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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
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Kate Kristopher was a globally renowned explorer on an Earth far more fantastic than our own. Then she wasn't. In our third volume Kate's a world away from everything she knows as everyone she holds dear is on the road to execution.
23) Beyond the pond
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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A boy discovers that the pond in his backyard contains a whole world ready to be explored.
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"You might know that Columbus discovered America, Lewis and Clark headed west with Sacajawea, and Sally Ride blasted into space. But what do you really know about these bold explorers? What were they like as kids? What pets or bad habits did they have? And what drove their passion to explore unknown parts of the world? With juicy tidbits about everything from favorite foods to first loves, Lives of the Explorers reveals these fascinating adventurers...
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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"Kate knows everything! We don't! This story arc that sheds light on the past that Kate and company tried to leave behind. Clues from that past contains answers for where they go next. All roads converge. Not everyone survives the trip. Collects SHUTTER #18-22"--Syndetics.
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337 pages : map ; 25 cm
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English
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"In 1859, ex-East India Company smuggler Merrick Tremayne is trapped at home in Cornwall after sustaining an injury that almost cost him his leg. When the India Office recruits Merrick for an expedition to fetch quinine--essential for the treatment of malaria--from deep within Peru, he knows it's a terrible idea. Nearly every able-bodied expeditionary who's made the attempt has died, and he can barely walk. But Merrick is desperate to escape the strange...
31) Explorers: the most exciting voyages of discovery, from the African expeditions to the lunar landing
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56 folded pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 29 cm
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English
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xxv, 463 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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English
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Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Winchester illuminates the men who toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizenry and geography of the U.S.A. from its beginnings and ponders whether the historic work of uniting the States has succeeded, and to what degree.
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Oklahoma western biographies volume 2
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xvi, 208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
38) Door
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In this book without words, a boy opens a door and invites the reader to explore the magical world on the other side.
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xi, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
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"In history, myth often abides. It was long assumed that the centuries immediately prior to AD 1000 were lacking in any major cultural developments or geopolitical encounters, that the Europeans hadn't yet discovered North America, that the farthest anyone had traveled over sea was the Vikings' invasion of Britain. But how, then, to explain the presence of blonde-haired people in Mayan temple murals in Chichen Itza, Mexico? Could it be possible that...
40) Long way North
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1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Sacha, a young girl from the Russian aristocracy, dreams of the Great North and anguishes over the fate of her grandfather, Oloukine, a renowned scientist and Arctic explorer who has yet to return from his latest expedition to conquer the North Pole. Sacha has always been fascinated by the adventurous life of her grandfather and has the same calling to be an explorer. Sacha flees her home and launches an adventure-filled quest toward the Great North...
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