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Walking up & down in the world: memories of a mountain rambler
By Smoke Blanchard. 1985
A professional mountain guide who began his climbing career as a teenager in the depression years relates his many exciting…
adventures in the mountains of California, Alaska, the Yukon, and Nepal. Blanchard offers advice on equipment and technique and discusses the people he has met. 1985.Vroom with a view
By Peter Moore. 2003
Stirred by his approaching fortieth birthday, the author decides to pursue a dream, to explore Italy from the seat of…
a 1961 Vespa. Once the perfect motor scooter is found, and finally made as road worthy as possible, he is off, travelling the back roads from Milan to Rome. 2003.Voyage of the iceberg: the story of the iceberg that sank the Titanic
By Richard G. B Brown. 1983
Voyage of the Stella
By R. D Lawrence. 1982
Voyager
By Phil Patton, Jeana Yeager, Dick Rutan. 1987
Yeager and Rutan, the first people to fly around the world without stopping to refuel, tell of their backgrounds and…
careers, the six years of preparation for the flight, and the research and testing involved. 1987.Volcano! (Disaster.)
By Cynthia Pratt Nicolson. 2001
Did you know that a dormant volcano seems to be sleeping but can still erupt, or that in the past…
400 years, volcanoes have killed hundreds of thousands of people worldwide? Learn how volcanoes are created and about what sets them off, and read about famous volcanic eruptions from all over the world. Find out how scientists risk their lives to study these mysterious earth forces, and why some people chose to live in the shadows of volcanoes, despite the dangers. Grades 2-4. 2001.Vingt-deux mois dans les glaces: [survivre en Antarctique]
By Otto Nordenskjöld, Charles Rabot. 2013
"En 1901, le docteur Otto Nordenskjöld dirige une expédition scientifique chargée d'explorer les îles à l'est de la péninsule antarctique.…
Ils embarquent sur l'Antarctic, un baleinier qui finira broyé par les glaces. Savants et marins, dispersés en trois endroits du continent, luttent pour leur survie. Comment se retrouveront-ils ? Par quel miracle les secours arriveront-ils ? Comment surmonter deux hivernages au milieu des tempêtes de l'hiver austral ? "Véritable épopée géographique, récit empreint de suspense, Vingt-deux mois dans les glaces raconte avec émotions cette aventure vécue dans l'enfer de l'extrême sud. En homme obligeant et passionné, Nordenskjöld réussit à nous prouver que l'héroïsme se révèle toujours dans l'adversité. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Antarctic, två år bland sydpolens isar.Underwater man
By Joe MacInnis. 1974
The author learned to dive during his summer vacations in the Maritimes. After earning his medical degree, he used both…
skills in his work on treasure hunting voyages and other expeditions. c1974.Tundra: selections from the great accounts of Arctic land voyages
By Farley Mowat. 1973
Stories from the journals of European explorers who penetrated the Canadian tundra or the Barrens, that vast stretch of land…
north of the timber line and south of the Arctic seas. Describes their dealings with the Inuits and Indians, including the lessons in polar adaptation and survival learned from the native peoples. Sequel to "Polar passion". 1973.Tumult in the clouds: A Story Of The Eagle Squadron
By James A Goodson. 1983
One of the leading aces of the Allied forces in World War II gives a vivid account of his career…
and etches indelible portraits of the men with whom he shared the dangers and excitement of air combat. 1983.True stories of heroes (Usborne Paperbacks Ser.)
By Paul Dowswell. 2002
A collection of 13 true tales of heroes, including a housewife turned courageous World War II spy and the first…
man in space. Describes firefighters battling a blazing nuclear reactor, a helicopter rescue team on board a rapidly sinking ship, and even stories of animal heroes. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 4-7. 2002, c1996.Treasure Island revisited
By Jack Fitzgerald. 2005
The story of Captain Keating and the Cocos Island treasure, also known as "The lost treasure of Lima", was the…
inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "Treasure Island". Hundreds of adventurers from all over the world, including President Franklin D. Roosevelt, sought Keating's treasure, estimated to be worth three hundred million dollars. An examination of the tale of Captain Keating, and of the connections between his story and Stevenson's classic. 2005.Treasure of the Atocha: A 16 Year Undersea Adventure
By R. Duncan Mathewson. 1986
Recounts the search for the "Atocha", a Spanish galleon that sank off the coast of Florida in 1622. It was…
found in the Florida Keys in 1985, with gold, silver and other treasures intact. 1986.Tragédie à l'Everest
By Jon Krakauer, Christian Molinier. 1998
Tracks ((La cosmopolite).)
By Robyn Davidson, Bernardine Cheviron-Poylo. 2016
Robyn Davidson, que l'on surnomme dans son pays la Camel Lady, n'a pas usurpé son titre. Alors qu'elle n'a jamais…
tenu un marteau, reprisé des chaussettes, changé un pneu ou utilisé un tournevis, elle débarque en 1975 à Alice Springs, au beau milieu de l'Australie, avec cinq dollars en poche et un rêve un peu fou : apprivoiser et domestiquer des chameaux pour traverser le désert. Une fois prête, elle s'embarque pour ce voyage périlleux avec Dookie, Bub, Zeleika et Goliath, ses chameaux. Elle veut défier le monde moderne en vivant au rythme de la société aborigène traditionnelle et tester ses propres limites. Au bout du chemin, elle trouve refuge dans un modeste appartement londonien où elle entreprend d'écrire le récit de son aventure. Tracks paraît en Australie en 1980, et devient un culte de la littérature de voyage. 2016. Titre uniforme: Tracks.Touching the void
By Joe Simpson. 1988
Joe Simpson and his partner, Simon Yates, had reached the summit of the previously unclimbed West Face of the remote…
Siula Grande in Peru, before disaster struck. What happened, and how they dealt with the psychological traumas that resulted when Simon was forced into the appalling decision to cut the rope, makes not only an epic of survival but a quite extraordinary and moving book. Some strong language. 1997.Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward Larson tells the story of three simultaneous expeditions in 1909--by Robert Peary, Douglas Mawson, and Luigi…
Amedeo--that reached the ends of the earth, setting records for the farthest north, south, and altitude. 2018.Tin-pots and pirate ships: Canadian naval forces and German sea raiders, 1880-1918
By Michael L Hadley, Roger F Sarty. 1991
The authors chart the origins of the Canadian Navy from the late 1800's to the end of World War One.…
Known as "The Bum Boat Fleet", the 200 ships, fisheries cruisers and private yachts reflected both Canada's real need for a navy in the face of the German imperialist threat, and Britain's reluctance to send much help. Tin Pots and Pirate Ships reveals the Canadian tradition of building a fleet only when needed, dismantling it once the conflict is over, and ultimately accepting terms dictated by alliance partners. c1991.Thetis down: the slow death of a submarine
By Tony Booth. 2008
On 1 June 1939 His Majesty's Submarine Thetis sank in Liverpool Bay while on her diving trials. Ninety-nine men drowned…
or slowly suffocated during their last fifty hours of life. Very little was know until now, about what actually happened, as the only comprehensive book written on the subject was published in 1958. This book explores in minute detail a more rounded picture of what really happened before, during and after her tragic loss. c2008.The Wreck of the Titanic foretold?
By Martin Gardner. 1986
A collection of writings published prior to the sinking of the "Titanic", which are purported to be proof of paranormal…
powers of precognition. The author, a sceptic to ESP, disagrees with these assumptions. c1986.