Incredible Journeys
DOWNLOAD
Download Incredible Journeys PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Incredible Journeys book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Incredible Journeys Discovery Adventure Danger Endurance
DOWNLOAD
Author : Levison Wood
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-06-13
Incredible Journeys Discovery Adventure Danger Endurance written by Levison Wood and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-13 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The perfect Christmas gift for aspiring adventurers! Alongside real-life explorer Levison Wood, travel around the world, meet some of history's most daring pioneers, and be inspired to go on your very own adventures! Embark on 20 epic expeditions alongside Levison Wood, from the Silk Road and medieval pilgrimages to the Holy Land to Nellie Bly's trip around the world, and recent missions to the Moon and the Mariana Trench. Along the way, Levison Wood shares his own insights into adventuring, telling you what it's REALLY like to follow in the footsteps of Alexander the Great. Beautifully illustrated with maps showing the routes and filled with detail bringing the cultures of each region to life, this is a lavish gift book to treasure from one of our greatest living explorers.
Incredible Journeys
DOWNLOAD
Author : Thomas Cussans
language : en
Publisher: Anova Books
Release Date : 2009-05-05
Incredible Journeys written by Thomas Cussans and has been published by Anova Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Stories of people going on incredible journeys constantly amaze and astound. Some journeys are meant to be adventures from the start; some begin inauspiciously and finish with a bang; some are groundbreaking and some show extraordinary triumphs in the face of adversity. Some travellers survive their journey and some do not. What makes these people risk their lives? Why do they put themselves in such danger? Divided into six chapters – Air and Space, Ice and Snow, Wind and Water, Great Escapers, Imperialists and Adventurers, Survivors – this book takes 60 extraordinary journeys from the past 100 years and recounts what happened to these intrepid travellers. Think of Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia; Robert Swan, the first man to walk to both the North and South Poles; Jim Shekhdar, who rowed across the Pacific from Peru to Australia; Neil Armstrong, Ellen MacArthur, Ernest Shackleton, Mallory and Irvine, Charles Lindbergh, Yuri Gagarin, Amelia Earhart, Hiram Bingham, Joe Simpson, Hillary and Norgay, Nautilus, Apollo 13 and Ranulph Fiennes. Incredible Journeys celebrates the remarkable achievements made by these extraordinary adventurers. With insightful text from Thomas Cussans, and fantastic images from the breathtaking summits to the perilous high seas, this book will truly inspire.
Incredible Journeys
DOWNLOAD
Author : Rick Wilkinson
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Academic
Release Date : 1997
Incredible Journeys written by Rick Wilkinson and has been published by Allen & Unwin Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
These remarkable true stories of heroes of the air, lone sailors, mountaineers, cavers, and jungle explorers bring the world of modern exploration to life. Filled with exciting travels, fascinating facts about the natural world, and dramatic photographs, "Incredible Journeys proves that the spirit of adventure is alive in the 20th century.
Incredible Journeys
DOWNLOAD
Author : David Barrie
language : en
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
Release Date : 2020-03-19
Incredible Journeys written by David Barrie and has been published by Hodder Paperbacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-19 with categories.
