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North By A Thumb

by Warren X. Ison ...

Why would a perfectly respectable, more or less sensible husband, father, and teacher, hitchhike to Alaska? One of his favorite quotes was from Edward Mallory'who, when asked why he climbed Mt. Everest, responded "because it was there." That sums up his approach to life. Why go somewhere's? Because it's there.Warren Ison came from a family known for itchy feet. His ancestors were early settlers in ... Read more

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Why would a perfectly respectable, more or less sensible husband, father, and teacher, hitchhike to Alaska? One of his favorite quotes was from Edward Mallory'who, when asked why he climbed Mt. Everest, responded "because it was there." That sums up his approach to life. Why go somewhere's? Because it's there.Warren Ison came from a family known for itchy feet. His ancestors were early settlers in
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Across the Plains of Angar

The Adventures of the Galileo Surviors on Angar, #2

by Warren X. Ison ...

Series Book 2 - The Adventures of the Galileo Surviors on Angar
It has been four years since an explosion and fire on the exploration ship Galileo forced the seven survivors to land on the planet Angar, the story told in Across the Plains of Angar. A crash landing near the equator put them in the Hotmo Empire where they were captured. The three women among the survivors were kept as hostages by the Hotmo king, while the men were made to be Godly Messengers, ... Read more

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It has been four years since an explosion and fire on the exploration ship Galileo forced the seven survivors to land on the planet Angar, the story told in Across the Plains of Angar. A crash landing near the equator put them in the Hotmo Empire where they were captured. The three women among the survivors were kept as hostages by the Hotmo king, while the men were made to be Godly Messengers,
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Across the Seas of Angar

The Adventures of the Galileo Surviors on Angar, #1

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Series Book 1 - The Adventures of the Galileo Surviors on Angar
Angar has circled the Mother-Star four hundred times since Tonka Loah, a scholar and philosopher and a noble of the Hotmo Empire, led a band of followers away from the slavery, serfdom, and rigid theocracy of the Empire and founded a new country. With four small ships, he sailed north, across the seas of the world of Angar, to the unexplored continent of Batalaka. His band found their way into the ... Read more

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Angar has circled the Mother-Star four hundred times since Tonka Loah, a scholar and philosopher and a noble of the Hotmo Empire, led a band of followers away from the slavery, serfdom, and rigid theocracy of the Empire and founded a new country. With four small ships, he sailed north, across the seas of the world of Angar, to the unexplored continent of Batalaka. His band found their way into the
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Klondike

The Last Great Gold Rush, 1896-1899

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With the building of the railroad and the settlement of the plains, the North West was opening up. The Klondike stampede was a wild interlude in the epic story of western development, and here are its dramatic tales of hardship, heroism, and villainy. We meet Soapy Smith, dictator of Skagway; Swiftwater Bill Gates, who bathed in champagne; Silent Sam Bonnifield, who lost and won back a hotel in a ... Read more

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With the building of the railroad and the settlement of the plains, the North West was opening up. The Klondike stampede was a wild interlude in the epic story of western development, and here are its dramatic tales of hardship, heroism, and villainy. We meet Soapy Smith, dictator of Skagway; Swiftwater Bill Gates, who bathed in champagne; Silent Sam Bonnifield, who lost and won back a hotel in a
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The Lost Continent

Travels in Small Town America

by Bill Bryson ...

"I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to."And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn't hold him, but it did lure him back. After ten years in England he returned to the land of his youth, and drove almost 14,000 miles in search of a mythical small town called Amalgam, the kind of smiling village where the movies from his youth were set. Instead he drove through a series ... Read more

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"I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to."And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn't hold him, but it did lure him back. After ten years in England he returned to the land of his youth, and drove almost 14,000 miles in search of a mythical small town called Amalgam, the kind of smiling village where the movies from his youth were set. Instead he drove through a series
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The Ice Pilots

Flying with the Mavericks of the Great White North

by Michael Vlessides ...

As seen on TV!The Ice Pilots follows renegade Arctic airline Buffalo Airways, and pilots who defy the cold and the competition by using WWII era propeller planes likes the DC-3 to haul vital fuel, supplies, and passengers to remote outposts across the world’s last great wilderness. From rookie pilots trying to earn their wings in sometimes hellish conditions to vintage planes that flew over ... Read more

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As seen on TV!The Ice Pilots follows renegade Arctic airline Buffalo Airways, and pilots who defy the cold and the competition by using WWII era propeller planes likes the DC-3 to haul vital fuel, supplies, and passengers to remote outposts across the world’s last great wilderness. From rookie pilots trying to earn their wings in sometimes hellish conditions to vintage planes that flew over
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Hiking Through

One Man's Journey to Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail

by Paul Stutzman ...

