Author | : Tim Elmore |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2017-06 |
Genre | : Generation Y |
ISBN | : 9780996697064 |
Author | : Tim Elmore |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2017-06 |
Genre | : Generation Y |
ISBN | : 9780996697064 |
Author | : Chellis Glendinning |
Publisher | : New Society Publishers |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2002-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0865714630 |
A powerful account of the way imperialism and the global economy shape and reshape our lives.--"Tikkun"
Author | : Alastair Bonnett |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 293 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 054410157X |
Alastair Bonnett explores extraordinary, off-grid, offbeat places including micro-nations, moving villages, secret cities, and no man's lands. Consider Sealand, an abandoned gun platform off the English coast that a British citizen claimed as his own sovereign nation, issuing passports and making his wife a princess. Or Baarle, a patchwork city of Dutch and Flemish enclaves where crossing the street can involve traversing national borders. Or Sandy Island, which appeared on maps well into 2012 despite the fact it never existed.
Author | : Derek Nelson |
Publisher | : Kodansha |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781568362984 |
This amusing, fact-filled book recharts geography--from Ptolemy to the break-up of Yugoslavia--through the eyes of intrepid seafarers, arrogant imperialists, feuding neighbors, gullible map-makers, and bumbling tourists. 50 maps.
Author | : Pico Iyer |
Publisher | : Vintage Canada |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2012-02-21 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0307367193 |
The author of Video Night in Kathmandu ups the ante on himself in this sublimely evocative and acerbically funny tour through the world's loneliest and most eccentric places. From Iceland to Bhutan to Argentina, Iyer remains both uncannily observant and hilarious.
Author | : Disney Books |
Publisher | : Disney Electronic Content |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2012-10-02 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1423178858 |
Phineas and Ferb are headed to their grandparents' lake cabin for a weekend of outdoor adventure with their friends! They play games, toast marshmallows, and share spooky stories around the campfire. But could there be a real-life Bigfoot watching them from the shadows? The fun continues when Grandpa tells everyone the tale of Badbeard the Pirate—and Phineas and Ferb lead the hunt for Badbeard's long-lost treasure! Readers will love this fun chapter book filled with exciting black-and-white pictures from the show.
Author | : Peter Roop |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2015-05-05 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1504010159 |
A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People: The tale of the famous expedition of Lewis and Clark, condensed from their own eight-volume journals for young historians Lewis and Clark’s famous 1804 expedition was told with great detail by the explorers themselves in an eight-volume account. Now young historians have the opportunity to learn the thrills, challenges, and adventures in a version accessible for them. Two years’ worth of entries are condensed into a flowing account that maintains the historical essence of the original. With a fact-filled prologue and epilogue, young readers can relive the adventurous eight-thousand-mile journey across uncharted wilderness.
Author | : Christina Henry de Tessan |
Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-05-12 |
Genre | : Maps |
ISBN | : 9781452139852 |
These portable scratch-off maps transform a trip through each city into a scavenger hunt through thirty of its most popular destinations. As travelers make their way to each attraction, they scratch to reveal fun facts and activities leading to must-see highlights and unexpected discoveries at each place. Illustrated in full-color and written by the author of bestselling City Walks decks, Christina Henry de Tessan, this map provides a one-of-a-kind travel adventure fun for all ages.
Author | : Johanna Garton |
Publisher | : Mountaineers Books |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2020-04-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1680512897 |
Edge of the Map is equal parts inspiring, dramatic, and heartbreaking. One of America’s greatest high altitude mountaineers, Christine Boskoff was at the top of her career when she and her partner died in an avalanche in 2006. Charismatic, principled, and humble, Boskoff was also a deeply loved role model to her climbing partners and the Sherpa community. Edge of the Map traces the sharp twists and turns in Boskoff’s life, from her early years as a Lockheed engineer, through her first successes in the climbing world, to her purchase of Seattle-based Mountain Madness after owner and climber Scott Fischer died in the 1996 Everest disaster. Her life was one of constant achievement mixed with personal tragedy. The story follows Boskoff as she perseveres and moves on to even bigger peaks, earning acclaim as a world-class mountaineer, then later as she finds an alpine partnership with legendary Colorado climber Charlie Fowler.