Customer Review: Like almost every other reviewer here, I regard Shackleton's odyssey has one of the most incredible tales of human endurance...ever. His men...survive months of exposure to the Antarctic cold, on the floating, shifting ice pack...and nobody dies. If it weren't thoroughly documented it would be an... more info
Customer Review: This expedition was a failure in that Shackleton and his fellow explorers never accomplished the intended exploration. But this is a monumental story of survival I haven't read anything like this since, I believe, I was in my teens and engrossed in the arctic and antarctic explorations.The ship... more info
Customer Review: My 11 yrs old boy loves Magic Tree House. We haven't been missing any of the Magic Tree House books. Everytime we have to wait for the next book to come out!
Customer Review: I bought this book because people recommended this book being the best for planning your routes around the world plus Hal Roth who has a book "How to sail around the world" recommends it as well. The book tells you about the many different routes around the world about when there is hurricane season... more info
Customer Review: If you are interested in the environment and whales and support the fact that what the Japanese are doing by slaughtering whales is WRONG then you MUST read this book, I thought it was great !!!
Customer Review: This book is famous, and when I told people 20 years my senior that I was in compilers and I was using the dragon book, they knew the book. There are probably some changes between editions between now and then, but the fundamentals of compiler design has changed little. And when it comes to be... more info
Customer Review: This is a real favorite of mine. A must read for those who love wilderness and those who live eccentric lives. This book brought me to tears at one point. I highly recommend it.
Customer Review: `The Worst Journey in the World` (1922) is often cited as a masterpiece of travel literature. It is number one on National Geographic's list of 100 all time best travel literature, and is the first title in the prestigious Picador Travel Classics series. A. Alvarez has praised its "perfect prose:... more info
Customer Review: IF YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH POLARbears or just LOVE ANIMALS LIKE WE DO THIS IS NOT A BOOK TO PASS UP! IT'S AFFORDABLE & PACKED WITH ALL YOU WOULD WANT EXCEPT FOR MORE COLOR PICTURES... THERE R NEVER ENOUGH FOR ANIMAL WARRIORS LIKE WE ARE! (IF U LEARN ABOUT THEM YOU'LL LOVE EM & IF YOU LOVE EM... more info
