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The Recumbent And The Upright by Sheryl Van Fleet
The Recumbent And The Upright by Sheryl Van Fleet
The Recumbent And The Upright by Sheryl Van Fleet
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This masterfully written story has two of the most unlikely characters you could ever think of in the same breath with the words bicycle...
Tandem Bicycling America:Border to Border by Paul Wittreich
Tandem Bicycling America:Border to Border by Paul Wittreich
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Tandem bicycling from the Canadian border down along the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico then across the continent from the Atlantic to...
Momentum Is Your Friend: The Metal Cowboy and His Pint-Size Posse Take on America
Momentum Is Your Friend: The Metal Cowboy and His Pint-Size Posse Take on America
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Most people bring their inner child on an epic adventure. Joe Metal Cowboy Kurmaskie actually took his two kids along. For a 4,000-mile bicycle...
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The Arctic Fox: Bush Pilot of the North Country
The Arctic Fox: Bush Pilot of the North Country
The Arctic Fox: Bush Pilot of the North Country
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The true life story of Canadian Arctic bush pilot Don C. Braun is must reading for aviation fans, His fireside narrative plus 32 pages of photos...
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The Road to Gobblers Knob: From Chile to Alaska on a Motorbike
The Road to Gobblers Knob: From Chile to Alaska on a Motorbike
The Road to Gobblers Knob: From Chile to Alaska on a Motorbike
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A Belfast travel writer and his Scottish sidekick take a lighthearted ride up the 16,500-mile Pan-American Highway.
Geoff Hill,Paperback,...
Way to Go: Two of the World's Great Motorcycle Journeys
Way to Go: Two of the World's Great Motorcycle Journeys
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Way to Go brings together two epic motorcycle journeys, from Delhi to Belfast on a Royal Enfield, and from Chicago to LA on a Harley-Davidson. A...
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Edge of Never: A Skier's Story of Fathers and Sons, Life and Death, in the World's Most Dangerous Mountains
Edge of Never: A Skier's Story of Fathers and Sons, Life and Death, in the World's Most Dangerous Mountains
Edge of Never: A Skier's Story of Fathers and Sons, Life and Death, in the World's Most Dangerous Mountains
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Capturing the romance and risk of extreme big-mountain skiing, this nonfiction adventure follows 15-year-old Kye Peterson as he attempts to...
Race Across Alaska: First Woman to Win the Iditarod Tells Her Story by Libby Riddles
Race Across Alaska: First Woman to Win the Iditarod Tells Her Story by Libby Riddles
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Account by the first woman to win the Iditarod. Explores the history of the trail and celebrates the frontiersmen and their dogs who braved its...
Himalayan Quest: Ed Viesturs on the 8,000-Meter Giants
Himalayan Quest: Ed Viesturs on the 8,000-Meter Giants
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I am a Climber, and an Incidental Photographer, writes Ed Viesturs at the start of this stunning expedition to the highest peaks on Earth -- but...
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Paddle to the Arctic: The Incredible Story of a Kayak Quest across the Roof of the World
Paddle to the Arctic: The Incredible Story of a Kayak Quest across the Roof of the World
Paddle to the Arctic: The Incredible Story of a Kayak Quest across the Roof of the World
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What do you do after you canoe from Winnipeg, Canada to the Amazon? Paddle a kayak from Hudson Bay 3,000 miles through the Northwest Passage, of...
Paddle to the Amazon: The Ultimate 12,000-Mile Canoe Adventure
Paddle to the Amazon: The Ultimate 12,000-Mile Canoe Adventure
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An epic 12,000-mile canoe trip is the subject of this breathtaking father and son adventure. From Winnipeg, the Starkells paddled south down the...
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Zero Days: The Real-Life Adventures of Captain Bligh, Nellie Bly, and 10-Year-Old Scrambler on the Pacific Crest Trail
Zero Days: The Real-Life Adventures of Captain Bligh, Nellie Bly, and 10-Year-Old Scrambler on the Pacific Crest Trail
Zero Days: The Real-Life Adventures of Captain Bligh, Nellie Bly, and 10-Year-Old Scrambler on the Pacific Crest Trail
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In April 2004, Barbara Egbert and Gary Chambers and their precocious 10-old daughter Mary embarked on a 2,650 Mexico to Canada along the famed...
Walking the Gobi: A 1,600 Mile Trek Across a Desert of Hope and Despair
Walking the Gobi: A 1,600 Mile Trek Across a Desert of Hope and Despair
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Walking the Gobi takes readers on a trip through a little-known landscape and introduces them to the culture of the nomadic people whose ancestors...
Traversa: A Solo Walk across Africa, from the Skeleton Coast to the Indian Ocean
Traversa: A Solo Walk across Africa, from the Skeleton Coast to the Indian Ocean
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"Traversa" is a fascinating account of the hardships and hilarity Fran Sandham experienced during his epic solo journey on foot across Africa,...
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This Old Man and the Sea: How My Retirement Turned into a Ten-Year Sail around the World
This Old Man and the Sea: How My Retirement Turned into a Ten-Year Sail around the World
This Old Man and the Sea: How My Retirement Turned into a Ten-Year Sail around the World
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Shortly after his retirement, author Robert S. Ashton buys a 1983 Nordic 40 sailboat. He names the boat Chandelle , not realizing at the time that...
Pacific Lady: The First Woman to Sail Solo across the World's Largest Ocean
Pacific Lady: The First Woman to Sail Solo across the World's Largest Ocean
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"A thrilling adventure story and an engaging read, Pacific Lady is a book of detail and depth."

Sharon Sites Adams,Hardcover,Series: Outdoor...
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The Great Swim by Gavin Mortimer
The Great Swim by Gavin Mortimer
The Great Swim by Gavin Mortimer
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The dramatic story of the four courageous female swimmers who captivated the world in the summer of 1926. Despite the tensions of a world still...
Man Who Swam the Amazon: 3,274 Miles on the World's Deadliest River
Man Who Swam the Amazon: 3,274 Miles on the World's Deadliest River
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From the Back Cover: Thirty-two hundred miles, piranha, crocodiles, anaconda, river sharks,blistering and relentless sun,dangerous currents, river...
Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
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Cox was inducted into the Swimming Hall of Fame in 2000, and between her plunges, has written extensively about her adventures. Some of the two...
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