Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition: The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton's Polar-Bound Cat (Häftad)
avCaroline Alexander, W. E. How
ISBN: 9780060932619 - UTGIVEN: 199903The carpenter has a very fine cat who is known as "Mrs. Chippie..". -- from the diary of Commander F. A. Worsley, captain of Shackleton's EnduranceWhen Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance became trapped in the Antarctic ice, all twenty-nine members of the crew were pushed to their limits of survi[...]
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty (Häftad)
avCaroline Alexander
ISBN: 9780142004692 - UTGIVEN: 2004-06More than two centuries after Master's Mate Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty, the true story of this enthralling adventure has become obscured by the legend. Combining vivid characterization and deft storytelling, Carol[...]
The Worst Journey in the World (Häftad)
avApsley Cherry-Garrard, Caroline Alexander
ISBN: 9780143039389 - UTGIVEN: 200601The Worst Journey in the World recounts Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. Apsley Cherry-Garrard--the youngest member of Scott's team and one of three men to make and survive the notorious Winter Journey--draws on his firsthand experiences as well as the diaries of his com[...]
The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War (Häftad)
avCaroline Alexander
ISBN: 9780143118268 - UTGIVEN: 2010-09
"Spectacular and constantly surprising."
-Ken Burns
Written with the authority of a scholar and the vigor of a bestselling narrative historian, "The War That Killed Achilles" is a superb and utterly timely presentation of one of the timeless stories of Western civilization. As she did i[...]
The Endurance (Inbunden)
avCaroline Alexander
ISBN: 9780375404030 - UTGIVEN: 199811In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. Weaving a t[...]
Lost Gold of the Dark Ages (Inbunden)
avCaroline Alexander
ISBN: 9781426208140 - UTGIVEN: 2011-10Through beautiful landscape photography, cutting edge technology, and a treasure trove of precious artefacts, NG recreates the crucible of England's creation - the mysterious Dark Ages. The story spans an era long wrapped in myth and legend, from the dusk of the Roman Empire in 450 A.D. to the Norma[...]
Making Race Matter (Pocket)
avClaire E. Alexander, Caroline Knowles, Claire E. (EDT) Alexander
ISBN: 9781403904140 - UTGIVEN: 2005-11
Translating Nations (Pocket)
avPrem Poddar, Meena Alexander, Caroline Bergvall
ISBN: 9788772883816 - UTGIVEN: 200003This book demonstrates how the latest approaches to post-colonial theory cross traditional disciplinary boundaries and demand their reinterpretation.[...]
