May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth: Letters of the Lost Franklin Arctic Expedition
By: Russell A. Potter
4.61
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
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1. Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
By: Joan Druett
4.05
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Hundreds of miles from civilization, two ships wreck on opposite ends of the same deserted island … read more
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2. Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
By: Margaret Atwood , Owen Beattie , John Geiger
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The revised text of "Frozen in Time" expands on the history of nineteenth century British Arctic ex… read more
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3. Old Yeller
By: Fred Gipson
4.10
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
At first, Travis couldn't stand the sight of Old Yeller The stray dog was ugly, and a thieving r… read more
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"... I guessed that when you are nearly a man, you have to learn to put up with a lot of aggravation from little old bitty kids."-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
"You're getting to be a big boy; and while I'm gone, you'll be the man of the family. I want you to act like one. You take care of Mama and Little Arliss. You look after the work and don't wait around…"-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
"Well, when you're fourteen years old, you can't afford to mix in a rock fight with your five-year-old brother. You can't do it, even when you're in the right. You just can't explain a thing like that…"-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
"That was as rough a thing as I ever heard tell of happening to a boy. And I'm mighty proud to learn how my boy stood up to it. You couldn't ask any more of a grown man... It's not a thing you can for…"-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
4. The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear (Zamonia, #1)
By: J. Maxwell Brownjohn , Walter Moers
3.80
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Captain Bluebear tells the story of his first 13-1/2 lives spent on the mysterious continent of Zam… read more
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5. Holy Anorexia
By: Rudolph M. Bell
4.48
Format: 356 pages, Paperback
Is there a resemblance between the contemporary anorexic teenager counting every calorie in her sin… read more
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6. Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot
By: Ken McGoogan
3.46
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
John Rae's accomplishments, surpassing all nineteenth-century Arctic explorers, were worthy of hono… read more
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7. James Fitzjames: the Mystery Man of the Franklin Expedition
By: None
3.78
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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8. The Worst Journey in the World
By: Apsley Cherry-Garrard , Caroline Alexander
4.38
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
The Worst Journey in the Worldrecounts Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole… read more
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9. The Terror
By: Dan Simmons
1.33
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Iliumand Olympostransforms the true story of a legendary Arctic expeditio… read more
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10. Mathilda
By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
4.10
Format: 322 pages, Paperback
Mary Shelley's "Matilda" - suppressed for over a century - tells the story of a woman alienated fro… read more
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11. Howards End
By: E.M. Forster
3.96
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
A már életében klasszikusnak számító angol írónak ez volt a negyedik, a kritikusok szerint a legjob… read more
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"So never give in,"-E.M. Forster, Howards End
"Tulips were a tray of jewels."-E.M. Forster, Howards End
"Love and Truth, their warfare seems eternal."-E.M. Forster, Howards End
"Death destroys a man: the idea of Death saves him."-E.M. Forster, Howards End
12. Madhouse at the End of the Earth
By: Julian Sancton
4.27
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expeditio… read more
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"Among the greatest threats future travelers to Mars are likely to face is an interplanetary version of winter over-syndrome. The unknown icescapes around the earth poles, particularly Antarctica, see…"-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth
"Cook referred to the symptoms collectively as polar anemia. Researchers today use the term winter over-syndrome. But it's essentially the same thing. A prevailing theory suggests it's a form of hypot…"-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth
"But in emphasizing the likelihood of a connection between winter over-syndrome and what is now known as seasonal effective disorder, a variation in mood that correlates with a dwindling of daylight h…"-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth
"Note: Dr. Lawrence Polinkis who analyzed clinical data from American men and women at Antarctica's Mcmurdo station Amundsen Scott's South Pole station posits specifically that the memory loss and oth…"-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth
13. Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
By: Sarah Polley
4.32
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, and actor Sarah Polley's Run Towards the Danger explores me… read more
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"His love was all around the edges, but sometimes it was hard for both of us to see, I think."-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
"The past was affecting how I moved through the world, while present life was affecting how the past moved through me."-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
"The past and present, I have come to realize, are in constant dialogue, acting upon one another in a kind of reciprocal pressure dance."-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
"It can seem perplexing from the outside, this pull that many women experience to make things better for those who have hurt us. The impulse to smooth things over the keep ourselves safe..."-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
