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"The riveting tale of two pioneering botanists and their historic boat trip down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off to run the Colorado River, accompanied by an ambitious and entrepreneurial expedition leader, a zoologist, and two amateur boatmen. With its churning waters and treacherous boulders, the Colorado was famed as the most dangerous river in the world. Journalists...
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Lonely Planet
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"From wild camping to curling up in a cabin, discover 200 amazing places to sleep under the stars in Europe. Lonely Planet's experts have scoured the continent to recommend the best campsites, wild camping spots, huts, cabins and refuges in regions across 20 countries, providing practical advice about how to plan your trip, when to go, how to get there, and what to take. In each country profile we provide an introduction to the destination and an...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York's Lower East Side who stowed away on the Roaring Twenties' most remarkable feat of science and daring: an expedition to Antarctica. It was 1928: a time of illicit booze, of Gatsby and Babe Ruth, of freewheeling fun. The Great War was over and American optimism was higher than the stock market. What better moment to launch an expedition to Antarctica, the planet's final frontier? This...
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Publisher
Seven Stories
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
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"Diarios de Motocicleta es el diario de viaje del Che Guevara, viaje en el que descubre el continente de América Latina mientras es estudiante de medicina, comenzando en 1952 manejando una antigua motocicleta Norton junto a su amigo Alberto Granado, un bioquímico. Captura, se puede argumentar, inigualablemente a cualquier otro libro, la exuberancia y alegría de una persona joven con la firme convicción que la humanidad tiende hacia la justicia,...
15) I know, dino!
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Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A world of adventure opens up for kids as they travel back in time to discover and learn with prehistoric friends. Learn about dinosaurs and prehistoric times; Improve hand-eye coordination; Strengthen critical thinking and memory skills; Read along with interactive stories."--
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University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Nonstop Metropolis, the culminating volume in a trilogy of atlases, conveys innumerable unbound experiences of New York City through twenty-six imaginative maps and informative essays. Bringing together the insights of dozens of experts-from linguists to music historians, ethnographers, urbanists, and environmental journalists-amplified by cartographers, artists, and photographers, it explores all five boroughs of New York City and parts of nearby...
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