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A pirate of exquisite mind: explorer, naturalist, and buccaneer : the life of William Dampier
By Diana Preston, Michael Preston. 2004
In the late 1600s, Dampier, an Englishman, circumnavigated the globe three separate times, mapping nearly every place he visited, but…
was also a buccaneer launching raids on Spanish ships. He was the first self-made naturalist to visit the Galapagos - his sketches of the region's turtles set the stage for Darwin's future visit - and his theories about how wind patterns affect ocean currents are still used today. 2004.A hug for the apostle: on foot from Chartres to Santiago de Compostela
By Laurie Dennett. 1987
In 1986, Laurie Dennett walked from Chartres, France to Santiago, Spain, following the famous medieval pilgrims' route, to raise money…
to support research into multiple sclerosis. This personal day-by-day account of her experience is part diary, part travelogue, part history and part inspiration. c1987.A gentleman adventurer: the Arctic diaries of R.H.G. Bonnycastle (A Richard Bonnycastle book. #2.)
By R. H. G Bonnycastle, Heather Robertson. 1984
In 1925, a young lawyer was drawn by the mystery and excitement of the Arctic. He joined the Hudson's Bay…
Company as an accountant and made many trips to the North. 1984.A Book of faith
By Elizabeth Goudge. 1976
The popular author offers an anthology of poems and prose from the world's great literature dealing with the concept of…
faith. A work of many moods, it includes excerpts from such writers as Shakespeare, Donne, C.S. Lewis, Tolstoy, Rilke, and the Bible. 1976.A desert dies
By Michael Asher. 1986
An account of the author's journeys in the drought-stricken Sudan from 1982 through 1985. Travelling on camel and on foot,…
Asher lived with various members of the Kababish tribe of nomadic Arabs who inhabit this part of the Sahara Desert. c1986.10,000 hours: a helicopter pilot in the North
By Peter Corley-Smith. 1985
A humorous account of the author's experiences as a Canadian helicopter bush pilot from 1964 to 1975. His helicopter travels…
took him to Labrador, Baffin Island, Yukon and British Columbia. Corley-Smith later worked as a Research Assistant at the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, BC. 1995, c1985.The book of virtues: a treasury of great moral stories
By William J Bennett. 1996
A collection of poems and stories from the Bible, from great authors, and from folklore, which Bennett suggests can be…
used for teaching parents, teachers, students, and children about specific virtues. Topics include faith, self-discipline, compassion, responsibility, friendship, work, courage, honesty, and loyalty. Bennett introduces each section. Bestseller.Goldfinder: the true story of one man's discovery of the ocean's richest secrets
By Keith Jessop. 1998
This is the story of Keith Jessop, the most successful underwater treasure hunter in history. It describes how Jessop went…
from being a penniless Yorkshire boy to salvaging 5 tons of Russian gold worth over one hundred million dollars from the HMS Edinburgh, which lay 1000 feet at the bottom of the ocean.The water in between: a journey at sea
By Kevin Patterson. 1999
Kevin Patterson, fresh off a stint in the army and suffering from a broken heart, decided that he would sail…
from Vancouver to Tahiti and back. Although he knew little about boats or sailing he and a companion set out on an adventure that would take them around the world and force them to contemplate the reasons they set out on their journey.The Penguin anthology of Canadian humour
By Will Ferguson. 2006
Seventy-one distinctly Canadian selections from fifty-four writers represent over a century's worth of accomplishments in humour. Includes pieces by Stephen…
Leacock, Douglas Coupland, Robertson Davies, Miriam Toews, Thomas King, W.P. Kinsella, and Stuart McLean. Some descriptions of sex, violence and strong language. 2006.Faraway
By Lucy Irvine. 2001
Octogenarian Diana Hepworth has lived with her family on Pigeon, a tiny place in the furthest corner of the Solomon…
Islands for more than 50 years. When the former Vogue model decided to turn the fascinating events of her life into a book, she went to fellow adventurer Lucy Irvine for help. 2001."Il est tout de même étrange qu'on en sache si peu sur la vie de Samuel de Champlain. D'abord, sur…
sa date de naissance, qui n'a jamais été officialisée. Ensuite, sur son mariage avec Hélène Boullé, une jeune fille d'une douzaine d'années de vingt-huit ans sa cadette, avec laquelle il semble n'avoir entretenu que peu de relations puisqu'il était le plus souvent en voyage. Enfin, on ignore le lieu de sa sépulture en Nouvelle-France. Heureusement que nous possédons son journal, dont la rédaction s'est étendue sur une trentaine d'années. Pourquoi cette passion pour l'Amérique, qu'il s'évertue à vouloir visiter et à faire reconnaître avec obstination? Car il est clair que cette terre ingrate n'a rien à voir avec l'Inde, pays convoité pour ses épices et ses multiples richesses. (Champlain rêve toujours, comme d'autres, de découvrir l'Inde en poussant plus avant vers l'Ouest). Est-ce le goût du voyage, du dépaysement, la volonté de saisir sur le vif de nouvelles réalités (il faut savoir que Champlain était cartographe et dessinateur)? Est-ce le goût du nouveau et de l'insolite? Une chose est certaine, cette terre appelée Nouvelle-France fut son plus grand amour. Il la défendit avec acharnement auprès des grands de France et fit en sorte qu'elle se développât. Champlain assura ainsi la naissance de ce grand pays qu'est aujourd'hui le Canada." -- 4e de couv.Himalayistes: à la conquête de l'altitude ((Hommes et montagnes).)
