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Shantaram
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Gregory David Roberts
'It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured.' So begins this epic, mesmerizing first novel set in the underworld of contemporary Bombay. Shantaram is narrated by Lin, an escaped convict ...
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Integrated Principles of Zoology
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Jr Hickman, Allan Larson, Helen I'anson
This best-selling, comprehensive text is suitable for one- or two-semester courses. "Integrated Principles of Zoology" is considered the standard by which other texts are measured. It features high quality illustrations and photos, engaging narrative, traditional organization, and comprehensive coverage.
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Once They Moved Like the Wind: Cochise, Geronimo, and the Apache Wars
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David Roberts
Of the many tales of conflict and warfare between the US government and the Indian tribes, perhaps none is more dramatic or revealing than the story of the Apache wars. They were the final episode in the subjugation of the indigenous peoples: the surrender of Geronimo in 1886 effectively ended the Indian wars. Featuring not only Gerinimo, but ...
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No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
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Ed Viesturs, David Roberts
For 18 years, Viesturs pursued climbing's holy grail: to stand atop the world's fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. However, "No Shortcuts to the Top" is as much about the man who would become the first American to achieve that goal as it is about his stunning quest.
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Animal Diversity
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Cleveland P Hickman, Jr.
A top choice among students and instructors alike, "Animal Diversity" continues to earn the appreciation of both science majors and non-majors alike. The book uses the theme of evolution to develop a broad-scale view of animal diversity - students focus not only the organisms themselves, but also the processes that produce evolutionary diversity. ...
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In Search of the Old Ones
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David Roberts
A rich, popular account of America's great prehistoric mystery--the sudden disappearance of the Anasazi, the cliff-dwelling Indians who vanished from the Southwest, leaving behind America's most enduring archaeological monuments. Roberts speculates on the reasons for the disappearance of this great tribe, including drought, plague, and enemy ...
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The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mount Everest
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Conrad Anker
This memoir by mountain climber Conrad Anker tells how he discovered the body of long-lost climber George Mallory, who had disappeared, with his partner Sandy Irvine, during a 1924 ascent of Mount Everest. Anker's memoir is balanced with a parallel narrative by David Roberts, which tells the story of Mallory's expedition. The question of how and ...
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Devil's Gate: Brigham Young and the Great Mormon Handcart Tragedy
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David Roberts
In 1856, 3,000 Mormons, most of them impoverished immigrants, trudged from Iowa to Utah. More than 220 of them perished along the way. Roberts offers the dramatic story of this disaster--a catastrophe, the author contends, that Brigham Young might have easily prevented.
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A Newer World: Kit Carson John C Fremont and the Claiming of the American West
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David Roberts
This tale of the opening of the West focuses on the lives of two explorers--John C. Fremont and his more famous scout, Kit Carson. Journalist David Roberts traces their 20-year career, which saw a war with Mexico, expansion into California, and sad chapters in the war against the Indians.
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Terrible Times
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Philip Ardagh, David Roberts (Illustrator)
In the third installment of the Eddie Dickens saga, our poor hero Eddie finds himself on the way to America aboard the sailing ship Pompous Pig, along with a cargo hold full of left shoes, the world-famous Dog's Bone Diamond, and some of the most dangerous traveling companions anyone might have the misfortune to share a ship with. A mysterious ...
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Sweet Poison
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David Roberts
It is August 1935 and the Duke of Mersham is hosting one of his influential parties, bringing together public figures interested in improving Anglo-German relations. One of his guests is General Sir Alistair Craig VC, who swallows poison in the duke's excellent port and dies just as latecomer Lord Edward Corinth and journalist Verity Browne arrive ...
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Pick Me Up: Stuff You Need to Know...
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David Roberts (Creator), Jeremy Leslie (Creator)
With gorgeous, full-color spreads and hip, vivid design, this "un-cyclopedia" for the Internet generation gives fresh and fascinating contexts for classic information--making looking up information easier than ever!
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Four Against the Arctic: Shipwrecked for Six Years at the Top of the World
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David Roberts
Follows the author's reconstruction of the survival story of four eighteenth-century Russian sailors who were shipwrecked on the barren Arctic island of Svalbard for six years.
