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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz Staff Pick Blue Latitudes is an enjoyable and often hilarious journey into the amazing life and adventures of Captain James Cook and his crew. There is no better way to learn nautical history than to bring an Aussie, and a bottle of grog, along.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market 
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Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (P.S.) by Laurence Bergreen Publisher Comments In 1519, Magellan, five ships, and more than two hundred men set sail from Spain to find a water route to the Spice Islands. Despite suffering starvation, disease, torture, and death, they discovered the passageway known today as the Strait of Magellan... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard Publisher Comments Cherry-Garrard, who accompanied Robert Falcon Scott to the Antarctic on the explorer's doomed quest for the South Pole, recounts the unforgettable journey across forbidding, inhospitable terrain. He was also a member of the search party that ultimately... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Columbus: The Four Voyages by Laurence Bergreen Publisher Comments From the author of the Magellan biography, Over the Edge of the World, a mesmerizing new account of the great explorer. Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $24.00 Used - Hardcover
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Shackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer by Margot Morrell and Stephanie Capparell Staff Pick Morrell and Capparell do a wonderful job of articulating Shackleton's leadership successes in everyday terms that will resonate with decision-makers in all varieties of business. Lessons in team-building and performance management are evident throughout... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Points Unknown: A Century of Great Exploration by David Roberts Publisher Comments This collection of adventure writing ranges from Robert Falcon Scott's final journal entry to Jon Krakauer's reckless solo climb of the Devil's Thumb to Tom Wolfe's brilliant portrayal of Chuck Yeager shattering the sound barrier in "The Right Stuff". A... (read more) List Price $27.25 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz Staff Pick With the same sly humor and neighborly curiosity he brought to Confederates in the Attic and Blue Latitudes, in A Voyage Long and Strange Tony Horwitz roams the New World, surveying the destinations of history's foremost explorers: Leif Eiriksson... (read more) Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Travels of Marco Polo (Modern Library Classics) by Marco Polo Publisher Comments Marco Polo the Venetian traveled throughout the Far East in the 13th-Century, discovering all manner of advanced wonders of art and technology unknown to Europeans, and serving as Kubla Khan's trusted advisor and ambassador. When he returned to Venice... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic by Jennifer Niven Publisher Comments From the author of "The Ice Master" comes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survived six months alone on a desolate uninhabited Arctic island in 1921.... (read more) List Price $34.25 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Journey and Ordeal of Cabeza de Vaca: His Account of the Disastrous First European Exploration of the American Southwest by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca Publisher Comments Of the 300 Spanish explorers who set out to discover and conquer the wilderness of North America, only four returned — after covering about 6,000 miles in the course of eight harrowing years. Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1528-1536 expedition... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Voyage Long and Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America by Tony Horwitz Publisher Comments W hat happened in North America between Columbus's sail in 1492 and the Pilgrims' arrival in 1620? On a visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz realizes he doesn't have a clue, nor do most Americans. So he sets off across the continent to rediscover the... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle by Sara Wheeler Publisher Comments In order to understand climate change and our enormous dependence on oil, Sara Wheeler set out for the desolate vistas of the Arctic. In an epic voyage across the territories belonging to Russia, the United States, Canada, Denmark, Norway, and Finland... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Great Explorers by Robin Hanbury Tenison Publisher Comments It has always been mankind’s gift, or curse, to be inquisitive, and through the ages people have been driven to explore the limits of the worlds known to them—and beyond. Here are the stories of forty of the world’s greatest explorers... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $27.50 Used - Hardcover
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Barrow's Boys: The Original Extreme Adventures by Fergus Fleming Synopsis Adventure literature at its best: the breathtaking story of England's heroic 19th-century expedition to the Arctic, the heart of Africa, and Antarctica, under the command of John Barrow.... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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Oil and Ice: A Story of Arctic Disaster and the Rise and Fall of America's Last Whaling Dynasty by Peter Nichols Publisher Comments "Peter Nichols has crafted a terrifyingly relevant historical narrative...A terrific read." -Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In The Heart of the Sea In 1871, America's last fleet of whaling ships was destroyed in an arctic ice storm. Miraculously, 1,218... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Toward the Setting Sun: Columbus, Cabot, Vespucci, and the Race for America by David Boyle Publisher Comments The untold story of the rivalries and alliances between Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, and John Cabot during the Age of Exploration.When Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453, the long-established trade routes to the East became... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $9.98 Used - Hardcover
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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann Staff Pick Grann's riveting book, The Lost City of Z, delves into the intrepid life and mysterious disappearance of legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett. Armchair travelers will be whisked away to the Amazon on a wild ride with a surprising finish.... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Ada Blackjack (04 Edition) by Niven Publisher Comments Now in paperback, the gripping and inspiring tale of a woman's survival alone in the Arctic. In 1921, four men and one woman ventured deep into the Arctic. Two years later, only one returned. When 23-year-old Inuit Ada Blackjack signed on as a seamstress... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (Vintage Departures) by David Grann Staff Pick Grann's riveting book, The Lost City of Z, delves into the intrepid life and mysterious disappearance of legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett. Armchair travelers will be whisked away to the Amazon on a wild ride with a surprising finish.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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South: A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage by Ernest Henry Shackleton Publisher Comments Based upon Shackletons diaries and writings , South gives the reader an insight into the appalling condi tions that the author and his party endured when the Enduran ce lay trapped in sea ice and they were forced to march 600 miles across unstable sea... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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