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Cheltenham in Antartica

The Life Of Edward Wilson

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Edward Adrian Wilson is perhaps the most famous native son of Cheltenham. In the early years of the 20th century, he was one of the major influences and personalities of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration and has also been recognised as one of the top ranking ornithologists and naturalists in the UK during this period. He was also one of the last great scientific expedition artists. This is ... Read more

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Edward Adrian Wilson is perhaps the most famous native son of Cheltenham. In the early years of the 20th century, he was one of the major influences and personalities of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration and has also been recognised as one of the top ranking ornithologists and naturalists in the UK during this period. He was also one of the last great scientific expedition artists. This is
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Titanic

The Edith Brown Story

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In 1996, at 100 years of age, Edith Haisman, (nee Brown) became the world's oldest living survivor of the Titanic disaster. She was almost sixteen years of age at the time and could well remember those screams and cries for help as the ship sank in those icy waters of the North Atlantic. Those sounds were to haunt her for the rest of her life. ... Read more

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In 1996, at 100 years of age, Edith Haisman, (nee Brown) became the world's oldest living survivor of the Titanic disaster. She was almost sixteen years of age at the time and could well remember those screams and cries for help as the ship sank in those icy waters of the North Atlantic. Those sounds were to haunt her for the rest of her life.
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A Girl Aboard the Titanic

The Remarkable Memoir of Eva Hart, a 7-year-old Survivor of the Titanic Disaster

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We went on the day on the boat train…I was 7, I had never seen a ship before... it looked very big... everybody was very excited, we went down to the cabin and that's when my mother said to my father that she had made up her mind quite firmly that she would not go to bed in that ship, she would sit up at night... she decided that she wouldn't go to bed at night, and she didn't!This is the amazing ... Read more

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We went on the day on the boat train…I was 7, I had never seen a ship before... it looked very big... everybody was very excited, we went down to the cabin and that's when my mother said to my father that she had made up her mind quite firmly that she would not go to bed in that ship, she would sit up at night... she decided that she wouldn't go to bed at night, and she didn't!This is the amazing
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The Kingdom by the Sea

A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain

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This "interesting, insightful book" by the author of Deep South reveals "a side of Britain few visitors see" ( The New York Times Book Review).After eleven years as an American living in London, the renowned travel writer Paul Theroux set out to travel clockwise around the coast of Great Britain to find out what the British were really like. The result is this perceptive, hilarious record of the ... Read more

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This "interesting, insightful book" by the author of Deep South reveals "a side of Britain few visitors see" ( The New York Times Book Review).After eleven years as an American living in London, the renowned travel writer Paul Theroux set out to travel clockwise around the coast of Great Britain to find out what the British were really like. The result is this perceptive, hilarious record of the
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Captain Cook

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A uniquely woven story encompassing three separate centuries and three different lives. Captain Cook, best known for his heroic voyages through the Pacific Ocean, is brought to life in vivid detail. We follow his humble beginnings as the son of a farm labourer, through his convention-shattering treatment of the indigenous groups he met on his travels, and then onto his final tragic voyage which ... Read more

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A uniquely woven story encompassing three separate centuries and three different lives. Captain Cook, best known for his heroic voyages through the Pacific Ocean, is brought to life in vivid detail. We follow his humble beginnings as the son of a farm labourer, through his convention-shattering treatment of the indigenous groups he met on his travels, and then onto his final tragic voyage which
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The Lighthouse Stevensons

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Bella Bathurst’s epic story of Robert Louis Stevenson’s ancestors and the building of the Scottish coastal lighthouses against impossible odds.‘Whenever I smell salt water, I know that I am not far from one of the works of my ancestors,’ wrote Robert Louis Stevenson in 1880. ‘When the lights come out at sundown along the shores of Scotland, I am proud to think they burn more brightly for the ... Read more

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Bella Bathurst’s epic story of Robert Louis Stevenson’s ancestors and the building of the Scottish coastal lighthouses against impossible odds.‘Whenever I smell salt water, I know that I am not far from one of the works of my ancestors,’ wrote Robert Louis Stevenson in 1880. ‘When the lights come out at sundown along the shores of Scotland, I am proud to think they burn more brightly for the
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Lost Voices from the Titanic

