Adam Shoalts (273 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.66.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.34.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.58.

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Softcover. pp. 296. Small 8vo. Illustrated covers, black-and-white maps, photographs, illustrations, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+. SIGNED boldly by the author to the title page. The age of exploration is not over. When Adam Shoalts ventured into the largest unexplored wilderness on the planet, he hoped to set foot where no one had ever gone before. What he discovered surprised even him. Shoalts was no stranger to the wilderness. He had hacked his way through jungles and swamp, had stared down polar bears and climbed mountains. But one spot on the map called out to him irresistibly: the Hudson Bay Lowlands, a trackless expanse of muskeg and lonely rivers, caribou and wolfan Amazon of the north, parts of which to this day remain unexplored. Cutting through this forbidding landscape is a river no explorer, trapper, or canoeist had left any record of paddling. It was this river that Shoalts was obsessively determined to explore. It took him several attempts, and years of research. But finally, alone, he found the headwaters of the mysterious river. He believed he had discovered what he had set out to find. But the adventure had just begun. Unexpected dangers awaited him downstream. Gripping and often poetic, Alone Against the North is a classic adventure story of single-minded obsession, physical hardship, and the restless sense of wonder that every explorer has in common. But what does exploration mean in an age when satellite imagery of even the remotest corner of the planet is available to anyone with a phone? Is there anything left to explore? What Shoalts discovered as he paddled downriver was a series of unmapped waterfalls that could easily have killed him. Just as astonishing was the media reaction when he got back to civilization. He was crowned "Canada's Indiana Jones" and appeared on morning television. He was feted by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and congratulated by the Governor General. People were enthralled by Shoalts's proof that the world is bigger than we think. Shoalts's story makes it clear that the world can become known only by getting out of our cars and armchairs, and setting out into the unknown, where every step is different from the one before, and something you may never have imagined lies around the next curve in the river.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover in jacket. First edition. A few maps and photographs in colour. Some light bumping to spine and top edge; slight soiling to upper fore-edge. Jacket's spine is very lightly bumped. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. Very neat--a sound and handsome copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Minor shelf wear to book and dust jacket. Owner signature on front end paper. Otherwise a tight, unmarked book. Index. 344 pp + illustrations.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. SIGNED on the Title page by the author. No inscription. Number line begins at 3. As New. Unread. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Quarter tan cloth on matching boards. Clean pictorial dust jacket. Clean interior. Contains 8 leaves of photographs of maps, many of them taking up an entire spread. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED by the author. No inscription. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing with complete number line to 1. Signed on the front endpaper. A small nick to bottom edge of rear board, else Fine/Fine. Illustrated with photos. Robust shipping. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1st printing. Cloth. 239pp. The color photos are excellent. A personal adventure into the Labrador country of the Traverspine where in the early 1900s fear invaded a remote village. Small indentation to paper at the top of the first few pages, else fine in fine dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A History of Canada in Ten Maps: Epic Stories of Charting a Mysterious Land, Shoalts, Adam. Published by Allen Lane, 2017. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall., 344pp. with glossy photos of maps. Quarter tan cloth over tan boards, gilt spine titles. Tiny inked letter to free endpaper and otherwise appears in fine, unread condition. Light top edge curl to dustjacket which is otherwise, fine. Adam Shoalts, one of Canada's foremost explorers, tells the stories behind centuries old maps, and how they came to shape what became Canada. Starting with the Skalholt Map, compiled by a Viking map maker a millennium ago and now lost, Shoalts traces the rise of New France, the quest for a route to China, the gathering momentum of the fur trade, the clashes between Britain's North American colonies and the penetration of the Arctic darkness. Combining storytelling, cartography, geography, archaeology and history, this book shows us Canada in a way we've never seen it before.

Paperback. pp. 239. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good+.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8vo pp. 346, "From Canadaâs most accomplished adventurer and storyteller comes a gripping journey into the vastness of Canadaâs landscape and history. Looking out his porch window one spring morning, Adam Shoalts spotted a majestic peregrine falcon flying across the neighbouring fields near Lake Erie. Each spring, falcons migrate from southernmost Canada to remote arctic mountains.? book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic. Allen Lane, 2019. Hardcover. First edition. Signed by author. Condition: Fine; Dustjacket: Fine. "In the spring of 2017, Adam Shoalts, bestselling author and adventurer, set off on an unprecedented journey alone across North America's greatest wilderness - the Arctic. A place where, in our increasingly interconnected, digital world, it's still possible to wander for months without crossing a single road, or even see another human being. Between his starting point in Eagle Plains, Yukon Territory, and his destination in Baker Lake, Nunavut, lies a maze of obstacles: shifting ice floes, swollen rivers, fog-bound lakes, and gale-force storms. Shoalts must time his departure by the breakup of the spring ice, then sprint across nearly 4,000 kilometers of rugged, punishing terrain to arrive before winter closes in. He travels alone up raging rivers that only the most expert white-water canoeists dare travel even downstream. He must portage across fields of jagged rocks that stretch to the horizon, and navigate labyrinths of swamps, tormented by clouds of blackflies every step of the way. And the race against the calendar means that he cannot afford the luxuries of rest, or of making mistakes. Shoalts must trek tirelessly, well into the endless arctic summer nights, at times not even pausing to eat. But his rewards are beyond reckoning: the crystalline arctic water that allows him to see far into the depths of pristine lakes, the company of curious wolves loping alongside his route, and the astonishing diversity of the arctic ecosystems, form ancient mountains to lush wetlands to the dunes of a northern desert. Heart-stopping, wonder-filled, and attentive to the majesty of the natural world, Beyond the Trees captures the ache for adventure that afflicts us all." Jacket unclipped. Signed by author in black marker on title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 344 pages in near fine condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with a section of plates in the center of the book. Quarterbound in beige hardcovers with gilt titles on the spine. Lightly faded around the edges and in patches on the boards. Illustrated dustjacket in near fine condition with white titles. 1ST EDITION. NPC. NF/NF. Book.