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"Each year millions from the United States and from countries around the world experience the grandeur and supreme spectacle of the Grand Canyon. The insider's view of one of the world's great natural wonders takes you rim-to-rim to hike hidden canyons, a plunge into ancient pools and rafting in a world-class white water. You will also see man-made gems and the thrill of exploring the back country"--Container.
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When John Wesley Powell became the first person to navigate the entire Colorado River, through the Grand Canyon, he completed what Lewis and Clark had begun nearly 70 years earlier--the final exploration of continental America. The son of an abolitionist preacher, a Civil War hero (who lost an arm at Shiloh), and a passionate naturalist and geologist, in 1869 Powell tackled the vast and dangerous gorge carved by the Colorado River and known today...
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"Waking on a cliffside with bullets firing and two unknown children at her side, Annie Tillman knows she must run--even if she doesn't know why. Dashing to the nearest ranch leads her to former FBI agent Riggs Brenner, who just might be their best chance of surviving in the canyon. But can Annie overcome her amnesia and uncover the reason why they're being chased?"--Back cover
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With "The Exploration of the Colorado River and its Canyons," readers can explore the one-thousand miles of the Colorado River in its natural state nearly one-hundred and fifty years ago. Legendary explorer John Wesley Powell, accompanied by a crew of close friends and associates, details his travels through the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon at a time when much of the area was unknown to contemporary readers. Starting in Wyoming, the crew travelled...
8) Deceived
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"Two bodies in an isolated canyon on the edge of L.A. One with saddlebags filled with diamonds. That's how it begins for Liz Towne, a stunning blonde with a devout husband who has given up a prime job for reasons Liz cannot understand--for "Mac" MacDonald, a Gulf War vet who's done time in prison and is just now finding his way back to normal life--and for Roxanne "Rocky" Towne, Liz's sister-in-law, who suspects things she cannot prove. All three...
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Join a team of explorers on the expedition of a lifetime as they set off to become the first to navigate the Blue Nile from its source to the sea. The epic 3,260-mile descent down the world's greatest and deadliest river has eluded humankind for centuries. Crash through the rapids in Ethiopia's desert canyons. Battle through some of the world's most extreme whitewater rapids. Over the arduous, four-month journey, the team faces nearly insurmountable...
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Lonnie Gentry westerns volume 2
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Everyone in the Never Summer Mountains knows about the ancient Indian curse on Skull Canyon. That's why most folks stay clear of the forbidding chasm that sits up in the highest, remotest reaches of the range, not far from the ranch young Lonnie Gentry shares with his mother and infant half-brother. Lonnie finds himself near Skull Canyon one day, working cows. A man's agonized wail lures him into the canyon, where he finds a youth only a few years...