search for books and compare prices
history expeditions discoveries bisacsh matches 6 work(s)
displaying 1 to 6 | at end
show results in order: alphabetically | oldest to newest | newest to oldest
Cover for 9780760348123 Cover for 9780300170283 Cover for 9781426209574 Cover for 9780195123821 Cover for 9780199837809 Cover for 9780670023011 Cover for 9781410441157 Cover for 9780465058785 Cover for 9780708913260 Cover for 9780061006494 Cover for 9780246123084 Cover for 9780786706211 Cover for 9780842308243 Cover for 9780881841787 Cover for 9780786165803 Cover for 9781572702905 Cover for 9780786147168 Cover for 9781572701335
cover image for 9780199837809
Product Description: Inconstant and forbidding, the arctic has lured misguided voyagers into the cold for centuries--pushing them beyond the limits of their knowledge, technology, and endurance. A Fabulous Kingdom charts these quests and the eventual race for the North Pole, chronicling the lives and adventures that would eventually throw light on this "magical realm" of sunless winters...read more

Hardcover:

9780195123821 | Oxford Univ Pr, March 1, 2001, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The lure of the Arctic forms the basis of this compelling new history of exploration, from the Vikings to the nineteenth- and twentieth-century explorers who vied with each other to reach the last great frontiers on the planet.

Paperback:

9780199837809 | 2 edition (Oxford Univ Pr, May 30, 2012), cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Inconstant and forbidding, the arctic has lured misguided voyagers into the cold for centuries--pushing them beyond the limits of their knowledge, technology, and endurance.

cover image for 9781410441157
Product Description: From the author of the Magellan biography, Over the Edge of the World, a mesmerizing new account of the great explorer. Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in the Americas, is a watershed event in world history...read more

Hardcover:

9781410441157 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, October 12, 2011), cover price $32.99 | About this edition: From the author of the Magellan biography, Over the Edge of the World, a mesmerizing new account of the great explorer.
9780670023011 | Viking Pr, September 20, 2011, cover price $35.00

cover image for 9780465058785
Story of how twenty-eight men battled against almost insuperable odds to return to civilization after their ship sank near the South Pole

Hardcover:

9780465058785 | 100 anv edition (Basic Books, April 29, 2014), cover price $27.99
9780708913260 | Large print edition (Ulverscroft Large Print Books, July 1, 1985), cover price $15.95

Paperback:

9780842308243 | Tyndale House Pub, June 1, 1999, cover price $14.99
9780786706211 | 2 edition (Basic Books, March 18, 1999), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Story of how twenty-eight men battled against almost insuperable odds to return to civilization after their ship sank near the South Pole
9780061006494, titled "Ecowar" | Harpercollins, October 1, 1993, cover price $5.50 | also contains Ecowar | About this edition: Dr.
9780881841787 | Carroll & Graf Pub, January 1, 1986, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Story of how twenty-eight men battled against almost insuperable odds to return to civilization after their ship sank near the South Pole
9780246123084 | Sheridan House Inc, September 1, 1984, cover price $11.50

CD/Spoken Word:

9780786165803 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, January 1, 2007), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Describes how twenty-eight men battled against almost insurmountable odds to return to civilization after their ship sank near the South Pole.
9781572702905 | Abridged edition (Audio Partners, December 1, 2002), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Describes how twenty-eight men battled against almost insurmountable odds to return to civilization after their ship sank near the South Pole.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780786147168 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, January 1, 2007), cover price $25.95
9781572701335 | Audio Partners, February 1, 2000, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Describes how twenty-eight men battled against almost insurmountable odds to return to civilization after their ship sank near the South Pole.

displaying 1 to 6 | at end