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South with the Sun
Author | : Lynne Cox |
Publsiher | : Knopf |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2011-09-13 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780307700490 |
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Lynne Cox, adventurer, swimmer, and bestselling author gives us a full-scale account of the life and expeditions of Roald Amundsen, “the last of the Vikings,” who left his mark on the Heroic Era as one of the most successful polar explorers ever. A powerfully built man more than six feet tall, Amundsen’s career of adventure began at the age of fifteen (he was born in Norway in 1872 to a family of merchant sea captains and rich ship owners); twenty-five years later he was the first man to reach both the North and South Poles. We see Amundsen, in 1903-06, the first to travel the Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, in his small ship Gjøa, a seventy-foot refitted former herring boat powered by sails and a thirteen-horsepower engine, making his way through the entire length of the treacherous ice bound route, between the northern Canadian mainland and Canada’s Arctic islands, from Greenland across Baffin Bay, between the Canadian islands, across the top of Alaska into the Bering Strait. The dangerous journey took three years to complete, as Amundsen, his crew, and six sled dogs waited while the frozen sea around them thawed sufficiently to allow for navigation. We see him journey toward the North Pole in Fridtjof Nansen’s famous Fram, until word reached his expedition party of Robert Peary’s successful arrival at the North Pole. Amundsen then set out on a secret expedition to the Antarctic, and we follow him through his heroic capture of the South Pole. Cox makes clear why Amundsen succeeded in his quests where other adventurer-explorers failed, and how his methodical preparation and willingness to take calculated risks revealed both the spirit of the man and the way to complete one triumphant journey after another. Crucial to Amundsen’s success in reaching the South Pole was his use of carefully selected sled dogs. Amundsen’s canine crew members—he called them “our children”—had been superbly equipped by centuries of natural selection for survival in the Arctic. “The dogs,” he wrote, “are the most important thing for us. The whole outcome of the expedition depends on them.” On December 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen and four others, 102 days and more than 1,880 miles later, stood at the South Pole, a full month before Robert Scott. Lynne Cox describes reading about Amundsen as a young girl and how because of his exploits was inspired to follow her dreams. We see how she unwittingly set out in Amundsen’s path, swimming in open waters off Antarctica, then Greenland (always without a wetsuit), first as a challenge to her own abilities and then later as a way to understand Amundsen’s life and the lessons learned from his vision, imagination, and daring. South with the Sun—inspiring, wondrous, and true—is a bold adventure story of bold ambitious dreams.
South of the Border West of the Sun
Author | : Haruki Murakami |
Publsiher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2010-08-11 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780307762740 |
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South of the Border, West of the Sun is the beguiling story of a past rekindled, and one of Haruki Murakami’s most touching novels. Hajime has arrived at middle age with a loving family and an enviable career, yet he feels incomplete. When a childhood friend, now a beautiful woman, shows up with a secret from which she is unable to escape, the fault lines of doubt in Hajime’s quotidian existence begin to give way. Rich, mysterious, and quietly dazzling, in South of the Border, West of the Sun the simple arc of one man’s life becomes the exquisite literary terrain of Murakami’s remarkable genius.
Partners with the Sun
Author | : Harvey S. Teal |
Publsiher | : Univ of South Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1570033846 |
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This work recounts the history of the men and women who captured a century of South Carolina images, from photography's introduction in the state through to 1940.
The Natural Navigator
Author | : Tristan Gooley |
Publsiher | : The Experiment |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2012-06-05 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781615191550 |
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From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Secret World of Weather and The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs, learn to tap into nature and notice the hidden clues all around you Before GPS, before the compass, and even before cartography, humankind was navigating. Now this singular guide helps us rediscover what our ancestors long understood—that a windswept tree, the depth of a puddle, or a trill of birdsong can help us find our way, if we know what to look and listen for. Adventurer and navigation expert Tristan Gooley unlocks the directional clues hidden in the sun, moon, stars, clouds, weather patterns, lengthening shadows, changing tides, plant growth, and the habits of wildlife. Rich with navigational anecdotes collected across ages, continents, and cultures, The Natural Navigator will help keep you on course and open your eyes to the wonders, large and small, of the natural world.
South With the Sun
Author | : Lynne Cox |
Publsiher | : Knopf |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780307593405 |
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An account of the famed explorer's career offers insight into his successful expeditions as well as his role in inspiring the author's own achievements.
Baking in the Sun
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : UCSD:31822003227279 |
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Facing the Sun
Author | : Janice Lynn Mather |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2021-08-03 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781534406056 |
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"In this Caribbean-set story, four friends experience unexpected changes in their lives during the summer when a hotel developer purchases their community's beloved beach"--Provided by publisher.
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon
Author | : Kimberly Lemming |
Publsiher | : Orbit |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2023-05-23 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780316570268 |
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Spice trader Cinnamon’s quiet life is turned upside down when she ends up on a quest with a fiery demon, in this irreverently quirky rom-com fantasy that is sweet, steamy, and funny as hell. All she wanted to do was live her life in peace—maybe get a cat, expand the family spice farm. Really, anything that didn’t involve going on an adventure where an orc might rip her face off. But they say the goddess has favorites, and if so, Cin is clearly not one of them. After Cin saves the demon Fallon in a wine-drunk stupor, Fallon reveals that all he really wants to do is kill an evil witch enslaving his people. And who can blame him? But now he’s dragging Cinnamon along for the ride whether she likes it or not. On the bright side, at least he keeps burning off his shirt.…