The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the Northwest Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909
9 best books like The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the Northwest Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909 (Pierre Berton): The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty, The Heart of the Matter, Barrow's Boys: The Original Extreme Adventurers: A Stirring Story of Daring Fortitude and Outright Lunacy, Classical Mythology, Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot, The World of Late Antiquity 150-750, The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire from the First Century AD to the Third, Roman Art: Romulus to Constantine, Erebus: The Story of a Ship
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
| Author | Caroline Alexander |
| ISBN | 0006532462 |
The bestselling author of The Endurance reveals the startling truth behind the legend of the Mutiny on the Bounty -- the most famous sea story of all time. More than two centuries have passed since Fletcher Christian mutinied against Lt. Bligh on a small armed transport vessel called Bounty. Why the...
| Author | Graham Greene |
| ISBN | 0099478420 |
In a British colony in West Africa, Henry Scobie is a pious and righteous man of modest means enlisted with securing borders. But when he’s passed over for a promotion as commissioner of police, the humiliation hits hardest for his wife, Louise. Already oppressed by the appalling climate, frustrated...
Barrow's Boys: The Original Extreme Adventurers: A Stirring Story of Daring Fortitude and Outright Lunacy
| Author | Fergus Fleming |
| ISBN | 0871138042 |
Barrow's Boys is a spellbinding account of perilous journeys to uncharted areas under the most challenging conditions. Re-creating the successes and harrowing failures of the original extreme adventurers, Fergus Fleming captures the incredibly brave, and often downright insane, passion for...
| Author | Mark P.O. Morford |
| ISBN | 0195308042 |
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| Author | Ken McGoogan |
| ISBN | 0786711566 |
John Rae's accomplishments, surpassing all nineteenth-century Arctic explorers, were worthy of honors and international fame. No explorer even approached Rae's prolific record: 1,776 miles surveyed of uncharted territory; 6,555 miles hiked on snowshoes; and 6,700 miles navigated in small...
| Author | Peter R.L. Brown |
| ISBN | 0393958035 |
This remarkable study in social and cultural change explains how and why the Late Antique world, between c. 150 and c. 750, came to differ from "Classical civilization."
These centuries, as the author demonstrates, were the era in which the most deeply rooted of ancient institutions disappeared...
| Author | Edward N. Luttwak |
| ISBN | 0801821584 |
Originally published in 1976, a book which looks at the success of the Roman Empire from the 1st to the 3rd century A.D. and attributes this success to the imperial military strategy.
'A fascinating book, well written and forcefully argued...Luttwak's formulations are as refreshing as they...
Roman Art: Romulus to Constantine
| Author | Nancy H. Ramage |
| ISBN | 0131504878 |
Ideal for students who are studying Roman art for the first time, this exceptionally well-illustrated text explores Roman art in the traditional historical manner - with a focus on painting, sculpture, architecture, and minor arts. It assumes no prior acquaintance with the classical world, and...
Erebus: The Story of a Ship
In his major new work, Michael Palin – former Monty Python stalwart and much-loved television globe-trotter – brings to life the world and voyages of HMS Erebus, from its construction in the naval dockyards of Pembroke, to the part it played in Ross’s Antarctic expedition of 1839–43, to its...
