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  • Night Soil

    The Cultural History of Shit

    Vital yet repulsive, sacred and profane, waste is one of humanity’s greatest paradoxes, and it is in this murky, complicated space that it has forged its unique power. Night Soil invites readers to confront what we all share but refuse to acknowledge—and in doing so, reveals the strange, essential, and world-shaping story of shit.Shit is everywhere. Shit is nowhere. It is universal, unavoidable, ... Read more

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  • Amundsen's Way

    The Race to the South Pole

    What would you do to be the first? The gripping tale of the great Norwegian explorer's courage, determination and ruthlessness in the race to the South Pole.How will history view Roald Amundsen? Will he be remembered for his daring deeds, his discipline, or merely his deception?Roald Amundsen - hero or villain? Amundsen's South Polar conquest is an extraordinary tale that combines risk, intrigue ... Read more

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  • Into the White

    Scott's Antarctic Odyssey

    The enthralling and harrowing true story of Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, with evocative photographs, and illustrations by Sarah Lippett.Together, they have taken on the greatest march ever made and come very near to great success; never giving up, and never giving up on each other.This is the story of Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica and the ... Read more

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  • Shackleton's Endurance

    An Antarctic Survival Story

    Ernest Shackleton's remarkable story is a terrifying adventure with the happiest of endings - another brilliant narrative non-fiction Antarctic adventure featuring an explorer who was a true polar hero.Adrift on the Antarctic pack ice with no means of escape and no hope of rescue, Ernest Shackleton and his men are surely doomed.In August 1914, Ernest Shackleton and his men set sail for Antarctica, ... Read more

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  • Mawson in Antarctica

    To the Ends of the Earth

    Douglas Mawson is a national hero and Antarctic explorer, famous for one of the most extraordinary feats of endurance in the history of polar exploration. His amazing story is brought vividly to life in compelling narrative non-fiction by the acclaimed author of Into the White: Scott's Antarctic Odyssey, Amundsen's Way and Shackleton's Endurance.Antarctica. Winter 1912.Hunkering down in the ... Read more

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  • Tom Crean

    Ice Man

    by Michael Smith ...
    Tom Crean ran away from his Kerry home, aged 15, to join the British navy in 1893. He travelled to the Antarctic with the famous explorers, Scott and Shackleton. He explored the unknown, crossed ice fields and wild oceans and courageously saved friends from death. ... Read more

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  • Shackleton

    The Boss

    by Michael Smith ...
    This inspiring story of Ernest Shackleton, whose men called him 'The Boss', involved four expeditions to Antarctica between 1901 and 1922. His incredible adventures included a breathtaking march to within a few miles of the South Pole and the amazing saga of hardship and survival on the famous Endurance expedition. * Also by Michael Smith: Tom Crean, Ice Man. ... Read more

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  • I Am Canada: Deadly Voyage

    R.M.S. Titanic, Jamie Laidlaw, April 14, 1912

    by Hugh Brewster ...
    Series series I Am Canada
    Historical fact and fiction blend in this riveting novel set aboard the Titanic.Fourteen-year-old Jamie Laidlaw is returning to Canada from England aboard the Titanic. In his four days on board, he busies himself with new friends, finding ways to explore the ship's forbidden areas, and generally landing himself in trouble.When disaster strikes and the horrifying scramble for survival ensues, Jamie ... Read more

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  • The Winter Pony

    by Iain Lawrence ...
    In the forests of Siberia, in the first years of the 20th century, a white pony runs free with his herd. But his life changes forever when he's captured by men. Years of hard work and cruelty wear him out. When he's chosen to be one of 20 ponies to accompany the Englishman Robert Falcon Scott on his quest to become the first to reach the South Pole, he doesn't know what to expect. But the men of ... Read more

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  • The Catalpa Adventure

    Escape to Freedom

    In April 1875, the whaler 'Catalpa' sailed from New Bedford in America, embarking on a hair-raising seafaring mission. Its destination was Fremantle, Western Australia; its goal to rescue six Fenian prisoners from the toughest prison there. The Irishmen, convicted of treason against the British Queen and regarded as traitors, were suffering from hunger, overwork and disease. Fearing they would die ... Read more

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  • The Captain's Log

    by Hans Mateboer ...
    Cruise ships can be compared to small floating cities and unlike their counterparts ashore they actually move around. This makes them unique as one day a ship can be found in Manhattan and a few weeks later she could be in the South China Sea. This book is about ânormal' everyday people who sail on these ships who just like their counterparts ashore do have their faults their hopes and at times ... Read more

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  • The Pearl-shell Diver: A Story of adventure from the Torres Strait

    by Kay Crabbe ...
    Sario lives with his family on a remote Torres Strait island, which he never wants to leave - but the winds of change are stirring. The year is 1898 and the pearl-shell trade is at its height. When his father is coerced to join a white trader on his pearling lugger, thirteen-year-old Sario must go to work as a swimming diver to support the family. He can earn more as a pump diver, and is excited ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD