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America's First Ascent of Everest
Written by Broughton Coburn
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $26.00
By the author of the New York Times bestselling Everest: Mountain Without Mercy, this chronicle of the iconic first American expedition to Mt. Everest in May 1963 – published to coincide with the climb's 50th anniversary – combines riveting adventure, a perceptive analysis of its dark and terrifying historical context, and...
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America's First Ascent of Everest
Written by Broughton Coburn
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $12.99
By the author of the New York Times bestselling Everest: Mountain Without Mercy, this chronicle of the iconic first American expedition to Mt. Everest in May 1963 – published to coincide with the climb's 50th anniversary – combines riveting adventure, a perceptive analysis of its dark and terrifying historical context, and...
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An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure that Took the Victorian World by Storm
Written by Monte Reel
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $26.95
The unbelievably riveting adventure of an unlikely young explorer who emerged from the jungles of Africa with evidence of a mysterious, still mythical beast—the gorilla—only to stumble straight into the center of the biggest debate of the day: Darwin's theory of evolution
In 1856 Paul Du Chaillu marched into the... Read more >
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An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure that Took the Victorian World by Storm
Written by Monte Reel
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $13.99
The unbelievably riveting adventure of an unlikely young explorer who emerged from the jungles of Africa with evidence of a mysterious, still mythical beast—the gorilla—only to stumble straight into the center of the biggest debate of the day: Darwin's theory of evolution
In 1856 Paul Du Chaillu marched into the... Read more >
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An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure that Took the Victorian World By Storm
Written by Monte Reel
Read by Bob Walter
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $20.00
The unbelievably riveting adventure of an unlikely young explorer who emerged from the jungles of Africa with evidence of a mysterious, still mythical beast—the gorilla—only to stumble straight into the center of the biggest debate of the day: Darwin's theory of evolution
In 1856 Paul Du Chaillu marched into the... Read more >
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The Race to Measure the Heavens
Written by Andrea Wulf
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $16.00
On June 6, 1761, the world paused to observe a momentous occasion: the first transit of Venus between the Earth and the Sun in more than a century. Through that observation, astronomers could calculate the size of the solar system—but only if they could compile data from many different points of...
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Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
Written by Matthew Goodman
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $28.00
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzer’s World newspaper, left New York City by steamship on a quest to break the record for the fastest trip around the world. Also departing from New York that day—and heading in the opposite direction by train—was... Read more >
Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
Written by Matthew Goodman
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $13.99
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzer’s World newspaper, left New York City by steamship on a quest to break the record for the fastest trip around the world. Also departing from New York that day—and heading in the opposite direction by train—was... Read more >
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Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
Written by Matthew Goodman
Read by Kathe Mazur
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $25.00
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzer’s World newspaper, left New York City by steamship on a quest to break the record for the fastest trip around the world. Also departing from New York that day—and heading in the opposite direction by train—was... Read more >
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S. A. Andree and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration
Written by Alec Wilkinson
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $15.95
In 1897, at the height of the heroic age of Arctic exploration, the visionary Swedish explorer S. A. Andrée made a revolutionary attempt to discover the North Pole by flying over it in a hydrogen balloon. Thirty-three years later, his expedition diaries and papers would be discovered on the ice.
Alec Wilkinson...
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The Inside Story of Legendary Explorers, Photographers, and Adventurers
Written by Mark Collins Jenkins
Format: Trade Paperback, 136 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2013
Price: $9.95
Join National Geographic archaeologists and adventurers, explorers and scientists on this thrilling jaunt through more than 125 years of research, discovery, and unforgettable photojournalism. Featuring behind-the-scenes tales and show-stopping imagery, this book captures the heart of the Society's fascinating history, from its earliest days as a scientific club to its growth... Read more >
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Legendary Photographs, Adventures, and Discoveries That Changed the World
Written by Mark Collins Jenkins
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $50.00
Featuring show-stopping imagery and thrilling behind-the-scenes tales, National Geographic 125 Years captures the heart of National Geographic's fascinating history, from its earliest days as a scientific club to its growth into one of the world's largest geographic organizations. The book reveals how much we've come to know about our fascinating world... Read more >
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From Venice to Greenland on the Trail of the Zen Brothers
Written by Andrea Di Robilant
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $15.95
A century before Columbus arrived in America, two brothers from Venice are said to have explored parts of the New World. They became legends during the Renaissance, and then the source of a great scandal that would discredit their story. Today, they have been largely forgotten.
