Reading Adventures 2024 - SER

 

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1. The impossible first: from fire to ice--crossing Antarctica alone

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O'Brady, Colin
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Cary Regional - Biography
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Biography
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Fuquay-Varina Community - Biography
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2. The lost city of Z: a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon

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Author:
Grann, David
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Interweaves the story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who vanished during a 1925 expedition into the Amazon, with the author's own quest to uncover the mysteries surrounding Fawcett's final journey and the secrets of what lies deep in the Amazon jungle.

3. River of the gods: genius, courage, and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile

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Author:
Millard, Candice
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"For millennia the location of the Nile River's headwaters was shrouded in mystery. In the 19th century, ... European powers sent off waves of explorations intended to map the unknown corners of the globe-- and extend their colonial empires. Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke were sent by the Royal Geographical Society to claim the prize for England. Burton spoke twenty-nine languages, and was a decorated soldier ... Speke was a young aristocrat...