books about: expedition     books:     Expedition      The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey Candice Millard Broadway, 2006 A Magnifent Portrayal Of An American Hero How delightful to read of a former president who was truly a man of honor. In Teddy Roosevelt's treacherous expedition down the River Of Doubt, a previously unchartered tributary of the Amazon River, you see a man who consistently could have used his status to gain ...             The Journals of Lewis and Clark (Lewis & Clark Expedition) Meriwether Lewis, William Clark Mariner Books, 1997 Fascinating Story, Can't Stop Talking, Use Google Earth! I read books in a wide variety of topics. I decided to read about Lewis and Clark because I felt I just did not know enough about it and I felt that I should. When I received the book, I opened it and was fearful that I made a mistake because it was made up of journal ...             The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective Kate Summerscale Walker & Company, 2008 Sense and Prejudice If you enjoyed Daniel Stashower's "The Beautiful Cigar Girl," or either of Erik Larson's books, "The Devil in the White City" or "Thunderstruck," you should find "The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher" good reading. Like those other books, the author treats the story of a ...             The Fire: A Novel Katherine Neville Ballantine Books, 2008 More Than Satisfactory Sequel You know how you find a great book and then you hear a sequel is coming and you wait and wait only to be disappointed. You won't have that experience with The Fire. I have a few minor quibbles but over all it was worth the twenty year wait. I will start with the ...             Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West Stephen Ambrose Simon & Schuster, 1997 A Story of True Courage Wow! This was the first Stephen Ambrose book I ever read. Now I'm hooked. His attention to detail is incredible. How those guys survived attacks by savages, grizzly bears, and other forces of nature is hard to imagine. Ambrose takes the reader step-by-step through ...             A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World Tony Horwitz Henry Holt and Co., 2008 Horwitz writes another winner. I was a big fan of Tony Horwitz's other works and this new offering did not fail to disappoint. He is able to weave history and humor into a volume that is hard to put down. It should be on every high school history students' reading list (or college for that ...             Thunderhead Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child Grand Central Publishing, 2000 The first of many for me by these authors... I was searching for good, new (to me) authors, when I realized I had read all of James Rollins' books and was waiting for my "to be sent when published in paperback" copy of Rollins' The Judas Strain. I read the reviews on Amazon and decided Preston and Child offered ...             1421: The Year China Discovered America (P.S.) Gavin Menzies Harper Perennial, 2008 Excellent history A must read and a corrective of the present history of the discovery of America by Columbus. The cruelness of the emperor and his vision of a great "market" and "friends" across the seas are truly fascinating and understandable, yet frightening. The "proofs" and ...             Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage Alfred Lansing Basic Books, 1999 Just Incredible Account ,Absolutely Incredible This account of Shackelton's expedition to Antarctic is a read like no other. I could not put this book down,nor could I believe the constitution each person on the crew had to continue forth under such insurmountable odds. The author, Lansing has provided a compelling ...             Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster Jon Krakauer Anchor, 1999 Who's got more credibility? It's interesting to read all of the articles criticizing Jon Krakauer, saying he painted himself in a heroic light, that his book is a giant ego trip, and that Anatoli Boukreev's book is so much more accurate. Many of these so called experts seem to assume that the ...             Lost City of the Incas (Phoenix Press) Hiram Bingham Phoenix, 2003 a Great Introduction to Peru and history of anthropology This book is valuable for many reasons. First and foremost, it presents us with the views and attitudes of one of the world's foremost anthropologist-explorers from the beginning of the 20th century. This means lots and lots of passion and enthusiasm, a willingness to ...             They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America Ivan Van Sertima Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003 Well-Written Obligatory History Science Revealing Amazing Facts In the meanwhile (from the book's 1st publishing in 1976) it has become widely accepted that the Vikings preceded Columbus in the Americas considerably. It is also popularly known today that Columbus never set foot on American mainland soil personally on any of his ...             Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 Nathaniel Philbrick, 2003 Government Science! Read Carefully, Congress! A little crankish determination, a little sordid bickering, a heroic cruise on a sailing ship to the ends of the Earth, betrayal and exoneration - all elements of a great adventure book, written with verve and yet with careful scholarship. I'm amazed that so many other ...             DragonQuest (Dragon Keepers Chronicles, Book 2) Donita K. Paul WaterBrook Press, 2005 Excellent series for young teens This is a Christian fantasy sequel to DragonSpell. Set in the mythical land of Amara, Kale Allerion has a new quest. She is summoned from her training at the Hall to help train the meech dragon. From there she embarks on a quest involving the evil wizard Risto, good ...             Just Courage: God's Great Expedition for the Restless Christian Gary A. Haugen IVP Books, 2008 Just Read It (Just Courage)! This is one of the best books I've read this year. It is concise, well written, and challenging. I bought multiple copies to help stir conversations about the 27 million in human tracking today. I read the book in two days (literally)-- it was that good.          products you might be interested in search for books dragonquest, meriwether, rediscovering, shackleton, suspicions, thunderhead      toavi.com    web we recommend Who's got more credibility? randomly chosen book: Wings of the Black Cross Number Four