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Jason's gold volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
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In the wake of Dawson City's Great Fire of 1899, sixteen-year-old Jason and his girlfriend Jamie canoe the Yukon River across Alaska in an epic race from Canada's Klondike to the new gold fields at Cape Nome.
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"If I had not spent my year in North Dakota, I would never have become President of the United States," declared Theodore Roosevelt. The future statesman took his first steps toward the highest office in the land in the Dakota Badlands of the 1880s, where he began his transformation from aristocrat to democrat. Roosevelt left his home in the East as Theodore, but he returned as "Teddy," a rugged outdoorsman and soon-to-be hero of the Rough Riders....
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"One hundred years ago, Sir Ernest Shackleton embarked on the legendary Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917), accomplishing one of history's most remarkable feats of endurance, even though his crew failed in their mission to cross Antarctica...Less well known, however, is the incredible but often forgotten tale of the Mount Hope party (also known as the Ross Sea party)--six men who worked in the shadow of Shackleton's great cause."
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Follow Boone and Crockett Club member and explorer Frederick Courteney Selous on his hunting adventures for moose and caribou, and a vast array of other game, primarily by traversing rivers and lakes by canoe. Experience a first-hand account his first moose hunt in Canada, along with adventures in caribou hunting in Newfoundland and the Yukon Territory. He was accompanied by B&C members, Charles Sheldon, William Osgood, and Carl Rungius throughout...
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Originally published in 1893 and remastered by the Boone and Crockett Club in 2012. This collection of unique hunting adventures in America was compiled by Boone and Crockett Club Members and published as "The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club." American Big Game Hunting is the first in what became the Club's Acorn Series of hunting and adventure titles spanning more than a century. This edition includes chapters by Theodore Roosevelt on hunting...
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The third volume of the Club's Acorn series, Trail and Camp Fire, follows suit with its predecessors featuring, hunting stories and adventure in North America, as well as, Africa. Along with the hunting stories, this volume, also includes, expanded text on the natural history of North American game and forest preservation. Additional chapters about the Adirondack Deer Law and the origin of the New York Zoological Society are, also included, with a...
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Their goal was to raise money and awareness for the Tibetan cause. They chose to climb to the point furthest from the center of the Earth, some 2,150 meters higher than the summit of Everest to read out peace messages they had collected from children around the World in the lead up to the Millennium. Their mission was to promote Earth Peace by highlighting Tibet and the Dalai Lama's ideals as an arrow of light for the new millennium. Their team comprised...
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Originally published in 1904 and remastered by the Boone and Crockett Club in 2012. This fourth book in the acclaimed Acorn Series includes, a collection of unique hunting adventures by Members of the Boone and Crockett Club. It includes chapters by Theodore Roosevelt on our Wilderness Preserves, the zoology of North American big game, five hunting stories on big game shooting in Alaska by James H. Kidder, editor George Bird Grinnell provides, a detailed...
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Originally published in 1895 and remastered by the Boone and Crockett Club in 2012. This second volume in the Club's Acorn series features unique hunting adventures from around the world by members of the Boone and Crockett Club. It includes Theodore Roosevelt on hunting in cattle country, Henry T. Allen tells of wolf hunting in Russia. W.A. Chambers reviews East African hunting. W.W. Rockhill writes about big game of Mongolia and Tibet. And, many...
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"Cool Outdoor Activities makes the great outdoors fun and exciting. Make a marvelous mini kite or bury a time capsule. Create a giant tic-tac-toe board or a twist-it game in the grass. This book is full of easy-to-follow steps and bright photography for every activity. Plus, it's written just for kids! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--
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This vintage book contains a historical account of Alpine climbing, with fascinating information relating to famous climbers and various notable expeditions. It includes authentic anecdotes taken from the journals of those who have climbed the Alps throughout history, and will therefore be of considerable utility to those with an interest in historical climbing expeditions and climbing the Alps in particular. The Story of Alpine Climbing would make...
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A deeply moving story of the beauty and brutality of life, and death, on the world's most unpredictable and perilous mountain.
Sitting just lower than Everest at 8,611 meeres above sea level on the China—Pakistan border, the Savage Mountain claims the lives of even the most experienced climbers. Alongside severe altitude, the weather is notoriously volatile and the climb relentlessly steep. A staggering one in four attempts result in death on the...
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"Cool Backyard Camping" makes the great outdoors fun and exciting. Tell a spooky ghost story or delight in a delicious smore. Make a cushion seat or a glow stick light. This book is full of easy-to-follow steps and bright photography for every activity.
15) White Mountain
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Home to mythical kingdoms, wars and expeditions, and strange and magical beasts, the Himalayas have always loomed tall in our imagination. These mountains, home to Buddhists, Bonpos, Jains, Muslims, Hindus, shamans, and animists, to name only a few, are a place of pilgrimage and dreams, revelation and war, massacre and invasion, but also peace and unutterable calm. They are a central hub of the world's religion, as well as a climber's challenge and...
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Retour sur l'expédition réussie de 1953 sur l'Everest
Dans cet ouvrage historique, Michael Ward apporte non seulement un éclairage nouveau sur l'expédition de 1953 qui réussit l'ascension du toit du monde, mais fournit une monographie complète des événements qui ont menés à sa conquête. À travers le récit d'un siècle d'exploration et d'études scientifiques sur les problèmes physiologiques liés à l'altitude, l'auteur nous éclaire...
17) The Human Race
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Who was the first, who is the fastest and who is the best? This book celebrates humans' quest to race to the top!
Split into five chapters, the book explores humans' physical abilities, geographical discoveries, engineering achievements and scientific and technological breakthroughs. Find out who is the fastest human being on Earth, discover the story behind the race to the source of Nile and marvel at how human beings have conquered the skies, always...
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Children will see the natural world around them with brand new eyes, as they learn to follow its signs, hear its language, and understand its secrets. With this unique and compelling book written by expert environmental educator Devin Franklin, kids aged 8 to 13 will build their own relationship with nature through finding a "Sit Spot" - an outdoor space in the backyard, in a field or in the woods, in a vacant lot or a city park - where they can...
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For most of his life, an explorer fought to conquer the North Pole On March 1, 1909, only 413 miles of treacherous ice separated Robert E. Peary from realizing his lifelong dream of becoming the first man to set foot on the North Pole. On that dark morning on Canada's Ellesmere Island, it was cold enough to freeze a bottle of brandy. Though appearing solid, the ice sat atop seawater, and shifted violently according to the whims of the ocean below....
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