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With a Single Step
ISBN: 9780978762711 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the story of a non-motorized circumnavigation of the earth. The author made his way around the world in stages over several years using whatever means of forward progress were appropriate to the terrain and season. En route he walked, ran. bicycled, mushed dogs, climbed, kayaked, sailed and swam, and in the process became the first person to swim from Russia to Alaska.
This is the story of a non-motorized circumnavigation of the earth. The author made his way around the world in stages over several years using whatev...
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62,02 |
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Shambles
ISBN: 9781608600441 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shambles paints a vivid portrait of the beauty and grandeur of Antarctica. Through a journey resplendent with sheer joy and heart-breaking loss, one man must wage a war against nature. The consequences of that battle will echo throughout a lifetime. In 1981, Stephen Tait was part of a four-man traveling party in Antarctica. After several equipment problems and fierce weather conditions, the team found themselves in a very dangerous position. They must battle the brutal climate and bleak terrain in order to make it back to the comforts of civilization. As both the temperature and morale...
Shambles paints a vivid portrait of the beauty and grandeur of Antarctica. Through a journey resplendent with sheer joy and heart-breaking loss, one m...
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96,93 |
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Cherokee Lost
ISBN: 9781440154355 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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91,04 |
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Driftwood
ISBN: 9781426900563 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the wonderful adventure story of a boat called Driftwood. It's not a trip to the North Pole or a climb to the peak of Mount Everest. This is the everyman's adventure. It is within the grasp of all of us to go on a voyage of this kind and it is that fact that makes driftwood such a compelling read. After spending three years planning this trip the author grabs the bull by the horns and with no real idea what he is doing he points the sharp end of his small boat out into the Atlantic Ocean. Some days things go well and some days they don't but every day is an adventure. The story is...
This is the wonderful adventure story of a boat called Driftwood. It's not a trip to the North Pole or a climb to the peak of Mount Everest. This is t...
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61,73 |
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Life and Death in Africa
ISBN: 9781492204268 / Angielski / Miękka / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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99,74 |
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Over 50 and Sailing Away
ISBN: 9781426900105 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lynn and I had developed two main objectives for this "Grand Voyage"; one, to enjoy each other's company on our three-year anniversary, and two, to show that a couple over 50, with no boating experience, can, in a reasonably short period, gain the knowledge and experience necessary to take on a long range voyage of this type, safely and comfortably.
Lynn and I had developed two main objectives for this "Grand Voyage"; one, to enjoy each other's company on our three-year anniversary, and two, to sh...
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112,85 |
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Monsters Myths and Me: And now my eyes are open
ISBN: 9781442125469 / Angielski / Miękka / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. My story of a series of life changing events that caused me to look at the world around me in a different way than I had before... It opened my eyes to a whole new world... some good... some bad... but full of wonder and intrigue.
My story of a series of life changing events that caused me to look at the world around me in a different way than I had before... It opened my eyes t...
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99,74 |
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Not All Men Are Monsters: Sex. Travel. Food. Life.
ISBN: 9781442160460 / Angielski / Miękka / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The true story of Brian, a self-confident chef travelling with determination and focus, until he meets a Japanese girl who confuses everything. Commitment and dedication to his work in developing countries has always seemed to be enough, but after feeling a profound connection followed by rejection, Brian reflects deeply on past behaviours, unsure if his eagerness to see intimate relationships work has matched his willingness to move on. The challenges are compounded as he tries to get to know his newest encounter by email and chat, while he travels and researches culture and cuisine, meeting...
The true story of Brian, a self-confident chef travelling with determination and focus, until he meets a Japanese girl who confuses everything. Commit...
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69,85 |
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The Counterfeit Cossack: The Life of Arthur Feder
ISBN: 9781432752354 / Angielski / Miękka / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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102,44 |
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A Heck of a Life
ISBN: 9780967217673 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The life story of Lars Henrik Ottoson is a marvel of adventures and unlikely shifts in occupation, location and fortunes. A life formed by a childhood that created such life-long friends as Gosta Pryzelius, Joel Haskel, JOLO, Ake Hjorth, Ingemar Bergman or Ingemar Essen; by early work as a reporter alongside such dominant figures as Pekka Langer, BANG or Stig Gits Olsson... covering the Nuremberg trials after WWII for BBC, reporting the 1959 win of Swedish Heavy Weight Champ Ingemar Johansson... authoring books and filming with Sven Nykvist in Africa and going from Cape-to-Cape in a VW bus......
The life story of Lars Henrik Ottoson is a marvel of adventures and unlikely shifts in occupation, location and fortunes. A life formed by a childhood...
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67,65 |
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Robert E. Peary at the North Pole: A Report to the National Geographic Society by The Foundation for the Promotion of the Art of Navigation
ISBN: 9780914025207 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book contains the definitive analysis of the navigation and achievement of the discovery of the North Pole by Robert Peary and Matthew Hensen in April of 1909. The report is the work of members of the Foundation for the Promotion of the Art of Navigation. It was commissioned by the National Geographic Society in 1989 to resolve the controversies surrounding this achievement once and for all. "I consider this the end of a historic controversy and the confirmation of due justice to a great explorer." - Gilbert M. Grosvenor, President National Geographic Society
This book contains the definitive analysis of the navigation and achievement of the discovery of the North Pole by Robert Peary and Matthew Hensen in ...
