98 |
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Sometimes a Great Notion... Isn't, so much.: The Sandwalkers: Mt. Whitney to Death Valley in 1974
ISBN: 9781539822301 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this fascinating and hilarious memoir, paper-mill worker Jim Andersen enlists three buddies to join him on an adventure of a lifetime in 1974. To make a name for themselves in the Guinness Book of World Records, the four men hike 143 miles from the highest point in the contiguous United States to the lowest. This means they must trek through treacherous terrain starting at Mt. Whitney in California and ending in Death Valley. In preparing for the trip, which takes the better part of a year, they make one huge mistake. They do not train for the grueling seven-day... In this fascinating and hilarious memoir, paper-mill worker Jim Andersen enlists three buddies to join him on an adventure of a lifetime in 1974. <... |
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35,82 |
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Paid in Sunsets: A Park Ranger's Story
ISBN: 9781941892336 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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179,30 |
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Winter of 71: True story
ISBN: 9781540783769 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A true story of a man caught in an unusually harsh snowstorm. Just another day Hunting, with his Buddy Jim before work, when "mother nature" takes hold and adds weather conditions a normal person could not survive in. From walking in four feet of snow going uphill, when it seemed he was going down hill, breaking through ice into freezing water then becoming snow blind. His struggles to survive in sub zero temperatures using resources from places he never knew existed and things he never knew he knew. Take this Journey with him and test your knowledge. Would you survive?
A true story of a man caught in an unusually harsh snowstorm. Just another day Hunting, with his Buddy Jim before work, when "mother nature" takes hol...
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60,35 |
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Hunter: The Yukon Gold Rush Letters of Robert Hunter Fitzhugh Jr., 1897-1900
ISBN: 9781588383372 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hunter Fitzhugh left St. Louis in 1897 dreaming of fortune and adventure. He was bound for the Yukon Territory, where it was rumored that nuggets of gold simply littered the ground, waiting to make a man rich. He soon discovered the reality of the land about which he had only read, one very different from what he had expected, and, blessed with keen intelligence and an eye for detail, he recreated that reality in his writing. Cut off from family and friends back home, he poured his thoughts and feelings into his letters, which form a riveting narrative of the adventurous life he led.
Hunter Fitzhugh left St. Louis in 1897 dreaming of fortune and adventure. He was bound for the Yukon Territory, where it was rumored that nuggets of g...
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79,85 |
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My Bondage and My Freedom
ISBN: 9781542625913 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative written by Frederick Douglass and published in 1855. It is the second of three autobiographies written by Douglass, and is mainly an expansion of his first (Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass), discussing in greater detail his transition from bondage to liberty. Following this liberation, Douglass, a former slave, went on to become a prominent abolitionist, speaker, author, and publisher.
My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative written by Frederick Douglass and published in 1855. It is the second of three autobi...
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60,83 |
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We Aspired: The Last Innocent Americans
ISBN: 9781607815655 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Imbued with a sense of place, Pete Sinclair climbed mountains and rescued others trying the same. He thrived on the risky business of ascending sheer rock, of moving from one adrenaline-boosting moment to another. In this book he recounts his mountain-climbing and park ranger days from 1959 to 1970, a time some people call a golden era of climbing in AWE America.
Imbued with a sense of place, Pete Sinclair climbed mountains and rescued others trying the same. He thrived on the risky business of ascending sheer ...
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77,99 |
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Opening Goliath: Danger and Discovery in Caving
ISBN: 9781681340661 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Writing in a style that reads like fiction, Griffith takes readers into heart-stopping action alongside caver John Ackerman, who found unexplored Goliath Cave in southeastern Minnesota."--St. Paul Pioneer Press
Narrow passages, twisting upward or dropping precipitously. Huge vaults filled with fantastic shapes. Tunnels twined in tangled mazes. Over centuries, underground rivers can carve holes and rooms in solid rock; drips of water build walls of stone. Natural caves shape another world beneath our feet. Dangerous and beautiful, these places remain unknown--until someone... "Writing in a style that reads like fiction, Griffith takes readers into heart-stopping action alongside caver John Ackerman, who found unexplored Gol...
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72,23 |
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An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles: Campfire Conversations with Alfred Russel Wallace on People and Nature Based on Common Travel in the Malay Archipe
ISBN: 9782940573264 / Angielski / Miękka / 490 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles follows the Victorian-era explorations of Alfred Russel Wallace through Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia. While Wallace is recognized as co-discoverer of the theory of natural selection (and was perhaps deliberately sidelined by Darwin), he was also an edgy social commentator and a voracious collector of "natural productions"--he caught, skinned, and pickled 125,660 specimens, including 212 new species of birds and 900 new species of beetles. Sochaczewski has created an innovative form of storytelling, combining incisive biography and personal... An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles follows the Victorian-era explorations of Alfred Russel Wallace through Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia. Whil... |
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85,17 |
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Hands Across Two Cultures: Memories of Pakistan
ISBN: 9781540324511 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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35,98 |
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The Endless Trail: Socrates' Sandals on the Appalachian Trail
ISBN: 9781541199026 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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51,99 |
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Boat to Baguette
ISBN: 9781542375634 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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51,99 |
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Drifting in the Push
ISBN: 9780997636307 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drifting in the Push is a fast-paced, comical romp that takes the reader on a journey through the unintentional adventures of one man’s reality. From the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, from Mexico to Alaska, missteps, stubborn obstacles, and fate are his constant companions, along with an offbeat assortment of entertaining characters. From time to time, his escapades include his two childhood friends—Bryan, who follows him to the unforgiving Arctic, and Shane, who steers him down an unpleasant alley or two. Amid this craziness, he picks up another... Drifting in the Push is a fast-paced, comical romp that takes the reader on a journey through the unintentional adventures of one man&rsqu... |
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64,61 |
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The Next Right Road
ISBN: 9781625504425 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Written in real time as she was traveling, Miki Webb draws the reader in with vivid descriptions and shares her joy as she discovers a new place, stream, hike, or flower. She shares the challenge of learning to drive and maintain an RV, with self-deprecating humor and some exasperation. The readers can enjoy her take on places they are familiar with and be introduced to places they haven't seen, but might want to go experience." -Jean Setne When Miki Webb retired from the practice of medicine, she sold her house, put her furniture in storage, bought an RV and set out. She and her two cats...
"Written in real time as she was traveling, Miki Webb draws the reader in with vivid descriptions and shares her joy as she discovers a new place, str...
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63,83 |
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