ilość książek w kategorii: 4632
Predators I Have Known
ISBN: 9781453258255 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An adrenaline-fueled travel memoir of life in the wild among the planet's most ferocious and fascinating predators. Over the last forty years, New York Times-bestselling author Alan Dean Foster has journeyed around the globe to encounter nature's most fearsome creatures. His travels have taken him into the heart of the Amazon rain forest on the trail of deadly tangarana ants, on an elephant ride across the sweeping green plains of central India in search of the elusive Bengal tiger, and into the waters of the Australian coast to come face-to-face with great white sharks....An adrenaline-fueled travel memoir of life in the wild among the planet's most ferocious and fascinating predators. Over the last forty y... |
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81,75 zł |
Where the Clocks Chime Twice
ISBN: 9781448201204 / Angielski / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Part sentimental journey revisiting old well-loved scenes of former travels, and part search for new, out-of-the-way lands, Alec Waugh's travel book tells of a journey half-way round the world. But in new or old places, the author's sense of romance and adventure, his gift of combining past and present, his ability to create a mood and tell a story provide continuously enlightening and enlivening reading. The chief object of these travels was to visit the Seychelles Islands. This remote British colony, lost in the immensity of the Indian Ocean, is a world forgotten by the world, a... Part sentimental journey revisiting old well-loved scenes of former travels, and part search for new, out-of-the-way lands, Alec Waugh's travel boo... |
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92,16 zł |
My Top 40 at 40: Making the First Half Count
ISBN: 9780984763702 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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156,67 zł |
Getting the Wilderness in You
ISBN: 9781622302536 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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79,51 zł |
Desert Walker
ISBN: 9780987281029 / Angielski / Miękka / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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96,38 zł |
Here We Are & There We Go: Teaching & Traveling with Kids in Tow
ISBN: 9781937165215 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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64,53 zł |
From Over The Fence
ISBN: 9781432792008 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The decision to get into one of these three professions is a very personal one. It takes great intestinal fortitude to be able to even qualify for training, let alone finishing. There is a great deal of pride in your accomplishments and you continuously strive to improve your skills. One of the most seriously misunderstood ailments these professionals sometimes get is a mental health issue. Using myself as an example, I never lived in one time zone. I was always flying somewhere and being a heavy transport pilot, my destination was never close to home. It would be daylight there and night...
The decision to get into one of these three professions is a very personal one. It takes great intestinal fortitude to be able to even qualify for tra...
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62,44 zł |
The Day the Johnboat Went Up the Mountain: Stories from My Twenty Years in South Carolina Maritime Archaeology
ISBN: 9781611171426 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Combining his skills as a veteran journalist and well-practiced storyteller with his two decades of underwater adventures in maritime archaeology, Carl Naylor offers a candid account of remarkable discoveries in the Palmetto State's history and prehistory. Through a mix of personal anecdotes and archaeological data, Naylor's memoir documents his experiences in the service of the Maritime Research Division of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology.
This insightful survey of Naylor's distinguished career is highlighted by his firsthand account of serving as diving... Combining his skills as a veteran journalist and well-practiced storyteller with his two decades of underwater adventures in maritime archaeology, Car...
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100,49 zł |
From Antarctica to the Gold Rushes
ISBN: 9781921596926 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is about Commander Alexander Smith who served his country with fearless resolution for seventeen years on the quarterdeck, encountering many adventures on the high seas - an intrepid voyager in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. This book is about Commander Alexander Smith who served his country with fearless resolution for seventeen years on the quarterdeck, encountering m... |
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90,36 zł |
Dark Waters (the Expedition Trilogy, Book 1)
ISBN: 9780984915507 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. He survived a terrifying crocodile attack off Australia's Queensland coast, blood poisoning in the middle of the Pacific, malaria in Indonesia and China, and acute mountain sickness in the Himalayas. He was hit by a car and left for dead with two broken legs in Colorado, and incarcerated for espionage on the Sudan-Egypt border.
The first in a thrilling adventure trilogy, Dark Waters charts one of the longest, most gruelling, yet uplifting and at times irreverently funny journeys in history, circling the world using just the power of the human body, hailed by the London Sunday Times as... He survived a terrifying crocodile attack off Australia's Queensland coast, blood poisoning in the middle of the Pacific, malaria in Indonesia and Chi...
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82,60 zł |
Hidden Cities: Travels to the Secret Corners of the World's Great Metropolises: A Memoir of Urban Exploration
ISBN: 9781585429349 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this fascinating glimpse into the world of urban exploration, Moses Gates describes his trespasses in some of the most illustrious cities in the world from Paris to Cairo to Moscow.
Gates is a new breed of adventurer for the 21st century. He thrives on the thrill of seeing what others do not see, let alone even know exists. It all began quite innocuously. After moving to New York City and pursuing graduate studies in Urban Planning, he began unearthing hidden facets of the city abandoned structures, disused subway stops, incredible rooftop views that belonged to cordoned-off... In this fascinating glimpse into the world of urban exploration, Moses Gates describes his trespasses in some of the most illustrious cities in the wo...
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107,63 zł |
Buzzard's Myth: Adventures of a Free Spirit from Egg to Infinity
ISBN: 9780985715717 / Angielski / Miękka / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nothing short of raging adventure and experimentation could stop young Alva Harris. Or older Alva Harris. Or Coast Guardsman Alva Harris. Or even Professor Alva Harris. A native of the North Carolina Coast, which he still calls home, he chronicles the wonders of these wetlands and small towns, and even a few decades fighting the seas of the Pacific in the Coast Guard and as a salmon fisherman. Alva's very nature is "adventure," and he lives it to the fullest. Starting with his youth as a Depression-era child in Hyde County, NC, he rekindles those memories, teaches some history lessons about...
