Alan Gurney (1 - 10)

Fiction
Nonfiction
Literature
Science Fiction

 

View shopping cart

1.		Compass from Books On Tape Customer Review: I enjoyed this and read it in a few evenings. The author creates some suspense with the story of the development of the compass and how various forms of (compass) deviation were identified and addressed. He works in a few stories of voyages of exploration and many characters (mostly English) whom he... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

2.		Empires of the Ancient Near East 4 Volume Box Set (Empires of the Ancient Near East London Folio Society, Second Edition 2000) from The London Folio Society Price: $99.98 Customer Review: These are beautiful books and will add grace and beauty to any library. They are easy to read and informative about the ancient civilizations of the Egyptian, Babylonian, Hittite, Assyrian, and Persian Empires. The books are well written and researched. They are meant to provide a more general... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

3.		Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839 from W.W. Norton & Co. Price: $9.47 Customer Review: Beginning with Ptolemey and all the way up to the first siting of the Ant- arctic Continent, Gurney does a yeoman's job of presenting the finds and ever expanding knowledge of the Southern Ocean. As a sailor and scientist, Gurney presents both the good and bad when discussing the voyages of... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

4.		The Hand of Dinotopia from Avon Books Price: $7.45 Customer Review: This book overall was a good book for any favorite Fanticy lover. this book is about a young man who is a mail diliver in the land of Dionotopia. He dilivers mail on the back of a skybax. A sky bax is a dinasaur. it can fly long distancsis. The young man goes on a joueney to find his feonca.... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

5.	[no image]	Empires of the Ancient Near East: The Egyptians, The Hittites, The Babylonians, The Persians (4 Volume Folio Society Set) from Folio Society Price: $345.00	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

6.		The Race to the White Continent: Voyages to the Antarctic from W.W. Norton & Co. Price: $2.00 Customer Review: . The last few years has seen a spotlight put on Antarctica. We've had the success of all the recent Shackleton books, TV shows and IMAX films on the Frozen South. My own fascination in all matters Antarctican stems from a boyhood spent in Hobart Tasmania. It was from this port that many ships... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

7.	[no image]	EMPIRES OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST: The Babylonians, The Hittites, The Egyptians, The Persians. from London: The Folio Society 1999 1st ed. Four volumes.	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

8.	[no image]	Empires of the Ancient Near East. Four Volume Set in Slipcase comprising: The Babylonians, The Egyptians, The Hittites, The Persians from Folio Society	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

9.	[no image]	Empires of the Ancient Near East: The Persians; The Egyptians; The Babylonians; The Hittites. Four Volume Set in Slipcase from The Folio Society	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

10.		Below the Convergence from Trafalgar Square Price: $5.92 Customer Review: Gurney's book summarizes efforts to explore the cold Southern Ocean to about 1840, by both government-sponsored expeditions (such as James Cook) and sealers and whalers. The prose is terrific, the amount of detail just right (no long repetitive accounts of battles with ice), there are many... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

1 - 10

Portions © Amazon.com, Inc.

Search All productsBooksPopular musicClassical musicDVD'sVHS VideosIn TheatersToysBabyComputer HardwareComputer & Video GamesElectronicsPhotoSoftwareTools & HardwareGarden / Outdoor LivingKitchenCell Phones & Servicefor