44 books in History - Expeditions & Discoveries
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1493
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Written by Charles C. Mann
Read by Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $25.00
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 >
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Written by Charles C. Mann
Read by Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $25.00
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 >
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Irresistible North
From Venice to Greenland on the Trail of the Zen Brothers
Written by Andrea Di Robilant
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $9.99
From the author of A Venetian Affair and Lucia comes a charming odyssey in the path of the mysterious Zen brothers, who explored parts of the New World a century before Columbus, and became both a source of scandal and a cause célèbre among geographers in the following centuries.
This delightful... Read more >
From Venice to Greenland on the Trail of the Zen Brothers
Written by Andrea Di Robilant
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $9.99
From the author of A Venetian Affair and Lucia comes a charming odyssey in the path of the mysterious Zen brothers, who explored parts of the New World a century before Columbus, and became both a source of scandal and a cause célèbre among geographers in the following centuries.
This delightful... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Man Who Ate His Boots
The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage
Written by Anthony Brandt
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $16.95
The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage
Written by Anthony Brandt
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $16.95
After the triumphant end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the British took it upon themselves to complete something they had been trying to do since the sixteenth century: find the fabled Northwest Passage. For the next thirty-five years the British Admiralty sent out expedition after expedition to probe the ice-bound...
Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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River of Darkness
Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon
Written by Buddy Levy
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: February 22, 2011
Price: $27.00
From the acclaimed author of Conquistador comes this thrilling account of one of history’s greatest adventures of discovery. With cinematic immediacy and meticulous attention to historical detail, here is the true story of a legendary sixteenth-century explorer and his death-defying navigation of the Amazon—river of darkness, pathway to gold.
In 1541... Read more >
Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon
Written by Buddy Levy
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: February 22, 2011
Price: $27.00
From the acclaimed author of Conquistador comes this thrilling account of one of history’s greatest adventures of discovery. With cinematic immediacy and meticulous attention to historical detail, here is the true story of a legendary sixteenth-century explorer and his death-defying navigation of the Amazon—river of darkness, pathway to gold.
In 1541... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
River of Darkness
Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon
Written by Buddy Levy
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: February 22, 2011
Price: $15.99
From the acclaimed author of Conquistador comes this thrilling account of one of history’s greatest adventures of discovery. With cinematic immediacy and meticulous attention to historical detail, here is the true story of a legendary sixteenth-century explorer and his death-defying navigation of the Amazon—river of darkness, pathway to gold.
In 1541... Read more >
Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon
Written by Buddy Levy
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: February 22, 2011
Price: $15.99
From the acclaimed author of Conquistador comes this thrilling account of one of history’s greatest adventures of discovery. With cinematic immediacy and meticulous attention to historical detail, here is the true story of a legendary sixteenth-century explorer and his death-defying navigation of the Amazon—river of darkness, pathway to gold.
In 1541... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Ice Passage
A True Story of Ambition, Disaster, and Endurance in the Arctic Wilderness
Written by Brian Payton
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $19.95
A thrilling account of suffering and survival, The Ice Passage charts an epic quest from desire to destiny.
It begins as a mission of mercy. Four and a half years after the disappearance of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin and his two ships, HMS Investigator sets sail in search of them. Instead... Read more >
A True Story of Ambition, Disaster, and Endurance in the Arctic Wilderness
Written by Brian Payton
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $19.95
A thrilling account of suffering and survival, The Ice Passage charts an epic quest from desire to destiny.
It begins as a mission of mercy. Four and a half years after the disappearance of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin and his two ships, HMS Investigator sets sail in search of them. Instead... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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La ciudad perdida de Z
Written by David Grann
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $15.95
La fascinante historia de la última expedición en busca de El Dorado
En 1925, el legendario explorador británico Percy Fawcett se adentró en la selva del Amazonas, en busca de una legendaria civilización situada en lo más profundo de la mortal jungla. Nunca regresó. En esta obra maestra de la no-ficción narrativa... Read more >
Written by David Grann
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $15.95
La fascinante historia de la última expedición en busca de El Dorado
En 1925, el legendario explorador británico Percy Fawcett se adentró en la selva del Amazonas, en busca de una legendaria civilización situada en lo más profundo de la mortal jungla. Nunca regresó. En esta obra maestra de la no-ficción narrativa... Read more >
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The Man Who Ate His Boots
The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage
Written by Anthony Brandt
Read by Simon Vance
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 2, 2010
Price: $25.00
The enthralling and often harrowing history of the adventurers who searched for the Northwest Passage, the holy grail of nineteenth-century British exploration.
After the triumphant end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the British took it upon themselves to complete something they had been trying to do since the sixteenth century: find... Read more >
The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage
Written by Anthony Brandt
Read by Simon Vance
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 2, 2010
Price: $25.00
The enthralling and often harrowing history of the adventurers who searched for the Northwest Passage, the holy grail of nineteenth-century British exploration.
After the triumphant end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the British took it upon themselves to complete something they had been trying to do since the sixteenth century: find... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The Man Who Ate His Boots
The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage
Written by Anthony Brandt
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: March 2, 2010
Price: $13.99
The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage
Written by Anthony Brandt
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: March 2, 2010
Price: $13.99
After the triumphant end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the British took it upon themselves to complete something they had been trying to do since the sixteenth century: find the fabled Northwest Passage. For the next thirty-five years the British Admiralty sent out expedition after expedition to probe the ice-bound...
Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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The Lost City of Z
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Written by David Grann
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: January 26, 2010
Price: $16.95
A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, and Denver Post Bestseller
In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to... Read more >
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Written by David Grann
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: January 26, 2010
Price: $16.95
A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, and Denver Post Bestseller
In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to... Read more >
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The Book of Marvels
An Explorer's Miscellany
Written by Mark Collins Jenkins
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $30.00
In centuries past, undertaking a journey meant a voyage into the unknown, traveling for months or years into unexplored areas on the map where cartographers could only speculate "There be dragons." And those fortunate adventurers who made it home again always had fantastical tales to tell—even if sometimes they stretched the... Read more >
An Explorer's Miscellany
Written by Mark Collins Jenkins
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $30.00
In centuries past, undertaking a journey meant a voyage into the unknown, traveling for months or years into unexplored areas on the map where cartographers could only speculate "There be dragons." And those fortunate adventurers who made it home again always had fantastical tales to tell—even if sometimes they stretched the... Read more >
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Meriwether Lewis
Written by Thomas C. Danisi
Format: Hardcover, 424 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $28.99
October 11, 2009 marks the bicentennial of Meriwether Lewis’s death. As the leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition, an epic exploration of uncharted territory west of the Mississippi, Lewis has been the subject of several biographies, yet much of the published information is unreliable. A number of myths surrounding his... Read more >
Written by Thomas C. Danisi
Format: Hardcover, 424 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $28.99
October 11, 2009 marks the bicentennial of Meriwether Lewis’s death. As the leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition, an epic exploration of uncharted territory west of the Mississippi, Lewis has been the subject of several biographies, yet much of the published information is unreliable. A number of myths surrounding his... Read more >
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The Lost City of Z
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Written by David Grann
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $27.50
A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death, madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy... Read more >
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Written by David Grann
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $27.50
A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death, madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The Lost City of Z
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Written by David Grann
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $11.99
A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, and Denver Post Bestseller
In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to... Read more >
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Written by David Grann
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $11.99
A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, and Denver Post Bestseller
In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Lost City of Z
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Written by David Grann
Read by Mark Deakins
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $39.95
A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death, madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy... Read more >
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Written by David Grann
Read by Mark Deakins
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $39.95
A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death, madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy... Read more >
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The Lost City of Z
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Written by David Grann
Read by Mark Deakins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $20.00
A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death, madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy... Read more >
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Written by David Grann
Read by Mark Deakins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $20.00
A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death, madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy... Read more >
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National Geographic Society Exploration Experience
The Heroic Exploits of the World's Greatest Explorers
Written by Beau Riffenburgh
Format: Non-traditional book, 80 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $50.00
Filled with names that made and changed the course of history, National Geographic Society Exploration Experience takes readers on a thrilling voyage of discovery—in a fun and dynamic format that’s unique in today’s reference market. From the travels of Erik the Red through the journeys of Marco Polo to the heroic... Read more >
The Heroic Exploits of the World's Greatest Explorers
Written by Beau Riffenburgh
Format: Non-traditional book, 80 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $50.00
Filled with names that made and changed the course of history, National Geographic Society Exploration Experience takes readers on a thrilling voyage of discovery—in a fun and dynamic format that’s unique in today’s reference market. From the travels of Erik the Red through the journeys of Marco Polo to the heroic... Read more >
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Finding Atlantis
A True Story of Genius, Madness, and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World
Written by David King
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: July 25, 2006
Price: $13.95
The Untold Story of One Man's Quest for a Lost World
In 1679, Renaissance man Olof Rudbeck stunned the world. He proposed that an ancient lost civilization once thrived in the far north of his native Sweden: the fabled Atlantis. Rudbeck would spend the last thirty years of his life hunting for... Read more >
A True Story of Genius, Madness, and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World
Written by David King
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: July 25, 2006
Price: $13.95
The Untold Story of One Man's Quest for a Lost World
In 1679, Renaissance man Olof Rudbeck stunned the world. He proposed that an ancient lost civilization once thrived in the far north of his native Sweden: the fabled Atlantis. Rudbeck would spend the last thirty years of his life hunting for... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Finding Atlantis
A True Story of Genius, Madness, and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World
Written by David King
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: June 7, 2005
Price: $9.99
The untold story of a fascinating Renaissance man on an adventurous hunt for a lost civilization—an epic quest through castles, courts, mythologies, and the spectacular world of the imagination.
What do Zeus, Apollo, and the gods of Mount Olympus have in common with Odin, Thor, and the gods of Valhalla? What do... Read more >
A True Story of Genius, Madness, and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World
Written by David King
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: June 7, 2005
Price: $9.99
The untold story of a fascinating Renaissance man on an adventurous hunt for a lost civilization—an epic quest through castles, courts, mythologies, and the spectacular world of the imagination.
What do Zeus, Apollo, and the gods of Mount Olympus have in common with Odin, Thor, and the gods of Valhalla? What do... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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