Adventurers and explorers Books

Explore Africa and Asia's exotic and humble locales with Meg Peterson as she sets out to circle the globe carrying nothing more than a backpack. Unfettered by deadlines and armed with an open ticket and a camera, she takes off, making plans as she goes...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

The Whale And His Captors is a book written by Henry T. Cheever in 1850. The book is about the adventures of a whaleman named Commodore Preble and his crew as they hunt whales in the oceans. The book provides a detailed account of the life of whales and...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

The Life of the Celebrated Sir Francis Drake: The First English Circumnavigator by John Campbell is a comprehensive biography of the famous English explorer and naval commander, Sir Francis Drake. The book traces Drake's life from his early days as a...

The first full account of the man who reached Tasmania before the English.French explorer Marion Dufresne was the man who reached Tasmania before the English. His expedition was the first to encounter the Tasmanian Aborigines and was a precursor of the...

"As Jon Krakauer did with Into the Wild, Blehm turns a missing-man riddle into an insightful meditation on wilderness and the personal demons and angels that propel us into it alone." -- Outside magazineDestined to become a classic of adventure...

High, Wide and Frightened, first published in 1938, is pioneering aviator Louise Thaden's account of her adventures in the early days of flying. Thaden (1905-1979) earned her pilot's certificate in 1928 and would go on to win numerous long-distance...

Discover the exciting "Genehouse Chronicles" as we journey from the bustling streets of Chicago to the serene bluffs of the Mississippi River in Alton, Illinois. Follow the author's transition from a vibrant career in singing, acting, and playwriting to...

"The Life of Captain James Cook, the Circumnavigator," authored by Arthur Kitson, presents a comprehensive and engaging exploration of the remarkable achievements and adventures of the legendary British explorer, Captain James Cook. This book has been...

In this look into a lifelong dream of adventure, Lauralee Bliss or "Blissful" (her trail name) reflects on the 4,000 mile journey she undertook with her teen son, hiking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine, and then again from Maine to Georgia as...

Is your family 'too big', time-poor, or lacking funds to go on a dream holiday?Do you start to plan a holiday only to feel overwhelmed with all the options?Do you want to reconnect and create fantastic memories with your family? Through sheer...

A riveting account of the French pilot and World War I hero, Georges Guynemer.

This book was originally marketed with this words: "A rare tale of travel and Adventure. Thrilling experiences in distant lands, among strange people. A book for boys, old and young."The description of the book is no exaggeration. Paul Boyton...

Over 6 years, across 97,000 miles, 6 continents and 35 countries, I became the first person to go Around the World in 80 games. Armed with a ball and four jumpers for goalposts, I had kick-about's from the cloud forests of Costa Rica to the chaos of...

It's not every day that treasure is found floating in the waters of the Caribbean . . .Gene and Marie were blessed with a loving marriage, a healthy baby girl whom they adored, good-paying jobs, and steadily growing investments. The good fortune was not...

Con el ultimo suspiro, es un extraordinario y conmovedor relato lleno de profundas emociones, de triunfos y fracasos sobre la vida de Adolfo Gonzalez, un indigena zapoteco de Oaxaca, Mexico. De nino sonaba con obtener una buena educacion y romper el...

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Australians formed what was known as "acclimatisation societies" to "enhance their barren forests" and released red and fallow deer from Europe and sambar and hog deer fromAsia, as well as rabbits,...

Mentioned in BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24281727Benjamin Leigh Smith discovered and named dozens of islands in the Arctic but published no account of his pioneering explorations. He refused public accolades and sent stand-ins to delive

Writing Geographical Exploration summarizes the various factors that influence the writing and interpretation of exploration narratives, demonstrating the limitations of the assumption that there is a direct relationship between what the explorer saw and

In 18th century America, Daniel Little became known as the "Apostle of the East" by his contemporaries and admirers for his many missionary journeys along Maine's eastern frontier. He spent much of his life ministering to the English settlers and Indians...

Stranded deep in enemy territory, the Spartan general Clearchus and the other Greek senior officers were subsequently killed or captured by treachery on the part of the Persian satrap Tissaphernes. Xenophon, one of three remaining leaders elected by the...

Desde su niñez Jairo soñaba con una vida llena de aventuras como la de sus super héroes favoritos y un buen día decide embarcarse y salir de su vida rutinaria en la ciudad de Bogotá. Sin un plan establecido y solo con la certeza de que Dios nunca lo...

My packhorse had just plunged off a 300 foot cliff in the rugged Cascade Mountains. I cried out, "God, DO something!" Then, as an afterthought I threw in, "I know! Send angels!"........ And He did! Two giant ten-foot angels appeared before me, and...

This is a true story of one man's life-altering odyssey to fulfill the dream of acquiring ownership of an island in the wilderness of Northwest Ontario, Canada, and how the whole adventure was triggered by a major snowstorm that blanketed the Chicago...

El lector tiene en sus manos una historia de dos jóvenes que en compañía de una excelente herramienta para viajar sin pagar dinero (el dedo gordo de la mano alzado de su puño) recorren un viaje trazado en un mapa de la república mexicana; el cual en un...

An adrenaline-fueled travel memoir of life in the wild among the planet’s most ferocious and fascinating predators.Over the last forty years, New York Times–bestselling author  Alan Dean Foster has journeyed around the globe to encounter...

First published in 1940, The Adventures of a Mountaineer is a highly detailed account of the expeditions of Frank Smythe, most famous for mountaineering in the Alps and the Himalayas, where he discovered The Valley of Flowers – now a protected national...

Dreamers of Empire presents the captivating biographies of some of the British Empire's most daring adventurers and empire-builders. This volume explores the lives of men such as Cecil John Rhodes, a visionary and controversial figure in South African...

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A recently divorced young lady moves to her grandparents' cabin deep in the Smokey Mountains. While trying to comprehend and work through wrong choices, she is asked to help an old friend take some kids through paddling lessons. She confronts the...