6/8/2023 0 Comments Author lynne truss![]() ![]() The story also offers encouragement: No matter how boring you find your department's next seminar, at least you aren't clinging to an ice floe in the Weddell Sea while being attacked by a sea leopard. Much like grad school, Endurance is a tale of optimists embarking blithely on a mission of discovery for discovery's sake, then becoming hopelessly entrenched in a situation that overwhelms them. previous 1 2 3 4 next sort by previous 1 2 3 4 next Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. ![]() Seller Rating: Contact seller Book Used Condition: VERY GOOD US 4.39 Convert currency Free shipping Within U.S.A. Books by Lynne Truss (Author of Eats, Shoots & Leaves) Books by Lynne Truss Lynne Truss Average rating 3.85 162,701 ratings 11,519 reviews shelved 323,071 times Showing 30 distinct works. When their ship becomes stuck in pack ice, they decide to camp until the spring thaw, only to watch the boat get crushed rather than released. Lynne Truss Published by Universe Publishing, 2007 ISBN 10: 0789316102 ISBN 13: 9780789316103 Seller: Hippo Books, Hammond, U.S.A. In 1914, a party of 28 men led by Sir Ernest Shackleton (including Perce Blackborow, who should be celebrated as history's unluckiest stowaway) sails for Vahsel Bay, planning to make the first overland crossing of Antarctica. In Endurance, Alfred Lansing tells the true story of one such group. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage to the Antarctic By Alfred Lansing, paperback 282 pages, Carroll & Graf, list price: $14.95ĭuring your multi-year slog toward an advanced degree, you'll need the reassurance that others have undertaken far riskier missions and somehow survived. ![]()
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