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The prompts inside this
cheerful matchbox offer
inspiring ideas for
sharing and cultivating
moments of joy,
appreciating bright
spots, and celebrating
the everyday. Petite and
sweet, this little box
of happiness makes a
great stocking stuffer,
birthday gift, or
thank-you for exceptional
party hosts.
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A New York Times
bestseller Our ancestors
crossed deserts,
mountains, and oceans
without even a whisper of
what anyone today might
consider modern
technology. Those feats
of endurance now seem
impossible in an age
where we take comfort for
granted. But what if we
could regain some of our
lost evolutionary
strength by simulating
the environmental
conditions of our
forebears? Humans like to
be comfortable.When it`s
hot we switch on the air
conditioning and when
it`s cold we crank up the
central heating. Yet
thousands of us take part
in challenges like Tough
Mudder, Total Warrior
and Survival of the
Fittest, which take us
well and truly out of our
comfort zones. Scott
Carney spent his days
sitting at a desk staring
at a screen.Approaching
his mid-30s, he told
himself that it was
normal for his stomach to
sag and for his legs to
ache from under-use. Then
he came across a picture
of a nearly naked man
twenty years his senior
sitting on a glacier:
Dutch guru Wim Hof,
whose remarkable ability
to control his body
temperature in extreme
cold has sparked a
whirlwind of scientific
study.Carney signed up to
Hof`s one-week course,
not realising that it
would be the start of a
four-year journey to
unlock his own
evolutionary potential.
From hyperventilating in
a dilapidated Polish farm
house, to underwater
weight-lifting with
celebrities in
California, What Doesn`t
Kill Us sees Carney
interview athletes,
trainers and scientists
about the astonishing and
sometimes dangerous world
of body transformation.
He takes part in the UK`s
original - and most
difficult - obstacle
course: Tough Guy, and
completes a
record-bending, 28-hour
climb to the snowy peak
of Mt Kilimanjaro,
wearing nothing but a
pair of shorts and
running shoes. Above all,
he learns that getting a
little less comfortable
might actually be the key
to living a healthier,
happier life.
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Polar Exploration
celebrates the heroic
exploits of the world’s
greatest polar explorers.
Produced by the Royal
Geographical Society and
compiled by polar
historian Beau
Riffenburgh, in this box
cased volume you will
find facsimile copies of
historically important
polar documents. The book
takes you on a tour of
‘heroic age’ of polar
exploration, featuring
the key expeditions to
the Arctic and Antarctic
from John Ross’s 1818
investigation to the
polar aviation of the
1920’s and
30’s.Expeditions are
show cased
chronologically and
include those led by both
better and lesser known
polar explorers.
Facsimiles provided
include a menu from the
Nares` expedition, a
plan of the Fram, an
extract from Scott’s
diary describing the
death of Captain Oates
and a pre-expedition
letter on future party
members by Shackleton.
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`This book is an absolute
delight, to browse
through, to absorb the
superb and evocative
images, sketches and
watercolours that took me
straight back to my own
Arctic wanderings, to
adorn your coffee table
or to read for
inspiration or a good
laugh.` - Sir Chris
Bonington, renowned
British mountaineerThis
book is the culmination
of various expeditions
made by well-known artist
and bestselling author
David Bellamy to his
beloved Arctic. His
descriptions of his
travels, written from an
artist`s point of view,
vividly bring to life the
challenges he faced when
painting outdoors in one
of the harshest
environments on the
planet, and make for an
exhilarating and
captivating read. Filled
with David`s watercolour
paintings and sketches,
made during his various
expeditions, the book
provides a fascinating
insight into the wildlife
and people that live
within the Arctic Circle
and captures perfectly
the majesty and
breathtaking beauty of
the world`s final
wilderness.
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This compilation of the
500 most unmissable
sights and attractions in
the world has been ranked
by Lonely Planet`s global
community of travel
experts, so big name
mega-sights such as the
Eiffel Tower and the Taj
Mahal battle it out with
lesser-known hidden gems
for a prized place in the
top 10, making this the
only bucket list you`ll
ever need. This
definitive wish list of
the best places to visit
on earth is packed with
insightful write-ups and
inspiring photography to
get you motivated to
start ticking off your
travel list.
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Imagine taking a hike
along the windswept red
plains of Mars to dig for
signs of life, or
touring one of Jupiter`s
sixty-four moons where
you can take photos of
its swirling storms. For
a mini-break on a tight
budget, the Moon is
quite majestic and very
quiet if you can make it
during the off-season.
