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1) Wild Canada
Series
Pub. Date
[2014], c2014
Language
English
Description
Journey from Canada's wettest and most biologically diverse landscape to the temperate rainforest to the snow-capped peaks of the Rocky Mountains. Learn about wolves that fish for salmon, see head-butting male big horn sheep and ice-covered grizzly bears living near the Arctic Circle. The ancient coastal forests hide rarely told stories of human and wildlife relationships that have co-existed for thousands of years.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The second episode picks up where episode one left off with Steve and the climbing team halfway up the unclimbed, sheer-sided face of a remote tepui, about to make one last desperate attempt to reach the summit. It is then on to a new tepui and the second stage of the expedition. Joining up with a team of elite Italian cavers; Steve ventures deep within a tepui - inside a newly-discovered cave. Within this dark underworld, the team encounter strange...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"With her first book, Will to Wild, Shelby shares all she's witnessed and learned in her years covering adventurers. It's the book she wishes she'd had when she first felt the urge to leap from familiar to wild terrain. The one that takes you step-by-step from the first inkling of inspiration for your own wild idea through fear and self-doubt and on to the finish line. In these pages, you will find stories with practical tips and tactics from world-famous...
Pub. Date
[2013], c2002
Language
English
Description
Sometimes the longest journey begins with great patience. When Jon Bowermaster proposed an 800-mile kayak expedition along Vietnam's northern coastline, the country's government laughed at him. However, Bowermaster and his team of five, including a Vietnamese-American woman who had fled Saigon as a child on the final day of war in 1975, made the unprecedented voyage. Bowermaster met thousands of Vietnam's citizens: rich and poor, fishermen and entrepreneurs,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After an encounter with a skunk, Dog Man, now scarlet red after being dunked in tomato juice, is exiled but must find a way to save those who shunned him when an all-new, never-before-seen villain unleashes an army of A.I. robots.
Author
Series
The legend of moonglade volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In the first installment of The Legend of Moonglade trilogy, one girl must uncover the truth about her world...even if that means putting her life in danger. Fourteen-year-old Zuri used to be the most talented kid in Wolf Clan. All through her life, she was at the top of her class, and everyone assumed she would do amazing things someday. But on her tenth birthday, everything went wrong. She was chosen by a black wolf--the only illegal wolf in Akaidia--and...
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Discover the world's most fascinating animals when you journey with the Little Einsteins from the Great Lakes to the Great Barrier Reef and beyond! Travel to India for the spectacular Elephant Festival. Meet Joey the Kangaroo in Australia, and dive into an ocean of wonders with Rocket as he transforms into a submarine and swims with a humpback whale. Whether by land, by sea or by air, you're in for the ultimate animal adventure!
11) Wave Warriors
Pub. Date
[2013], c1993
Language
English
Description
Calling themselves the Tsunami Rangers, a unique group of extreme sea kayakers thrive on the most intense ocean conditions. For these adventurers, pounding huge waves simply equals more water fun. Viewers will feel as if they're being taken along for the ride, involved in split-second action as the fearless kayakers find thrills in the violent and powerful surf. Go inside treacherous, water-filled caves, around jagged rocks, beside sheer cliff faces,...
14) Dark horizons
Author
Series
The legend of moonglade volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In the second installment in The Legend of Moonglade series, Zuri must search deeper into darker and darker secrets…but time is running out. A few weeks after the wildfire that completely renovated the landscape of Akaidia, the exiles are struggling to adapt to the harsh new lands they now call home. Zuri is quickly affected by the changes, and after an exciting turn of events, she finds a strange clue that could lead them to answers about how...
Pub. Date
[2013], c1990
Language
English
Description
Visit Antarctica with the three Poncet boys-Dita, age five, Lier, age eight, and Dion, age ten-as they embark on the ultimate adventure: a sailing trip to Antarctica. The adventure is directed by the boys' parents, Sally and Jerome, who make scientific studies of penguin populations. In this episode, witness the most remote and starkly beautiful continent on earth. Climb aboard a 50-foot schooner and journey through the islands around the tip of a...
Pub. Date
[2013], c2000
Language
English
Description
He's survived the Southern Traverse and mastered the Sahara Marathon, two incredible tests of endurance-but can Boyd Matson master the toughest survival course in the world? We accompany Boyd to western Australia where he'll attempt a 200-kilometer trek through a scorching desert, with nothing but a map and compass to navigate, a survival kit no bigger than a deck of cards, and two canteens of precious water. Will his skills serve him when he's up...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The spotlight's on the guardian of Angel Island, Knuckles the Echinda! Tasked with protecting his floating home and the powerful Master Emerald, Knuckles has encountered the worst of the worst: Rough & Tumble, Neo Metal Sonic, and even Dr. Eggman! With nothing but his powerful fists--and maybe some help from the likes of Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, and Blaze the Cat--Knuckles has beat them all back to protect not just his island, but...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"This fascinating new installment in the popular Lives of . . . series of collective biographies is full of juicy tidbits about history's greatest explorers"--
"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...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"For the past twenty-five years, Belinda Kirk's professional life has revolved around adventure. She's seen it change people first hand: turning the timid into the confident, the addicted into the recovering, and the lost into the intentionally wandering. As a force for change, adventure can be powerful like few others. This book is about this transformational power, and the first to explore why adventure is essential to our wellbeing. From managing...
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