Books written by Michael Parfit
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Chasing the Glory: Travels Across America
This book goes back a long way: for providing ideas and assignments that led to some of my many flights around this country, I am grateful to Frank Rich, Jonathan Z. Larsen, Cal Fentress, Scott Kaufer, and Jane Amsterdam, who all worked ...
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Chasing the Glory: Travels Across America
At Signal Point I also met Robert N. McCurdy , a professor and computer programmer who drove me in the early evening to the northeast of Chattanooga , where people who didn't like the high ridge lines and small lots of Signal Mountain ...
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The Lost Whale: The True Story of an Orca Named Luna
The ship mumbled its way up past Victor Island, past Jacklah River, past the log sort at McCurdy Creek, then past a small collection of huts and floating logs and the battered green boat Jervis Bay, all part of the home of Glen Hammond, ...
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South Light: A Journey to the Last Continent
One day in early 1912 , members of Douglas Mawson's expedition to the South Magnetic Pole found to their dismay that a box they thought contained vital stove parts ( warmth was a preoccupation then , too ) had fallen into seven feet of ...
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The Lost Whale: The True Story of an Orca Named Luna
The Lost Whale celebrates the life of a smart, friendly, determined, transcendent being from the sea who appeared among us like a promise out of the blue: that the greatest secrets in life are still to be discovered.
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South Light: A Journey to the Last Continent
The author describes his experiences during a year-long visit to Antarctica and shares his observations on the land and the scientific and military personnel stationed there
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South Light: A Journey to the Last Continent
The author describes his experiences during a year-long visit to Antarctica and shares his observations on the land and the scientific and military personnel stationed there
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Blame It on the Weather: Strange Weather Facts
In this delightful, humorous and informative look at weather, climatologist David Phillips answers many of our most common questions about weather pheno- mena, describes fascinating moments in weather history, and delves into weather ...