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"The Rosetta Stone is one of the most famous objects in the world, attracting millions of visitors to the British Museum ever year, and yet most people don't really know what it is. Discovered in a pile of rubble in 1799, this slab of stone proved to be the key to unlocking a lost language that baffled scholars for centuries. Carved in ancient Egypt, the Rosetta Stone carried the same message in different languages-in Greek using Greek letters, and...
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"When Silvia's mother called her home to Peru, she knew something finally had to give. A Latinx hero in the elite macho tech world of Silicon Valley, privately, she was hanging by a thread. She was deep in the throes of alcoholism, hiding her sexuality from her family, and repressing the abuse she'd suffered as a child. Her visit to Peru would become a turning point in her life. Silvia started climbing. Something about the brute force required for...
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In the predawn hours of July 10, 2014, the son of Alaskan scientist and National Geographic Explorer Roman Dial walked alone into Corcovado National Park, an untracked rainforest along Costa Rica's remote Pacific Coast. He carried a light backpack and machete. Cody emailed his father that he would do 4 days in the jungle and a day to walk out. He was never seen again. The authorities suspected murder. Dial was forced to confront the question: Was...
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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Since Robert Falcon Scott's expedition to the South Pole in 1910-1912, controversy has raged about the correct interpretation of and explanation for the tragedy. Some writers have drawn a picture of Scott as a bumbling incompetent, whose lack of experience and preparation condemned his men to their deaths. Aspley Cherry-Garrard's account The Worst Journey in the World...
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In 1526 Carlos I of Spain granted Pánfilo de Narváez a license to claim what is now the Gulf Coast of the United States. Pánfilo de Narváez set sail in 1527 to conquer and settle present day Florida. Setting out with a crew of approximately 600 members ultimately only four members would survive the ill-fated expedition. The journey would take these four survivors from Spain to Hispaniola and Cuba and then onto Florida. Sailing through a hurricane...
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I hope you will learn through reading this that my decision-making skills sometimes need a bit of help, but, that it all works out fine in the end.
I feel I have been tremendously lucky and privileged to have had the lives (yes, it does feel like more than one) I've had. I've loved all of the 103 countries I have visited.
The people who have had walk-on or more starring roles in my story have helped shape me into the Buddha lookalike I've grown...
7) Reversa
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Reversa, preparados para los días que vienen, obra de 28 capítulos, cuyo título es el final de la serie de libros para películas «Calor Humano», trata sobre la vida de un hombre empleado en una Organización privada, la cual perdió el rumbo con acciones moralmente reprochables, afectando su vida personal y la de su familia. Tras su renuncia a la misma, su única prioridad será rescatar a su hija pequeña y mantenerla a salvo de los desquiciados...
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Many of my friends who know me well and know some of my experiences insist I should write an autobiography because many people will find them fascinating.
My life has been about my spiritual, and paranormal explorations of the world, and studies of our universe. These views are discussed in over one hundred books, which is detailed near the end of this autobiography.
These stories include a spirit attacking me, many prophecies of mine, some of which...
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The Travels of Marco Polo is unquestionably one of the world’s greatest travel books and the memoir of the West’s most famous traveler. Composed in 1298, the book describes Marco Polos travels across the entire continent of Asia and provides the only comprehensive travelogue of a European traveler in the East in the Middle Ages.
In a magisterial geographical sweep, The Travels of Marco Polo traces Polos epic journey to the farthest reaches of...
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A travelogue detailing Charles Dickens's tour of North America. In January of 1842, Charles Dickens and his wife, Kate, traveled from Liverpool to Boston. At the time, Dickens had already attained a tremendous level of literary success and fame, and the author hoped his travels would help him gain insight into the New World that had captivated the English imagination. Over the ensuing 6 months, Dickens explored the East Coast and Great Lakes regions...
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A Brown Man in Russia describes the fantastical travels of a young, colored American traveler as he backpacks across Russia in the middle of winter via the Trans-Siberian. The book is a hybrid between the curmudgeonly travelogues of Paul Theroux and the philosophical works of Robert Pirsig.
Styled in the vein of Hofstadter, the author lays out a series of absurd, but true stories followed by a deeper rumination on what they mean and why they matter....
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Casanova was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century. He has become so famous for his often complicated and elaborate affairs with women that his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". He associated with European royalty, popes and cardinals, along with luminaries such as Voltaire, Goethe...
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"Un pueblo antiguo, el primero y legítimo dueño del continente americano, se deshace día a día como la nieve bajo los rayos del sol y, a la vista de todos, desaparece de la faz de la tierra. En sus propias tierras, y usurpando su lugar, otra raza se desarrolla con rapidez aun mayor; arrasa los bosques y seca los pantanos; lagos grandes como mares y ríos inmensos se oponen vanamente a su marcha triunfal."
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14) Metamorphosis
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If you enjoyed ALIBI MIKE, you will enjoy following the twists and turns that accompany a failed attempt to drive the Pan American Highway. Nursing a broken heart, body, and car, you'll follow Kim's adventures and romance, finding his way back to Alaska. The book is available at Lewis Publishing, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble, also, through your local bookstore.
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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879) is a work of travel literature by British explorer Isabella Bird. Adventurous from a young age, Bird gained a reputation as a writer and photographer interested in nature and the stories and cultures of people around the world. A bestselling author and the first woman inducted into the Royal Geographical Society, Bird is recognized today as a pioneering woman whose contributions to travel writing, exploration,...
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This book allows the reader to experience a foretaste of what life is like on the Appalachian Trail. The daily journal entries of all 162 days, along with photos of each of those days, shares the reality of what the AT can and will throw at you each-and-every day.
The anticipation is that this book could be used as a guide for any individual who is thinking and/or planning a hike on the Appalachian Trail, whether it be a short weekend outing, a two...
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At the beginning there was the empty thick darkness of the Ghayhamm, at the end which is in 2039 there will be nothing but the consuming black matters of the Ghayhamm, in between there was the Game, the bet and the development of mankind ,in the 8th century the world was heading towards great prosperity and peaceful coexistence and a pact was signed by the superpowers of that time , the pact of Harun was signed in Baghdad and for four centuries the...
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After being stuck journaling, Steve decided the best way to capture his feelings with what he saw was to write it in a poem. On the Path of the Lone Wolf, it compiles interesting thoughts, poems, and pictures. This book is a must read for those who have hiked the Appalachian Trail and understand those feelings, as well as those who would like it.
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“Journey Across Time” opens a window to life in South Asia, which has changed vastly since Susan Gillerman Boggs began living there as a diplomat's wife in 1985. In a captivating first-person narrative, Boggs takes the reader to remote places, many now closed to visitors. She describes experiences both exotic and hilarious, and adventures impossible to replicate. The author invites us to share the color and pageantry of festivals, religious rites,...
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