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Rowing the Northwest Passage

Rowing the Northwest Passage

Adventure, Fear, and Awe in a Rising Sea
by Kevin Vallely
edition:Paperback
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tagged : adventure, polar regions, extreme sports

"Vallely transports the reader to places few will ever go: the very edges of the earth and of human endurance."
—Evan Solomon

In this gripping first-hand account, four seasoned adventurers navigate a sophisticated, high-tech rowboat across the Northwest Passage. One of the "last firsts" remaining in the adventure world, this journey is only possib …

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Dirty Kids

Dirty Kids

Chasing Freedom with America's Nomads
by Chris Urquhart, foreword by Micah White, photographs by Kitra Cahana
edition:Paperback
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"An illuminating and memorable twenty-first-century journey. From this angle, Burning Man looks bourgeois." —Ted Conover, author of Newjack and The Routes of Man

At age twenty-two, writer Chris Urquhart left a life of middle-class comfort to document the lives of these young nomads for a magazine feature. Captivated, she followed them for three mo …

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Arthur

Arthur

The Dog Who Crossed the Jungle to find a Home
by Mikael Lindnord
edition:eBook
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The epic true story of one man, a dog, and how they found each other

As seen on an ESPN SC Featured documentary

When you're racing 435 miles through the jungles and mountains of South America, the last thing you need is a stray dog tagging along. But that's exactly what happened to Mikael Lindnord, captain of a Swedish adventure racing team, when he …

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Dirty Kids

Dirty Kids

Chasing Freedom with America's Nomads
photographs by Kitra Cahana, by Chris Urquhart, foreword by Micah White
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also available: Paperback
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"An illuminating and memorable twenty-first-century journey. From this angle, Burning Man looks bourgeois." —Ted Conover, author of Newjack and The Routes of Man

At age twenty-two, writer Chris Urquhart left a life of middle-class comfort to document the lives of these young nomads for a magazine feature. Captivated, she followed them for three mo …

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Sea Kayaking

Sea Kayaking

The Classic Manual for Touring, from Day Trips to Major Expeditions
by John Dowd, foreword by Freya Hoffmeister
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook Paperback
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tagged : kayaking, adventure

Sea Kayaking covers the basics of equipment and technique, including types of paddles and strokes, as well as such essential skills as how to read the weather and the water, how to navigate with and without GPS and how to travel with a group.

Still regarded as “the bible” for both new and experienced kayakers after more than thirty years in prin …

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Paddlenorth

Paddlenorth

Adventure, Resilience, and Renewal in the Arctic Wild
by Jennifer Kingsley
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook Paperback
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tagged : wilderness, canoeing, adventure, expeditions & discoveries

In an adventure of a lifetime, Jennifer Kingsley and her five companions canoe through one of the planet’s most rugged settings. They battle raging winds, impenetrable sea ice, treacherous rapids, and agonizing sores and blisters while contending with rising tensions among the group. But they also experience the lasting joy of grizzly sightings, …

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Olive Odyssey

Olive Odyssey

Searching for the Secrets of the Fruit That Seduced the World
by Julie Angus
edition:Hardcover
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tagged : world, history, adventure

When Julie Angus visits her relatives in Syria, where they continue a centuries-old tradition of making olive oil, she understands that the olive is at the very core of who they are. Her curiosity piqued, she begins to wonder about the origins and history of this fruit that has meant so much to them. Angus, her husband, and their ten-month-old son …

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Little Ship of Fools

Little Ship of Fools

Sixteen Rowers, One Improbable Boat, Seven Tumultuous Weeks on the Atlantic
by Charles Wilkins
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The dramatic and hilarious story of risk and survival, as well as the importance of our connections to the planet, on a human-powered journey across the ocean

It was to be an expedition like no other—a run across the Atlantic from Morocco to Barbados aboard an experimental rowboat. There would be no support vessel, no stored water, no sails or mot …

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Polar Wives

Polar Wives

The Remarkable Women behind the World's Most Daring Explorers
by Kari Herbert, foreword by Jon Bowermaster
edition:Paperback
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tagged : adventure, adventurers & explorers, women

The compelling stories of seven adventurous women.

Polar explorers were the superstars of the "heroic age" of exploration, a period spanning the Victorian and Edwardian eras. In this engaging book, author Kari Herbert explores the unpredictable, often heartbreaking lives of seven remarkable women whose husbands became world-famous for their Arctic a …

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Snakebit

Snakebit

Confessions of a Herpetologist
by Leslie Anthony
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also available: Hardcover
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tagged : reptiles & amphibians, personal memoirs, adventure

Snakebit traces the author’s journey from a childhood fascination with snakes and amphibians, through academic flirtation, to professional association with some of the world’s greatest herpetologists. It leads the reader through desert, swamp, jungle, and lab to reveal the strange world of these cryptic creatures and the often stranger fraterni …

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White Planet

White Planet

A Mad Dash through Modern Global Ski Culture
by Leslie Anthony
edition:eBook
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tagged : skiing, adventure

"p class=""book_description"">""Brilliant, funny, evocative. Made me want to ski now. Hands down the best ski-travel book ever written. But then, what else would you expect from the master of ski travel?"" -- Jake Bogoch, former editor of SKIER

A fun and informative look at the global ski revolution from one of its long-time devotees.

Writer, adventu …

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Rowboat in a Hurricane

Rowboat in a Hurricane

My Amazing Journey Across a Changing Atlantic Ocean
by Julie Angus
edition:eBook
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""Like many other adventurers before her, Angus bravely sacrificed a host of human comforts to give us a glimpse into an experience most of us wouldn't dare dream of. At the same time, she humbly inspires us to make a small effort to reverse the tide."" -- Ottawa Citizen

In 2005–06, Julie Angus rowed 10,000 kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean, b …

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