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Dangerous Passage
Dundurn 2006; US$ 11.99The story of the opening up of the Northwest Passage and the ensuing potential risks to the Arctic environment and Canadian sovereignty are explored. more...
Sicily, It's Not Quite Tuscany
Allen & Unwin 2012; US$ 22.72This is the story of a newly married couple and the year they spent in Sicily. Packed with history, culture - and plenty of misadventure - it will definitely make you laugh. It also has as much romance as an ordinary Aussie bloke can muster, and, of course, a little bit of Mafia action. more...
Michael Brein's Guide to Barcelona by the Metro
Michael Brein, Inc. 1997; US$ 8.00Michael Brein's Guide to Barcelona by the Metro shows visitors how to go to Barcelona's top 50 visitor attractions by the Barcelona Metro. The guide shows which transit to use, which lines to take, which transit stops to board and exit, and, using detailed mini-area-walking maps, how to walk exactly from these transit stops directly to the visitor... more...
Michael Brein's Guide to Madrid by the Metro
Michael Brein, Inc. 2009; US$ 8.00Michael Brein's Guide to Madrid by the Metro shows visitors how to go to Madrid's top 50 visitor attractions by the Madrid Metro as well as by Madrid's suburban rail system. The guide shows which transit to use, which lines to take, which transit stops to board and exit, and, using detailed mini-area-walking maps, how to walk exactly from these transit... more...
Herbert Eugene Bolton
University of California Press 2012; US$ 39.95This definitive biography offers a new critical assessment of the life, works, and ideas of Herbert E. Bolton (1870?1953), a leading historian of the American West, Mexico, and Latin America. Bolton, a famous pupil of Frederick Jackson Turner, formulated a concept?the borderlands?that is a foundation of historical studies today. His research took him... more...
Loss and Cultural Remains in Performance
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 85.00Argues that performance is a crucial way of understanding the affective intercultural impact of the disappearance of John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition in 1845. more...
History of the Study of Landforms
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 67.95This volume is entirely devoted to the life and work of the world's most famous geomorphologist, William Morris Davis (1850-1934). It contains a treatment in depth of Davis' many contributions to the study of landforms including: the cycle of erosion denudation chronology arid and karst geomorphology the coral reef problem. more...
The Franklin Conspiracy
Dundurn 2001; US$ 11.99In 1845, two British Royal Navy ships entered the Canadian Arctic in search of the Northwest Passage. Neither ship returned. more...
The Arctic Fox
Dundurn 2004; US$ 14.99The Shackleton of his day, Leopold McClintock (1819-1907) from County Louth was the leading Arctic explorer of the Victorian era. He undertook four major voyages, epic sledge journeys, and was the first to bring definite information on the lost Franklin party. more...
Richard Hakluyt and Travel Writing in Early Modern Europe
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 119.95Richard Hakluyt, best known as editor of The Principal Navigations (1589; expanded 1598-1600), was a key figure in promoting early modern English colonial and commercial expansion. His work spanned every area of English activity and aspiration, from Muscovy to America, from Africa to the Near East, and India to China and Japan, providing up-to-date... more...









