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Journalist examines the life of Sally Ride (1951-2012), the first American woman astronaut to go to space. Details Ride's childhood…
and early life in California, her selection as an astronaut, and post-mission endeavors to encourage girls' interest in science fields. Discusses Ride's private life and relationships. 2014
Autobiography of sailor and sports journalist Jobson relates his promotion of yacht racing, particularly the America's Cup. Discusses his childhood…
love of the water, his time at SUNY Maritime College, and the innovations he introduced to the sport. Describes his 2003 diagnosis of lymphoma and subsequent treatments and remission. 2011
Chronicles the discovery of gold in 1890s Alaska and the Canadian Klondike through the lives of three of the participants:…
cowboy-turned-Pinkerton-detective Charlie Siringo; George Carmack, who lived with a local tribe and became rich from mining; and con man Jefferson "Soapy" Smith. 2011
Author of Madness, Betrayal, and the Lash (DB 72284) and Scurvy (DB 59013) profiles the life of Norwegian adventurer Roald…
Amundsen (1872-1928). Examines Amundsen's explorations and navigation of the Northwest and Northeast Passages and details his trips to the North and South Poles. 2012
Author of The Wild Places (DB 69068) examines the sport of mountain climbing from its earliest days in the late…
1700s to the early 2000s. Discusses the dangerous draw for explorers like George Mallory, whose attempt to summit Everest led to his death in 1924. Includes Macfarlane's personal experiences. 2003
Culte, original et créatif, Rolling Stone anticipe les modes, digère les tendances et les met en perspective. Il trouve ainsi…
sa place parmi les magazines musicaux et multiculturels en envisageant la musique comme moteur de société. L'édition française s'attache, entre légende et modernité, à décrypter les tendances marquantes d'une "galaxie rock" toujours en expansion.
Woman chronicles a three-week trip through Europe and Turkey with a man she had met on a dating site only…
a few weeks earlier. They traveled with no luggage and no set agenda or reservations. Discusses their adventures, the philosophy of minimalism, and the development of their relationship. 2016
Author of 33 Men (DB 73380) recounts the journey of Salvador Alvarenga and Ezequiel Córdoba, lost at sea off the…
coast of Mexico during a storm in 2012. Describes conditions aboard their small fishing vessel, shark attacks, Córdoba's death, and Alvarenga's eventual return to land in 2014. Strong language. 2015
Examination of those who choose a career in the field of archaeology--the study of the material remains of culture. Discusses…
the ways in which people are drawn into the field--such as a love of Indiana Jones--challenges archaeologists face in the twenty-first century, and day-to-day lives of practitioners. 2014
Tells the story of British WW I veteran James Howard "Billy" Williams, who found his calling working with logging elephants…
in Burma. When WW II broke out, Williams used his strong bond with the animals to lead the Elephant Company, which was instrumental in defeating the Japanese who invaded Burma. 2014
Considers the life of influential Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1490-1559), who traversed over 2,500 miles across the…
American southwest and was later governor of the Río de la Plata province in South America. Some violence. 2014
Natural-history documentarian details the life of herpetologist and reptile curator at the Bronx Zoo Raymond Ditmars (1876-1942). Describes Ditmars's early…
interest in snakes and reptiles, work he contributed to the creation of antivenin, educational films he created in the 1910s and 1920s, and obsession with the bushmaster viper. 2015
Viesturs, an American mountaineer, recounts historical expeditions to the summit of Mount Everest and describes the dangerous allure of the…
world's most famous mountain. Includes attempts made by George Mallory, Sir Edmund Hillary, Scott Fischer, Rob Hall, and his own seven successful climbs of the earth's highest peak. 2013
Award-winning journalist explores the enduring mystery of Michael Rockefeller's 1961 disappearance in New Guinea while on a quest for aboriginal…
art. Retracing Rockefeller's steps, Hoffman offers a reconstruction of the fate that befell the heir of one of America's richest families. 2014
Biography of American brigadier general and explorer Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779-1813), who embarked on a series of legendary expeditions seeking…
the headwaters of the Mississippi River and the sources of the Arkansas and Red Rivers, and who discovered the mountain later named after him--Pike's Peak. 2014