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Day Trips and Getaways: Victoria – Australia Edition
ISBN: 9781035866502 / Angielski / Miękka / 406 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
140,86 |
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Reminiscences of the South Seas
ISBN: 9781025239453 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
107,68 |
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Reminiscences of the South Seas
ISBN: 9781025239460 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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159,47 |
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Wrecked Among Cannibals in the Fijis
ISBN: 9781025249735 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
68,84 |
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In The South Seas
ISBN: 9780140434361 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the South Seas records Stevenson's travels with his wife Fanny and their family in the Marquesas, the Paumotus and the Gilbert Islands during 1888-9. Originally drafted in journal form while Stevenson travelled, it was then ambitiously rewrittento describe the islands and islanders as well as Stevenson's own personal experiences. In the South Seas was published posthumously in 1896. Its combination of personal anecdote and historical account, of autobiography and anthropology, of Stevenson and South Sea Islands, has a particular charm. For more than seventy years, Penguin...
In the South Seas records Stevenson's travels with his wife Fanny and their family in the Marquesas, the Paumotus and the Gilbert Islands durin...
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66,97 |
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The Singing Line: Tracking the Australian Adventures of My Intrepid Victorian Ancestors
ISBN: 9780385497534 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Following the tradition of Daisy Bates in the Desert and In Patagonia, Alice Thomson conjures up a country of unimaginable strangeness and beauty.
In 1855, Charles Todd and his impetuous young bride Alice--for whom Alice Springs would be named--left the comfort of Victorian England for the wilds of South Australia, a place so isolated that letters from home took five months to arrive. It was Charles's dream to improve this situtaion. In 1870, Todd set out with an army of men, supplies, and Afghan camels to run a telegraph line--"the singing line"--from Adelaide in the south... Following the tradition of Daisy Bates in the Desert and In Patagonia, Alice Thomson conjures up a country of unimaginable strangeness a...
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73,22 |
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Islands in the Sky: Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space
ISBN: 9780471135616 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Let the meek inherit the earth--the rest of us are going to the stars Here's how it's going to be done." -- Robert Zubrin
"These articles are not 'just science fiction.' They are things we can do--and with any luck at all, and vision and determination, we will." -- Stanley Schmidt Take off on a thrilling journey of space exploration and speculation--to the realm where science fiction becomes science fact--as leading writers, researchers, and astronautic engineers describe a not-too-distant future of interstellar travel and colonization. From cable cars that ride "skyhooks" into... "Let the meek inherit the earth--the rest of us are going to the stars Here's how it's going to be done." -- Robert Zubrin
"These articles are not... |
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100,19 |
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Papa Mike's Cook Islands Handbook
ISBN: 9780595294008 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
61,47 |
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Two Voyages I Remember: A Merchant Mariner's Memoir
ISBN: 9780595365876 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During 1966 and 1967, Buzz Sawyer wasn't just serving in the Mess Hall on a Merchant Marine vessel. He absorbed the sights and sounds of the locations he visited. The girls looked lovely, the Jazz was sweet, and the people were hospitable and generous all in their own unique way.
He toured places like Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and even ventured into the heart of the Vietnam War Zone. Homeward trips back to the States were noteworthy as well. At every port, Buzz encountered various perspectives when it came to addressing Civil Rights and other relevant issues of the day. Not to mention... During 1966 and 1967, Buzz Sawyer wasn't just serving in the Mess Hall on a Merchant Marine vessel. He absorbed the sights and sounds of the locations...
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57,61 |
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Watermarks: A Tasmanian Journal
ISBN: 9780595366057 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If the opportunity to reflect and reconsider the move did present itself in those early weeks of planning, I certainly ignored it. I steamrollered my way through preparations for the move to Tasmania, happy in my favourite role of problem solver. It wasn't until I walked into the strange kitchen, located the pantry, and stored the few bits I had picked up at the supermarket near the airport that I understood the enormity of my decision.
And I'd forgotten to buy milk. The property in Tasmania was beautiful, isolated and I was alone. This was sink or swim stuff. It would last a year; a... If the opportunity to reflect and reconsider the move did present itself in those early weeks of planning, I certainly ignored it. I steamrollered my ...
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46,05 |
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Drowned Under: A tipsy tale of one American's experiences abroad in Australia
ISBN: 9780595382026 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ever wonder what is would be like to leave your old boring, world behind and spend six months traveling the exotic landscape of Australia? Imagine getting off a plane and not knowing a soul, no one knows your background or even your name. You can stop imagining and join me on my six-month adventure down under. Descending down majestic cliffs and great waterfalls of the outback; explore the sensational underwater world of the Great Barrier Reef; captain a sailboat through the crystal waters of the Northern Territory; meet the bizarre wildlife of Australia including koalas, kangaroos, and...
Ever wonder what is would be like to leave your old boring, world behind and spend six months traveling the exotic landscape of Australia? Imagine get...
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49,91 |
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Under Down Under: A Local Bloke Born in Kalgoorlie
ISBN: 9780595447916 / Angielski / Miękka / 556 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
126,98 |
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Kon-Tiki
ISBN: 9780671726522 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now a major motion picture, Kon-Tiki is the record of Thor Heyerdahl's astonishing three-month voyage across the Pacific. Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure--a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft. Intrigued by Polynesian folklore, biologist Thor Heyerdahl suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, led by a mythical hero, Kon-Tiki. He decided to prove his theory by duplicating the legendary voyage. On April 28, 1947, Heyerdahl and five other adventurers...
Now a major motion picture, Kon-Tiki is the record of Thor Heyerdahl's astonishing three-month voyage across the Pacific. Kon-Tik...
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34,64 |
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Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback
ISBN: 9780679762874 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Robyn Davidson's opens the memoir of her perilous journey across 1,700 miles of hostile Australian desert to the sea with only four camels and a dog for company with the following words: "I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back." Enduring sweltering heat, fending off poisonous snakes and lecherous men, chasing her camels when they get skittish and nursing them when they are injured, Davidson emerges as an extraordinarily courageous heroine driven by a...NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Robyn Davidson's opens the memoir of her perilous journey across 1,700 miles of hostile Australian desert to ... |
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69,36 |
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The Birth of Sydney
ISBN: 9780802136992 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A narrative history of one of the world's great cities traces the development of Sydney, Australia, from its eighteenth-century origins as a remote penal colony of the British Empire to its role as the host of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, documenting the colorful personalities, events, and instit
A narrative history of one of the world's great cities traces the development of Sydney, Australia, from its eighteenth-century origins as a remote pe...
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77,07 |