Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Women explorers in polar regions Women explorers in polar regions Margo McLoone Briefly describes the lives and travels of five women who explored the polar regions. OL15853381W
Prodigies Prodigies Francis King 357 p. ; 22 cm OL15996550W
Living with cannibals and other women's adventures Living with cannibals and other women's adventures Michele B. Slung Inspiring, sometimes tragic, often humorous tales of adventurous women from the 18th century to the 21st century. Selected from National Geographic's archives, this colorful group portrait pairs fema… OL16026299W
Worldwide Adventures In Love Worldwide Adventures In Love Louise Wener Mysterious and inviting, Jessie and Margaret are drawn to their reclusive neighbour's house. It offers an escape from the dreary summer of 1977 and their fragile family life, into a world they can on… OL17380509W
Women explorers in Asia Women explorers in Asia Margo McLoone Briefly describes the lives and travels of five women who explored such places as Tibet, Iran, and the steppes of Russia. OL17969681W
Women explorers of the mountains Women explorers of the mountains Margo McLoone,Kathryn Besio Discusses the lives and accomplishments of five women who traveled and explored the mountainous regions of the world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. OL18157154W
Explorers Explorers Carlotta Hacker Profiles the lives and accomplishments of such women known for their travels as Isabella Bird Bishop, Amelia Earhart, Mary Kingsley, Annie Smith Peck, Freya Stark, and Valentina Tereshkova. OL1842143W
Braving the frozen frontier Braving the frozen frontier Rebecca L. Johnson Describes the day-to-day experiences of several women who work as scientists, helicopter pilots, snowplow drivers, and doctors in Antarctica. OL1875618W
Dryland Dryland Nancy Stearns Bercaw "For swimming champion Nancy Stearns Bercaw, the pool was a natural habitat. But on land, she could never shake the feeling of being a fish out of water. Starting at age two, Nancy devoted her life t… OL19714218W
Shutter Shutter Joe Keatinge 1 volume (unpaged) : 26 cm OL19724833W
Alone in Antarctica Alone in Antarctica Felicity Aston "In the whirling noise of our advancing technological age, we are seemingly never alone, never out-of-touch with the barrage of electronic data and information. Felicity Aston, physicist and meteorol… OL19986398W
A woman in Arabia A woman in Arabia Gertrude Lowthian Bell "A portrait in her own words of the female Lawrence of Arabia. One of the great woman adventurers of the twentieth century and the chief architect of British policy in the Middle East after World War… OL20007749W
Our Father Our Father Bernice Rubens Victoria Glendenning described this book as "marvelous." It begins with quirky high comedy and gradually turns into something more frightening as Veronica faces up the repressed horror of her childho… OL2143608W
Women explorers in Africa Women explorers in Africa Margo McLoone Summarizes the lives and accomplishments of five women who were explorers in Africa. OL23612661W
To the heart of the Nile To the heart of the Nile Pat Shipman In 1859, at age fourteen, Florence Szasz stood before a room full of men and waited to be auctioned to the highest bidder. But slavery and submission were not to be her destiny: Sam Baker, a wealthy … OL2694289W
How high can we climb? How high can we climb? Jeannine Atkins Profiles twelve women explorers of the land, sea, and air: Jeanne Baret, Florence Baker, Annie Smith Peck, Josephine Peary, Arnarulunguaq, Elisabeth Casteret, Nicole Maxwell, Sylvia Earle, Junko Tabe… OL548830W
From Kansas to cannibals From Kansas to cannibals Suzanne Middendorf Arruda A biography of the female explorer Osa Johnson who, with her husband Martin, made films about the Solomon Islands and Africa between the years 1920 and 1940. OL5725178W
The Book of True Desires The Book of True Desires Betina Krahn Cordelia O'Keefe has struck a deal with her crusty tycoon of a grandfather to fund an expedition that will make her name as an explorer. But first, he requires she prove herself by locating three May… OL8047867W
Women Explorers of the Oceans Women Explorers of the Oceans Margo McLoone Discusses the lives and accomplishments of five twentieth-century women who traveled and explored the oceans of the world, some of whom also studied marine life. OL83180W