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Dangerous Sea: The Fourth in the Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne Murder Mystery Series
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David Roberts
A series of murders take place on the famous sailing ship the QUEEN MARY in this World War II-era mystery.
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On the Ridge Between Life and Death: A Climbing Life Reexamined
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David Roberts
One of the world's best-known writers on mountaineering recounts the exhilarating highs and desperate lows of his climbing career and reconsiders the costs of this most perilous sport.
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Points Unknown: A Century of Great Exploration
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David Roberts (Editor)
This collection of adventure writing ranges from Robert Falcon Scott's final journal entry to Jon Krakauer's reckless solo climb of the Devil's Thumb to Tom Wolfe's brilliant portrayal of Chuck Yeager shattering the sound barrier in "The Right Stuff". A frigid winter ascent of Mount McKinley; the vastness of Arabia's Empty Quarter; the impossibly ...
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Eddie Dickens Trilogy: A House Called Awful End
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Philip Ardagh, David Roberts (Illustrator)
The hilarious, nefarious, precarious journey of Eddie Dickens is well worth its weight in the wonderful and wacky words that make up this story. Illustrations.
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Something Wicked
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David Roberts
Verity Browne returns from Prague with tuberculosis and is sent to a private clinic a place with a connection to the recent murder of a dentist. Lord Edward Corinth and Verity become involved in an investigation into the mysterious deaths of three of the dentist's elderly patients and soon come face-to-face with something wicked.
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Hollow Crown
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David Roberts
Having dealt with death in Sweet Poison and The Bones of the Buried, Lord Edward Corinth is invited by his friend Joe Weaver, the press lord and close friend of the British royal family, for the comparatively simpler case of recovering certain letters stolen from the king's intimate friend Wallis Simpson. There is no mystery about who has taken ...
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A Grave Man
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David Roberts
Verity Browne and Lord Edward Corinth are attending a memorial service in Westminster Abbey for Lord Benyon, killed a few months before when the Hindenburg airship burst into flames as it docked in New Jersey. Also present are the distinguished archaeologist Professor Pitt-Messanger and his daughter Maud. As the congregation disperses after the ...
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Escape from Lucania: An Epic Story of Survival
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David Roberts, Roberts David
In 1937, 17,150-foot Mt. Lucania was the highest unclimbed peak in North America. But two men--Bradford Washburn and Bob Bates--set out to climb Lucania by flying to the base of the mountain. With the assistance of both men, Roberts, one of the finest writers on mountaineering, narrates this extraordinary journey of conquest and survival with all ...
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Iggy Peck, Architect
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Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illustrator)
Iggy Peck has been building fabulous creations since he was two. His parents are proud of their son, though sometimes surprised by some of Iggy's more inventive creations (like the tower he built out of used diapers). When a new second grade teacher declares her dislike of architecture, Iggy faces a challenge. He loves building too much to give it ...
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Bones of the Buried
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David Roberts
Lord Edward Corinth returns to London after six months in New York to find his partner journalist Verity Browne, insisting he investigate a murder in Madrid. It is 1936 and Spain is about to erupt into civil war. Verity is now foreign correspondent for a national newspaper and passionately committed to defending the Spanish republic against the ...
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Iceland (Signed Edition): Land of the Sagas
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Jon Krakauer
A pictorial classic on one of the last "undiscovered" countries is offered by David Roberts and Jon Krakauer, author of "Into Thin Air". While touring and photographing a landscape of remarkable variety, the authors survive numerous adventures and discover the myths and legends of Iceland's stirring history. Full color.
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Great Exploration Hoaxes
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David Roberts, Jan Morris (Introduction by)
Did Peary reach the North Pole? Was Admiral Byrd the first to fly over it? Did Frederick Cook actually make the first ascent of Mt. McKinley? Spanning 450 years of history, Great Exploration Hoaxes tells the spellbinding stories of ten men who pursued glory at any cost even the truth. Acclaimed author and explorer David Roberts delves deeply into ...
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