Beautifully illustrated
and packed with
real-world science, The
Vacation Guide to the
Solar System is the
essential planning guide
for the curious space
adventurer, covering all
of the essentials for
your next voyage, how to
get there, and what to
do when you arrive.
Written by an astronomer
from the American Museum
of Natural History and
one of the creators of
the Guerilla Science
collective, this
tongue-in-cheek reference
guide is an imaginative
exploration into the
`what if` of space
travel, sharing
fascinating facts about
the planets in our solar
system and even some
moons!
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Since the days of
conquistador Hernan
Cortes, rumours have
circulated about a lost
city of immense wealth
hidden deep in the
Honduran interior.
Indigenous tribes speak
of ancestors who fled
there to escape the
Spanish invaders, and
warn the legendary city
is cursed: to enter it is
a death sentence. They
call it the Lost City of
the Monkey God. In 1940,
swashbuckling journalist
Theodore Morde returned
from the rainforest with
hundreds of artefacts and
an electrifying story of
having found the City -
but then committed
suicide without revealing
its location. Three
quarters of a century
later, bestselling
author Doug Preston
joined a team of
scientists on a
groundbreaking new quest.
In 2012 he climbed aboard
a single-engine plane
carrying a highly
advanced, classified
technology that could map
the terrain under the
densest rainforest
canopy. In an unexplored
valley ringed by steep
mountains, that flight
revealed the unmistakable
image of a sprawling
metropolis, tantalizing
evidence of not just an
undiscovered city but a
lost civilization. To
confirm the discovery,
Preston and the team
battled torrential rains,
quickmud, plagues of
insects, jaguars, and
deadly snakes.They
emerged from the jungle
with proof of the
legend...and the curse.
They had contracted a
horrifying, incurable
and sometimes lethal
disease. Suspenseful and
shocking, filled with
history, adventure and
dramatic twists of
fortune, The Lost City
of the Monkey God is the
absolutely true,
eyewitness account of one
of the great discoveries
of the twenty-first
century.
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The Lost City Of Z: A
Legendary British Explorer`s
Deadly Quest To Uncover The
Secrets Of The Amazon
Legendary British Explorer`s
Deadly Quest To Uncover The
Secrets Of The Amazon
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Soon to be a major film
starring Robert
Pattinson, Charlie
Hunnam and Sienna
Miller.Colonel Percy
Harrison Fawcett, the
inspiration behind Conan
Doyle`s novel The Lost
World, was among the
last of a legendary breed
of British explorers. For
years he explored the
Amazon and came to
believe that its jungle
concealed a large,
complex civilization,
like El Dorado. Obsessed
with its discovery, he
christened it the City of
Z.In 1925, Fawcett
headed into the
wilderness with his son
Jack, vowing to make
history. They vanished
without a trace. For the
next eighty years,
hordes of explorers
plunged into the jungle,
trying to find evidence
of Fawcett`s party or Z.
Some died from disease
and starvation; others
simply disappeared. In
this spellbinding true
tale of lethal obsession,
David Grann retraces the
footsteps of Fawcett and
his followers as he
unravels one of the
greatest mysteries of
exploration.
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This fascinating social
history of polar
expeditions examines the
cultural trends that
produced these daring,
even reckless
journeys.From the
late-17th to the early
20th century, intrepid
explorers from America
and Europe risked (and
sometimes lost) their
lives exploring the
forbidding, uncharted
landscapes of the Arctic
and Antarctica. What
drove these men to
undertake these seemingly
impossible journeys? In
this deeply researched
book, author John Dippel
makes a convincing case
that dozens of polar
expeditions were
motivated less by
courageous idealism than
personal ambition and
national rivalries.The
author traces the ways in
which men of unbridled
ambition responded to
society`s need for heroes
by masking their true
intentions behind
patriotic sentiments or
noble claims about
advancing science. In so
doing they frequently put
their own lives and those
of the men in their
command at enormous risk.
At the same time, they
projected an attitude of
cultural superiority,
looking down on
indigenous arctic people.
Their disrespect and
ignorance of native means
of transportation, diet,
shelter, and knowledge
of the terrain often led
explorers into disaster,
where men perished from
starvation and exposure
or nearly lost their
minds. In the end, the
failure of so many polar
expeditions exposed the
limits of humanity`s
control of nature and
helped to undermine faith
in inevitable
progress.Readers who have
heard of the incredible
exploits of such famous
explorers as Robert F.
