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Trade Paperback. Zustand: New. Support Small Business by buying this book! Ernest Shackleton sailed to the South Pole as the First World War broke out in Europe, intent on making the first ever trans-Antarctic crossing. South! is Shackleton's first-hand account of the epic expedition, which he described as 'the last great journey on earth'. During the journey their ship, he Endurance, became trapped by ice and was crushed, forcing the men to survive in and escape from one of the world's most hostile environments. With no hope of rescue, Shackleton and four others set sail in a small open boat on a 600-mile crossing to South Georgia. Shipwrecked on the uninhabited side of the island, they were forced into making the first ever winter crossing of the island, all the time threatened by brutal cold and hunger. South! made Shackleton's name as an explorer. The dramatic story, one of the most astonishing feats of Polar escapology, remains as enthralling now as when it was first published in 1919.…

Trade Paperback. Zustand: New. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio. Books shipped within 24 hours. Nana tells the story of the rise of the rise of the young woman Nana Coupeau from the slums of Paris to the life of a high-class escort. Considered outrageous when it was first published in 1880, its heroine is a character of questionable morals surrounded by corrupt society. One of the twenty novels in Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle, Nana plays with her companion's emotions, leading them to ruin, misfortune and even suicide.…

Trade Paperback. Zustand: New. Support Small Business by buying this book! In a drunken stupor, protagonist Michael Henchard mistakenly sells his wife and child to a sailor. Eighteen years later, secrets and lies threaten the protagonist's well-off lifestyle as mayor. The return of his family, the arrival of former lovers, and secrets surrounding that day nearly two decades ago all converge on the town of Casterbridge, forcing Michael to confront his past and his own nature. Perhaps most famous for his novels Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) and Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1891), Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) remains worth the read for its comic intrigue and insightful discussion of human character.…