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- Heart of darkness / by Conrad, Joseph,1857-1924,author.;
- Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Degeneration; Europeans; Imperialism; Suffering; Trading posts;
- The lost journals of Sacajewea : a novel / by Earling, Debra Magpie,author.;
- "From the award-winning author of Perma Red comes a devastatingly beautiful novel that challenges prevailing historical narratives of Sacajewea"--
- Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Sacagawea; Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806); Indigenous peoples;
- Terra nova / by Power, Henriette Lazaridis,author.;
- "The year is 1910, and two Antarctic explorers, Watts and Heywoud, are racing to the South Pole. Back in London, Viola, a photo-journalist, harbors love for them both. In Terra Nova, Henriette Lazaridis seamlessly ushers the reader back and forth between the austere, forbidding, yet intoxicating polar landscape of Antarctica to the bustle of early twentieth century London. Though anxious for both men, Viola has little time to pine. She is photographing hunger strikers in the suffrage movement, capturing the female nude in challenging and politically powerful ways. As she comes into her own as an artist, she's eager for recognition and to fulfill her ambitions. And then the men return, eager to share news of their triumph. But in her darkroom, Viola discovers a lie. Watts and Heywoud have doctored their photos of the Pole to fake their success. Viola must now decide whether to betray her husband and her lover, or keep their secret and use their fame to help her pursue her artistic ambitions"--
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Photojournalists; Secrecy; Suffragists; Women photographers;
- Jungle of stone : the true story of two men, their extraordinary journey, and the discovery of the lost civilization of the Maya / by Carlsen, William,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subjects: Catherwood, Frederick.; Stephens, John L., 1805-1852.; Archaeological expeditions; Archaeological expeditions; Explorers; Explorers; Mayas;
- Race to the Polar Sea : the heroic adventures and romantic obsessions of Elisha Kent Kane / by McGoogan, Kenneth,1947-;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subjects: Fox, Margaret, 1833-1893.; Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857.; Explorers;
- © 2008., HarperCollins,
- Champlain : peacemaker and explorer / by Fryer, Mary Beacock,1929-;
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-142) and index.Discusses the life and accomplishments of Samuel de Champlain, the French explorer who explored the northeast part of North America and established a settlement in Quebec in the early 1600s.LSC
- Subjects: Champlain, Samuel de, 1567-1635.; Explorers; Explorers;
- © c2011., Dundurn Press,
- History presents The greatest science stories never told : 100 tales of invention and discovery to astonish, bewilder & stupefy / by Beyer, Rick,1956-; History Channel (Television network);
- Subjects: Science;
- © c2009., Harper,
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Belize.
- Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSCRDA description based on: Third edition (2015).
- Explorers who made it-- or died trying / by Wishinsky, Frieda.; Dickson, Bill.;
- Short biographies of twelve explorers: Erik the Red and Lief Eriksson, Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortez, Samuel de Champlain, Henry Hudson, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, James Cook, John Franklin and Roald Amundsen.LSC
- Subjects: Explorers; Discoveries in geography;
- © 2011., Scholastic Canada,
- AstroNuts : mission two : the Water Planet / by Scieszka, Jon.; Weinberg, Steven,1984-;
- On their second mission to find another habitable planet, the four mutant animals, LaserShark, AstroWolf, SmartHawk, and StinkBug, splash land on the Water Planet, run by some suspiciously friendly clams, who are very eager to swap planets--and if the AstroNuts can stop arguing among themselves they may find out why before it is too late.LSC
- Subjects: Science fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Life on other planets; Extrasolar planets; Astronauts; Genetic engineering; Pollution;
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