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These 10 items are available for $96, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXEXP19)

Escape from the Antarctic  •  Ernest Shackleton LITERATURE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 90 PAGES In this brief, dramatic excerpt -- his ship crushed in the ice, his men marrooned on Elephant Island -- Shackleton sets out with five men aboard to seek help on South Georgia. From South, The Endurance Expedition, originally published in 1919. (ANT256, $10.00)
A Journey to the End of the Russian Empire  •  Anton Chekhov TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 110 PAGES By tramp steamer, carriage and horse, Chekhov journeyed to the far reaches of Siberia and the Russian Far East in the 1890s. The first part of this brief account, taken from A Life in Letters, focuses on his adventures around Baikal. The second half, from The Island, A Journey to Sakhalin," is a piercing account of exiled convicts and native peoples. (RUS350, $10.00)
Adventures in the Rocky Mountains  •  Isabella L. Bird LITERATURE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 119 PAGES A selection of vivid letters home from Colorado to Bird's beloved sister Henrietta, originally published as A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879). Endlessly curious Isabella Bird traverses the Colorado territory, encountering grizzly hunters, cowboys and plagues of rattlesnakes, in this classic tale released in a handsome, slim edition by the Penguin Great Journeys series. From A lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, first published in 1879. (USW512, $10.00)
Can-cans, Cats and Cities of Ash  •  Mark Twain LITERATURE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 112 PAGES Twain wittily recounts his travels in the Azores, Morocco, France and Italy with a group of earnest fellow Americans on a Grand Tour in this excerpt from The Innocents Aboard, first published in 1869. (USW511, $10.00)
In the Heart of the Amazon Forest  •  Walter Henry Bates LITERATURE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 108 PAGES A riveting account of adventures in the tropical rainforest of the northern Amazon, excerpted from the classic Naturalist of the River Amazonas (1863). Bates spent 11 years in the Brazilian Amazon, originally in the company of Alfred Russel Wallace. (AMZ109, $10.00)
Sold As a Slave  •  Olaudah Equiano LITERATURE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 111 PAGES This excerpt from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789) opens with Equiano's famous (and probably invented) account of life in Benin. It's a moving story of danger and betrayal and a cornerstone of the abolitionist movement. Equiano was kidnapped and sold into slavery, served in the Royal Navy, was shipped off to the West Indies and ended his days as a famous author, married with children in England. (USA165, $10.00)
Snakes With Wings and Gold-digging Ants  •  Herodotus LITERATURE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 128 PAGES A sampling of tales of travel in ancient Egypt, Persia and Libya, excerpted from The Histories. (MED112, $10.00)
The Customs of the Kingdoms of India  •  Marco Polo LITERATURE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 86 PAGES This choice selection of Marco Polo's Travels focuses on his extravagant recollection of the far-flung kingdoms of the Indian Ocean, which introduced Europeans to the people and cultures of Ceylon, Nicobar, Malabar, Zanzibar, Madagascar, Abyssinia and other kingdoms, real and invented. (IDA370, $10.00)
The Shipwrecked Men  •  Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca LITERATURE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 149 PAGES These short excerpts from Cabeza de Vaca's original narrative shows the disintegration of a Spanish expedition to Florida that goes horribly awry, leaving a handful of survivors stumbling toward Mexico City. (USW513, $10.00)
Jaguars and Electric Eels  •  Alexander von Humboldt LITERATURE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 112 PAGES A bestseller in its day (Darwin carried a copy), Humboldt's original account of his travels throughout South America was published in three volumes between 1814 and 1829. This judicious excerpt from Humboldt's Personal Narrative focuses on a three-month expedition from the coast of Venezuela up the Orinoco River over the Casiquiare to the Rio Negro. Known today as the Humboldt Route, it's still an adventure. (AMZ108, $10.00)