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84,93 |
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Jacques Cousteau: The Sea King
ISBN: 9780307275424 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An unprecedented and masterfully told biography of Jacques Cousteau that reveals for the first time the fascinating and compelling individual behind this famous television personality.
Inventor of the aqualung and fearless scuba diver, Jacques Cousteau opened up the ocean to a mass audience for the first time. Here, with the cooperation of many of the subjects closest confidants and family, Brad Matsen makes clear the full picture of his remarkable life, showing the father, military man, inventor, entrepreneur, and adventurer behind the public face. Vividly conveying the people, the... An unprecedented and masterfully told biography of Jacques Cousteau that reveals for the first time the fascinating and compelling individual behind t...
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72,22 |
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South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917
ISBN: 9781849021050 / Angielski / Twarda / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE, was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. His first experience of the polar regions was as third officer on Captain Scott's Discovery Expedition, 1901-04, from which he was sent home early on health grounds. Determined to make amends for this perceived personal failure, he returned to Antarctica in 1907 as leader of the Nimrod Expedition. In January 1909 he and three companions made a southern march which established a record Farthest South latitude at 8823'S, 97 geographical miles (114 statute miles,...
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE, was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. His first experi...
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110,64 |
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Holding Fast: The Untold Story of the Mount Hood Tragedy
ISBN: 9781595553430 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A journey of adventure, tragedy, love, and loss on the summit of Mt. Hood. In December 2006, millions of people across the world prayed and waited in anguish to learn the fate of 3 climbers trapped on Mt. Hood. The worst storm in the last decade was pounding the mountain with hurricane-force winds that would not permit the army of rescue workers to do their work. No one below could forget the last phone call Kelly James placed to his wife, telling her that he was trapped in a snow cave just below the summit. What happened next would change the lives of everyone... A journey of adventure, tragedy, love, and loss on the summit of Mt. Hood. In December 2006, millions of people across the ... |
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72,18 |
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Hans: Hope Amid Nazi Shadows
ISBN: 9781432754624 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A young boy struggles to survive the hardships thrust upon him as a prisoner of circumstance under the shadow of the Swastika.
For Hans, the childhood dream of riding the rails is transformed into a life or death game of survival. As seemingly insurmountable challenges assail him, young Hans clings to a thread of hope in order to overcome the fallout of Hitler's war machine. The glow of hope glimmers in Hans' heart, even during his darkest hours of despair. Ultimately, the beacon of Lady Liberty's torch is reflected in his grateful tears as he sails into New York harbor to embrace his new... A young boy struggles to survive the hardships thrust upon him as a prisoner of circumstance under the shadow of the Swastika.
For Hans, the child... |
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64,43 |
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A Dream of Canada: An Incredible Story of Struggle and Overcoming
ISBN: 9780986554001 / Angielski / Miękka / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this incredible and compelling memoir, a child born into abject poverty in an African village dreams of coming to Canada, where he believes his destiny awaits him. The first of many daunting odds Kaanayo Nwachukwu has to outrun to realize this dream is to survive-unlike two less-fortunate older brothers-until his first birthday. Lavish and unstinting in his love and respect for his parents, Nwachukwu nonetheless determines at a very early age that, if he is going to break the crippling grip of poverty on his family, he must not repeat the limiting mistakes of his illiterate father....
In this incredible and compelling memoir, a child born into abject poverty in an African village dreams of coming to Canada, where he believes his des...
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67,68 |
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Mendocino Chapter
ISBN: 9781442107083 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Forty years ago I departed St Louis on a company trip to San Francisco with a stop at Denver, where she boarded and chose to sit next to me. We struck up a conversation that could have lasted a lifetime. Before we deplaned she gave me her address and phone number, asking me to call her after I had finished my business at the Shell Oil lab. I called the next day at 5 PM. She invited me to her apartment to discuss a place to dine. We visited a club in Jack London Square, Oakland, CA. We dined and danced all evening. When I returned to St Louis I wrote her a letter telling her I had enjoyed...
Forty years ago I departed St Louis on a company trip to San Francisco with a stop at Denver, where she boarded and chose to sit next to me. We struck...
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63,58 |
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My Miracle Life
ISBN: 9781450572668 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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27,94 |
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Arctic Naturalist: The Life of J. Dewey Soper
ISBN: 9781554887460 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dewey Soper first travelled to the Arctic in 1923. During the next seven years he accepted three research postings on Baffin Island, each of which lasted between one and two years. In 1929 he discovered the breeding grounds of the blue goose in the southwest corner of Baffin Island. He also charted the final unknown region of Baffin Island s coastline. Later in life he worked in the western Arctic. Outside the Far North, Soper studied bison in Wood Buffalo National Park, documented bird life on the Prairies, and made a detailed study of small mammals in Alberta. Soper was the last... Dewey Soper first travelled to the Arctic in 1923. During the next seven years he accepted three research postings on Baffin Island, each of which ... |
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113,99 |
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James Fitzjames: The Mystery Man of the Franklin Expedition
ISBN: 9781554887811 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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 with wily determination. When he joined the Franklin Expedition at the age of 32 he thought he would make his name. But instead the expedition completely disappeared and he never returned. Its fate is one of history's last great unsolved mysteries, as were the origins and background of James Fitzjames -- until now. Fitzjames packed a great deal into his thirty-two years. He had sailed an iron paddle steamer down the River Euphrates and fought with...
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 wi...
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