'A compelling investigation of navigation in the animal kingdom.' Mail on Sunday 'David Barrie, who himself has sailed the oceans using a sextant, is passionate about navigation and describes in delightful detail the myriad ways in which animals get around ... eye-opening book.' Frans de Waal, New York Times 'Only a sailor could relate the navigational powers of both humans and animals with such appreciation, excitement, and precision. Thank you, David Barrie, for taking us along on these riveting voyages by sail and wing, hoof and flipper. We arrive surprised, delighted, and awed.' Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus 'Immensely entertaining... [Barrie] is an admirably reliable and assiduous guide to what we do and don't yet know.' Andrew Holgate, Sunday Times 'Barrie has a good eye for colourful detail.' Kathryn Hughes, Mail on Sunday 'This is a must-read for anyone fascinated with the wonders of nature.' Publishers Weekly In Incredible Journeys, award-winning author David Barrie takes us on a tour of the cutting-edge science of animal navigation, where breakthroughs are allowing scientists to unravel, for the first time, how animals as various as butterflies, birds, crustaceans, fish, reptiles and even people find their way. Weaving interviews with leading experts on animal behaviour with the groundbreaking discoveries of Nobel-Prize winning neuroscientists, Barrie shines a light on the astounding skills of animals of every stripe. Dung beetles that steer by the light of the Milky Way. Ants and bees that navigate using patterns of light invisible to humans. Sea turtles, spiny lobsters and moths that find their way using the Earth's magnetic field. Salmon that return to their birthplace by following their noses. Baleen whales that swim thousands of miles while holding a rock-steady course and birds that can locate their nests on a tiny island after crisscrossing an entire ocean. There's a stunning diversity of animal navigators out there, often using senses and skills we humans don't have access to ourselves. For the first time, Incredible Journeys reveals the wonders of these animals in a whole new light.
An Incredible Journey
DOWNLOAD
Author : Max Reisch
language : en
Publisher: Veloce Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2017-11-07
An Incredible Journey written by Max Reisch and has been published by Veloce Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-07 with Travel categories.
In May 1935, 22-year-old Max Reisch and 19-year-old Helmuth Hahmann set out in a small motor car to find a land route from India to China. Their journey across Asia took them from Haifa to Tokyo. In this lively account, the author regales us with one story after another, struck with wonder or struggling against disaster in countries which deeply concern us today: Iraq with its oilfields, ancient Iran in the throes of modernisation, proud Afghanistan, and British India with its stunning variety of civilisation. Before the building of the Burma Road, driving from India to southern China meant sinking over the axles in mud on forest tracks and crossing torrents on rickety ferryboats. It also meant encounters with strange and fascinating peoples and places. With war already on the horizon, Reisch and Hahmann completed their round-the-world trip via Japan and the United States, arriving back in Vienna in December 1936. Originally written by Max Reisch in German, this brand new English translation by Alison Falls captures all the excitement of the journey, and features fascinating historical photos of the journey from the Reisch archives.
Passionate Travellers
DOWNLOAD
Author : Trish Nicholson
language : en
Publisher: Troubador Publishing
Release Date : 2019-03-27
Passionate Travellers written by Trish Nicholson and has been published by Troubador Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-27 with categories.
Accompanying these 21 passionate travellers on their personal quests, we discover what drove them, and share their incredible journeys through deserts, mountains, jungles and seas to every continent, spanning 2,000 years of history from 480 BCE to the 1930s. These are true stories of daring adventure, courage, cunning, even murder and, above everything, sheer determination against all odds. Most of these eight women and thirteen men were ordinary people transformed by their journeys. They travelled from Africa, China, Persia, Russia, and the Mediterranean as well as from Europe and America. Their backgrounds were diverse, including: poet, artist, invalid, slave, pilgrim, doctor, missionary, scholar, diplomat, dilettante, storyteller, and anarchistic opera singer. Not all survived. Many have been forgotten. Who now knows that Octavie Coudreau, stranded in a canoe on the Amazon in 1899 with her dead husband, continued to chart the river? That Thomas Stevens was the first person to cycle around the world on a penny-farthing? And why was an English parlour maid abandoned on the Trans-Siberian railway and arrested by Stalin's secret police? With painstaking research and powerful storytelling, the author, herself a world-traveller, has created an intimate experience of each traveller's journey and recaptured a vanished world. A compelling travel read and a treat for history lovers.
Incredible Journeys
DOWNLOAD
Author : David Barrie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Incredible Journeys written by David Barrie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Animal navigation categories.
In Incredible Journeys, award-winning author David Barrie takes us on a tour of the cutting-edge science of animal navigation, where breakthroughs are allowing scientists to unravel, for the first time, how animals as various as butterflies, birds, crustaceans, fish, reptiles and even people find their way.
