books about: exploration

books about: exploration

books:

Exploration

Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

Stephen Ambrose

Simon & Schuster, 1997

Undaunted Courage
I will keep it simple. Next to the Holy Bible ~ best book I ever read. I have since then read several of Stephen Ambrose's books and highly recommend them. He and his family put many years of research in before writing any book. I have travelled across the country ...

Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

HarperOne, 1978

The Reality of Christian Fellowship
This is a great little book, a classic that all Christians should read. At roughly 128 pages, this is a short treatise on Christian community that is very accessible. In the first chapter of this book Bonhoeffer presents his understanding of the reality of Christian ...

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 ...

Dark Mission: The Secret History of NASA

Richard C. Hoagland, Mike Bara

Feral House, 2007

Good as Far As It Goes
The authors bite off a bit more more than they can chew in this book, but they deserve praise for making the effort to uncover the black hole known as NASA. People who think the face and the pyramids at Cydonia are natural rock formations are the same people who think ...

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir

Bill Bryson

Broadway, 2007

Couldn't stop laughing...
This is Bryson at his best, funny, fearless, and factual. He took me back to splendid promise of the 50's when we awaited "Better things through chemistry" and believed they would come.

A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World

Tony Horwitz

Henry Holt and Co., 2008

journey long and strange
great research and well written. Our children should be doing this history reviews, if not through this book then through other text books. It is time to change our view of North American History.

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 ...

Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes

Maurice Isserman, Stewart Weaver

Yale University Press, 2008

The Age Of Adventure
Mountain climbing has always had a last frontier quality. The race to the North and South Poles ended in the early 1900's, Africa and South America were explored by the 1930's, leaving the Himalayan Mountains as the last challenge for adventure. Mr. Isserman and Mr. ...

Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer

Anchor, 2007

Great book for adventurous souls
I read this book years ago and picked it up again recently. What a great read! It explores youthful restlessness and a describes very accurately the desire many of us have to break free from the shackles of society and "live" for a little while. This feeling is a ...

Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, ...

Michio Kaku

Doubleday, 2008

Degrees of Scientific Impossibility
Will something that is impossible now eventually become possible? In order to answer this question, the author has divided various potentially outrageous ideas into three levels of impossibility, based on current and expected future technological capabilities and the ...

Design Explorations for the Creative Quilter: Easy-to-Follow Lessons for Dynamic Art Quilts
Katie Masopust

C&T Publishing, 2008

Always wanted to design a quilt of your very own?but didn?t know where to start? Let this book show you how! Ten innovative approaches to designing art quilts make it easy for any quilter, beginning to advanced, to free the artist within. These ?game plans? help quilters create a design, then turn that design into a pattern, then complete the ...

Champlain's Dream
David Hackett Fischer

Simon & Schuster, 2008

In this sweeping, enthralling biography, acclaimed historian David Hackett Fischer brings to life the remarkable Samuel de Champlain -- soldier, spy, master mariner, explorer, cartographer, artist, and Father of New France. Born on France's Atlantic coast, Champlain grew to manhood in a country riven by religious warfare. The historical record is ...

Encounter (Voyager Books)

Jane Yolen

Voyager Books, 1996

Point of View
This simply wriiten picture book give the Columbus visit from a different viewpoint.

The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism (25th ...

Fritjof Capra

Shambhala Publications, Inc., 2000

An enlightening experience
From reading Fritjof Capra's remarkable book, I have gained much more respect for physics while also strengthening my understanding of Eastern philosophy. In his book, Capra urges that physicists realize nature's organic processes instead of explaining these ...

Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling and Production (2nd Edition)

Norman J. Ph.d Hyne

Pennwell Books, 2001

Great introduction to petroleum geology
I am a graduate geologist and I found this book ideal in my circumstances as an introduction before I got some petroleum work experience.It is very well written ,even a layperson could get a good appreciation for the wide encompassing subject matter.It is not aimed at ...