In this very original work—part history...
1492-1550
Written by John Pohl
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2012
Price: $14.95
Many accounts portray the conquest of the New World as a remarkable military achievement, with Cortés' vastly outnumbered but better armed Spaniards defeating hordes of superstitious savages. However, the reality of these events is far more complex and no less significant. The first Conquistadors who had sailed in search of prosperity... Read more >
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The Race to Measure the Heavens
Written by Andrea Wulf
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2012
Price: $26.95
The author of the highly acclaimed Founding Gardeners now gives us an enlightening chronicle of the first truly international scientific endeavor—the eighteenth-century quest to observe the transit of Venus and measure the solar system.
On June 6, 1761, the world paused to observe a momentous occasion: the first transit of Venus between...
The Race to Measure the Heavens
Written by Andrea Wulf
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2012
Price: $11.99
The author of the highly acclaimed Founding Gardeners now gives us an enlightening chronicle of the first truly international scientific endeavor—the eighteenth-century quest to observe the transit of Venus and measure the solar system.
On June 6, 1761, the world paused to observe a momentous occasion: the first transit of Venus between...
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The Race to Measure the Heavens
Written by Andrea Wulf
Read by Robin Sachs
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 1, 2012
Price: $20.00
The author of the highly acclaimed Founding Gardeners now gives us an enlightening chronicle of the first truly international scientific endeavor—the eighteenth-century quest to observe the transit of Venus and measure the solar system.
On June 6, 1761, the world paused to observe a momentous occasion: the first transit of Venus between...
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S. A. Andree and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration
Written by Alec Wilkinson
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $25.95
In this grand and astonishing tale, Alec Wilkinson brings us the story of S. A. Andrée, the visionary Swedish aeronaut who, in 1897, during the great age of Arctic endeavor, left to discover the North Pole by flying to it in a hydrogen balloon. Called by a British military officer “the... Read more >
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S. A. Andree and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration
Written by Alec Wilkinson
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $11.99
In this grand and astonishing tale, Alec Wilkinson brings us the story of S. A. Andrée, the visionary Swedish aeronaut who, in 1897, during the great age of Arctic endeavor, left to discover the North Pole by flying to it in a hydrogen balloon. Called by a British military officer “the... Read more >
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The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
Written by Wade Davis
Format: Hardcover, 672 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $32.50
On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched at 23,000 feet on an ice ledge just below the lip of Mount Everest’s North Col. George Mallory, thirty-seven, was Britain’s finest climber. Sandy Irvine was a young Oxford scholar of twenty-two with little previous mountaineering experience. Neither of them... Read more >
The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
Written by Wade Davis
Format: eBook, 672 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $12.99
On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched at 23,000 feet on an ice ledge just below the lip of Mount Everest’s North Col. George Mallory, thirty-seven, was Britain’s finest climber. Sandy Irvine was a young Oxford scholar of twenty-two with little previous mountaineering experience. Neither of them... Read more >
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The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
Written by Wade Davis
Read by Enn Reitel
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $32.50
On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched at 23,000 feet on an ice ledge just below the lip of Mount Everest’s North Col. George Mallory, thirty-seven, was Britain’s finest climber. Sandy Irvine was a young Oxford scholar of twenty-two with little previous mountaineering experience. Neither of them... Read more >
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Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Written by Charles C. Mann
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $30.50
From the author of 1491—the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas—a deeply engaging new history of the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs.
More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed radically... Read more >
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Written by Charles C. Mann
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $12.99
From the author of 1491—the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas—a deeply engaging new history of the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs.
More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed radically... Read more >
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Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Written by Charles C. Mann
Read by Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $50.00
From the author of 1491—the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas—a deeply engaging new history of the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs.
More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed radically... Read more >
