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Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Publication Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xi, 243 pages : black and white map ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Two-Headed Whale vividly brings to life the spectacular scenery and wildlife of the vast Southern Oceans, set alongside the true-life story of Anthony Ford, the boy in the grave, as he sailed the same seas and toiled in an industry where profits outranked human life. Drawing together threads of nature and travel writing with an unflinching narrative of life aboard a whaling factory ship and the legacy it left behind, The Two-Headed Whale leaves...
Author
Publication Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York's Lower East Side who stowed away on the most remarkable feat of science and daring of the Jazz Age, The Stowaway is "a thrilling adventure that captures not only the making of a man but of a nation" (David Grann, bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon).
It was 1928: a time of illicit booze, of Gatsby and Babe Ruth, of freewheeling fun. The Great War...
It was 1928: a time of illicit booze, of Gatsby and Babe Ruth, of freewheeling fun. The Great War...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Publication Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xi, 279 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : map, color portraits and photographs ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Colin O'Brady's awe-inspiring memoir spans his triumphant recovery from a tragic accident to his gripping 932-mile solo crossing of Antarctica. Prior to December 2018, no individual had ever crossed the landmass of Antarctica alone, without support and completely human powered. Yet, Colin O'Brady was determined to do just that, even if, ten years earlier, there was doubt that he'd ever walk again normally. From the depths of a tragic accident, he...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Publication Date
2024
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and text explore the frozen landscapes of the polar regions, and provide information about the flora and fauna that survive in the hostile conditions.