14. Haven
By: Emma Donoghue
3.42
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the s… read more
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"Fog makes an island of every man."-Emma Donoghue, Haven
"To travel is to turn the pages of the great book of life."-Emma Donoghue, Haven
"Cormac’s distracted by a slopping sound under the slats. He keeps talking to soothe his nerves. ‘Here’s a saying I’ve heard but don’t understand: Never turn your back on the ocean.’ ‘Even on a calm d…"-Emma Donoghue, Haven
15. A Castle in the Clouds
By: Kerstin Gier
3.94
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A Castle in the Clouds follows a girl as she navigates secrets, romance, and danger in an aging gra… read more
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"Sie sagten, dass einem niemand das Zuhause nehmen kann, wenn man in sich selbst zu Hause ist. Und dass man alles in sich trägt, was man braucht, um überall glücklich zu sein."-Kerstin Gier, A Castle in the Clouds
16. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
By: David Grann
4.19
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more
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17. Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
By: Kit Heyam
4.30
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity Today’s narratives about trans people … read more
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"It’s not as simple as saying that ‘while the terminology is new, the experiences are not.’ The advent of new terminology can genuinely shift how we think about gender, as well as what names we give t…"-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
"It's important that we, as historians or as queer people, don't treat gender and sexuality as two things that use to be entangled but have now been teased apart. There can be a tendency in white quee…"-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
18. The Theory of Crows
By: David Alexander Robertson
3.89
Format: 320 pages, ebook
A poignant and evocative novel about the bonds of family and the gifts offered by the land When … read more
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19. Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
By: Andrea Pitzer
3.74
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Long before Bering or Amundsen, long before Franklin or Shackleton, there was William Barents, in m… read more
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20. The Ministry of Time
By: Kaliane Bradley
3.62
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the natu… read more
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"And then when she was given a second chance, she caught the sword and came up singing."-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
"You'll have lived through heat waves by now, and you'll know that they make time go utterly Dali clocks."-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
"What was it like, to be the only one who came back? The only one who still had a body to touch, to hurt, to yearn with? The last one still able to die?"-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
"He was here, by and with and in my body. He lives in me like trauma does. If you ever fall in love, you’ll be a person who was in love for the rest of your life."-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time
21. Erebus: The Story of a Ship
By: Michael Palin
4.29
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval … read more
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22. Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition
By: Paul Watson
3.69
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
"Intriguing [and] enjoyable." ―Ian McGuire, New York Times Book Review Ice Ghosts weaves together t… read more
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23. Denison Avenue
By: Christina Wong
4.17
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vuln… read more
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24. Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
By: Buddy Levy
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Based on the author's exhaustive research, the incredible true story of the Greely Expedition, one … read more
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25. Unravelling the Franklin Mystery: Inuit Testimony
By: David C. Woodman
4.26
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
David Woodman's classic reconstruction of the mysterious events surrounding the tragic Franklin exp… read more
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26. May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth: Letters of the Lost Franklin Arctic Expedition
By: Russell A. Potter
4.61
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
"May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth" is a privileged glimpse into the private correspondence of the … read more
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- canada
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- travel
- maritime
- nonfiction
27. Sir John Franklin’s Erebus and Terror Expedition: Lost and Found
By: Gillian Hutchinson
4.13
Format: 114 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin set out on a voyage to find the North-West Passage – th… read more
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28. Icebound In The Arctic: The Mystery of Captain Francis Crozier and the Franklin Expedition
By: Michael Smith
4.36
Format: 308 pages, Paperback
Captain Francis Crozier was a major figure in 19th century Arctic and Antarctic exploration who led… read more
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29. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2
By: William Edward Parry
3.71
Format: 78 pages, Kindle Edition
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer… read more
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30. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1
By: William Edward Parry
3.71
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
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31. Lieutenant John Irving, Of H.M.S. Terror, In Sir John Franklin's Last Expedition To The Arctic Regions: A Memorial Sketch With Letters (1881)
By: John Irving Jr.
3.67
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain… read more
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