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WHAT TO GIVE, WHAT TO GET 2000: Begin Your Holiday Shopping With Us Outdoor/Adventure
AN ILLUSTRATED VIKING VOYAGE: Retracing Leif Eriksson's Journey in an Authentic Viking Knarr by Russel Kaye and W. Hodding Carter By Tibor & Maira Kalman Publisher: Pocket Books ISBN: 0743407024 AN ILLUSTRATED VIKING VOYAGE is the product of one fearless crew's incredible journey retracing Leif Eriksson's famed voyage to North America. The awe-inspiring expedition is chronicled in both text and images by award-winning photographer Russel Kaye and adventure journalist W. Hodding Carter. And Kaye and Carter don't miss a single step of this process, from building the ship, the Snorri, to the ominous icebergs to the sublime Arctic landscapes. The pictures are splendid and the text is pithy. AN ILLUSTRATED VIKING VOYAGE is the perfect gift for any fan of Viking lore, seafaring adventures, or breathtaking photography.
VOICES FROM THE SUMMIT: The World's Great Mountaineers on the Future of Climbing By Bernadette McDonald and John Amatt, Editors Publisher: National Geographic Society ISBN: 0792279581 With a long list of renowned climbers as contributors, ranging from Sir Chris Bonington to Catherine Destivelle, VOICES FROM THE SUMMIT is a book unparalleled in scope and authority. Each climber reflects on the milestones of the past and offers his thoughts on the future of mountaineering, almost always peppering his "essay" with remembrances of life and death situations and death defying feats. VOICES FROM THE SUMMIT is a great gift for climbers, adventure-seekers, and all "high on lifers."
THE ICE MASTER: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk and the Miraculous Rescue of Her Survivors By Jennifer Niven Publisher: Hyperion ISBN: 0786865296 Jennifer Niven's THE ICE MASTER: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk and the Miraculous Rescue of Her Survivors tells the true story of a wrecked Arctic exploring ship led off course by icebergs and brutal winds, and the crew's dramatic year-long battle for survival that followed. It's an amazingly powerful and chilling (no pun intended) tale drawn from passenger diaries and personal interviews with the survivors and the scientists who examined them upon rescue. Niven meticulously details their daily struggles for survival against temperatures of 60 below, snowblindness, hypothermia, starvation, liars, cheaters, and murderers. Anyone with a penchant for "against all odds" true-life adventure tales will find it hard to sleep without having finished THE ICE MASTER.
IN THE LAND OF WHITE DEATH: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic By Valerian Albanov Publisher: Modern Library ISBN: 0679641009 Translated into English for the first time since it was originally published in Russia in 1917, Valerian Albanov's IN THE LAND OF WHITE DEATH is a must for any Arctic adventure/disaster fanatic. While his ship drifted aimlessly on the Kara Sea, Albanov led his crew on a 235-mile journey through the Siberian Arctic in search of civilization. The men endured countless difficulties including blizzards, subzero temperatures, polar bear attacks, starvation, and mutiny. Amazingly, Albanov kept a daily journal throughout his 90-day ordeal. IN THE LAND OF WHITE DEATH is a newly rediscovered masterpiece and an excellent addition to any factual-account library.
COMPLETE OUTDOORS ENCYCLOPEDIA By Vin T. Sparano Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin ISBN: 0312267223 A totally revised and updated classic for all outdoorsmen! This fourth edition of THE COMPLETE OUTDOORS ENCYCLOPEDIA contains in-depth coverage of fishing, camping, biking, hunting, boating, archery, sporting dogs, all-terrain vehicles, kayaking, survival skills, and a complete listing of private organizations and government information sources. New information includes more extensive coverage of fly fishing, backpacking, nutrition, and new equipment and trends. With nearly 400 new photographs and 100 illustrations of newly available technology, THE COMPLETE OUTDOORS ENCYCLOPEDIA is essential for any outdoorsman's library.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SEA By Richard Ellis Publisher: Knopf ISBN: 0375403744 Otherwise known as "everything you've ever wanted to know about the sea but could never find anyone knowledgeable enough to ask," THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SEA is a highly comprehensive, fully illustrated, easily readable reference tool for the marine-minded. Arguably America's leading painter of and expert on maritime subjects, Richard Ellis is both author and illustrator. Take a journey around the world, from New Foundland to New Jersey, and be dazzled by the seemingly endless diversity of creatures coexisting beneath the ocean's surface.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPEDITIONS ATLAS Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 0792276167 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPEDITIONS ATLAS brings to life, in text and image, the trails and travails of the world's most famous and extreme adventurers. Written by current and former National Geographic staff members, the book is divided into seven sections, each covering historical and modern expeditions: polar exploration, mountaineering, flight and space, oceanography, archaeology, anthropology, and adventure travel. With a list of adventurers that includes Jacques Cousteau, John Glen, and Charles Lindbergh, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPEDITIONS ATLAS offers a star-studded retrospective of the world's most treasured explorers. --Reviewed by Lazarus Penultimate © Copyright 2000, Bookreporter.com. All rights reserved.