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By Archie Hunter. 1983
This strange and exciting tale of Hunter's life as a Hudson's Bay Company fur trader in the far north is…
also a graphic record of the dramatic changes that have occurred in northern lifestyles over the past 50 years. 1983.By Barbara Hodgson. 2002
The adventures of both celebrated and unknown women travelers in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries who suffered from Russian…
bed bugs, unveiled the secrets of Turkish harems, endured Africa's scorching heat, destructive thunderstorms, and plagues of scorpions, or traversed raging Tibetan rivers. 2002.By Cliff Kopas, Leslie Kopas. 1996
A collection of personal stories from the pack trips that Cliff Kopas took in the 1920s and 1930s, compiled by…
his son, Leslie Kopas. They include trips to the Rockies, from Chilcotin to Banff and Lake Louise; the remote settlements of the Ulkatcho Carrier; and crossing the newly designated Tweedmuir Park in 1938. 1996.By Janice Sanford Beck. 2001
By Marianne Scott. 2003
Sailors, scientists, painters, eccentrics, boat designers and builders - their salty interests may diverge, but all share a passion for…
the sea. These are just some of the characters Scott interviews to bring together an intriguing, honest, and funny collection that profiles young adventurers to octogenarians. 2003.By Scott Griffin. 2006
In 1996, Scott Griffin joined the Flying Doctors Service, which flies doctors to remote areas of Africa - by flying…
to Kenya himself. Griffin's two-year adventure included storms, equipment problems, and fuel shortages while flying to Africa, and upon arrival he circumnavigated the continent, flying over deserts, mountains and jungles both as a medical volunteer and tourist. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2006.By Bear Grylls. 2011
By Jennifer Lesieur. 2010
Portrait de l'aviatrice américaine, star internationale et icône de la femme moderne dans l'Amérique des années 1930. Sa disparition en…
mer, alors qu'elle accomplit un tour du monde, reste encore un mystère aujourd'hui. 2010.By Timothy Baker Shutt. 2005
By Daniel Conner, Lorraine Miller. 1978
By Patrick Poivre D'Arvor, Olivier Poivre D'Arvor. 2005
Bercés depuis l'enfance par les récits des acteurs de la "Ligne", Olivier et Patrick Poivre d'Arvor se sont approprié leurs…
histoires pour livrer ce "roman de l'Aéropostale" au ton très personnel, fruit d'un pèlerinage sur les lieux de cette épopée. Au-delà de la prouesse technique, ils redonnent chair aux héros statufiés par la postérité comme Saint-Exupéry, Latécoère, Daurat et Bouilloux-Lafont, sans qui rien n'aurait pu se faire. 2005.By André Brugiroux, Jérôme Bourgine. 2014
" Quand il a commencé son périple en 1955, André Brugiroux avait un rêve : voir tous les pays du…
monde. Presque soixante ans plus tard, le petit banlieusard sans moyens a accompli l'impossible. Sur la route, il vit toutes les aventures. Il est emprisonné au Costa Rica, le mur de Berlin se construit sous ses yeux, il rencontre le docteur Schweitzer au Gabon, se rend à Angkor en pleine guerre, prend le Transsibérien au milieu de la guerre froide, meurt presque de soif dans le désert... Pourtant la réussite majeure d'André est ailleurs : le monde est devenu sa patrie et les hommes sont sa famille. Partout, il a trouvé des gens merveilleux. À chaque fois qu'il tombait, quelqu'un était là pour lui tendre la main et le relever. Sa véritable aventure a d'abord été humaine. Profondément et passionnément humaine... De 1955 à 2014 : aventures autour du globe à la découverte de soi et des autres. " -- 4e de couv.By R. D Symons. 1994
The reminiscences of one of the founders of the modern conservationist movement. Symons was a game warden in the 1920s…
and 1930s in the West, patrolling the Battlefords, Hudson Bay, and Cypress Hills regions. He recounts the adventures and many memorable characters he met on his patrols. 1994.By Eleanor Meecham. 2007
This New Zealand author shares her bicycle journey through the lower half of South America on a bicycle. Her journey…
takes her up and down the Andes, across deserts and into Tierra del Fuego. She was spurred on by the memory of her deceased brother's determined and fearless spirit. 2007.By Conor Grennan. 2011
In search of adventure, twenty-nine-year-old Conor Grennan traded his day job for a year-long trip around the globe, a journey…
