Expeditions & Discoveries

Up to World
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Candice Millard Broadway Broadway
At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth. The River of...
List Price: $14.95 
Our Price: $8.13

A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
Tony Horwitz Henry Holt and Co. Henry Holt and Co.
The bestselling author of Blue Latitudes takes us on a thrilling and eye-opening voyage to pre-Mayflower America On a chance visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz realizes he’s mislaid more than a century of American history, from...
List Price: $27.50 
Our Price: $14.11

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective
Kate Summerscale Walker & Company Walker & Company
The dramatic story of the real-life murder that inspired the birth of modern detective fiction. In June of 1860 three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat slit. The crime horrified all England and...
List Price: $24.95 
Our Price: $12.73

1421: The Year China Discovered America (P.S.)
Gavin Menzies Harper Perennial Harper Perennial
On March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China to "proceed all the way to the ends of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas." When the fleet returned home in October 1423, the emperor had...
List Price: $15.95 
Our Price: $9.41

They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America
Ivan Van Sertima Random House Trade Paperbacks Random House Trade Paperbacks
This controversial book by Ivan Van Sertima, the Guyanese historian, linguist, and anthropologist, claims that Africans had been to the New World centuries before Columbus arrived there in 1492. Citing--among other things--the huge...
List Price: $15.95 
Our Price: $8.98

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Caroline Alexander Knopf Knopf
Melding superb research and the extraordinary expedition photography of Frank Hurley, The Endurance by Caroline Alexander is a stunning work of history, adventure, and art which chronicles "one of the greatest epics of survival in the annals of...
List Price: $29.95 
Our Price: $9.97

Big Book of Breasts
Dian Hanson Taschen Taschen
Say no to silicone: The greatest natural breasts of our times Some call it the American obsession, but men everywhere recognize the hypnotic allure of a large and shapely breast. In The Big Book of Breasts, Dian Hanson explores the origins of...
List Price: $59.99 
Our Price: $35.95

The Jamestown Project
Karen Ordahl Kupperman Belknap Press Belknap Press
Listen to a short interview with Karen Ordahl Kupperman Host: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & Crane Captain John Smith's 1607 voyage to Jamestown was not his first trip abroad. He had traveled throughout Europe, been sold as a war...
List Price: $29.95 
Our Price: $18.67

A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca
Andrés Reséndez Basic Books Basic Books
In 1528, a mission set out from Spain to colonize Florida. But the expedition went horribly wrong: Delayed by a hurricane, knocked off course by a colossal error of navigation, and ultimately doomed by a disastrous decision to separate the men from...
List Price: $26.95 
Our Price: $14.00

The Worst Journey in the World (Penguin Classics)
Apsley Cherry-Garrard Penguin Classics Penguin Classics
The Worst Journey in the World recounts Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. Apsley Cherry-Garrard—the youngest member of Scott’s team and one of three men to make and survive the notorious Winter Journey—draws on his...
List Price: $18.00 
Our Price: $10.28

Page 1 of 112
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

If the page does not return any products or product details please click here or refresh the page.
If only page numbers are returned on the page please choose a sub category (left side of this message).
 
Return to Web-Helper.net
Copyright 1998-2004 Web-Helper.net, All Rights Reserved