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Im trying to follow the channel toward Bishop Creek. We are on the way. Just keep coming. It was Pinky, another of the Columbia River fishermen. In the background, you could hear his diesel engine roar to life. Im trying still. Im still going, but the water is halfway up on the wheel house window, Eddy answered. To myself I thought, he doesnt sound hysterical, but how could the boat run under such circumstances?
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Glacier National Park was established on May 11, 1910, to preserve and protect the region's natural and cultural resources for future generations. Along with its sister park, Waterton Lakes National Park, in Alberta, Canada, Glacier National Park is recognized as a World Heritage Site (1995) and a Biosphere Reserve (1976). It was established as the world's first International Peace Park in 1932. Stars over Montana is a reissue of the classic history...
3) Dr David Livingstone in Africa: A Historical Article on the Life and Expeditions of Dr Livingstone
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This vintage book contains a fascinating a historical article on the life and expeditions of the famous explorer of Africa - David Livingstone. With a wealth of fascinating biographical information and accurate accounts of some of his most memorable excursions, this volume constitutes a must-read for those with an interest in David Livingstone. Livingstone (1813 - 1873), was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary...
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A multi-author collaboration that shares inspiring stories about women who have chosen to lead from their heart and change the world.
What does it mean to be a Heart-centred Leader?
This book is a collection of stories for women, by women focused on inspiring purpose, vision and every courage.
Featuring real-life, relatable role-models from all walks of life, these women are leaders in entrepreneurialism, education, conscious living, innovation...
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Tales of an adventurer and nomad who found peace amidst the redwoods on a hilltop in the Santa Cruz mountains of California. From Victorian English boarding schools, a training ship on the Thames, a clipper rounding the Horn to New Zealand, adventures in Brazil, and South Africa, railroading, prospecting, and cow-punching in the West through Texas, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, and Mexico. Mentored by an Arctic Explorer, befriended...
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Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (1821—1890) was a British writer, poet, linguist, explorer, translator, geographer, ethnologist, orientalist, Freemason, diplomat, and cartographer best remembered for extensively travelling in and exploring Africa, Asia, and the Americas. An extraordinary polyglot, he spoke 29 languages and gained extensive knowledge of many different cultures and their practices. His most famous works include English translations...
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From the Klondike to the Bering Sea, from Alaska's bounty that brought fortunes to some to its wilderness that claimed the lives of others, Tales from the Edge explores the myth, beauty, and peril of the arctic landscape. Editor Larry Kaniut brings together some of the world's best outdoor adventure writers to celebrate the land and the people who have measured themselves against it.
Tales from the Edge is a celebration of Alaska featuring such notable...
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Scale the world's highest peaks, plunge to the depths of the ocean, wade through the dense jungles of the Amazon, and cross every terrain in between in Incredible Survival Stories. Featuring more than a dozen firsthand accounts from celebrated explorers and adventurers, this collection includes some of the most perilous accounts of man versus nature ever to be penned. Prepare to be amazed, as within these pages you'll:
•Join Theodore Roosevelt's...
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Ladies' man. Child soldier. War hero. Egotist. Tramp. Drunkard. Published author. Each of these descriptions captures some part of William 'Roving Bill' Aspinwall's life, and yet none does him justice. Born one of 23 siblings, married 5 times, wounded fighting for the Union in one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War, kicked out of numerous jobs and solders' homes for drunkenness, and having spent decades wandering as penniless vagabond,...
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