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On Christmas Eve 2013, off the coast of East Antarctica, an abrupt weather change trapped the Shokalskiy- the ship carrying earth scientist Chris Turney and seventy-one others involved in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition-in a densely packed armada of sea ice, 1400 miles from civilization. With the ship's hull breached and steerage lost, the wind threatened to drive the vessel into the frozen continent, smashing it to pieces. If nearby floating...
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"From one of the world's most renowned cave divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth's final frontier: the hidden depths of our oceans and the sunken caves inside our planet. More people have died exploring underwater caves than climbing Mount Everest, and we know more about deep space than we do about the depths of our oceans. From one of the top cave divers working today--and one of the very few women in her field--Into the Planet blends...
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Roger Tory Peterson, the Renaissance man who taught Americans the joy of watching birds, also invented the modern field guide. His 1934 landmark Field Guide to the Birds was the first book designed to go outdoors and help people identify the elements of nature. This self-proclaimed "student of nature" combined spectacular writing with detailed illustrations to ultimately publish many other books, winning every possible award and medal for natural...
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John Muir and Gifford Pinchot have often been seen as the embodiment of conflicting environmental philosophies. Muir, the preservationist and co-founder of the Sierra Club. Pinchot, the first chief of the U.S. Forest Service advocating sustainability in timber harvests, instituted conservation. The idealistic Muir saw nature as something special and separate; the pragmatic Pinchot accepted that people used the products of nature. The environmental...
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Born and raised in a small town in Sardinia, Felice always felt an underlying wanderlust. Days spent in his family's vineyards left him eager for anything but, until a rash argument with his father about his responsibilities led him to mark his own path when he found his first summer job at the local hotel as a teenager. After his first experiences travelling, he settled into life back home until a chance encounter with an ostentatious entrepreneur...
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Robin was an eccentric free spirit who never quite fit in. She found her soulmate in Ian-a rugged, rowdy Aussie who wanted out of his father's business. Together they planned their great escape, to live off-grid in the remote Australian Daintree Rainforest. As they drew closer to the jungle, Robin couldn't have fathomed how the rainforest would test her. Living with poisonous snakes, stinging trees and paralysis ticks, Robin had entered the food chain....
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Pulling a man from a burning car. Stealing an alligator's supper. Getting lost in the Pocono Mountains. These stories and more await the reader in true tales from the life of a Midwestern girl. Yarns that will touch your heart, keep you on the edge of your seat, remind you of home, and keep you laughing as you thumb through this snapshot of life in Michigan. Barton has skillfully woven stories...
8) Walking
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In Walking, Henry David Thoreau talks about the importance of nature to mankind, and how people cannot survive without nature, physically, mentally, and spiritually, yet we seem to be spending more and more time entrenched by society. For Thoreau walking is a self-reflective spiritual act that occurs only when you are away from society, that allows you to learn about who you are, and find other aspects of yourself that have been chipped away by society.
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Son excursion en forêt à la découverte des primates de Godonbu s'avère être une expérience d'isolement extrême qui peu à peu le rend mutique.
La Forêt narre les aventures de l'auteur en tant que jeune primatologue dans la forêt de Godonbu. Isolé et dans des conditions de vie précaires, il doit rapidement faire face à sa désillusion et la perte de son âme d'enfant. En chute libre dans la dépression et victime de dépaysement inverse,...
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This book about nature and the environment is told by someone who prefers to approach the wilderness the old-fashioned way. Prepare for an armchair journey into the deserts and mountains of Utah and Arizona, across a stark, broken lava wilderness in New Mexico, into the wild heart of Alaska, and down the white water of rough desert rivers. The reader will be captivated with the vast beauty of the American West, but will also learn the dangers that...
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A life-changing journey...
Extended immersion into the wilderness offers a unique opportunity to renew meaning and purpose in life. Voices of the Circle chronicles this quest, undertaken by forty-two courageous people-adults and children-who rose to the challenge. Thrust into the Wisconsin Northwoods, they embraced a completely new and unfamiliar way of life as they slowly grew into a modern-day tribe. The experience ranged from blissful to terrifying,...
