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1	My Life as an Explorer more books like this by Sven Anders Hedin add to wishlist Over the course of three decades in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Sven Hedin traveled the ancient Silk Road, discovered long-lost cities, mapped previously uncharted rivers, and saw more of "the roof of the world" than any European before him. Written in the exuberant, enthusiastic style of Richard Halliburton's The Royal Road to Romance ... see all copies from $4.96! new only from $10.28! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Gustave Caillebotte more books like this by Anne-Birgitte Fonsmark, Dorothee Hansen, Gry Hedin add to wishlist Rowers and divers, strolling couples, scenes of Parisian working life: This is the world of Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894). Though he was affiliated with Impressionism from the start (he funded several early Impressionist exhibitions and often supported colleagues like Renoir, Monet and Pissarro by buying their works), and though he shared its ... see all copies from $30.00! new only from $37.01! \| first editions \| SVS
3	My Life as an Explorer: The Great Adventurers Classic Memoir more books like this by Sven Hedin, Peter Hopkirk (Introduction by), Philip Turner (Editor) add to wishlist Sven Hedin (1865-1952) spent three decades exploring Central Asia: traveling the Silk Road, discovering long-lost cities, mapping uncharted rivers. This memoir tells the story of his exploits and accomplishments. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.26!
4	Studio a: The Bob Dylan Reader more books like this by Benjamin Hedin (Editor) add to wishlist Studio A chronicles the creator of some of the most indelible popular music of our time, a restless and protean figure whose career has been the subject of repeated transformations, declines and comebacks. From early singles such as "Blowin' in the Wind" to recent albums like Love and Theft, Bob Dylan has proven himself to be the greatest lyricist ... see all copies from $2.09! new only from $9.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet more books like this by Sven Anders Hedin add to wishlist The account of the authors 18 months of travel in the years 1906-1908. The book is in 3 volumes and gives a lively account of the authors travels and adventures in Tibet. The author skips the heavy technical jargon and has adopted an easy style of writing that would be appealing to the expert as well as an interested reader. The book is full of ... see all copies from $57.56! new only from $89.36! \| first editions
6	A Conquest of Tibet more books like this by Sven Hedin add to wishlist see all copies from $7.50! new only from $27.97! \| first editions
7	The Great Land: Reflections on Alaska more books like this by Gary Holthaus (Editor), Robert Hedin (Editor) add to wishlist Beginning near Sitka and ending in the Yukon Delta, this collection of essays on Alaska's natural grandeur takes the reader on a grand tour of a great land. Editors Hedin and Holthaus demonstrate the diversity of Alaska through writings that offer a rich understanding of the complexities of the land and its people. The Great Land offers ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Married to the Church more books like this by Raymond Hedin add to wishlist "What a wonderful book! And how very important it is too. I believe Hedin has everything right...The analysis of those who left the priesthood is the most penetrating I've ever seen on the subject." - Fr. Andrew M. Greeley. "Startling, methodologically important, and quite moving...This is a first-rate work of religious and cultural analysis." - ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.40! \| first editions
9	From pole to pole, a book for young people more books like this by Sven Anders Hedin add to wishlist Sven Anders Hedin (1865-1952) was a Swedish explorer, geographer and geopolitician. Hedin was born in Stockholm. Between 1886 and 1892 he studied geology, mineralogy, zoology, and Latin in Stockholm, Uppsala, Berlin, and Halle. He was a student of Ferdinand von Richthofen. Between his graduation in 1892 and 1935 he led several expeditions to ... see all copies from $17.40! new only from $18.34! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Riddles of the Gobi Desert: With 24 Plates and a Map more books like this by Sven Anders Hedin add to wishlist "Riddles of the Gobi Desert": This account of the celebrated Swedish explorer describes his expeditions into northern China and inner Mongolia in 1928 and 1929. Written in his characteristic narrative to simplicity it details his negotiation with the central government of Nan king and aims to increase the archaeological and geographical knowledge ... see all copies from $17.18! new only from $55.99! \| first editions
