Expedition Earth

After a long and exalted military career, General Connor Gates thought he was finally ready to retire. He was wrong. When interstellar probes sent to Earth’s star system report back 40 years earlier than expected, the colonists learn that humans somehow survived the cataclysmic events of the past…but so did the enemy.

Idalia Hartley's career in archaeology is threatened by the war with Lowenreich. Her hope is revived when her godfather, Declan Brooks, secures funding for an expedition to discover the Loyran Chieftains' tombs. She joins, despite the involvement of Lord Sterling and his son, Leith. As they...

After two years of pensive peace, an investigation points to the use of a Galio super-weapon as the culprit. The Jarog, Valdivia assists mankind's march into unknown space. With the galaxy's most powerful empire nipping at Earth's borders, First Lieutenant Warder must put every ounce of his skill and luck into stopping the imminent onslaught of his people in the most dangerous mission he's been given yet.

Behind the legend of Admiral Richard E. Byrd lies a stranger, colder, and far more human story than the myths suggest. From early naval ambition and the rise of polar aviation to the frozen outpost of Little America, Byrd traces the life of one of America’s most famous explorers. Richard E. Byrd became a national hero through daring flights, Antarctic expeditions, radio broadcasts, scientific missions, and the dream of conquering the last blank spaces on the map. But his legacy is not simple. This book follows Byrd through his disputed 1926 North Pole flight, his celebrated South Pole ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The riveting true story of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, still the deadliest natural disaster in American history—from the acclaimed author of The Devil in the White City “A gripping account ... fascinating to its core, and all the more compelling for being...

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK TO READ THIS SUMMER From bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets “An irresistible mix of splendid scholarship, heart-stopping adventure writing, and...

Secrets of Antarctica will reveal Brad Olsen’s exploration and firsthand experience with this strange continent. The book will question the possibility of a lost continent and visit the land of the Patagonia giants. Next are the Age of Exploration maps depicting the Ice Continent centuries before Antarctica was officially discovered. New Swabia (Neuschwabenland) was a territorial claim made by Nazi Germany in the late 1930s. Admiral Richard Byrd led Operation Highjump to confront the Nazi base there, and to recover a Nazi flying disc. Admiral Byrd spoke of “flying objects that could fly...

Some mysteries are buried beneath the earth. Others wait beneath the stars. The Omega Chronicles is an expansive science fiction and fantasy adventure series that begins with survival on a remote island — and unfolds into a far-reaching journey across hidden worlds, lost civilizations, advanced technologies, and the vast unknown of space itself. When a daring expedition strands two explorers on an uncharted island in the Atlantic, what begins as a struggle to survive soon reveals something extraordinary. Strange rescues occur at impossible moments. Ancient mechanisms lie concealed beneath...

A routine excavation opens a door that should have remained buried. Archaeologist Dr. Mara Ellison expects an ordinary highway excavation in western North Carolina. Instead, her crew uncovers an anomalous skeleton and a stone-lined shaft descending into the ridge. The first descent leaves one man missing. Night falls wrong. Pale figures gather at the tree line and call in a stolen voice. Before dawn, a federal containment team arrives already knowing too much. Haunted by the decision that sent her crew underground, Mara returns with disgraced documentarian Cade Rylan to preserve the truth ...

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORK TIMES NPR THE GUARDIAN From pole to pole and across decades of lived experience, National Book Award-winning author Barry Lopez delivers his most far-ranging, yet personal, work to date. Horizon moves indelibly, immersively, through the...

New Continent is an action-packed military Sci-Fi thriller. This real-time futuristic adventure is both a space opera and a hard science fiction novel. Join the crew of the New Continent as they race against time that is waged in this annihilated world where microbiological investigations, encrypted messages, and space battles intertwine with the epic fast action scenes of a marine platoon. Follow the trail of deadly bacteria and alien attacks of the past. The New Continent, the only remaining starship in the fleet, was somehow lost in the galaxy for over five centuries. Approaching the ...

Africa has long been considered the cradle of life - where life and humans evolved - but somewhere west of Munich, Germany, paleoclimatologist and paleontologist Madelaine Böhme and her team make a discovery that is beyond anything they ever imagined: the 12-million-year-old bones of an ancient ape - Danuvius guggenmos - which makes headlines around the world and defies prevailing theories of human history and where human life began.

“A crisp, confident, and convincing new account of the place and its chroniclers" — The New Yorker “A definitive history of the mysteries of Easter Island...compelling...[a] magisterial history.” — New York Times “Revelatory…fascinating… wholly convincing” — Daily Mail (UK) A...

Embark on an extraordinary adventure with "Journey to the Center of the Earth: Adapted for Modern Readers." This refreshed edition maintains the integrity of Jules Verne’s visionary tale while offering modernized language and clean formatting, ensuring a seamless reading experience for contemporary audiences. Dive into a world where science meets imagination, with contemporary typography enhancing the narrative’s clarity and accessibility without losing the original charm and excitement Verne is celebrated for.Set in the 19th century, Verne's timeless story explores themes of ...

The great unknown of the Southwest is conquered by a one-armed man and his crew of adventurers, placing the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon on the map of the American continent. It is a journey no human being had ever made before. Dangerous rapids, narrow canyon walls offering no escape, terrifying river waterfalls, capsized boats, near drowning, lost equipment and disillusioned men are dramatically described by John Wesley Powell, leader of this adventurous party.

From the Women's Prize longlisted author of DJINN PATROL ON THE PURPLE LINE comes a mesmerising new novel set in mid-nineteenth century Tibet, known at the time as the Forbidden Kingdom. In the mid-nineteenth century, the mountainous kingdom of Tibet is closed to outsiders. As European powers...

A tale as compelling as the search for Atlantis, Shangri La, and King Solomon’s Mines—the untold story of our obsession with finding Antarctica, including the people and riches we expected to find, and the explorers who risked their lives to conquer it. An idea so seductive that it gripped...

“A gorgeous journey…You will be glad you’ve joined her.” —Susan Orlean, author of On Animals and The Library Book In this lyrical memoir of motherhood, love, and resilience that “captures rarely observed natural places” (San Francisco Chronicle) a woman and her toddler son follow...

Discover the extraordinary history and thrilling frontiers of exploration with this guide from The Explorers Club, the esteemed home of the world's most prominent explorers. The discovery of the North and South Poles. The summiting of Everest. The moon landing. The (largely unknown) birth of...

A routine mining detonation in the remote Sonoran Desert shatters the canyon floor to reveal a gateway into a terrifying past. Paleontologist Nora Calder and a heavily armed corporate security team descend into a massive sealed subterranean world. They anticipate finding ancient trace fossils and silent geological wonders. Instead they are immediately thrust into a brutal Mesozoic ecosystem ruled by ferocious apex predators that hunt with terrifying intelligence. Trapped deep beneath the earth with their only exit compromised, the survivors must fight their way through a hostile jungle ...