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The rope in the water: a pilgrimage to India
By Sylvia Fraser. 2001
Sylvia Fraser's three-month pilgrimage to India in search of "something larger than myself, something deeper, something more." Travelling 12,000 kilometres…
as a solitary traveler across deserts and through jungles, she visits sacred sites such as the twilight city of Varanasi on the Ganges and the Golden Temple of the Sikhs; spends time with a Hindu sect up Mount Abu and meditates eleven hours a day for ten days in a Buddhist retreat while observing a vow of silence. 2001.The ice master: the doomed 1913 voyage of the Karluk
By Jennifer Niven. 2000
The story of the 1913 expedition that sailed out of British Columbia in search of the Arctic continent. In January…
1914, an ice cap tore a hole in the vessel's hull, shipwrecking all on board. Drawing from diaries and an interview with the one living survivor, the author recreates the ill-fated journey and the crew's attempts to find their way home. 2000.Four and a half years after the disappearance of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin and his two ships, HMS Investigator…
sets sail in search of them. Instead of rescuing lost comrades, the Investigator's officers and crew soon find themselves trapped in their own ordeal, facing starvation, madness, and death. If only they can save themselves, they will bring back news of a great achievement: their discovery of the elusive Northwest Passage. 2009.The windhorse
By Elaine Brook, Julie Donnelly. 1986
Julie Donnelly has been blind since the age of eight - the result of glaucoma. She is a switchboard operator…
in a London bank and travels to and from work with her yellow Labrador guide dog, Bruno, her first release from the prison of blindness. She met Elaine Brook, an experienced mountaineer, and her horizons took another great leap. After learning to climb in this country they began to plan the impossible: the trek, in winter, to the 18,000 foot summit of Kala Patthar. 1986.Years of dust: the story of the Dust Bowl
By Albert Marrin. 2009
Discusses causes and effects of the environmental and social disaster that swept across the Great Plains in the 1930s during…
the Great Depression. Explains that farmers and ranchers unwittingly caused conditions that led to the dust storms and the loss of the land they had settled. Grades 5-8. c2009.Worlds apart: an explorer's life
By Robin Hanbury-Tenison. 1984
The author traces his evolution from a mere adventurer to a person dedicated to helping others preserve their unique social…
systems. Describes various treks through deserts and jungles, and some of the endangered tribes and their cultures. 1984.Women sailors and sailors' women: an untold maritime history
By David Cordingly. 2001
An inspiring, illuminating, and highly readable book that reveals the vibrant history of women and the sea. Drawing on ship's…
logs, and the diaries of extraordinary women, Cordingly resurrects the incredible stories of these forgotten women sailors and sailors' women. 2001.Wolf Trail Lodge
By Edward M Boyd. 1984
The Boyds went to Alaska 30 years ago and settled on the Kenai River in Wolf Trail Lodge. This is…
the story of the early years and of the family's adventures in the Alaskan wilderness. 1984.Wings and warriors: my life as a naval aviator (Smithsonian History Of Aviation And Spaceflight Ser.)
By Donald Davenport Engen. 1997
Memoir of a naval aviator over "twenty-five years of technological and flying development in the U.S. Navy from the 1940s…
into the 1960s." Traces the integration of jet aircraft into naval operations, describing how jets have transformed aviation warfare. c1997.Wings over the West: Russ Baker & the rise of Pacific Western Airlines
By John Condit. 1984
This history of Pacific Western Airlines reveals many fascinating details about the bush pilots, notably Russ Baker, who founded the…
airline. Baker helped advance the company's fortunes by his daring airplane rescues. 1984.Winter
By Pierre Berton. 1994
Pierre Berton considers what it means to live in the north, what we do to survive the season, ways we…
celebrate it and how, specifically, we hate it. The book is filled with personal reminiscences, popular history, "big storm" statistics, and seasonal sports, including the attempt to deny winter altogether by escaping to malls and Miami. 1994.Wings of the morning: the flights of Orestes Lorenzo
By Orestes Lorenzo. 1994
Orestes Lorenzo, a major in the Cuban air force, defected to the United States in 1992 in a MiG-23. In…
this translation of his memoirs, Lorenzo portrays his life leading up to the decision to defect. He then describes the horror of realizing that his wife and two sons would not be allowed to join him. After exhausting all other methods, Lorenzo flew back to Cuba and rescued his family from a highway in an old Cessna. c1994. Uniform title: Vuelo hacia el amanecer.Winged combat: my story as a Spitfire pilot in World War II
By William Arthur Bishop. 2002
From his logbooks and diaries, Arthur Bishop paints a vivid picture of the day-to-day life of a fighter pilot and…
that of his fellow pilots, officers and ground crew in wartime England. Among his memories is a bird's-eye view of the D-Day landing. Some descriptions of violence. 2002.Wilderness seasons: life and adventure in Canada's north
By Ian Wilson, Sally Wilson. 1987
The authors relate how they fulfilled their dream of leaving the city to live in isolation in the wilderness. They…
tell of building a log cabin to survive the harsh winter, and their other experiences. c1987.White water!: true stories of extreme adventures (National geographic kids chapters)
By Brenna Maloney. 2018
From hippo attacks on the Okavango River to Chitina headwaters in Alaska, this chapter book is full of raging rivers…
and thrilling adventures. With gripping--and true--stories of incredible adventures, extreme excursions, and ultimate survival, White Water! will have you on the edge of your canoe-- er seat. Perfect for all readers who love an exciting, real-life, adrenaline-fueled drama. Grades 2-4. 2018.Whistled like a bird: the untold story of Dorothy Putnam, George Putnam, and Amelia Earhart
By Sally Putnam Chapman, Stephanie Mansfield. 1997
Using diaries kept over a fifty-year period, Chapman writes of the relationship between heiress and adventurer Dorothy Binney Putnam, publisher…
George Putnam, and aviator Amelia Earhart. Putnam left his wife, Dorothy, for Earhart but the three remained friends. 1997.When the wind blows: extraordinary adventures with a deadly twist
By Maggi Ansell. 2006
Robin and Maggi unexpectedly buy a newly-confiscated drug boat in the Cayman Islands. Months of hard work, fun and mishaps…
follow while they refurbish the yacht, Orca, and undertake a Pacific Ocean crossing. After sailing to Australia, they begin the trip back to Canada when they are overtaken by an unforeseen cyclone. 2006.Well of lies: the Walkerton water tragedy
By Colin N Perkel. 2002
Over a period of a week in May 2000, hundreds of people in Walkerton, Ontario, were afflicted by a deadly…
strain of E. coli bacteria. Combining interviews and original research with testimony given to the Walkerton Inquiry, Perkel reconstructs the events leading up to the tragedy. He shows how a system has failed utterly, at almost every level, and how the virtues of a small town have contributed to the disaster. 2002.World War II fighter pilot recounts his adventures as a member of General Chennault's Flying Tigers. Band provides a brief…
account of his childhood, then regales the reader with stories of the Flying Tigers' assistance to the Chinese army in battles with the Japanese beginning in December 1941. 1993.