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Avoir 20 ans en Australie ou la fraîcheur de l'aventure maritime !
Ludovic de Beauvoir (1846-1929) publie le récit de ses aventures au bout du monde en 1867. L'Australie est la première étape de l'équipée. Le jeune homme y relate son arrivée à Melbourne, ses voyages dans la province de Victoria, en Tasmanie et en Nouvelle-Galles du Sud. Au menu : les réceptions de la bonne société de Sydney, les mines d'or et les fortunes qui se font...
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Récit de trois voyages autour du monde.
James Cook (1728-1779) grandit en Angleterre o il débuta comme mousse, puis étudia la géométrie et l'astronomie à Halifax et fit le relevé des ctes de Terre-Neuve entre 1762 et 1767.
Jules Verne raconte ses trois voyages et fait une large place aux notes de Cook. La description des mœurs des indigènes — avec lesquels il s'efforça d'être pacifique —, ses anecdotes pittoresques et les paysages...
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Curieux titre en vérité pour un livre consacré à de difficiles ascensions dans les Alpes, le Vercors, le Sahara...
Cet ouvrage nous raconte comment un garçon de 14 ans, chaussé d'une simple paire de brodequins de chantier, découvre la montagne et devient en quelques années l'un de nos meilleurs alpinistes. Il nous dit comment, peu à peu, cette passion devient raison de vivre... Au-delà du simple récit de quelques aventures, aussi exaltantes...
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"Plan B" est mon récit : une louve de mer, ancienne aide-pêcheuse pendant un peu plus de vingt ans, qui a dû découvrir un moyen pour pallier son manque de la mer. C'est ainsi qu'une nouvelle passion est née : celle de voyager un peu partout à travers le golfe Saint-Laurent en bateau avec mon conjoint Marc. Toujours prêt à m'accompagner partout, Marc me suit dans tous mes projets, tous plus fous les uns que les autres. Ceux qui me connaissent...
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En 1935, deux jeunes géologues allemands, Henno Martin et Hermann Korn, fuient l'Allemagne nazie pour le Sud-Ouest africain — l'actuelle Namibie — afin d'y effectuer des recherches. Lorsque la guerre éclate en 1939, la plupart des hommes de nationalité allemande sont arrêtés par les Britanniques et internés dans des camps de prisonniers. Nos deux géologues, pacifistes et idéalistes, refusent ce sort et s'échappent dans le désert du Namib....
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Cayman was known as "The Islands that time forgot". However, Bob Soto woke it up when he started the world's first scuba diving company in 1957. He brought it to great success with his talent for marketing. Bob produced Cayman's first promotional film, to advertise the island's sun, sea, sand and amazing underwater beauty. With his permission, the Department of Tourism used the movie as their main advertising tool for many years. It was not long before...
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An illuminating and lively narrative of Charles Darwin’s formative years and adventurous voyage aboard the H.M.S. Beagle.
Charles Darwin—alongside Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein—ranks among the world's most famous scientists. In popular imagination, he peers at us from behind a bushy white Old Testament beard. This image of Darwin the Sage, however, crowds out the vital younger man whose curiosities, risk-taking, and travels aboard HMS Beagle...
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Join me on a captivating voyage through the enchanting island of Ios in this immersive travel adventure, where lively beach parties and quaint village charm await. From the bustling streets lined with bougainvillea to the tranquil shores lapped by crystal-clear waters, experience the irresistible allure of island life.This memoir is not just a travelogue; it's a soul-stirring journey through the heart of the Greek islands, capturing the essence of...
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Rose Marchandise est investie de la cause animale. Alors, grâce à Un chien, une histoire, elle relate le parcours bouleversant de chiens qui l'ont marquée. Elle explique comment se font les adoptions depuis la SPA en passant par différents refuges ou associations en France ou dans le monde. Elle partage leurs sentiments, des plus nobles au plus douloureux. Découvrez ici leur vécu poignant.
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