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  The American Revolution on Long...

  Joanne S. Grasso

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  A history of the Revolutionary War and British occupation in this part of New York, from the Culper spy ring to the prison ships where thousands died.   The American Revolution sharply divided families and towns on New York’s Long Island. Washington's defeat at the Battle of Long Island in August 1776 started seven years of British occupation—and Patriot sympathizers were subject to loyalty oaths, theft of property, and the quartering of soldiers in their homes.    Those who crossed the British were jailed on prison ships in Wallabout Bay in Brooklyn, where an estimated eleven thousand people died of disease and starvation. Some fought back with acts of sabotage and espionage—and Washington’s famed Culper spy ring in Oyster Bay, Setauket, and other areas successfully tracked British movements. In this book, historian Joanne S. Grasso explores the story of an island at war.

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  RV:RV Living For Beginners - A...

  Bob Cliff

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  Start Your Journey Towards Road Travel Freedom Today.Get This AudioBook On Rv Living and Rv Boondocking and Only Then Will You Experience The Off The Grid Lifestyle You've Always Wanted! 
  Many people agree with the assumption that choosing to ‘live outside the box’ is a privilege only the young have the energy for. Not so! With the right choices and preparation, almost anyone who wants to live in an RV, experiencing the thrills of the open road and freedom that static living brings, can do just that. This audiobook hopes to widen your horizons, so if you are on the verge of making the decision, or you are simply looking to enrich your life, getting out of the rut of mowing the lawn every other weekend and cleaning the car, so as not to annoy the neighbors, it might be just what you need. Hopefully we will give you the push you have been waiting for, to jump out and experience the world – not just a tiny corner of it. It helps if you have a touch of adventure about you and if you are the kind of individual who will always climb the final hill to see what’s on the other side, you may be the kind of person to take to RV living.Here Are Some of the things You will get from this AudioBook:-Why a life on the road is a great way to liveHow to choose and maintain your vehicleHow to collect your mail when you are on the go with your RV lifeA detailed look at how you don’t have to give up any of the advantages of modern technology just because you are mobile and how you can work from anywhereHow to Secretly Park into the CityCooking and Refrigeration in your RVTaking Your Pet – Tips to Making It WorkHandling Health and Medical Issues on the RoadAnd lots of useful practical tips for sprucing up your RV and making it really feel like home! and much more

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  The North Pole - Its Discovery...

  Robert E. Peary

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  In September 1909-after nearly two decades of determined effort and numerous attempts, during which he lost eight toes to frostbite-American polar explorer Robert E. Peary emerged from the Arctic's frozen wasteland and declared that his final expedition had been victorious: on April 6, 1909, Peary had attained the North Pole, a long-sought prize that had thwarted and even killed his predecessors.Peary's news stunned the international community because a few days earlier his rival, American explorer Frederick A. Cook, had announced a similar victory. Cook's claim-allegedly occurring April 1908-had priority over Peary's. The vehement, often vicious campaign mounted by Peary and his wealthy, powerful backers (including President Theodore Roosevelt) soon discredited Cook but also caused his own claim to be scrutinized and doubted. The conflict ignited the greatest geographical dispute in the history of exploration, a controversy that continues to spark passionate debate.Was Peary the first explorer to conquer the North Pole? The North Pole, originally published in 1910, makes available Peary's own account of his expedition in the Arctic. It provides hotly contested evidence that remains an indispensable key in deciding who deserved the coveted title "Discoverer of the North Pole." It is also a gripping adventure story that is impossible to put down.

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  A Voyage by Dhow - Selected Pieces

  Norman Lewis

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  Consummate travel writer Norman Lewis’s most remarkable travel essays, collected in one volume“You’d find it of immense interest, I assure you, and full of amazing adventures.” So says a British colonial official to Norman Lewis while imploring him to visit Yemen at a time when the country is rarely visited by Western travelers. And indeed, this splendid collection of Lewis’s travel essays is full of amazing adventures.Spanning sixty years and many countries, Lewis’s writing dives deep into the cultures he visits and brings them to life with eloquent depictions of his personal experiences—from the Huichols of western Mexico to the hunter-gatherer-poet Indians of Paraguay; from the streets of Naples to the steppes of Russia during the Soviet era; and more.

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  Mud Sweat and Tears - The...

  Bear Grylls

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  “Bear Grylls is a veritable superhero….The former UK Special Forces paratrooper has braved the world’s harshest environments.” —Hampton Sides, Outside Magazine“Bear Grylls is one tough, crazy dude.” —Washington PostTHE THRILLING #1-BESTSELLING MEMOIR BY THE ADVENTURE LEGEND AND STAR OF NBC'S RUNNING WILD WITH BEAR GRYLLSBear Grylls has always sought the ultimate in adventure. Growing up on a remote island off of Britain's windswept coast, he was taught by his father to sail and climb at an early age. Inevitably, it wasn't long before the young explorer was sneaking out to lead all-night climbing expeditions.As a teenager at Eton College, Bear found his identity and purpose through both mountaineering and martial arts. These passions led him into the foothills of the mighty Himalayas and to a karate grandmaster's remote training camp in Japan, an experience that soon helped him earn a second-degree black belt. Returning home, he embarked upon the notoriously grueling selection course for the British Special Forces to join the elite Special Air Service unit 21 SAS—a journey that would push him to the very limits of physical and mental endurance.Then, disaster. Bear broke his back in three places in a horrific free-fall parachuting accident in Africa. It was touch and go whether he would walk again, according to doctors. However, only eighteen months later, a twenty-three-year-old Bear became one of the youngest climbers to scale Mount Everest, the world's highest summit. But this was just the beginning of his many extraordinary adventures. . . .Known and admired by millions as the star of Man vs. Wild, Bear Grylls has survived where few would dare to go. Now, for the first time, Bear tells the story of his action-packed life. Gripping, moving, and wildly exhilarating, Mud, Sweat, and Tears is a must-read for adrenaline junkies and armchair explorers alike.

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  The Caravan Moves On - Three...

  Irfan Orga

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  Irfan Orga, author of Portrait of a Turkish Family, journeys to the centre of Turkey to stay with the Yürük nomads in the High Taurus mountains. He learns their traditions, listens to their legends and lives to feel that heroes dead a thousand years and abducted princesses turned mad by grief are still palpably alive. Orga enters a world untouched by politics or the march of world events. He reconnects us with a once-ubiquitous emotional landscape – a visceral place underpinned by elemental values.

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