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Women of Discovery
by Polk, Milbry and Tiegreen, mary
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine /Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0609604805
- ISBN 13
- 9780609604809
- Seller
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Fitzwilliam , New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
NY: Potter. Fine/Near Fine. 2001. 1st. hardcover. 4to . 256pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. Tad of edgewear to DJ. .
Synopsis
On a foggy July evening in 1956, the Italian cruise liner Andrea Doria, bound for New York, was struck broadside by another vessel. In eleven hours, she would sink nearly 250 feet to the murky Atlantic Ocean floor. Thanks to a daring rescue operation, only 51 of more than 1,700 people died in the tragedy. But the Andrea Doria is still taking lives. Considered the Mt. Everest of diving, the Andrea Doria is the ultimate deepwater wreck challenge. Over the years, a small but fanatical group of extreme scuba divers have investigated the Andrea Doria, pushing themselves to the very limits of human endurance to explore her -- and not all have returned. Diver Kevin McMurray takes you inside this elite club with a hard, honest look at those who go deeper, farther, and closer to the edge than others would ever dream. Deep Descent is the riveting true story of the human spirit overcoming human frailty and of fearsome, mortal risks traded for a hard-core adrenaline rush. Chronicling these adventures in his page-turning narrative and in dozens of dramatic photos, McMurray draws us deeper into the cold heart of the unforgiving sea, giving us a powerful vision of a place to which few will ever have the skills -- or the courage -- to go.
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- Bookseller
- AardBooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MAIN013455I
- Title
- Women of Discovery
- Author
- Polk, Milbry and Tiegreen, mary
- Illustrator
- illus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine/Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0609604805
- ISBN 13
- 9780609604809
- Publisher
- Potter
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- 4to, 256pp, y, women
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About the Seller
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Fitzwilliam , New Hampshire
About AardBooks
Selling quality used and o/p material since 1984, first in Seattle, and since 1993 in New Hampshire. Member NHABA. All DJs are put in mylar sleeves, all books have a box built around them for shipment. Our stock is 95% non-technical non-fiction, with a smattering of trade paper and literature. No longer strictly mail order. Our new place is open by chance or appointment, but no set hours. Do call first before you come to confirm we'll be here.
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