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Maximum Ride. The Manga 1 Maximum Ride. The Manga 1 NaRae Lee "Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of her 'flock'-- Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel-- are just like ordinary kids, except they … OL13770232W
Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.… Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.… Charles Darwin I have stated in the preface to the first Edition of this work, and in the Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, that it was in consequence of a wish expressed by Captain Fitz Roy, of having some scie… OL15155498W
At the Mountains of Madness At the Mountains of Madness H.P. Lovecraft,Enrique Breccia,Patricia Willson Introduction by China MievilleLong acknowledged as a master of nightmarish visions, H. P. Lovecraft established the genuineness and dignity of his own pioneering fiction in 1931 with his quintessenti… OL152268W
Historical atlas Historical atlas William R. Shepherd Text links are to Duperrey, Voyage autour du monde (1826) OL1537186W
Scientific Exploration and Expeditions Scientific Exploration and Expeditions Neil A. Hamilton Scientific Exploration and Expeditions provides a unique perspective on expeditions made in the quest for scientific knowledge from the fifteenth century to the present day. Concise and appealing art… OL15395361W
The descent The descent Jeff Long A mountaineer in Tibet falls down a hole to emerge in a subterranean world, populated by brutish and horned creatures. Is this the hell of the Bible? As scientists and philosophers debate, a global r… OL16043428W
Scientific survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands Scientific survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands New York Academy of Sciences Includes bibliographies. OL16902057W
Search for the golden moon bear Search for the golden moon bear Sy Montgomery "Only eight bear species are known to science: the American black bear; the grizzly; the polar bear; the South American spectacled bear; Asia's sun bear, moon bear, and sloth bear; and the Chinese pa… OL1819449W
Dinosaurology Dinosaurology Raleigh Rimes A fictitious explorer recounts his adventures with Percy Fawcett as they traveled to South America, where they encountered dinosaurs in the rain forest. OL19974674W
The last of the sandwalkers The last of the sandwalkers Jay Hosler Nestled in the grass under the big palm tree by the edge of the desert there is an entire civilization--a civilization of beetles. In this bug's paradise, beetles write books, run restaurants, and ev… OL19999026W
Antarctic science Antarctic science D. W. H. Walton This beautifully illustrated book reviews the development of science in Antarctica from its early beginnings, in the age of Captain Cook, to the present complexity of the 1980s when research teams fr… OL20390780W
Exploration Treasury Exploration Treasury Beau Riffenburgh 175 pages : 28 cm. + OL21140720W
Bats Bats Paul Zindel Deep in the Amazon jungle, members of a scientific expedition are disappearing. OL21182159W
The Tigris expedition The Tigris expedition Thor Heyerdahl Describes the expedition that retraced the trade routes that may have existed between Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, and Egypt a thousand years before Christ. OL2292704W
Great explorers Great explorers Stewart Ross "From Pytheas the Greek, who sailed to the Arctic Circle without a compass, to Neil Armstrong landing on the moon - here are 14 extraordinary journeys by land, sea and air - each remarkable for the w… OL24267967W
Red claw Red claw Philip Palmer Professor Richard Helms heads up a tight-knit band of scientists and soldiers sent to explore New Amazon, a lush but savage planet seemingly determined to attack them at every turn. When they are don… OL24294962W
Expedition Expedition Chris Wainwright 'Economic' and 'crisis', are two familiar terms that have dominated the second decade of the twenty-first century, and that have given rise to shifts in political discourse that raise concern for art… OL27705780W
Karluk Karluk William Laird McKinlay Account of loss of Karluk, and subsequent ordeal of survivors, during Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18, written by expedition's magnetician and meteorologist. OL66403W
HMS Expedient HMS Expedient Peter Smalley 1786. Captain William Rennie is given a prime commission - the HMS Expedient is to be sent to the South Seas. Lieutenant James Hayter's career had hardly begun when he too is called upon. It's not lo… OL6728420W
Endurance Endurance Alfred Lansing Bound for Antarctica, where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton planned to cross on foot the last uncharted continent, the Endurance set sail from England, in August 1914. The ship became locked inside … OL874159W
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