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Novedades
In Barbary
de E. Alexander Powell
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Published
- 1926
- Encuadernación
- Some marginalia and underlining
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Missoula, Montana, USA
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EUR 14.14
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Presents narratives of the author's adventures and travels in North Africa in late 19th century and early 20th century. Precio
EUR 14.14
Wind, Sand and Stars
de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Published
- April 12, 1967
- ISBN
- 9780156970907
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- 1
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Missoula, Montana, USA
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EUR 5.66
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The National Book Award-winning autobiographical book about the wonder of flying from Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author of the beloved children's classic The Little Prince. Precio
EUR 5.66
Lost City of the Incas
de Hiram Bingham
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- Usado - Good
- Published
- October 28, 2003
- ISBN
- 9781842125854
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Missoula, Montana, USA
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EUR 5.66
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In 1911 Hiram Bingham, a pre-historian with a love of exotic destinations, set out to Peru in search of the legendary city of Vilcabamba, capital city of the last Inca ruler, Manco Inca. With a combination of doggedness and good fortune he stumbled on the perfectly preserved ruins of Machu Picchu perched on a cloud-capped ledge 2000 feet above the… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Twenty-Ninth Day
de Alex Messenger
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- Usado - Good
- ISBN
- 9780194091242
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Missoula, Montana, USA
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EUR 7.54
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This true-life wilderness survival epic recounts seventeen-year-old Alex Messenger's near-lethal encounter with a grizzly bear during a canoe trip in the Canadian tundra. The story follows Alex and his five companions as they paddle north through harrowing rapids and stunning terrain. Twenty-nine days into the trip, while out hiking alone, Alex is attacked by a barren-ground grizzly. Left for dead,… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Tough Trip Through Paradise
de Andrew Garcia
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- Usado - Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fair
- Published
- 1967
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Missoula, Montana, USA
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EUR 23.56
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This book grew out of a manuscript left by Andrew Garcia on his death in 1942. Ben Stein acquired the manuscript and edited it to tell Garcia's story of the 1877 war between the U.S. government and the Nez Perce people, the end of the buffalo herds and other historic events in western life. Precio
EUR 23.56
Ada Blackjack
de Jennifer Niven
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Published
- November 3, 2004
- ISBN
- 9780786887460
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Missoula, Montana, USA
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EUR 8.48
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In 1921, four men and one woman ventured deep into the Arctic. Two years later, only one returned.
When 23-year-old Inuit Ada Blackjack signed on as a seamstress for a top-secret Arctic expedition, her goal was simple: earn money and find a husband. But her terrifying experiences--both in the wild and back in civilization--comprise one of the most amazing untold adventures… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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In the Land of White Death
de Valerian Albanov
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- Usado - Good
- Published
- September 4, 2001
- ISBN
- 9780679783619
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Missoula, Montana, USA
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EUR 6.60
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In 1912, the Saint Anna, a Russian exploration vessel in search of fertile hunting grounds, was frozen into the polar ice cap, trapping her crew aboard. For nearly a year and a half, they struggled to stay alive. As all hope of rescue faded, they realized their best chance of survival might be to set out on foot, across hundreds… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 6.60
Accidents in North American Climbing 2020
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Published
- 2020
- ISBN
- 9781735695617
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Missoula, Montana, USA
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EUR 7.54
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Accidents in North American Climbing documents more than 100 climbing accidents in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, with expert analysis of mistakes and prevention tips. This year's two-part "Know the Ropes" section offers an in-depth look at avalanche safety for climbers. Part I covers spring and summer mountaineering, and Part II details the avalanche issues facing ice climbers. This… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Storm & Sorrow in the High Pamirs
de Robert W Craig
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- Usado - Good-
- Published
- 1977
- ISBN
- 9780916890599
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- 1
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Missoula, Montana, USA
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EUR 16.97
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This is a truly sad and chilling book. Grief and pathos burst from its covers. It is an account of the 1974 American Pamirs/USSR Expedition. So much death and fear and so concentrated in place and time has never been recorded in climbing history. Over a period of a few weeks, earthquakes set off avalanches that killed one American, nine… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Emerald Mile
de Kevin Fedarko
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- Usado - Good
- Published
- 2014-07
- ISBN
- 9781439159866
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- 1
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Missoula, Montana, USA
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EUR 9.43
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In the spring of 1983, massive flooding along the length of the Colorado River confronted a team of engineers at the Glen Canyon Dam with an unprecedented emergency that may have resulted in the most catastrophic dam failure in history. In the midst of this crisis, the decision to launch a small wooden dory named "The Emerald Mile" at the… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
de Laurence Gonzales
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- Usado - Good
