books by Beau Riffenburgh

books by Beau Riffenburgh

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Beau Riffenburgh

Racing with Death: Douglas Mawson - Antarctic Explorer
Beau Riffenburgh

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2008

The early twentieth century was the 'heroic age' of Antarctic exploration - a time when adventurers such as Scott and Shackleton were national icons who personified the contemporary ideal of manly struggle for the good of Empire. But, while these two are world famous to this day, Australian Douglas Mawson, whose Australasian Antarctic Expedition, ...

The "Titanic" Experience: The Tragic Story of the Unsinkable Ship and Her Enduring Legacy
Beau Riffenburgh

Andre Deutsch Ltd, 2008

It was hailed as "unsinkable", the biggest ship in the world, the ultimate in seafaring luxury. Yet within five days of setting off from Southampton on its maiden voyage, Titanic had sunk to the bottom of the sea with the loss of over 1,500 lives. Nearly a century on, the fate of the Titanic remains the worst disaster in seafaring history. Dozens ...

National Geographic Society Exploration Experience: The Heroic Exploits of the World's Greatest Explorers
Beau Riffenburgh

National Geographic, 2008

Filled with names that made and changed the course of history, National Geographic Society Exploration Experience takes readers on a thrilling voyage of discovery?in a fun and dynamic format that?s unique in today?s reference market. From the travels of Erik the Red through the journeys of Marco Polo to the heroic attempts of Livingstone and ...

The RGS Exploration Experience (Royal Geographical Society)
Beau Riffenburgh

Andre Deutsch Ltd, 2007

"The RGS Exploration Experience" begins in the Golden Age of exploration with some of the earliest explorers from the Vikings to the early Chinese travellers, the discovery of the Americas by French and Spanish explorers and the eventual circumnavigation of the globe. The book is then divided into continents to detail later exploration of ...

National Football League Official History of Professional Football
Beau Riffenburgh, Jack Clary

Hamlyn, 1990

Tells the story of professional American football both on and off the field, from its roots in Pennsylvania and Ohio, to the present day.

Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition: The Voyage of the Nimrod

Beau Riffenburgh

Bloomsbury USA, 2005

A Magnificent Telling of a Magnificent Expedition
Everyone has heard about Ernest Shackleton's remarkable Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, when his ship Endurance was crushed in the ice and Shackleton made his epic open-boat journey to South Georgia to help rescue his men. What most people don't know was that the ...

Encyclopedia of the Antarctic
Beau Riffenburgh

Routledge, 2006

TITANIC, HISTORIA Y SECRETOS
RIFFENBURGH BEAU

IBERLIBRO, 2008

Polar Exploration, in Association with the Royal Geographical Society
Beau Riffenburgh

Andre Deutsch Ltd, 2009

Take a voyage of discovery into the 'Heroic Age' of polar exploration. During the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first two decades of the twentieth, explorers from around the world navigated the Northwest Passage and the Northeast Passage, attained the North and South Poles, crossed the Arctic Basin and first flew airships and ...