that began with a three-month stint volunteering at the Little Princes Children's Home, an orphanage in war-torn Nepal. Conor was initially reluctant to volunteer, unsure whether he had the proper skill, or enough passion, to get involved in a developing country in the middle of a civil war. But he was soon overcome by the herd of rambunctious, resilient children who would challenge and reward him in a way that he had never imagined. When Conor learned the unthinkable truth about their situation, he was stunned: The children were not orphans at all. Child traffickers were promising families in remote villages to protect their children from the civil war--for a huge fee--by taking them to safety. They would then abandon the children far from home, in the chaos of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu. For Conor, what began as a footloose adventure becomes a commitment to reunite the children he had grown to love with their families, but this would be no small task. He would risk his life on a journey through the legendary mountains of Nepal, facing the dangers of a bloody civil war and a debilitating injury. Waiting for Conor back in Kathmandu, and hopeful he would make it out before being trapped in by snow, was the woman who would eventually become his wife and share his life's work. Little Princes is a true story of families and children, and what one person is capable of when faced with seemingly insurmountable odds. Bestseller. 2011.By A. Scott Berg. 1998
The authorized biography of the pilot who became a symbol of the aviation age. Describes Lindbergh's 1927 transatlantic flight as…
the defining moment of his life. Discusses his role in the development of aviation for use in war and peacetime. Explores facets of Lindbergh's public and private images. Pulitzer Prize winner. c1998.By Pierre Maturié, Vivien Elizabeth Bosley. 2013
In 1910, young Pierre Maturie bid farewell to his comfortable life in rural France and travelled to northern Alberta in…
search of independence, adventure, and newfound prosperity. Some sixty years later, he wrote of the four years he spent in Canada before he returned to France in 1914 to fight in the First World War. Like that of so many youthful pioneers, his story is one of adventure and hardship - perilous journeys, railroad construction in the Rockies, panning for gold in swift-flowing streams, transporting goods for the Hudson's Bay Company along the Athabasca River. A portrait of pioneer life in northern Alberta, and a window onto the French experience in Canada. 2013, c1972. Uniform title: Athabasca, terre de ma jeunesse.By Stephen R Bown. 2008
From 1792 to 1795, George Vancouver sailed the Pacific waters as captain of a major expedition of discovery and imperial…
ambition. Britain had its eyes on Pacific North America, and Vancouver charted four thousand miles of coastline from California to Alaska - one of history's greatest feats of maritime daring, scientific discovery, marine cartography and international diplomacy. However, Vancouver's triumph was overshadowed by bitter smear campaigns initiated by enemies he had made on board. Some descriptions of violence, and some descriptions of sex. c2008.By Tracy Edwards, Tim Madge. 1990
"Maiden" is the inspiring story of how Tracy Edwards, a modest 27-year-old, took a yacht and the first all-female crew…
ever to race round the globe through storms and savage seas. This is a book about great courage, great endeavour, and extraordinary determination. It is also a story of how anyone can have a dream and, against all odds, come through triumphant. 1990.By Isabelle Daunais. 2015
Pourquoi le roman québécois est-il si peu lu et reconnu à l’étranger, alors qu’à nous, il a tant à dire…
et paraît si précieux ? Qu’est-ce qui fait que même les œuvres les plus fortes de notre tradition romanesque ne réussissent qu’à nous parler, à nous et à presque personne d’autre ? Et de quoi nous parlent-elles exactement, ces œuvres dont ne parlent pas celles qui viennent d’ailleurs ? Bref, en quoi consiste la vraie singularité du roman québécois ? Ces questions servent ici d’amorce à l’une des réflexions les plus originales et les plus stimulantes sur l’évolution et la spécificité du roman québécois, depuis ses origines jusqu’à nos jours. Cette réflexion ne prend la forme ni de l’histoire littéraire ni de l’inventaire, mais de la lecture, une lecture attentive, déprise des interprétations convenues, à la fois rigoureuse et empathique, des œuvres les plus marquantes de notre patrimoine romanesque. 2015.