Scott, Roald Amundsen,
James Cook, and Robert
Peary will find in this
book an intriguing
explanation for what
impelled these men to
endure unimaginable cold,
near-starvation, and
years of isolation at the
ends of the earth.
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”There`s no getting
away from it; I`ve eaten
some pretty extreme
things in my time - live
tarantulas, raw goat
testicles, elephant
dung, you name it. In a
situation when your life
depends on it, you need
to put your prejudices
aside to keep your
stomach filled and your
strength up. Whether it`s
mastering the art of
foraging and cooking up a
tasty feast around the
campfire or learning
about the more extreme
end of wild food (ever
tried a scorpion kebab?),
there`s a lot to learn
when it comes to dinner
time in the wild. This
book will teach you all
the necessary skills and
techniques to get your
teeth into meals you
might never have thought
of as food in the first
place - and, crucially,
how to recognize plants
and animals that might
end up doing you more
harm than good. In
today`s world, we rarely
need to venture beyond
the local supermarket and
we turn our noses up at
the thought of snacking
on bugs and grubs. But
out in the wild, Mother
Nature has provided us
with a plentiful supply
of nutritious - if not
always delicious - food
for the taking. And when
needs must, we just have
to know where to look.
Some of it might take you
out of your comfort
zone.Some of it might
turn your stomach. But
it`s saved my life more
than once. And one day,
it might save yours...”
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This pocket book tells
the memorable stories of
the men and women who
have risked their lives
by challenging the Arctic
and the Antarctic.With
tales of famous explorers
such as Scott, and
Shackleton, this book
also looks at the hold
that these regions have
often had on the
imaginations of artists
and writers in the last
two hundred years
examining the paintings,
films and literature that
they have inspired.
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Captained by English
nobleman-turned-pirate
Joseph Bannister, the
Golden Fleece was a
pirate ship sunk by the
Royal Navy in 1686 taking
with it many fortunes`
worth of gold. When
present-day adventurers
John Chatterton and John
Mattera hear of it, they
know they have to risk
everything to get their
hands on it.Bestselling
author Robert Kurson not
only recreates the
break-neck excitement of
their search for the lost
ship, but also vividly
re-imagines life on the
high seas in the Golden
Age of piracy in this
thrilling true-life
adventure.
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The Ultimate Worst-Case
Scenario Survival
Handbook combines into
one volume 400 different
scenarios from the
publishers’ popular
series of survival books,
including many new
additions, to provide
advice on just about
everything you may ever
need to be helped
with.Divided into
chapters on animal
encounters, health
problems, home and
hearth, social
scenarios, urban
survival, the natural
world, getting around,
and extreme emergencies,
the books is not limited
just to dealing with
unusual or extreme cases
one is unlikely to come
across in one’s quiet,
unadventurous every day
life but is packed with
useful tips of all sorts,
illustrated by simple
but informative and often
amusing drawings.If
one’s first impression
of it may be “I’ll
never need that - it’s
all obvious and anyway,
I’ll never find myself
in this situation”,
ignore it at your peril
– you’re likely to
need it sooner than you
think!
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Answering all of the
important questions,
this book shows not just
how to sail an ocean for
the first time, but also
how to enjoy it. There
are insights into the
social as well as
nautical reality of
preparing the boat, the
comfort of having highly
detailed plans, the
inside story of life with
a crew, coping with
unexpected gales and
calms, the live-or-die
decision to keep watches
or not and the ports of
call from Spain to Tobago
via the Atlantic islands
and West Africa. This
fourth edition has been
substantially expanded,
with extra information
on: types of boat,
anchoring, sleep and
watch keeping, weather
and climate, and the
impact of Atlantic
weather systems on
timings and conditions of
crossings and latest
developments in
technology (navigation,
self steering,
equipment).
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On 21 February 1968,
Wally Herbert and his
team of three companions
and forty huskies set out
from Point Barrow,
Alaska, embarking on a
journey that no one had
ever attempted. Sixteen
hard months later they
finally set foot once
more on solid land,
having attained the North
Pole and crossed the
frozen Arctic Ocean for
the first time via its
longest axis. It stands
today as one of the
greatest expeditions of
all time. Illustrated
with unpublished
photographs and other
personal materials from
the Herbert archive,
this exceptional
photography book is a
first-hand record of an
astonishing journey one
that with rising
temperatures and Arctic
ice melt will probably
never be repeated. An
impressive team of
explorers and polar
experts, including Wally
Herberts daughter Kari,
also provide their
reflections and tributes
to the expedition and to
Wally Herbert,
contributing to a
remarkable visual and
personal testimony of
this historic event.
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