Nothing short of raging adventure and experimentation could stop young Alva Harris. Or older Alva Harris. Or Coast Guardsman Alva Harris. Or even Prof...
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86,74 zł |
Theodore Von Neuhoff, King of Corsica: The Man Behind the Legend
ISBN: 9781611494402 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A visionary and a madman" was how one British statesman, Lord Carteret, described Theodore von Neuhoff. This exciting biography, Theodore von Neuhoff, King of Corsica: The Man behind the Legend by Julia Gasper, traces the unlikely career of the German baron who in 1736 had himself crowned the King of Corsica. Theodore von Neuhoff's career spanned the entire European continent and his role in the Corsican rebellion against Genoa was as bold and unconventional as everything else in his life. Mixing with royalty, rogues and rabble, he was successively a soldier, secret agent, Jacobite,...
"A visionary and a madman" was how one British statesman, Lord Carteret, described Theodore von Neuhoff. This exciting biography, Theodore von Neuhoff...
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493,13 zł |
Gli Pneumatici? Sono Un Optional!
ISBN: 9781478720775 / Włoski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Con il suo stile brillante e spassoso, Rick Reale ci porta con se in un viaggio negli Stati Uniti degli anni quaranta, cinquanta e sessanta attraverso una serie di episodi curiosi, divertenti e avventurosi che ruotano intorno al mondo delle automobili e dei motori di quegli anni. Si potrebbe pensare che la vita a Meriden, tranquilla cittadina di provincia del Connecticut, possa essere noiosa per un giovane scapestrato com era Rick Reale tra gli anni 40 e 60 niente di piu inesatto. A parte sperimentare sempre nuovi metodi per mettere a repentaglio la propria vita (e quella dei suoi amici e...
Con il suo stile brillante e spassoso, Rick Reale ci porta con se in un viaggio negli Stati Uniti degli anni quaranta, cinquanta e sessanta attraverso...
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51,45 zł |
World Travel Adventures: True Encounters from Over 100 Countries by an Ordinary Guy with Extraordinary Experiences
ISBN: 9781477237281 / Angielski / Twarda / 540 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Travel along with Steve as he visits 100 countries and all 7 continents. From a middle-class family in Brooklyn, New York he left the corporate world to explore the rest of the world - and found amazing people, places, and experiences from the Tropics to Antarctica. A fascinating read whether you aspire to travel, have been places, or are well-traveled. You'll learn and grow with the author, who presents his story in a light, easy-to-follow perspective including details about land tours, cruises, solo travels, and money-saving tips. From penguins to pirates, danger to romance, budget travel...
Travel along with Steve as he visits 100 countries and all 7 continents. From a middle-class family in Brooklyn, New York he left the corporate world ...
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184,38 zł |
World Travel Adventures: True Encounters from Over 100 Countries by an Ordinary Guy with Extraordinary Experiences
ISBN: 9781477237298 / Angielski / Miękka / 540 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Travel along with Steve as he visits 100 countries and all 7 continents. From a middle-class family in Brooklyn, New York he left the corporate world to explore the rest of the world - and found amazing people, places, and experiences from the Tropics to Antarctica. A fascinating read whether you aspire to travel, have been places, or are well-traveled. You'll learn and grow with the author, who presents his story in a light, easy-to-follow perspective including details about land tours, cruises, solo travels, and money-saving tips. From penguins to pirates, danger to romance, budget travel...
Travel along with Steve as he visits 100 countries and all 7 continents. From a middle-class family in Brooklyn, New York he left the corporate world ...
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138,06 zł |
Packtrains & Airplanes: Memories of Lonesome Lake
ISBN: 9780888397102 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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144,41 zł |
American Egyptologist: The Life of James Henry Breasted and the Creation of His Oriental Institute
ISBN: 9780226045344 / Angielski / Miękka / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. James Henry Breasted (1865-1935) had a career that epitomizes our popular image of the archaeologist. Daring, handsome, and charismatic, he traveled on expeditions to remote and politically unstable corners of the Middle East, helped identify the tomb of King Tut, and was on the cover of Time magazine. But Breasted was more than an Indiana Jones--he was also an accomplished scholar, academic entrepreneur, and talented author who brought ancient history to life not just for students but for such notables as Teddy Roosevelt and Sigmund Freud.
In American Egyptologist, Jeffrey... James Henry Breasted (1865-1935) had a career that epitomizes our popular image of the archaeologist. Daring, handsome, and charismatic, he traveled o...
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148,47 zł |
Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
ISBN: 9781456472825 / Angielski / Miękka / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two Years Before the Mast is a remarkable book, part travelogue and part seafaring adventure. A great look at what life was really like on the merchant sailing ships of the first half of the 19th century, Two Years Before the Mast is also part suspense yarn, with the hero's return to his native land in serious doubt due to events beyond his control. Seen through the eyes of young man in his late teens who looks for both a cure for his measles and some real thrills, Richard Henry Dana treats us to his view of the west coast and the Californians as compared to his native, very urban and...
Two Years Before the Mast is a remarkable book, part travelogue and part seafaring adventure. A great look at what life was really like on the merchan...
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67,58 zł |
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 - Volume 1
ISBN: 9781781393307 / Angielski / Twarda / 598 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Alexander von Humboldt, sometimes called 'the last man who knew everything', was an extraordinary polymath of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1798 he received unprecedented permission from the Spanish Crown to explore its American and Caribbean colonies, which he did from 1799-1804. This is the journal of those explorations, in which he extensively covers the region's topography, geology, fauna and flora, anthropology and comparative linguistics. Volume I covers his preparations, stop at Tenerife, landfall at Cumana and journeys inland in what is now Venezuela.
Alexander von Humboldt, sometimes called 'the last man who knew everything', was an extraordinary polymath of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. ...
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161,52 zł |