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Author
Publisher
L'Arbre Vengeur
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
"Abattu par la cupidité des hommes venus s'enrichir dans la forêt amazonienne, « L'Arbre-Dieu » git depuis trente ans au milieu d'une clairière que nul n'ose plus approcher. Deux hommes vont néanmoins retourner à son chevet avant de plonger dans la selve profonde et dangereuse. L'un est jeune et ne sait rien de cet univers où l'entraîne son aîné, un chercheur persuadé qu'au plus profond de ce royaume invisible se cache une civilisation...
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"This fascinating new installment in the popular Lives of ... series of collective biographies is full of juicy tidbits about history's greatest explorers"--
"You might know that Columbus discovered America, Lewis and Clark headed west with Sacajawea, and Sally Ride blasted into space. But what do you really know about these bold explorers? What were they like as kids? What pets or bad habits did they have? And what drove their passion to explore...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 10
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[c2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Geronimo, broken-hearted after a failed romance, sets out with his family to explore the Eighth Wonder of the Mouse World.
Series
Publisher
A&E Television Network
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
After Columbus came explorers from all corners of the world, reaching the shores of the New World to reap untold riches, seek new routes to the Far East, and gain a place in history. Here are the stories of adventurers who conquered an unknown land and its people.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"In the early 1500s, Ponce de León was one of the most important Spanish military figures in the Caribbean. He made his first voyage across the Atlantic with Christopher Columbus and then, after years of battle with the native Taino, became the first governor of Puerto Rico. Although the story of his search for the Fountain of Youth is entirely fictional, his noteworthy expedition to--and naming of--Florida is one of his greatest legacies"--
66) Magellan's world
Author
Series
Publisher
Mikaya Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan, the man who discovered the Americas for the rulers of Spain.
67) The doldrums
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
An eccentric like all Helmsleys, eleven-year-old Archer escapes his overprotective mother and recruits two friends, Oliver and Adélaïde, to help him plan a rescue of his long-lost grandparents, world-famous explorers who disappeared atop an iceberg in the Antarctic.
Author
Publisher
Sugar23 Books, Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The mesmerizing, larger-than-life tale of an eccentric adventurer who traversed some of the greatest frontiers of the twentieth century, from uncharted Arctic wastelands to the underground resistance networks of World War II." -- inside front jacket flap.
Author
Series
Explorers Guild volume 1
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of World War I, with western civilization on the edge of calamity, the first installment in The Explorers Guild series concerns the Guild's quest to find the golden city of Buddhist myth. The search will take them from the Polar North to the Mongolian deserts, through the underground canals of Asia to deep inside the Himalayas, before the fabled city finally divulges its secrets and the globe-spanning journey plays out to...
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Tells the story of humanity's explorations, taking the reader into the lives of some of the most intrepid people ever known. Focusing on 50 of the world's greatest explorers, with shorter entries on 60 of their helpers and companions, the book is filled with first-person accounts in the explorers' own words, rare maps, specially commissioned photographs, and artworks [to] re-create history's greatest expeditions"--Publisher marketing.
74) The iron ship
Author
Series
Gates of the world volume 1
Publisher
Solaris, an imprint of Rebellion Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Merchant, industrialist and explorer Trassan Kressind has an audacious plan--combining the might of magic and iron in the heart of a great ship to navigate an uncrossed ocean, seeking the city of the extinct Morfaan to uncover the secrets of their lost sciences. Ambition runs strongly in the Kressind family, and for each of Trassan's siblings fate beckons. Soldier Rel is banished to a vital frontier, bureaucrat Garten balances responsibility with...
Author
Series
Shutter volume 2
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Kate Kristopher, once the most famous explorer of an Earth far more fantastic than the one we know, is forced to return to the adventurous life she left behind when a family secret threatens to destroy everything she spent her life protecting.
77) Dora loves Boots
Author
Series
Dora the explorer volume 6
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
79) The double helix
Author
Series
Explorer Academy volume 3
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
As Cruz and his friends continue to search for the third piece of the cipher, a mysterious message arrives suggesting that someone close to him is working for Nebula, leaving Cruz unsure of who he can trust.
Author
Publisher
Oneworld
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
An extraordinary character and one of history's great explorers, Ernest Shackleton pioneered the path to the South Pole over 100 years ago, becoming the dominant figure in Antarctic discovery. His incredible adventures on four expeditions to the Antarctic have captivated generations. But Shackleton was a flawed character whose chaotic private life, marked by romantic affairs, unfulfilled ambitions, and failed business ventures, contrasted with his...
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