Television personality Jeff Corwin takes the reader on a expedition to Thailand, and introduces some of the diverse wildlife found there, including a python in a rice paddy, an Asian elephant, a flying lizard, crabs and cobras.
Television personality Jeff Corwin takes the reader on an expedition of Madagascar, a large island off the east coast of Africa, and introduces some of the unusual wildlife found there.
Television personality Jeff Corwin takes the reader on a expedition through California, and introduces some of the diverse wildlife found there, including black bears, great white sharks, and rattlesnakes.
Television personality Jeff Corwin takes the reader on an expedition through the harsh environment of Arizona, and introduces some of the diverse wildlife found there, including diamondback rattlesnakes, bats, and horned lizards.
Television personality Jeff Corwin takes the reader on an expedition through the harsh environment of Alaska, and introduces some of the diverse wildlife found there, including moose, sea otters, black bears, and giant Pacific octopus.
The author provides a humorous account of his experiences hiking the Appalachian Trail from just north of Atlanta, Georgia, to Maine, a six-month journey that led to new romance and the satisfaction of meeting the challenges of walking over two thousand miles.
fatherhood, fly-fishing, and a river journey through the heart of Alaska
Ureneck, Lou
2009
Chronicles Lou Ureneck's ten day Alaskan fishing trip with his teenage son, in which he overcame natural obstacles and helped his son deal with the divorce of his parents.
The author follows the footsteps of Herodotus across Greece, Turkey, Egypt, and Iraq to examine the places and cultures Herodotus described in his fifth-century narrative on the Persian War.
Provides an account of the expedition mounted by Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton to be the first to cross the entire continent of Antarctica in 1914.