The Definitive Oral History

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Starting from its original conception and design by the owners and naval architects at the White Star Line through construction at Harland and Wolff's shipyards in Belfast, Nick Barratt explores the pre-history of the Titanic. He examines the aspirations of the owners, the realities of construction and the anticipation of the first sea-tests, revealing that the seeds of disaster were sown by the ... Read more

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Starting from its original conception and design by the owners and naval architects at the White Star Line through construction at Harland and Wolff's shipyards in Belfast, Nick Barratt explores the pre-history of the Titanic. He examines the aspirations of the owners, the realities of construction and the anticipation of the first sea-tests, revealing that the seeds of disaster were sown by the
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Shackleton

An Irishman in Antarctica

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EIGHTY YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, the legend of Ernest Shackleton and the extraordinary story of the Endurance South Pole expedition still hold a compelling grip on the public imagination. Trapped in drifting polar pack ice, Ernest Shackleton and his crew fought for survival against all the odds. When the Endurance was finally crushed, they were stranded on ice-floes for more than a year before ... Read more

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EIGHTY YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, the legend of Ernest Shackleton and the extraordinary story of the Endurance South Pole expedition still hold a compelling grip on the public imagination. Trapped in drifting polar pack ice, Ernest Shackleton and his crew fought for survival against all the odds. When the Endurance was finally crushed, they were stranded on ice-floes for more than a year before
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Meet... Captain Cook

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A picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia's history, including the great explorer, Captain Cook.Captain James Cook was an English explorer in the British Royal Navy. In 1768 Captain Cook and his crew on the HMB Endeavour set sail from England in search of new lands and scientific knowledge. This is the story of how Captain Cook discovered the east coast ... Read more

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A picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia's history, including the great explorer, Captain Cook.Captain James Cook was an English explorer in the British Royal Navy. In 1768 Captain Cook and his crew on the HMB Endeavour set sail from England in search of new lands and scientific knowledge. This is the story of how Captain Cook discovered the east coast
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I May Be Some Time

'A work of uncategorisable brilliance.' Robert Macfarlane

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ORDER NONESUCH, FRANCIS SPUFFORD'S NEW NOVEL, NOW'A truly majestic work of scholarship, thought and literary imagination.' Jan Morris, The Times'Shot through with crystalline brilliance.' Washington Post'Fascinating.' Sunday TimesWhen Captain Scott died in 1912 on his way back from the South Pole, his story became a myth embedded in the national imagination... ... Read more

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ORDER NONESUCH, FRANCIS SPUFFORD'S NEW NOVEL, NOW'A truly majestic work of scholarship, thought and literary imagination.' Jan Morris, The Times'Shot through with crystalline brilliance.' Washington Post'Fascinating.' Sunday TimesWhen Captain Scott died in 1912 on his way back from the South Pole, his story became a myth embedded in the national imagination...
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Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition

The Voyage of the Nimrod

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Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition is the story of Ernest Shackleton's epic journey toward the South Pole. Lacking funds and plagued by hunger, cruel weather, and unpredictable terrain, Shackleton and his party accomplished some of the most remarkable feats in the history of exploration. Not only were members of the expedition the first to climb the active volcano Mount Erebus and the first to ... Read more

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Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition is the story of Ernest Shackleton's epic journey toward the South Pole. Lacking funds and plagued by hunger, cruel weather, and unpredictable terrain, Shackleton and his party accomplished some of the most remarkable feats in the history of exploration. Not only were members of the expedition the first to climb the active volcano Mount Erebus and the first to
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Into the Great Emptiness

Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap

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**A Library Journal Best Book of 2022 in Science and Technology“A gripping saga—and one of Roberts’s finest books.” —Jon KrakauerThe riveting story of one of the greatest but least-known sagas in the history of exploration.**By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had occupied the relatively accessible west coast for centuries. The east coast, however ... Read more

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**A Library Journal Best Book of 2022 in Science and Technology“A gripping saga—and one of Roberts’s finest books.” —Jon KrakauerThe riveting story of one of the greatest but least-known sagas in the history of exploration.**By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had occupied the relatively accessible west coast for centuries. The east coast, however
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