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Salt to Summit: A Vagabond Journey from Death Valley to Mount Whitney
ISBN: 9781582437507 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the depths of Death Valley, Daniel Arnold set out to reach Mount Whitney in a way no road or trail could take him. Anything manmade or designed to make travel easy was out. With a backpack full of water bottles, and the remotest corners of desert before him, he began his toughest test yet of physical and mental endurance. Badwater Basin sits 282 feet below sea level in Death Valley, the lowest and hottest place in the Western Hemisphere. Mount Whitney rises 14,505 feet above sea level, the highest point in the contiguous United States. Arnold spent seventeen days traveling a...
From the depths of Death Valley, Daniel Arnold set out to reach Mount Whitney in a way no road or trail could take him. Anything manmade or designed t...
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68,42 |
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Kink and the City: An Englishman in New York
ISBN: 9781610981101 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the true story of John Smith. A man who discovered that unsuspectingly renting a room from a professional Dominatrix at the tender age of sixteen tends to influence character development. Years of playing in the London spanking and fetish scene followed until one day, unexpectedly, his fun and games came to an end. Now, almost a decade later, he's moving to Manhattan and determined to seek out other like-minded people to share his interests once again. Kink and the City is the hilarious account of what happened next. Without a drug addled past or even an abusive childhood to excuse...
This is the true story of John Smith. A man who discovered that unsuspectingly renting a room from a professional Dominatrix at the tender age of sixt...
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71,84 |
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Sailing Alone Around the World
ISBN: 9781614271895 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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56,32 |
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One Life, One Chance, the Chronicles of Our Adventure-Cation -Part 1 of 2
ISBN: 9781614930679 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Not all who wander are lost . . . What do you want to do before you die? Over three months in, and thousands of miles away from home and multiple countries conquered, the A Liquid World boys are still aimlessly wandering the globe living out their wildest dreams. The notion hadn't changed. Discover the most unique cultures and outrageous parties, mix in some world-renowned surf, and uncover the world's beauty firsthand. Their extreme adventure was in full motion and the five small town guys from Florida were aboard the crazy train headed straight for the unknown. After absorbing the...
Not all who wander are lost . . . What do you want to do before you die? Over three months in, and thousands of miles away from home and multiple coun...
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63,82 |
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Failing Doesn't Mean You're a Failure
ISBN: 9781619961531 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "YOU CANNOT SUCCEED UNTIL YOU ARE NOT AFRAID TO FAIL" "As I read through Brad's book I found that we had a lot of similarities in life. But the one similarity that stuck out for me is the story of the death of Brad's dad. My dad was bigger than life and the day he died things seemed to stand still. My life and the lives of all our family and friends would never be the same. We had two choices. We could either quit or carry on with even more drive than before. This book is not so much a book about failing as we will all fail from time to time. But this book is about getting back up when you...
"YOU CANNOT SUCCEED UNTIL YOU ARE NOT AFRAID TO FAIL" "As I read through Brad's book I found that we had a lot of similarities in life. But the one si...
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93,87 |
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The Expedition of Burke and Wills & the Search to Find Them (by Burke, Wills, King & Walker)
ISBN: 9781849023504 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. British explorers Robert OHara Burke and William John Wills set out in 1860 to explore the Australian outback -- they never returned, but their journals tell their story. One year later, a search party led by Frederick Walker left to find them. Though unsuccessful, they discovered what had happened to the intrepid explorers.
British explorers Robert OHara Burke and William John Wills set out in 1860 to explore the Australian outback -- they never returned, but their journa...
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35,44 |
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The Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss
ISBN: 9781849023788 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This fully illustrated, exciting book chronicles the travels of Canadian sailor Captain John (-Jack-) Voss as he sailed around the world in a modified dugout canoe, between the years 1901 and 1904.
This fully illustrated, exciting book chronicles the travels of Canadian sailor Captain John (-Jack-) Voss as he sailed around the world in a modified...
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111,48 |
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Sea Trials: Around the World with Duct Tape and Bailing Wire
ISBN: 9780984835034 / Angielski / Miękka / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A shipwreck might end a dream of circumnavigating the globe. Not for the Wilcox family. In 1973, the Wilcox family sets off to sail around the world aboard the 40-foot sailboat, Vela. Thirteen months later, they are shipwrecked on a coral reef, with surf tearing a huge hole into the side of their boat. With years invested in saving money, preparing the boat, and learning to navigate by the stars, parents Chuck and Dawn refuse to give up. Fourteen-year-old Garth is determined to continue, while eleven-year-old Linda never wanted to go in the first place. Can they... A shipwreck might end a dream of circumnavigating the globe. Not for the Wilcox family. In 1973, the Wilcox family sets off to sail around th... |
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85,17 |
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Elena d'Aosta: Una Volontà Senza Confini
ISBN: 9788897489375 / Włoski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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43,63 |
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When Lemmings Fly: Helicopters in the Wilds of Alaska
ISBN: 9780615835228 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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56,03 |
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Hotel Tales: a little adventure and some unexpected tales
ISBN: 9789675945014 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every hotelier has stories to tell. A motley collection of tales that amuse, inspire, startle and move their listeners. These anecdotes were once known only to those who worked within a hotel's shiny walls, but now they will be shared with the rest of the world through Hotel Tales, a compilation of short stories that offer an intriguing behind-the-scenes peek at life in the hotel industry. The stories have been handpicked from the personal collections of CEOs, managers, public relations officers, and the front desk, security, F&B and housekeeping staff of various hotels in Asia. With each...
