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81) Into Thin Air
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-- "A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and worse judgment and of heartbreaking heroism." — -- Into Thin Air This updated trade paperback edition of Into Thin Air In 1999, Krakauer received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters--a prestigious prize intended "to honor writers of exceptional accomplishment." According to the Academy's citation, "Krakauer combines the...
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[2023]
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Chronicles the life of Peter Freuchen, a wildly eccentric Dane whose insatiable curiosity and unquenchable thirst for adventure, guided by ideals remarkably ahead of his time, took him from the twilight years of Arctic exploration to the Danish underground during World War II.
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2017.
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A whaler's daughter, Flora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of twelve, falling in love with the cold and unforgiving terrain and forging lifelong bonds with the Inuit people who have carved out an existence on its icy plains. She sets out to become a scientist and polar explorer, despite those who believe that a young woman has no place in this harsh world, and in 1892, her determination leads her back to northern Greenland at the...
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Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Geronimo, broken-hearted after a failed romance, sets out with his family to explore the Eighth Wonder of the Mouse World.
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"The incredible true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Horse and The Eighty-Dollar Champion. In 1954, Annie Wilkins, a sixty-three-year-old farmer from Maine, embarked on an impossible journey. She had no relatives left, she'd lost her family farm to back taxes, and her doctor had just given her two years...
88) Dora loves Boots
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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On Valentine's Day Dora and Boots pick a favorite place and set out to meet there with Map's help, but they also need help from readers. Includes a picnic maze.
89) Planet earth
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An illustrated guide to the planet Earth, introducing scientific concepts with color-coded buttons that share facts about life, science, the environment, and people, and describing Earth's position in space, a volcanic eruption, Earth's different layers, mountains, rain forests, biomes, and other related topics.
90) John Cabot
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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Describes the life and voyages of the Italian-born explorer who claimed land in the New World for England in 1497.
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The last thirty years Maynard has lived in Colorado and hunted in the San Juan region of the Southern Rocky Mountains. Having heard many stories of early trappers and gold miners, he began extensive esearch on Treasure Mountain and the Frenchmen who explored the area. Over the last twelve years he has obtained information from France, Spain, Cananda, Louisiana, Texas and New Mexico. Mr. Adams is presently working on another sequel to Citadel Mountain...
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[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Offers insight into the historical events that prompted Columbus' efforts to establish new trade routes to the Indies, his struggles to obtain financial support for his voyages, and the important discoveries that caused him to become known as the "Great Admiral of the Seas."
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[2018]
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Young and in love, their lives ahead of them, Tami Oldham and her fianc� Richard Sharp set sail from Tahiti under brilliant blue skies, with Tamis hometown of San Diego as their ultimate destination. But the two free spirits and avid sailors couldnt anticipate that less than two weeks into their voyage, they would sail directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. They found themselves battling pounding rain, waves...
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2022.
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"The riveting story of one of the greatest but least-known sagas in the history of exploration from David Roberts, the "dean of adventure writing." By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had occupied the relatively accessible west coast for centuries. The east coast, however, was another story. In August 1930, Henry George Watkins (nicknamed Gino), a 23-year-old explorer, led thirteen scientists and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Tom and Jamie can't believe their luck when they find a secret entrance to a prehistoric world filled with dinosaurs! The boys return to the dinosaur world looking for adventure. But they get a little more than they bargained for when a herd of triceratops charges right through their lunch!
97) Vasco da Gama
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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This is a biography of the Portuguese explorer who opened up the lands to the east of Europe by discovering a waterway to India.
98) I am an explorer
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c 1990
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During a trip to the park, a child explores a cave, a mountain, a jungle, and a desert.
100) Who was Marco Polo?
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[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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A biography of the famous medieval Venetian traveler, Marco Polo.