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Galapagos at the Crossroads
National Geographic Society 2009; US$ 26.00As eloquent as it is alarming, Carol Ann Bassett?s portrait of today?s Galápagos depicts a deadly collision of economics, politics, and the environment that may destroy one of the world?s last Edens. For millions, the Galápagos Islands represent nature at its most unspoiled, an inviolate place famed for its rare flora and fauna. But soon today?s... more...
Mission to Mars
National Geographic Society 2013; US$ 26.00"Colonising space is essential for the long term survival of the human race, and Buzz Aldrin's book shows us how." ?Stephen Hawking Legendary "space statesman" Buzz Aldrin speaks out as a vital advocate for the continuing quest to push the boundaries of the universe as we know it. As a pioneering astronaut who first set foot on the moon during... more...
The Call of Everest
National Geographic Society 2013; US$ 28.00Gripping and sumptuous, this is the definitive book on the history, mystique, and science of Mount Everest, including how climate change is impacting the world's tallest mountain. In 1963, the American Mount Everest Expedition made mountaineering history. It was the first American venture to successfully scale the legendary peak and the first... more...
Cronkite's War
National Geographic Society 2013; US$ 28.00A giant in American journalism in the vanguard of "The Greatest Generation" reveals his World War II experiences in this National Geographic book. Walter Cronkite, an obscure 23-year-old United Press wire service reporter, married Betsy Maxwell on March 30, 1940, following a four-year courtship. She proved to be the love of his life, and their marriage... more...
Eyewitness to Gettysburg
National Geographic Society 2013; US$ 3.99Author James Robertson, one of America's most respected Civil War scholars and storytellers whose weekly talks about little-known people and events of the Civil War aired for 15 years on National Public Radio, brings history to life here in a collection of unexpected and true stories revealing the events that took place as great events unfolded. He... more...
Thomas Jefferson Travels
National Geographic Society 2006; US$ 15.95Thomas Jefferson has inspired countless books that explore his brilliant career, his political philosophy, and his extraordinary accomplishments as a gifted leader. Endlessly inquisitive, he was both a tireless writer and one of the most cosmopolitan men of his age. Yet this collection of Jefferson's reflections on his wide-ranging travels reveals... more...
Voyage of the Beagle
National Geographic Society 2006; US$ 16.00The great naturalist records his impressions of the flora, fauna, and geology of the South American coasts, detailing his five-year voyage aboard the HMS Beagle on an exploration of the terrain of South America, observing the region's people and landscape, recording data, and collecting specimens. more...
Into A Paris Quartier
National Geographic Society 2007; US$ 10.95As a child, Diane Johnson was entranced by The Three Musketeers, dashing 17th-century residents of the famous romantic quartier called St.-Germain-des-Prés. Now, the paperback edition of her delightful book will take even more Americans to the richly historic part of the city that has always attracted us, from Ben Franklin in the 18th-century to... more...
Books & Islands In Ojibwe Country
National Geographic Society 2006; US$ 12.95For more than twenty years Louise Erdrich has dazzled readers with the intricately wrought, deeply poetic novels which have won her a place among today's finest writers. Her nonfiction is equally eloquent, and this lovely memoir offers a vivid glimpse of the landscape, the people, and the long tradition of storytelling that give her work its magical,... more...
God Grew Tired of Us
National Geographic Society 2008; US$ 14.95"Lost Boy" John Bul Dau?s harrowing experience surviving the brutal horrors of Sudanese civil war and his adjustment to life in modern America is chronicled in this inspiring memoir and featured in an award-winning documentary film of the same name. Movingly written, the book traces Dau?s journey through hunger, exhaustion, terror, and violence as... more...









