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Sea of darkness
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Roland Huntford |
'A novel of the young Columbus' - book jacket. |
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Two planks and a passion
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Roland Huntford |
"Roland Huntford's history of the ski begins 20,000 years ago in the last ice age on the icy tundra of an unformed earth. Man is a travelling animal, and on these icy slopes siding began as a means o… |
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Shackleton
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Roland Huntford |
He is a biographer's dream: Ernest Shackleton was ruthless and ambitious, an unabashed adventurer, an inspired leader, a glorious failure. Also, for much of his life, he was beset by financial and ro… |
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Scott and Amundsen
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Roland Huntford |
Examines the differences in the two men's approaches to the discovery of the South Pole. A eulogy of Roald Amundsen and a debunking of R.F. scott. Well researched, but unduly biased. |
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