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"From the award-winning author of National Parks of the USA, Kate Siber, this stunning book showcases an amazing adventure activity to try in every single state. 50 Adventures in the 50 States features gripping outdoors activities, vividly illustrated and described alongside fascinating facts about the nature and geography of each activity location - the very best the U.S.A. has to offer budding young adventurers from Alabama to Wyoming!"--Provided...
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Are you fascinated by wide open spaces and like NOT knowing where a path might lead? Breathe in that bracing air and discover how to cross a river without a boat, escape from quicksand, take shelter without a tent, build a dam, and lots more. Devised and tested by an expert in outdoor activities, these exciting projects help you find true adventure in the wild, using nature's resources -- and your own!
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64 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 31 cm.
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From the earliest times, men and women explored their world. Some searched for trade routes, lost treasures, or new lands to colonize; others traveled as missionaries, to spread religious beliefs. More than anything else, however, what motivated the greatest explorers was simple curiosity.What was on the other side of that mountain? How wide was North America? Where was the source of the Nile River? Finding out often involved traveling incredible...
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234 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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"Una nueva recopilación de cuentos e historias clásicas y feministas que todas hubiéramos querido leer. Damiselas que se rescatan solas, mujeres que salvan a sus maridos, reinas guerreras y muchachas sabias que resuelven acertijos: ¿dónde estaban escondidas? Esta nueva recopilación de cuentos populares nos trae a más heroínas de todo el mundo. En una preciosa edición en formato regalo, altamente ilustrada a todo color, quince chicas se enfrentan...
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149 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"Why should girls miss out on the joy of adventure? They can jump off rocks, swing on ropes, and climb trees just as well as boys can. But girls often allow fear to stand in their way.In The Gutsy Girl, author Caroline Paul emboldens girls to seek out a life of exhilaration. Once a young scaredy-cat herself, Caroline decided that fear got in the way of the life she wanted--of excitement, confidence, self-reliance, friendship, and fun. She has since...
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144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm.
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"Tells the story of humanity's explorations, taking the reader into the lives of some of the most intrepid people ever known. Focusing on 50 of the world's greatest explorers, with shorter entries on 60 of their helpers and companions, the book is filled with first-person accounts in the explorers' own words, rare maps, specially commissioned photographs, and artworks [to] re-create history's greatest expeditions"--Publisher marketing.
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184 pages : colour illustrations ; 32 cm
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These real-life stories of extreme survival, include The Man Who Sucked Blood from a Shark, a sailor who survived for 133 days on a raft in the Atlantic when his ship was torpedoed, using shark's blood in place of fresh water. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, a teenager who fell 2 miles from an aeroplane and trekked through the Amazon jungle to safety. The Woman Who Froze to Death - Yet Lived, a woman who was trapped under freezing water for so long...
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