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1	Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica more books like this by Sara Wheeler add to wishlist Sara Wheeler was the first woman selected by the American government to be the "Writer in Residence at the US South Pole Station". She spent six weeks at the pole. In this book she reveals how people live on the bases and how the landscape affects them. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Too Close to the Sun: The Audacious Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton more books like this by Sara Wheeler add to wishlist Called RmagnificentS by the "Sunday Times" (London), this work tells the dramatic story of Denys Finch Hatton, a brilliant and charismatic man with a passion for adventure, whose life was celebrated by Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) in her classic memoir, "Out of Africa." see all copies from $8.46! new only from $9.83! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard more books like this by Sara Wheeler add to wishlist A biography of famous arctic explorer Apsley Cherry-Garrard, whose book about his adventure, WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD, is considered a sterling example of adventure writing. With a 16-page photograph insert. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.65! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Travels in a Thin Country: A Journey Through Chile more books like this by Sara Wheeler add to wishlist Squeezed in between a vast ocean and the longest mountain range on earth, Chile is 2,600 miles long and never more than 110 miles wide - not a country which lends itself easily to maps. Nor, as Sara Wheeler found out, does it easily lend itself to a lone woman with two carpetbags who wishes to travel from the top to the bottom, from the driest ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $8.61! \| first editions
5	Evia: Travels on an Undiscovered Greek Island more books like this by Sara Wheeler add to wishlist The seahorse-shaped island of Evia - Euboia in classical history and Negroponte for many centuries - is the second largest in Greece, yet it is almost completely undiscovered by tourists. Separated from the mainland by only a sliver of sea, Evia has had a turbulent history. Today, it encapsulates the Greece of decades ago - unspoilt and pristine, ... see all copies from $8.90! new only from $13.43! \| SVS
6	When a Baby Dies: A Handbook for Helping and Healing more books like this by Rana K Limbo, Sara Rich Wheeler add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
7	An Island Apart: Travels in Evia more books like this by Sara Wheeler add to wishlist The seahorse-shaped island of Evia is the second largest in Greece - and most British visitors have never heard of it. Not so long ago the inhabitants were still walking to town to swap a goat for a pair of trousers, and the question of where a bus ends its journey is still largely contingent upon what takes the driver's fancy. Taking an ... see all copies from $3.64! first editions
8	Greetings from Antarctica more books like this by Sara Wheeler add to wishlist The author tells the story of her experiences living and working in Antarctica. Includes letters and photographs to her godson. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.60! \| first editions
9	Antarctica more books like this by Sara Wheeler add to wishlist "Amazingly well up-dated and researched. -- The Times (London) "Cadogan's specialty is uncovering delightful secrets in some of the earth's most traveled spots". -- The Independent "Entertaining companions with sharp insights ... The series has received plaudits worldwide for intelligence, orginality and a slightly irreverent sense of fun. -- ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99!
10	Majestic Jaipur: The Pink City more books like this by Sara Wheeler, Tarun Chopra add to wishlist see all copies from $5.09! new only from $8.88! \| first editions
11	Amazonians : the Penguin book of women's new travel writing more books like this by Dea Birkett, Sara Wheeler add to wishlist A collection of previously unpublished travel writing from women who are members of the Amazonians club for women travel writers. Contributors include writers such as: Julia Blackburn, Robyn Davidson, Jenny Diski, Martha Gellhorn and Katie Hickman. see all copies from $11.99! first editions
12	A Chile: Travels in a Thin Country [Import] by Sara Wheeler add to wishlist Squeezed in between a vast ocean and the longest mountain range on earth, Chile is 2,600 miles long and never more than 110 miles wide - not a country which lends itself to maps, as Sara Wheeler found out when she travelled alone with two carpetbags from the top to the bottom, form the driest desert in the world to the sepulchral wastes of ... see all copies from $8.94! new only from $11.99!
13	When a Baby Dies: A Handbook for Healing and Helping more books like this by Sara R Wheeler, Rana K Limbo add to wishlist see all copies from $11.95!
14 view cover	Travels in a Thin Country more books like this by Sara Wheeler add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
15	Goodbye My Child: A Handbook for Parents Whose Child Dies more books like this by Shari B Enbody (Illustrator), Sara R Wheeler, Margaret M Pike add to wishlist see all copies from $10.96! new only from $37.16!
16 view cover	The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle by Sara Wheeler add to wishlist Smashing through the Arctic Ocean with the crew of a Russian icebreaker, herding reindeer across the tundra with Lapps and shadowing the Trans-Alaskan pipeline with truckers, Sara Wheeler uncovers the beautiful, brutal reality of the Arctic. When she puts up her tent on the top of the Greenland ice sheet, she experiences climate change at the ... see all copies from $26.94! new only from $26.94!
17 view cover	Majestic Jaipur by Sara Wheeler, Tarun Chopra (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from $26.76! new only from $26.76!
18 view cover	Dear Daniel : letters from Antarctica more books like this by Sara Wheeler add to wishlist A text by travel writer Sara Wheeler about the summer she spent living in Antarctica, through letters written to Daniel, her 9-year-old godson. Diagrams, maps and illustrated factboxes give readers factual information about Antarctica to back up Sara's story. see all copies from $22.64!
19	Unterwegs in Einem Schmalen Land by Ruth; Wheeler Sander, Sara add to wishlist see all copies from $26.20! new only from $26.20!
20 view cover	Too Close to the Sun: The Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton by Sara Wheeler add to wishlist Conservationist, scholar, soldier, white hunter and fabled lover - Denys Finch Hatton was an aristocrat of leonine nonchalance. After a dazzling career at Eton and Oxford, he sailed in 1910 for British East Africa. There, he first had an affair with the glamorous aviatrix Beryl Markham, and then - famously - with Karen Blixen, a romance ... see all copies from $26.04! new only from $26.04!

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