By Gilles Modica. 2008
La conquête des plus hauts sommets de la terre a été loeuvre dhommes hors du commun et de leurs efforts…
incommensurables. Mais cette épopée du courage et de la peur est aussi le fruit de lironie du sort. Lexploration de lHimalaya sest déroulée en trois dimensions. Il sagissait darpenter dimmenses territoires, mais aussi den conquérir les sommets tout en repoussant les frontières de laltitude. Dans cette quête admirable et déraisonnable se sont illustrés des alpinistes de tout poil, mus par les inspirations les plus variées. Gilles Modica dresse le portrait dune vingtaine dentre eux, célèbres ou moins connus, qui, de la fin du XIXe siècle à la fin du XXe, ont tenté dapprivoiser les effets sournois de laltitude. -- 4e de couv."À quelle force mystérieuse obéissent donc les aventuriers délaissant la sécurité et le confort pour réaliser leurs rêves de conquête…
les plus fous à l'autre bout du monde ? C'est ce que tente d'élucider Francis Lacassin. En nous entraînant à travers différents destins prodigieux portés par une énergie hors du commun : la longue équipée d'Exmelin, chirurgien huguenot, aux côtés des flibustiers des Caraïbes au XVIIe siècle, la ruée vers l'or de Jack London dans le Grand Nord canadien en 1897, la mission d'évangélisation du père Évariste Huc dans l'Empire chinois de 1840, ou le reportage d'Albert Londres sur la traite des Noirs dans l'Afrique coloniale de 1927, ou encore le pèlerinage à pied d'Alexandra David-Néel pendant huit mois vers Lhassa en 1924... Destins qui s'écrivent entre une lutte épuisante pour la survie et des rencontres uniques en des temps et des lieux mythiques. Car le voyage finit par devenir une manière de vivre. Un cheminement étoilé dans l'Histoire, où nous étanchons notre propre soif d'aventure au fil de pages palpitantes." -- 4e de couv.A game ranger remembers
By Bruce Bryden. 2005
Bruce Bryden's tales of 27 years in the service of South Africa's most famous park, the Kruger National Park, make…
a gripping and entertaining read, abounding with encounters with elephant, lion, buffalo, leopard and rhino, whether darting for research, managing culling operations by helicopter or stalking on foot. 2005.Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) is the great lost scientist: more things are named after him than anyone else. There are…
towns, rivers, mountain ranges, the ocean current that runs along the South American coast, there's a penguin, a giant squid, even the Mare Humboldtianum on the moon. Taking us on a fantastic voyage in his footsteps, Andrea Wulf shows why his life and ideas remain so important today. Winner of Royal Society Science Book Prize 2016, James Wright Award for Nature Writing 2016, and Costa Biography Award 2015. Bestseller. 2015.Riding on the wild side: tales of adventure in the Canadian West (Amazing stories)
By Dale Portman. 2004
A collection of stories about working horses and the people who make a living riding them in Canada's mountain national…
parks: chasing a herd of wild horses, galloping at full speed toward an impenetrable forest, and so on. A sense of the excitement of the backcountry life. 2004.Women explorers: one hundred years of courage and audacity (Amazing stories)
By Helen Y Rolfe. 2003
Since the early days of exploration, adventurous women have felt the pull of the mountains. Women of the early 1900s…
climbed some of the highest peaks in Canada wearing woollen knickers and hobnail boots. These pioneers set the standard for the women who followed, such as Sharon Wood and Leanne Allison, who continue to push the limits even further. 2003.The Canadian children's treasury
By Sandra Martin, Frances Hanna. 1994
A collection of stories told, or retold, by Canadian authors. Includes everything from old-time children's favourites to science fiction, and…
authors such as L.M. Montgomery, Margaret Atwood, Sheila Burnford, Dennis Lee, and Janet Lunn. Grades 3-6. 1994.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.