Incredible Journeys
DOWNLOAD
Author : David Barrie
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-04-04
Incredible Journeys written by David Barrie and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-04 with Nature categories.
THE SUNDAY TIMES NATURE BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A compelling investigation of navigation in the animal kingdom.' Mail on Sunday 'David Barrie, who himself has sailed the oceans using a sextant, is passionate about navigation and describes in delightful detail the myriad ways in which animals get around ... eye-opening book.' Frans de Waal, New York Times 'Only a sailor could relate the navigational powers of both humans and animals with such appreciation, excitement, and precision. Thank you, David Barrie, for taking us along on these riveting voyages by sail and wing, hoof and flipper. We arrive surprised, delighted, and awed.' Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus 'Immensely entertaining... [Barrie] is an admirably reliable and assiduous guide to what we do and don't yet know.' Andrew Holgate, Sunday Times 'Barrie has a good eye for colourful detail.' Kathryn Hughes, Mail on Sunday 'This is a must-read for anyone fascinated with the wonders of nature.' Publishers Weekly In Incredible Journeys, award-winning author David Barrie takes us on a tour of the cutting-edge science of animal navigation, where breakthroughs are allowing scientists to unravel, for the first time, how animals as various as butterflies, birds, crustaceans, fish, reptiles and even people find their way. Weaving interviews with leading experts on animal behaviour with the groundbreaking discoveries of Nobel-Prize winning neuroscientists, Barrie shines a light on the astounding skills of animals of every stripe. Dung beetles that steer by the light of the Milky Way. Ants and bees that navigate using patterns of light invisible to humans. Sea turtles, spiny lobsters and moths that find their way using the Earth's magnetic field. Salmon that return to their birthplace by following their noses. Baleen whales that swim thousands of miles while holding a rock-steady course and birds that can locate their nests on a tiny island after crisscrossing an entire ocean. There's a stunning diversity of animal navigators out there, often using senses and skills we humans don't have access to ourselves. For the first time, Incredible Journeys reveals the wonders of these animals in a whole new light.
Incredible Journey
DOWNLOAD
Author : Joanne Hichens
language : en
Publisher: Jacana Media
Release Date : 2015
Incredible Journey written by Joanne Hichens and has been published by Jacana Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Short stories, South African (English) categories.
"Incredible Journey is the third annual short.sharp.stories anthology, produced in conjunction with the National Arts Festival. The 2015 judging panel consisted of Ken Barris, Henrietta Rose-Innes and Makhosazana Xaba. See www.shortsharpstories.com.
Bucket List Adventures
DOWNLOAD
Author : Annette White
language : en
Publisher: Skyhorse
Release Date : 2017-01-17
Bucket List Adventures written by Annette White and has been published by Skyhorse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-17 with Travel categories.
Writing down the things you’d like to see and do before you die can be a fun experience. But simply writing a Bucket List and never actually doing anything on the list is a lesson in futility and frustration with yourself. Why can’t you ever reach your goals? Don't beat yourself up - get out there and live life! Author Annette White has made a second career out of writing her bucket list… and then crossing things off of it! One day this owner of a Michelin-recommended restaurant in Northern California decided to live her dream. On her popular blog, bucketlistjourney.net, she has chronicled her adventures on virtually every continent — from walking among wildebeests in Africa to climbing an active volcano in Guatemala to swimming in a lake in Palau surrounded by thousands of jellyfish. In Bucket List Adventures, she takes you along for the ride, and shows you how to live your adventures, too. Bucket List Adventures is not only a practical travel book – sharing detailed information on lodging, helpful resources, etc. – but also an inspiration for people to step out of their comfort zones. In short, Annette helps readers to create their own Bucket List, and then she gives them the tools and encouragement they need to live that list. An extensive appendix includes information about 50 additional places to consider for your future adventures. Imagine the sense of accomplishment and excitement when you finally reach your goals, and Bucket List Adventures wants to help you get there.