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by Dan Simmons
Published Dec 2007
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by Wayne Johnston
Published Oct 2003
Read ReviewsThe story of a young man's quest for his origins, from St. John's, Newfoundland, to the bustling streets of New York, and the remotest regions of the Arctic; set against the background of the tumultuous rivalry between Lieutenant Peary and Dr. Cook to get to the North Pole at the beginning of the 20th century.
by Lucy Jago
Published Oct 2002
Read ReviewsAn exhaustively researched and thrillingly told saga of one man's compulsive quest to discover the origins of the Northern Lights.
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Published Nov 2000
Read ReviewsA nonfiction narrative that reads like a novel-- a raw, vivid, harrowing adventure, brilliantly told.
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