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Atlas of the Seven Continents contains amazing continental maps and detailed information on population, beliefs, climate and vegetation, ecology and environment, economy, and politics and history.
This is the best book for Geography class and for anyone who need information about any continent on Earth. Describes the continents in great detail!
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Photography has been a passion, as has travel, for Michael S. Lewis M.D. for 30 years. The result is One World: a View of Seven Continents. Comprised of 234 magnificent full-color photographs, this book draws viewers into a world of exotic and ordinary places, architectural wonders, vast and small landscapes, people and animals – on land and under the sea. Each photograph is accompanied by a quotation – sometimes inspiring, sometimes humorous....
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The World Marathon Challenge, seven marathons on seven continents in seven days, is the ultimate race for adventurous runners. It tests the athletes to their limits, going from biting cold Antarctic conditions one day to dry desert heat another. To survive the onslaught of sensations- fear, fatigue, depression, elation- takes a special sort of determination and strength of will. Few would voluntarily take on such a challenge, and fewer still would...
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Maralyn Rittenour has lived a life of accidental twists and turns full of luck, opportunity, intrigue, and at times, hardship and tragedy. From her first close call as an infant when her mother literally missed a boat that later sank, to being twice married in November and twice widowed in August, to trips to all seven continents on the globe, to her work for MI6, Thursday's Child chronicles the life of a true adventurer, her rich family history,...
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A picture book autobiography about Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray's amazing adventure of running seven marathons on seven continents in seven days!
Finish Strong: Seven Marathons on Seven Continents in Seven Days is the inspiring true story of Dave McGillivray's epic marathon experience! In 2018, McGillivray formed a team called "Hold the Plane" to enter the World Marathon Challenge. The first stop was a desert. And, not the kind...
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In his previous book, Running Hot & Cold, Doug described his journey from couch potato in late middle age to running long-distance races across deserts, mountains, jungles and snow fields in locations as diverse as the Sahara Desert and the polar ice-cap of Greenland. Having completed major events on four of Earth's continents, Can We Run With You, Grandfather? describes Doug's ongoing journey towards his ultimate dream of running at least a half...
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"Linda Carrier's book tells an amazing story. No, it's more than amazing. It is nearly unbelievable. Hers is a life and a book of challenges met and odds beaten. It's a story about a marathon of marathons, but it's much more than that. It's a story of what the human spirit can achieve. I'm fascinated, entertained, educated, and inspired-all in one book! Read it." -Dr. John Dempsey, President, Sandhills Community College
Linda Carrier has never...
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More than fifty expeditions across all seven continents - by land, sea and air - have led adventurer Neil Laughton to some of the most remote places in the world.
Adventureholic tells the stories of Neil's most unforgettable and daring adventures yet. From summiting Mount Everest with Bear Grylls and playing cricket at the Geographic South Pole to piloting the world's first road-legal flying car on a 10,000km journey across the Sahara Desert to Timbuktu,...
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Satish Shenoy's Runaway Growth: Seven Life & Business Lessons from Running Marathons across Seven Continents is about how ordinary people can achieve extraordinary goals. This book explores the intersection between marathon running and the "marathon" of life and how there are many parallels, principles and perspectives from long distance running that can help us in everyday life.
Shenoy believes that we all have it within ourselves-what we need to...
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Here is the ultimate guide to 50 of the world's best marathons. If you're a long-distance runner looking for a new challenge, or a marathon novice with a spirit of adventure, this informative guide will help you choose the perfect course. The marathons included here embrace far-flung corners of the globe and every continent. They include fast and flat city runs, endurance events in hot and humid climates, scenic mountain challenges, the chance to...
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Musk Ox volume 3
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A cantankerous zebra takes a wise-cracking musk ox on a tour of the seven continents.
15) Ladybugs
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Holiday House
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Using simple text and colorful illustrations, this book describes the physical attribute, habits, and life cycle of the ladybug.
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Explorer Academy volume 7
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Under the Stars
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[2022]
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Publisher Annotation: Amid assignments that take the Explorer Academy recruits from the iceberg-filled waters of Antarctica to the bone-dry deserts of Argentina, Cruz Coronado is scrambling to complete the last piece of the cipher. With Nebula agents and the elusive explorer spy still out there, his opportunity to recover his mother’s world-changing formula is slipping away. But as Cruz has learned from his time aboard Orion, true explorers must...
17) Winged migration
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
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Documentary on the migratory habits of birds across the seven continents.
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National Geographic
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[2022]
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Publisher Annotation: Discover Earth’s strangest animals, natural formations, festivals, ancient wonders, news, and more in this newest addition to the wildly popular Weird But True! family―an annual compendium of everything Weird But True! fans love ... and then some. Readers will journey across the seven continents, dive into the ocean, and even blast off into space to discover a whole wide world of weird. From the troll doll bug of Suriname...
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National Geographic
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[2023]
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Publisher Annotation: Discover Earth’s strangest animals, natural formations, festivals, ancient wonders, news, and more in this newest addition to the wildly popular Weird But True! family―an annual compendium of everything Weird But True! fans love ... and then some. Readers will journey across the seven continents, dive into the ocean, and even blast off into space to discover a whole wide world of weird. From the troll doll bug of Suriname...
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"Taste the World! It's truly a feast of wonder: Created by the ever-curious minds behind Atlas Obscura, this breathtaking guide transforms our sense of what people around the world eat and drink. Covering all seven continents, Gastro Obscura serves up a loaded plate of incredible ingredients, food adventures, and edible wonders. Ready for a beer made from fog in Chile? Sardinia's "Threads of God" pasta? Egypt's 2000-year-old egg ovens? But far more...
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