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Call of the white
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Felicity Aston |
"Could you ski to the South Pole? That was the question that British adventurer felicity Aston put to women from around the Commonwealth, as she set out to create the most international all-female ex… |
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Flood
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John Withington |
From Noah's Biblical deluge to the China floods of 1931 that killed more than 3 million people; and from the broken levees in New Orleans to submerged streets and homes all over Britain, floods have … |
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Naked and marooned
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Ed Stafford |
"What do you do after you walk the Amazon? Ed Stafford-adventurer extraordinaire and Guinness World Record holder for walking the length of the Amazon River-likes a challenge. Casting about for an ad… |
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The broken road
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Patrick Leigh Fermor |
"In the winter of 1933 eighteen-year-old Patrick ('Paddy') Leigh Fermor set out to walk across Europe, starting in Holland and ending in Constantinople, a trip that took him the better part of a year… |
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Adventures of a young naturalist
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David Attenborough |
"In 1954, David Attenborough, a young television presenter, was offered the opportunity of a lifetime--to travel the world finding rare and elusive animals for the London Zoo's collection, and to fil… |
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Smokejumper
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Jason A. Ramos |
An insider account of the high-risk world of elite wilderness firefighters who parachute into deep-wilderness fire zones reveals the unique skills that smokejumpers must employ to fight dangerous fir… |
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The fire line
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Fernanda Santos |
"Draws on hundreds of hours of interviews with family members, colleagues, historians and other insiders to trace the stories and heroic sacrifices of the elite Granite Mountain Hotshots who gave the… |
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Livingstone
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Tim Jeal |
This book is an extensively revised edition of Tim Jeal's classic biography published to mark the bicentenary of the great explorer. David Livingstone (1813–1873) is revered as one of history's great… |
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