11	The Great Machines: Poems and Songs from the Age of the American Railroad more books like this by Robert Hedin (Editor) add to wishlist Includes works by Langston Hughes, Hart Crane, Edna St. Vincent Millay, William Carlos Williams, John Berryman and many others--all in celebration of trains. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.89! \| first editions
12	Alaska: Reflections on Land and Spirit more books like this by Gary Holthaus (Editor), Robert Hedin (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions
13	Jehol, city of emperors more books like this by Sven Anders Hedin add to wishlist see all copies from $20.00! new only from $21.86! \| signed copies \| first editions
14	Old Glory: American War Poems from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terrorism more books like this by Robert Hedin (Editor), Walter Cronkite (Foreword by) add to wishlist For the first time, in one volume, the rich canon of American war poems, from "Yankee Doodle" to Robert Creeley's "Ground Zero." This unique, comprehensive anthology gathers together more than two hundred poems about the American experience of war—narratives, meditations, elegies, lamentations, odes, tributes, and battle hymns—many of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.43! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Fly Away Home more books like this by Mary Hedin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Roads Have Come to an End Now: Selected and Last Poems of Rolf Jacobsen more books like this by Rolf Jacobsen, Robert Bly (Translator), Robert Hedin (Translator) add to wishlist Robert Bly introduces this selected volume of poems by the celebrated Norwegian modernist. In the world explored here, smokestacks, billboards, and telephone poles dot the traditionally pastoral landscape. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17	Knit Sweaters the Easy Way--Using the Straight-Line Method more books like this by Solweig Hedin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $37.99! \| first editions
18 view cover	Chiang Kai-Shek, Marshal of China more books like this by Sven Anders Hedin add to wishlist Text extracted from opening pages of book: a* i iang MARSHAL OF CHINA by SVEN HEDIN Translated from the Swedish by BERNARD NORBELIE ILLUSTRATED THE JOHN DAY COMPANY NEW YORK Contents 3PAGE Preface xi PART I I. Visiting the Emperor of Japan 3 II. Chiang Kai-shek s Years of Study in Japan 6 IIL The Fall of the Manchu Dynasty n IV. The Northern ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $23.44! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Where One Voice Ends Another Begins: 150 Years of Minneosta Poetry more books like this by Robert Hedin (Editor) add to wishlist It is the unique gift of a poet to distil a place, a moment, a feeling in such a way that draws readers into his or her intimate world, inviting them to make it their own. In "Where One Voice Ends Another Begins", seventy-six extraordinary poets from across generations invite readers to experience Minnesota through hundreds of diverse and deeply ... see all copies from $3.98! new only from $11.70! \| SVS
20	The sculpture of Gaspard and Balthazard Marsy : art and patronage in the early reign of Louis XIV, with a catalogue raisonné more books like this by Thomas F. Hedin add to wishlist see all copies from $12.94! first editions
21	Central Asia and Tibet; towards the holy city of Lassa. more books like this by Sven Anders Hedin add to wishlist see all copies from $144.00! new only from $412.51! \| first editions \| SVS
22	To the Forbidden Land: Discoveries & Adventures in Tibet Selected & Adapted from Sven Hedin's Trans-Himalaya more books like this by Sven A. Hedin add to wishlist This title presents a selection of adventures from an expedition in Tibet during the years 1906-1908. This book is primarily book for adventure minded girls and boys, and is without the heavy details of a geographical expedition. see all copies from $16.88! new only from $28.95!
23	Alaska: Reflections on Land and Spirit more books like this by Robert Hedlin, Gary Holthaus (Editor), Robert Hedin (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
24	Through Asia (Two Volume set) by Sven Hedin add to wishlist see all copies from $52.00! new only from $58.47! \| first editions
25 view cover	Perfect in Their Art: Poems on Boxing from Homer to Ali more books like this by Robert Hedin (Editor), Michael Waters (Editor), Budd Schulberg (Foreword by) add to wishlist Two combatants, one ring, and a battle governed as much by determination and drive as by rules and referees. "Perfect in Their Art" spans the millennia to present more than one hundred of the finest pugilistic poems celebrating boxing's literary, historical and cultural heritage. see all copies from $9.89! new only from $13.34! \| first editions \| SVS

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