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28 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 x 26 cm
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English
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Explains how the voyages of Columbus, Cabot, Ponce De Leon, and other European explorers to the American continents were the result of mistakes, accidents, and misses and discusses the explorers' cruel treatment of native peoples.
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English
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Albert Camus's voice still speaks to the core issues we face today. "We gasp for air among people who believe they are absolutely right"-with these words Camus described the human crisis in his world and in ours. This brilliant study of Camus's life and influence is for all those who, in his words, "cannot live without dialogue and friendship."
As France-and all of the world-was emerging from the depths of World War II, Camus summed up what he saw...
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xii, 445 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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English
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An irresistible blend of history, myth, and misadventure, A Voyage Long and Strange captures the wonder and drama of first contact. Vikings, conquistadors, French voyageurs--these and many others roamed an unknown continent in quest of grapes, gold, converts, even a cure for syphilis. Though most failed, their remarkable exploits left an enduring mark on the land and people encountered by late-arriving English settlers.--From publisher description....
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399 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
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English
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Chronicles the story of how western-hemisphere foods spread throughout the world, tracing the science and rise of everyday crops into commodities while examining the roles of pioneering individuals responsible for western food dominance.
14) Big Pacific
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2 videodiscs (approximately 265 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The Pacific Ocean covers one third of the Earth's surface, holds half of the world's water, and hides the deepest place on the planet. It is a place where huge and iconic, rare and dazzling creatures live, and where creatures yet to be discovered lurk. Filmed in cinematic 4K, the program breaks the boundaries between land and sea to present the Pacific Ocean in a way never seen before.
16) El Llano Estacado: exploration and imagination on the High Plains of Texas and New Mexico, 1536-1860
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x, 414 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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English
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1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In August, 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton, renowned explorer set sail with 27 men on his ship The Endurance. His plan was to be the first expedition to cross the Antarctic continent. Marooned on four feet of ice, in over 8,000 feet deep water, Shackleton and his crew survived some 635 days and nights, without proper shelter or rations, enduring the harshest conditions imaginable.
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