Author: Abel Plenn
Publisher: Vintage Cookery Books
Keywords: continent
Number of Pages: 268
Published: 2007-03-15
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 1406774413
ISBN-13: 9781406774412

ABEL PLENN FOR MY WIFE AND FELLOW-WRITER, DORIS TROUTMAN PLENN FOR THE MEMORY OF MY MOTHER AND FATHER, IDA AND HARRY PLENN AND FOR THE FEW AND THE MANY OTHERS WHOSE CHERISHING EFFORT AND RENEWING SPIRIT KEEP THE HORIZONS OF AMERICAN PIONEERING FOREVER PRESENT . - or this oontinenf a. new nation ... V FOREWORD Although the present historical chronicle of the U. S. A. makes its appear ance as a companion-book to this authors The Southern Americas, and generally follows the method developed in the earlier book of alternating excerpts selected from diaries, letters and other original sources with

Author: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: HarperTorch
Keywords: continent, last
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2000-02-01
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0061059072
ISBN-13: 9780061059070

Something is amiss at Unseen Unversity, Ankh-Morpork’s most prestigious (i.e., only) institution of higher learning. A professor is missing--but a search party is on the way! A bevy of senior wizards will follow the trail wherever it leads--even to the other side of Discworld, where the Last Continent, Fourecks, is under construction. Imagine a magical land where rain is but a myth and the ordinary is strange and the past and present run side by side. experience the terror as you encounter a Mad Dwarf, the Peach Butt, and the dreaded Meat Pie Floater.Feel the passion as the denizens of t

Author: Noah Brooks
Publisher: Digital Scanning
Keywords: continent, across, first
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2001-10
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1582186820
ISBN-13: 9781582186825

First Across the Continent: The Story of Lewis and Clark Expedition is a captivating tale. Noah Brooks uses extensive, carefully selected excerpts from the original journals of the exploreres to send the armchair adventurer along on the trek with Lewis and Clark. The detailed descriptions and faithful narratives immerse you in one of the most amazing journeys in history.

Author: James Churchward
Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press
Keywords: continent, lost
Number of Pages: 335
Published: 2007-08-09
List price: $18.00
ISBN-10: 193188272X
ISBN-13: 9781931882729

Mu was an immense continent covering nearly one-half of the Pacific Ocean. When she sank during volcanic destruction, fifty million square miles of water claimed her place. This vast continent and culture was the centre of civilisation some 25,000 years ago. This is the story of Churchward’s search for the lost continent, from the vaults of an Indian temple to the four corners of the world.

Author: Wilson S. Naylor
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Keywords: continent, daybreak
Number of Pages: 364
Published: 2005-03-01
List price: $31.95
ISBN-10: 1417988037
ISBN-13: 9781417988037

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

Author: Michel Peissel
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Keywords: continent, secret, tibet
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2003-02-27
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0312309538
ISBN-13: 9780312309534

With 250 accompanying photographs, Michael Peissel tells the history of the early Tibetans and the subsequent golden age of Tibetan Buddhism under the monk Richen Zampo. He examines the spiritual aspects that are so important in Tibetan life and the modern international success of Lamanism. Chronicling the paths of early explorers, Peissel relates Tibet’s plunder and destruction, from its dismembering in colonial times to the Chinese takeover. He looks at the uniqueness of the Himalayas, where flora and fauna have evolved to suit the high altitude and resulted in such extraordinary spe

Author: John Reader
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: continent, biography, africa
Number of Pages: 816
Published: 1999-09-07
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 067973869X
ISBN-13: 9780679738695

"Awe-inspiring . . . a masterly synthesis." --The New York Times Book Review"Deeply penetrating, intensely thought-provoking and thoroughly informed . . . one of the most important general surveys of Africa that has been produced in the last decade." --The Washington PostIn 1978, paleontologists in East Africa discovered the earliest evidence of our divergence from the apes: three pre-human footprints, striding away from a volcano, were preserved in the petrified surface of a mudpan over three million years ago. Out of Africa, the world’s most ancient and stable landmass, Homo sapiens di