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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 868
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Adventures in Good Books: Five world biographies
Author: Endurance
Author: Alfred LansingPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465058795
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Experience one of the greatest adventure stories of the modern age in this New York Times bestseller: the harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole. In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In January 1915, after battling its way through a thousand miles of pack ice and only a day's sail short of its destination, the Endurance became locked in an island of ice. Thus began the legendary ordeal of Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven men. When their ship was finally crushed between two ice floes, they attempted a near-impossible journey over 850 miles of the South Atlantic's heaviest seas to the closest outpost of civilization. With an introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick, Endurance is the definitive account of Ernest Shackleton's fateful trip. Alfred Lansing brilliantly narrates the gripping and miraculous voyage that has defined heroism for the modern age.
The Publishers' Trade List Annual
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2608
Book Description
The Adventure of English
Author: Melvyn BraggPublisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1611450071
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
A history of the English language traces its evolution from a Germanic dialect around 500 A.D. to its modern form, noting the influence of such groups and individuals as early Anglo-Saxon tribes, Alfred the Great, and William Shakespeare.
Adventures of Don Quixote
Author: Argentina PalaciosPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486110397
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Easy-to-read retelling of the hilarious misadventures of Don Quixote, the idealistic knight, and his squire, Sancho Panza, who set out to right the wrongs of the world. Abridged version with six charming illustrations.
Adventures in Good Books: Four English novels
Author: Adventures in Good Books: Four novels for adventure
Author: Adventures in Good Books: Four novels for appreciation
Author: The Idea of Man
Author: Edmund FullerPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 842
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