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“gavin maxwell”

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  • The Ring of Bright Water Trilogy

    Ring of Bright Water, The Rocks Remain, Raven Seek Thy Brother

    by Gavin Maxwell ...
    'Gavin Maxwell's trilogy is essential reading' Sunday HeraldFifty years ago Gavin Maxwell went to live in an abandoned house on a shingle beach on the west coast of Scotland. A haven for wildlife - he named his home Camusfearna and settled there with the otters Mij, Edal and Teko.Ring of Bright Water chronicles Gavin Maxwell's first ten years with the otters and touched the hearts of readers the ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • A Reed Shaken by the Wind

    Travels among the Marsh Arabs of Iraq

    by Gavin Maxwell ...
    The Marsh Arabs were one of the most isolated communities in the world. Few outsiders, let alone Europeans, had been permitted to travel through their homeland, a mass of tiny islands lost in a wilderness of reeds and swamps in southern Iraq. One of the few trusted outsiders was the legendary explorer Wilfred Thesiger, who was Gavin Maxwell's guide to the intricate landscape, tribal customs and ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Harpoon at a Venture

    by Gavin Maxwell ...
    In this memoir, the Scottish naturalist and author of Ring of Bright Water recounts his post-World War II life as a shark fisherman in the Hebrides.A shark fishery based on the tiny Hebridean island of Soay was the beginning of Gavin Maxwell's enduring love affair with the west coast of Scotland. This, his first book, tells the whole story—the challenge and drama of the shark hunt, the development ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Alone Against the North

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    by Adam Shoalts ...
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  • Annapurna

    The First Conquest of an 8000-Metre Peak

    by Maurice Herzog ...
    WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOE SIMPSONIn 1950, no mountain higher than 8,000 meters had ever been climbed. Maurice Herzog and other members of the French Alpine Club resolved to try. This is the enthralling story of the first conquest of Annapurna and the harrowing descent. With breathtaking courage and grit manifest on every page, Annapurna is one of the greatest adventure stories ever told.As well ... Read more

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  • Amazing Sailing Stories

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    by Dick Durham ...
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  • The Lost Men

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  • The Life of Sir Richard Burton, both volumes

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    According to Wikipedia: "Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (19 March 1821 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations within Asia, Africa and the Americas as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he ... Read more

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  • Jedediah Smith: No Ordinary Mountain Man

    No Ordinary Mountain Man

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