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On the beaten path: an Appalachian pilgrimage (Off The Beaten Path Ser.)
By Robert Alden Rubin. 2000
Every year, a couple thousand would-be "thruhikers" set out to walk the entire 2,000-mile length Georgia- to Maine Appalachian Trail.…
About one of every 10 actually makes it. Robert Rubin's chances did not look good. Thirty-eight years old, dispirited, and burned out, he dreamed of leaving mortgage, wife, and cul-de-sac life behind for a journey that would take half a year-- or might never end. What awaited Rubin was not the solo trek he'd imagined, but a strange vagrant culture of pilgrims and dropouts with its own rules and rituals."The history of the British Transglobe Expedition, the first to circumnavigate the world by way of the Poles. Fiennes and…
companions went over land and ice to the North and South Poles and navigated the Northwest Passage in 3 years. 1983.Mind over matter: the epic crossing of the Antarctic continent
By Ranulph Fiennes. 1993
On November 9, 1992, Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Dr. Michael Stroud set out from the Filchner Ice Shelf to attempt…
the first unassisted crossing of the Antarctic continent. It was to be a journey of epic proportions, which captured the imagination of the world. 1993.The mutiny of the Bounty
By John Barrow, Gavin Kennedy. 1980
Reprint of the 1831 publication that objectively chronicles the events surrounding the mutiny on H.M.S. "Bounty" in 1789. Describes the…
details of the takeover of the "Bounty" by Fletcher Christian, the heroic open boat voyage of Captain Bligh and his companions, and the ensuing trial and eventual fate of the mutineers. The author was a high-ranking member of the British Admiralty. 1980.The thrill of the chase: a memoir
By Forrest Fenn. 2010
The tree of life: How a holocaust sapling inspired the world
By Elisa Boxer. 2024
Hope triumphs over fear in this poignant and impactful true story of the Holocaust—a delicate introduction to World War Two…
history for older audioook listeners. During World War Two, in the concentration camp Terezin, a group of Jewish children and their devoted teacher planted and nurtured a smuggled-in sapling. Over time fewer and fewer children were left to care for the little tree, but those who remained kept lovingly sharing their water with it. When the war finally ended and the prisoners were freed, the sapling had grown into a strong five-foot-tall maple. Nearly eighty years later the tree’s 600 descendants around the world are thriving . . . including one that was planted at New York City’s Museum of Jewish Heritage in 2021. Students will continue to care for it for generations to come, and the world will remember the brave teacher and children who never gave up nurturing a brighter futureDes enfants comme les autres (Livre de poche #LP 6056)
By Jocelyn Demers. 1983
Ils sont et ne sont pas tout à fois des enfants comme les autres... Ces jeunes leucémiques ou cancéreux sont…
gravement atteints dans leur corps comme dans leur âme et sont ainsi privés parfois d'une vie normale. Mais il font preuve de courage et de goût de vivre. Ce livre résume les étapes du dur combat qu'il leur faut livrer quotidiennement pour survivre. Il se veut aussi un témoignage des exploits qu'ils accomplissent en secret, dont souvent sont seuls témoins les membres de leur famille et l'équipe médicale qui les soigne.Le judaïsme dans la vie quotidienne (Espaces libres)
By Ernest Gugenheim. 2023
Une introduction aux pratiques quotidiennes du judaïsme, qui mêle doctrine et rite pour aboutir à un mode de vie spécifique…
ne se restreignant pas au domaine du sacré. L'auteur montre notamment comment la loi juive s'est continuellement adaptée aux évolutions.Deciding to add a baby to your family is full of unknowns. How long will it take to get pregnant?…
How will age and other factors play into your chances of conceiving? If you need some help, what are your options? Many of these questions have different answers for every person and every pregnancy. With Mayo Clinic Guide to Fertility and Conception, you can take on the adventure of trying for a baby with clear, empathetic guidance. Based on their extensive expertise in helping people build their families, Mayo Clinic physicians break down what contributes to healthy eggs and sperm, steps you can take to get ready for pregnancy, how babies are made, and tips for ovulation tracking, timing sex, and improving your chances. This comprehensive guide also demystifies miscarriage and ectopic pregnancies, as well as many common fertility problems. In addition, the authors offer the latest on reproductive assistance, third-party reproduction, fertility preservation, and the many options now available to help all families, including LGBTQ, transgender, and single parents-to-be, achieve the dream of having a baby. With sensitivity and an inclusive approach, this user-friendly book provides answers and explanations on nearly every aspect of achieving a successful pregnancy. It's an essential guide for anyone who wants to have a babyUnlocking the secrets of the feasts: the prophecies in the feasts of Leviticus
By Michael Norten. 2012
Amazing prophecies of God's plans for the world can be found embedded in the customs of the feasts of Israel.…
The intricate detail of the prophecies illustrated in the observances of these feasts provide insight into God's plan for the ages.Whatever you do, don't run: my adventures as a Botswana safari guide
By Peter Allison. 2007
Peter Allison was only nineteen when he left Australia for Africa, thinking he might travel around and see a bit…
of the country before going home to a 'proper job'. But Africa worked its magic, and Peter ended up falling, quickly and completely, in love with the country and its wildlife. Landing in a game reserve in the wildlife-rich Okavango Delta, he became a safari guide and, some twelve years later, his short holiday in Africa isn't over yet. Whatever You Do, Don't Run is his guide's-eye view of living in the bush, confronting the world's fiercest animals and, most challenging of all, managing herds of gaping tourists. Like the young woman who rejected the recommended safari-friendly khaki to wear a more 'fashionable' hot pink ensemble, or the Japanese tourist who requested a repeat performance of Allison's being charged by a lion so he could videotape it, there's not much in the African bush that Peter hasn't seen, photographed or been chased by.Niagara's gold
By Jeff Maynard. 1996
In June 1940, the Bank of England attempted to ship eight tons of gold to America. On June 19th the…
ship, the RMS Niagara, hit a German mine and sank off the coast of New Zealand. In the months that followed one man would search for the ship and its gold.Rose: the extraordinary voyage of Rose de Freycinet, the stowaway who sailed around the world for love
By Suzanne Falkiner. 2022
In 1814, in the aftermath of the French Revolution, nineteen-year-old Rose Pinon married handsome naval officer Louis de Freycinet, fifteen…
years her senior. Three years later, unable to bear parting from her husband, she dressed in men's clothing and slipped secretly aboard his ship the day before it sailed on a voyage of scientific discovery to the South Seas. Living for three years as the sole female among 120 men, Rose de Freycinet defied not only bourgeois society's expectations of a woman in 1817, but also a strict prohibition against women sailing on French naval ships. From dancing at Governors' balls in distant colonies, to evading pirates and meeting armed Indigenous warriors on remote Australian shores, to surviving shipwreck in the wintry Falkland Islands, Rose used her quick pen to record her daily experiences, becoming the first woman to circumnavigate the world and leave a record of her journey. Suzanne Falkiner tells this story of courage, enduring love, curiosity and spirit of adventure, using contemporaneous accounts as well Rose's own journal and letters.