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Christmas in Canada: a celebration of stories from past to present
By Rick Book. 2003
Twenty-four stories re-examine Christmas Past, challenging, moving and encouraging the reader to discover toe true meaning of the holiday season.…
One tale is of Father Jean de Brébeuf, who composed the Huron Carol to win over Native peoples in the 17th century. Another is about a lightkeeper's wife in Nova Scotia for whom the storms of Christmas Eve bring an inexplicable visitation. 2003.Bush flying: the romance of the North (Act Ser.)
By Robert S Grant. 1995
This book offers a kaleidoscope of Canadian aviation stories. Grant takes the reader from coast to coast with adventure in…
the High Arctic, to near misses in western mountain ranges. He describes the life behind the controls of a bush plane as hard and sometimes dangerous work, that also has its glamorous moments. 1995.Champlain
By Joe C. W Armstrong. 1987
Biography of Samuel de Champlain, the explorer who first understood North America's potential for settlement, agriculture, and trade. Armstrong details…
Champlain's explorations in North America, and discusses his skills as a navigator, naturalist, ethnographer, and administrator. 1987.Cold oceans: adventures in kayak, rowboat, and dogsled
By Jonathan Turk. 1998
The author describes four of his adventures, some undertaken with his wife Chris, and many of which ended up as…
unanticipated ordeals: kayaking to Cape Horn, rowing across the Northwest Passage, dog sledding on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic, and following an old migration route to Greenland. He also reflects on famous explorations of the past. 1998.Christopher Columbus
By Gianni Granzotto. 1985
Christopher Columbus
By John Stewart Collis. 1976
Charles A. Lindbergh: a human hero
By James Giblin. 1997
A portrait of the aviation hero who in 1927 made the first nonstop transatlantic flight. Traces his daredevil youth, his…
early days of flying, his family life and the tragic kidnapping of his son, his isolationist stand in World War II, and his later life. Grades 4-7. 1997.Carrying the fire: an astronaut's journeys
By Michael Collins. 1974
An evocative picture of the joys of flight - the union of man, technology and the elements. Astronaut Collins traces…
his career from first flight experiences in the air force through the days as a test pilot and the flight of the complex Apollo II. An intensely human and honest portrait. 1974.Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: a biography
By Edward Rice. 1990
An explorer, swordsman, linguist, scholar, writer and lover, Burton travelled to the "forbidden" cities of Mecca and Medina, discovered Lake…
Tanganyika, and survived diseases and wounds. A master of 29 languages, Burton translated classic Oriental literature, such as "The perfumed garden", into English. 2001, c1990.Base 66: a story of fear, fun, and freefall
By Jevto Dedijer. 2004
"Base 66" is the true, nerve-wracking account of three young skydivers and their quest for membership in the most select…
extreme sports club on earth: The Base club. In order to become a full-fledged member, Jevto Dedijer, Bernard Poirier, and Scott Elder had to parachute from the top of a building, an antenna tower, a bridge and a cliff, and survive to tell the story - a feat only some 800 adrenaline addicted people have succeeded in doing. 2004.Arctic daughter: a wilderness journey
By Jean Aspen. 1988
Jean Aspen and her companion paddle up an unknown river in Alaska to build a cabin in the Brooks Range…
and "live off the land". This story chronicles their many adventures in the harsh but beautiful Arctic landscape. 1988.Arctic son: Fulfilling The Dream
By Jean Aspen. 1995
Jean Aspen returns to the Alaskan wilderness with her son and husband and chronicles their remarkable fourteen-month stay there, separated…
from the outside world. The family struggles courageously against nature and the elements in America's last wild frontier. Sequel to "Arctic daughter". 1995.Aloha Wanderwell: the border-smashing, record-setting life of the world's youngest explorer
By Christian Fink-Jensen, Randolph Eustace-Walden. 2016
In 1922, a 15-year-old girl, fed up with life in a French convent school, answered an ad for a travelling…
secretary. Tall, blonde, and swaggering with confidence, she might have passed for twenty. She also knew what she wanted: to become the first female to drive around the world. Her name was Aloha Wanderwell. Aloha's mission was foolhardy in the extreme. Drivable roads were scarce and cars were alien to much of the world. The Wanderwell Expedition created a specially modified Model T Ford for the journey that featured gun scabbards and a sloped back that could fold out to become a darkroom. All that remained was for Aloha to learn how to drive. Aloha became known around the globe. She was photographed in front of the Eiffel Tower, parked on the back of the Sphinx, firing mortars in China, shaking hands with Mussolini, and smiling at a tickertape parade in Detroit. By the age of 25, she had become a pilot, a film star, an ambassador for world peace, and the centrepiece of one of the biggest unsolved murder mysteries in California history. Her story defied belief, but it was true. Every bit of it. Except for her name. 2016.An evening with W.O. Mitchell: a collection of the author's best-loved performance pieces
By Barbara Mitchell, W. O Mitchell, Ormond Mitchell. 1997
A collection of 31 pieces of Mitchell's writing which he often used in public readings. Some are from his novels,…
such as "Who has seen the wind" and "The vanishing point," and others are new to this collection. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. 1997.Amelia lost: the life and disappearance of Amelia Earhart
By Candace Fleming. 2011
Biography of pilot Amelia Earhart offers an account of her attempt to circumnavigate the globe - a journey that ended…
when she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in July 1937. Discusses Earhart’s adventurous nature, the difficulties of long-distance flight, and the lack of navigational equipment aboard her plane. For grades 4-7. 2011.Alive: the story of the Andes survivors
By Piers Paul Read. 1974
The author tells the extraordinary and often distressing story told to him by the survivors of an aircrash in the…
Andes, of their fading hopes of rescue and determination to stay alive at all costs. 1974.Against the flow: the inspiring story of a teacher turned record-making yachtswoman
By Dee Caffari, Elaine Bunting. 2007
More people have walked on the moon than have successfully completed a westabout circumnavigation. In 2006, Caffari became the first…
woman to sail solo around the world against the prevailing winds and currents, braving physical hardship in terrible conditions, overcoming solitude, sleep deprivation, the worry of crucial equipment failing, 34 days of gales, 12 metre waves, cyclones and a lightning strike. c2007.Adrift: Seventy-six days lost at sea
By Steven Callahan. 1987
When Steven Callahan's small yacht sank west of the Canaries, he found himself adrift in a five-foot inflatable raft, pounded…
by storms, scorched by the tropical sun and attacked by sharks. This is his own account of that 76-day ordeal as he drifted 1,800 miles across the Atlantic in 1983. "Although the sea was my greatest enemy, it was also my greatest ally." 1987.Adventure in depth
By William Donald Alian King. 1975
A wolverine is eating my leg (Vintage departures)
By Tim Cahill. 1973
In this collection of 18 adventure essays, the author describes deep sea scuba diving, avalanche skiing, and white-water rafting. He…
also spent time with Dian Fossey and her gorillas, visited Jim Jones' death camp in Guyana, and investigated Bigfoot accounts in the Pacific Northwest. 1989, c1973.