Every hotelier has stories to tell. A motley collection of tales that amuse, inspire, startle and move their listeners. These anecdotes were once know...
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47,63 |
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The Biography of Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua: His Passage from Slavery to Freedom in Africa and America
ISBN: 9781558764309 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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106,51 |
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Jean Baptiste Charbonneau: Man of Two Worlds
ISBN: 9781594578687 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 19th century American West was a place to dream about and migrate to, but speculation ended soon after visitors crossed the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. What lay before them was a vast landscape of brawny rivers, arid plains, jagged mountains and other extreme natural conditions. This formidable environment forced people to quickly adapt, or fail. One man who made extraordinary adjustments to these challenges was Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, the son of frontier couple Sacagawea (Shoshone) and Toussaint Charbonneau (Metis). He also became the adopted son of William Clark, co-leader of...
The 19th century American West was a place to dream about and migrate to, but speculation ended soon after visitors crossed the Missouri and Mississip...
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64,00 |
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The Krohnicles: Life of a Beatnik Boy
ISBN: 9781468184624 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a story of a boy growing into manhood with an artist, craftsman, wooden sailboat-building father and a poet/writer mother making and procreating the beat scenes from New York to New Orleans, to Mexico City to the Mayan Indians in Yucatan, to Florida, to San Francisco (when Herb Caen called them and their friends "Beatniks"), to Puerto Vallarta before Richard and Liz, and 1960 Laguna Beach, Venice Beach, and other places. Their life was improvisational, like a Charlie Parker solo, with Thoreau-like simplicity, yet seldom secluded. They never had a telephone, a television, or a car....
This is a story of a boy growing into manhood with an artist, craftsman, wooden sailboat-building father and a poet/writer mother making and procreati...
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55,83 |
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Gone Through Many Doors in My Life
ISBN: 9781432796341 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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87,48 |
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A Puzzled Existence: A 60 Year Autobiographical Portrait By The Artist
ISBN: 9780615567938 / Angielski / Miękka / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "a.PUZZLED EXISTENCE" is my autobiography covering 60 years of my life, from 1950 until 2010 when it first appeared in print. This book is a factual account of everything that had an impact on my being to make me the person that I am today. I opened my first art studio in 1970 and sold a piece of metal sculpture, that was the beginning of " Alchemy Studio, Inc " and 43 years later it is still active as an art & design studio, and a publisher of Fine Literary Works. If you would care to see more information, including artwork and credentials, please visit our web site at: http:...
"a.PUZZLED EXISTENCE" is my autobiography covering 60 years of my life, from 1950 until 2010 when it first appeared in print. This book is a factual a...
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From Rags to Riches
ISBN: 9781470028503 / Angielski / Miękka / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Story of a Migrant from Austria who's dream is to find the The illusive Opal which he called Rainbow Rock, In his quest it took him and his family to Andamooka, a South Australian Opal Mining town where he spent just on three years and in this time he experienced a lot of hardship, toil and tribulation from Disasters to Murder and Suicide, none of these stopped him to follow his dream. Due to his stamina and powerful desire to find Opal, he turned his life From Rags to Riches. It is an excellent book full of adveture and action. If you are an Opalholic or adventure person you most...
The Story of a Migrant from Austria who's dream is to find the The illusive Opal which he called Rainbow Rock, In his quest it took him and his family...
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119,86 |
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DOS Matadores
ISBN: 9780983260882 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. En la ciudad de Sevilla, en Espana, dos hermanos gemelos identicos, Antonio y Fernando Castaneda de Castilla, aspiran a ser matadores, pero solo uno lo lograra. Enamorados de una sola mujer, Isabel Zamora, los hermanos compiten por su amor, pero solo uno ganara su corazon. Antonio es un hombre de lo fisico, audaz y lleno de coraje, mientras Fernando es un intelectual, introspectivo y profundamente filosofico. En un cruel giro del destino Antonio es forzado a tomar la vida de su hermano, y se ve obligado a jurar a Fernando, en el momento de su muerte, que guardaria un secreto del resto del...
En la ciudad de Sevilla, en Espana, dos hermanos gemelos identicos, Antonio y Fernando Castaneda de Castilla, aspiran a ser matadores, pero solo uno l...
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41,88 |
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Everyone Said I Should Write A Book
ISBN: 9781468032840 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. TRUE TALES OF A MODERN ADVENTURER Pirates, parrots, hurricanes and Himalayas. Stalked by jaguars in the jungle of Guatemala Will they survive pirates off Costa Rica? How does he escape war in Kashmir? "Jon's stories are wonderful. I would liken them to Jack Kerouac's, in that his stories want me to seek adventure, damn the danger " wrote one reviewer. Hanging out with Jim Morrison, surviving a huge tornado at sea, saving the life of a lone fisherman helpless in a storm... Whether you are a landlubber or sailor, an armchair adventurer or world traveler, you'll understand why everyone said he...
TRUE TALES OF A MODERN ADVENTURER Pirates, parrots, hurricanes and Himalayas. Stalked by jaguars in the jungle of Guatemala Will they survive pirates...
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51,83 |
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Destination: Roadblock
ISBN: 9781619967878 / Angielski / Miękka / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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59,72 |
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