- Published
- October 30, 2004
- ISBN
- 9780393326154
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- 1
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Missoula, Montana, USA
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EUR 13.20
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Laurence Gonzalez combines hard science and powerful storytelling to illustrate the mysteries of survival, whether in the wilderness or in meeting any of life's great challenges. This gripping narrative, the first book to describe the art and science of survival, will change the way you see the world. Everyone has a mountain to climb. Everyone has a wilderness inside. Precio
EUR 13.20
Touching The Void
de Joe Simpson
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Published
- 1998-01-27
- ISBN
- 9780099771012
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Missoula, Montana, USA
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EUR 7.54
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While climbing in the Peruvian Andes, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates came face to face with disaster. Simpson fell and broke his leg and then was lost. As his partner Yates was starting to break camp four days later, Simpson crawled in through a blizzard. How both men overcame those four harrowing days is an epic chronicle of fear and… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Into the Planet
de Jill Heinerth
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Published
- 2019
- ISBN
- 9780062691545
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Missoula, Montana, USA
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EUR 9.43
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More people have died exploring underwater caves than climbing Mount Everest, and we know more about deep space than we do about the depths of our oceans. From one of the top cave divers working today--and one of the very few women in her field--Into the Planet blends science, adventure, and memoir to bring readers face-to-face with the terror and… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Ice Master
de Jennifer Niven
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- Usado - Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good
- Published
- November 2000
- Encuadernación
- Ex-library
- ISBN
- 9780786865291
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Missoula, Montana, USA
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EUR 8.01
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The Karluk set out in 1913 in search of an undiscovered continent, with the largest scientific staff ever sent into the Arctic. Soon after, winter had begun, they were blown off course by polar storms, the ship became imprisoned in ice, and the expedition was abandoned by its leader. Hundreds of miles from civilization, the castaways had no choice but… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 8.01
Weird and Tragic Shores
de Chauncey Loomis
- Estado
- Usado - Fair
- Published
- April 4, 2000
- ISBN
- 9780375755255
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Missoula, Montana, USA
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EUR 6.13
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In 1860, fifteen years after Sir John Franklin's ill-fated expedition disappeared in the Arctic, a Cincinnati businessman named Charles Francis Hall set out to locate and rescue the expedition's survivors. He was an amateur explorer, without any scientific training or experience, but he was driven by a sense of personal destiny and of religious and patriotic mission. Despite the odds… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Starlight and Storm
de Gaston Rebuffat
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- Usado - Fair
- Published
- September 7, 1999
- ISBN
- 9780375755064
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Missoula, Montana, USA
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EUR 7.07
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Known for his lyrical writing and his ability to convey not only the dangers of mountaineering but the pure exaltation of the climb, Gaston Rebuffat is among the most well-known and revered Alpinists of all time. He rose to international prominence in 1950 as one of the four principal stalwarts in the first ascent of Annapurna, the highest mountain climbed… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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A Whale Hunt
de Robert Sullivan
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Published
- 2000
- ISBN
- 9780965080446
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Missoula, Montana, USA
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EUR 8.01
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In the fall of 1997, Robert Sullivan arrived in Neah Bay, a tiny town on the most northwestern tip of America, home to the Makah, a Native American tribe. For centuries the hunting of the whale was what defined the tribe, but when commercial whaling drove the gray whale to near extinction in the 1920s, the Makah voluntarily discontinued their… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Shameless Diary of an Explorer
de Robert Dunn
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- Usado - Fair
- Published
- 2001-09
- ISBN
- 9780679783251
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Missoula, Montana, USA
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EUR 6.13
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Recounts the day-to-day experiences of explorers attempting the first ascent of Mt. McKinley in 1903, revealing the bickering and insecurities that existed alongside the courage and determination of each member of the expedition. Precio
EUR 6.13
The Call of the Wild
de Jack. London
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Published
- March 27, 2008
- ISBN
- 9780141321059
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Missoula, Montana, USA
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EUR 5.66
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Life is good for Buck in Santa Clara Valley, where he spends his days eating and sleeping in the golden sunshine. But one day a treacherous act of betrayal leads to his kidnap, and he is forced into a life of toil and danger. Dragged away to be a sledge dog in the harsh and freezing cold Yukon, Buck must… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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A Walk in the Woods
de Bill Bryson
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- Usado - Fair
- Published
- 2015-07
- ISBN
- 9781101905494
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Missoula, Montana, USA
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EUR 7.07
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The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America–majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you're going to take a hike, it's probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide you'll find. He introduces us to the history and ecology of the trail and… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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