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Immersion Travel USA : The Best And Most Meaningful Volunteering, Living, And Learning Excursions
Volunteer Vacations Across America : Immersion Travel USA
Moorings : Portuguese Expansion And The Writing Of Africa
Fallen Giants : A History Of Himalayan Mountaineering From The Age Of Empire To The Age Of Extremes

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Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver ; with maps and peak sketches by Dee MolenaarPublication Details
BookYale University Press2008Links
Description
The first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa teammate Tenzing Norgay is a familiar saga, but less well known are the tales of many other adventurers who also came to test their skills and courage against the world?s highest and most dangerous mountains. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) GV199.44.H55 I87 2008 DUE 12-12-09
A Young Palestinian’s Diary, 1941-1945 : The Life Of S¯am¯i Amr

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translated, annotated, and with an introduction by Kimberly Katz ; foreword by Salim TamariPublication Details
Book1st edUniversity of Texas Press2009Description
‘Amr gave his diary an apt subtitle: The Battle of Life, encapsulating both the political climate of Palestine in the waning years of the British Mandate as well as the contrasting joys and troubles of family life. One of a limited number of Palestinian diaries available to English-language readers, the diary of S?m? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) DS126.3 .A67 2009 NEW BOOK(MAIN)
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Border Crosser : One Gringo’s Illicit Passage From Mexico Into America

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Johnny RicoPublication Details
Book1st edBallantine Books2009Description
In such hot spots as the Tecate Line, a forty-five-mile stretch of hills on California?s southern fringe, and Arizona?s Amnesty Trail, the single busiest part of the U.S. border, Rico encounters Los Zetas, the paramilitatry group that has taken over Mexico?s drug cartels, interviews the volunteer Minutemen, who believe in an imminent and apocalyptic Mexican invasion, and tries to recruit coyotes (human smugglers, usually fortified by meth and cocaine). (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) F787 .R53 2009 ON HOLDSHELF
American Writings

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Lafcadio HearnPublication Details
BookLibrary of America2009Description
A singular figure in American letters, Lafcadio Hearn (1850?1904) had a life as complex as his heritage: born on a Greek isle of a Greek mother and an English father, raised in Europe, he made his name as a writer in the United States before settling permanently in Japan. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) PS1916 .B36 2009 AVAILABLE
Don’t Start The Revolution Without Me! : From The Minnesota Governor’s Mansion To The Baja Outback : Reflections And Revisionings

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Jesse Ventura ; with Dick RussellPublication Details
BookSkyhorse Pub2008Description
Written with award-winning author Dick Russell at a secluded location on Mexico?s Baja Peninsula, Ventura?s new book reveals for the first time why he left politics?and why he is now considering reentering the arena with a possible independent run for the presidency in 2008. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS BROWSING (MAIN) F610.3.V46 A3 2008 AVAILABLE
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The Gold Rush Diary Of Moses Cogswell Of New Hampshire
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[introduction and commentary] by Elmer Munson HuntPublication Details
Book, New Hampshire Historical Society, 1940Tags
Cogswell, Moses Pearson, · 1822-1850 · Diaries · Sweden (Ship) · Voyages to the Pacific coast · California · Gold discoveries · Description and travel · Cogswell, Moses Pearson, 1822-1850 · Hunt, Elmer Munson · New Hampshire Historical SocietyAvailability