After Paul Stutzman lost his wife to breast cancer, he sensed a tug on his heart--the call to a challenge, the call to pursue a dream. Paul left his stable career, traveled to Georgia, and took his first steps on the Appalachian Trail. What he learned during the next four and a half months changed his life--and will change readers' lives as well.In Hiking Through, readers will join Paul on his ... Read more

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After Paul Stutzman lost his wife to breast cancer, he sensed a tug on his heart--the call to a challenge, the call to pursue a dream. Paul left his stable career, traveled to Georgia, and took his first steps on the Appalachian Trail. What he learned during the next four and a half months changed his life--and will change readers' lives as well.In Hiking Through, readers will join Paul on his
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The Klondike Fever: The Life And Death Of The Last Great Gold Rush

by Pierre Berton ...

"Absolutely first-rate."—The New YorkerThis thrilling story is at once first-rate history and first-rate entertainment. Incredible events occurred in North America after a decrepit steamboat docked at Seattle in 1897 containing two tons of pure gold. So frenzied was the clash for gold and so scant was information about conditions in the Klondike that the rush for riches became a kind of fabulous ... Read more

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"Absolutely first-rate."—The New YorkerThis thrilling story is at once first-rate history and first-rate entertainment. Incredible events occurred in North America after a decrepit steamboat docked at Seattle in 1897 containing two tons of pure gold. So frenzied was the clash for gold and so scant was information about conditions in the Klondike that the rush for riches became a kind of fabulous
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Coming into the Country

by John McPhee ...

Coming into the Country is an unforgettable account of Alaska and Alaskans. It is a rich tapestry of vivid characters, observed landscapes, and descriptive narrative, in three principal segments that deal, respectively, with a total wilderness, with urban Alaska, and with life in the remoteness of the bush.Readers of McPhee's earlier books will not be unprepared for his surprising shifts of scene ... Read more

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Coming into the Country is an unforgettable account of Alaska and Alaskans. It is a rich tapestry of vivid characters, observed landscapes, and descriptive narrative, in three principal segments that deal, respectively, with a total wilderness, with urban Alaska, and with life in the remoteness of the bush.Readers of McPhee's earlier books will not be unprepared for his surprising shifts of scene
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Ten For The Road -- Motorcycle, Travel and Adventure Stories

Ten For The Road, #1

by Brian R. Salisbury ...

Series Book 1 - Ten For The Road
Ten for the Road gives you a mix of travel and adventure stories and observations drawn from my many years of motorcycle jaunts throughout the United States and Canada to popular destinations and rides down roads less traveled.Even if you don't ride a motorcycle, you'll finds plenty of travel information, adventure stories and lots more to enjoy in this book.Experience with me…Visit Woodstock ... Read more

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Ten for the Road gives you a mix of travel and adventure stories and observations drawn from my many years of motorcycle jaunts throughout the United States and Canada to popular destinations and rides down roads less traveled.Even if you don't ride a motorcycle, you'll finds plenty of travel information, adventure stories and lots more to enjoy in this book.Experience with me…Visit Woodstock
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Alaskan Travels

Far-Flung Tales of Love and Adventure

by Edward Hoagland, Howard Frank Mosher ...

Thirty years ago, celebrated American writer Edward Hoagland, in his early fifties and already with a dozen acclaimed books under his belt, had a choice: a midlife crisis or a midlife adventure. He chose the adventure.Pencil and notebook at the ready, Hoagland set out to explore and write about one of the last truly wild territories remaining on the face of the earth: Alaska. From the Arctic Ocean ... Read more

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Thirty years ago, celebrated American writer Edward Hoagland, in his early fifties and already with a dozen acclaimed books under his belt, had a choice: a midlife crisis or a midlife adventure. He chose the adventure.Pencil and notebook at the ready, Hoagland set out to explore and write about one of the last truly wild territories remaining on the face of the earth: Alaska. From the Arctic Ocean
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River-Horse

A Voyage Across America

by William Least Heat-Moon ...

New York Times bestseller: "A coast-to-coast journey by way of great rivers, conducted by a contemporary master of travel writing" ( Kirkus Reviews).In this memoir brimming with history, humor, and wisdom, the author of Blue Highways and PrairyErth "voyages across the country, from Atlantic to Pacific, almost entirely by its rivers, lakes and canals in a small outboard-powered boat" ( San ... Read more

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New York Times bestseller: "A coast-to-coast journey by way of great rivers, conducted by a contemporary master of travel writing" ( Kirkus Reviews).In this memoir brimming with history, humor, and wisdom, the author of Blue Highways and PrairyErth "voyages across the country, from Atlantic to Pacific, almost entirely by its rivers, lakes and canals in a small outboard-powered boat" ( San
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