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The Royal Road to Romance is the travel classic in which a happy, young romanticist goes laughing and beating and fighting his vagabond way into the glamorous corners of the world.When Richard Halliburton graduated from Princeton, he chose adventure over a career, traveling to far away places. This vivid book tells what happened, from a break-through Matterhorn mountain ascent in the Alps to being jailed for taking forbidden pictures on Gibral...

I had been commissioned to go anywhere in the world I wished and write whatever pleased me. My only orders were to move fast, visit strange places, to meet whomever was interesting - and to start at once, ' Richard Halliburton's fifth and last book, Seven League boots illustrates how he followed these orders with passion and abandon. America's favorite adventurer dined with Haile Selassie and rode the Rhinoceros Express in Ethiopia, he had an ...

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New Foreword by Tahir Shah. As epic and eventful as The Odyssey and one of the most captivating travel books of the 20th century, The Glorious Adventure evokes the romance of another time, when heroes and gods walked the earth.

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Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars." ¿ Richard HalliburtonA quiet, normal life was never in the cards for Richard Halliburton. While the rest of Princeton's Class of 1921 was busy matriculating into more "respectable" lives, Halliburton stuffed his diploma into a backpack and set off on what he hoped would be the adventure of a lifetime. As it turns out, his hopes were wildly unders...

One of the most fascinating books of its kind ever written" - Detroit News"Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars." ¿ Richard HalliburtonA quiet, normal life was never in the cards for Richard Halliburton. While the rest of Princeton's Class of 1921 was busy matriculating into more "respectable" lives, Halliburton stuffed his diploma into a backpack and set off on what he hoped would be...

Written for students but loved by all ages, Marvels of the Orient takes you on a journey to some of the marvels of our world. Visit wonders both natural and man-made, places you've heard about, and others you won't believe you didn't know about before.In this book you will- • Climb the Great Pyramid • Search for the Ark of the Covenant beneath Jerusalem • Fly a Prince over Iraq • Hide in the Taj Mahal for the night • Climb Mount Fuji • Explore...

Written for students but loved by all ages Marvels of the Occident takes you on a journey to some of the marvels of our world. Visit wonders both natural and man-made, places you've heard about, and others you won't believe you didn't know of before. In this book you will- &bull, Discover how a 10-year old brought shame on San Francisco &bull, Spend time in a city with no girls of any kind, not even animals &bull, Swim the Panama Cana...

Written for students but loved by all ages, Marvels of the Orient takes you on a journey to some of the marvels of our world. Visit wonders both natural and man-made, places you've heard about, and others you won't believe you didn't know about before.In this book you will- • Climb the Great Pyramid • Search for the Ark of the Covenant beneath Jerusalem • Fly a Prince over Iraq • Hide in the Taj Mahal for the night • Climb Mount Fuji • Explore...

Written for students but loved by all ages Marvels of the Occident takes you on a journey to some of the marvels of our world. Visit wonders both natural and man-made, places you've heard about, and others you won't believe you didn't know of before.In this book you will- • Discover how a 10-year old brought shame on San Francisco • Spend time in a city with no girls of any kind, not even animals • Swim the Panama Canal • Cross the Alps on an ...

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Richard Halliburton's fifth and last book, Seven League Boots, illustrates how he followed the orders to move fast, visit strange places, and meet anyone who was interesting with passion and abandon. America's favorite adventure writer dined with, Haile Selassie and rode the Rhinocerous Express in Ethiopia, had an audience with King Ibn Saud outside the gates of Mecca (which he had tried to sneak into), and finally rode an elephant over the Al...

Making the theory of population genetics relevant to readers, this book explains the related mathematics with a logical organization. It presents the quantitative aspects of population genetics, and employs examples of human genetics, medical evolution, human evolution, and endangered species. For an introduction to, and understanding of, population genetics.

Before the advent of television, before the global destruction of the Second World War, every American sat glued to the radio, eagerly listening for news of what crazy young Dick Halliburton had done next. They didn't have long to wait! Halliburton started entertaining the world in the early 1920s. ¿The Glorious Adventure¿ was his second book and details how he set out to follow in the path of Ulysses, that royal vagabond who mirrored Dick's o...

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