Exploration | Exploration
Feb.18.2012
(This reprint volume does not contain an index; if you need an index, get the reprint volume that shows the Charles M. Russell painting on the cover.)
The earliest European perception of California was of a wonderful land of mystery and plenty, a Terrestrial Paradise. California would become a...
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Dec.18.2011
The Storied Ice: Exploration, Discovery, and Adventure in Antarctica's Peninsula Region recounts mankind's dramatic history from Magellan through the first years of the twenty-first century in the part of the Antarctic regions below South America and the Atlantic Ocean. This part of the world,...
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Sep.14.2011
Thomas O. Larkin was among the first to test what would be called the "California Dream." Arriving in Mexican California in 1832, he expected to become a rich man--and he did; he became a successful merchant, financier, and land developer. Larkin also found the California life style attractive, and...
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May.11.2011
This two-hour special traces the origins of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World—the land of dinosaurs and ape men. Dramatizations of 19th century British expeditions combine with a modern-day trek. An exploration team will travel to the mist-shrouded ancient plateau of "Roraima" in Venezuela,...
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Apr.26.2011
Miles and miles from here, whole continents away, there’s a special place and in The Most Special Place on Earth, author and illustrator Sean Michael Thomas helps young readers learn and dream about what the world has to offer. With bold, vividly crafted illustrations, Thomas offers readers another...
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Feb.13.2008
As the Western world struggles to comprehend the paradoxes of modern Turkey, a country both European and Asian, forward-looking yet rooted in ancient empire, a new nonfiction anthology promises to reveal its most personal nuances.
Introducing TALES FROM THE EXPAT HAREM: Foreign Women in Modern...
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