National Geographic: 351 books

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100 Places That Can Change Your Child's Life

From Your Backyard to the Ends of the Earth

by Keith Bellows
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013

Kids who learn to travel will travel to learn. National Geographic Traveler Editor Keith Bellows sends you and your children globetrotting for life-changing vacations that will expand their horizons and shape their perspectives. What you won’t find inside: predictable itineraries and lists of landmarks...
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Epic Rivalry

Inside the Soviet and American Space Race

by Von Hardesty, Gene Eisman
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2007

When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon in 1969, they personified an almost unimaginable feat-the incredibly complex task of sending humans safely to another celestial body. This extraordinary odyssey, which grew from the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union during...
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Suggestible You

The Curious Science of Your Brain's Ability to Deceive, Transform, and Heal

by Erik Vance
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016

National Geographic's riveting narrative explores the world of placebos, hypnosis, false memories, and neurology to reveal the groundbreaking science of our suggestible minds. Could the secrets to personal health lie within our own brains? Journalist Erik Vance explores the surprising ways our expectations...
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by Judy Fradin
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2011

It’s another beautiful day of your paradise vacation in South Asia. You look out onto a calm sea on this day after Christmas, already looking forward to ringing in 2005. But why is the ocean receding so far from shore? Are those fish flapping around in the sand? Something is not right. Your island...
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Deep Ancestry

The Landmark DNA Quest to Decipher Our Distant Past

by Spencer Wells
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2007

Travel backward through time from today's scattered billions to the handful of early humans who lived in Africa 60,000 years ago and are ancestors to us all. In Deep Ancestry, scientist and National Geographic explorer Spencer Wells shows how tiny genetic changes add up over time into a fascinating...
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Shark Attacks

Inside the Mind of the Ocean's Most Terrifying Predator

by Gordon Grice
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012

National Geographic pairs gripping and gruesome stories of shark attacks with cutting edge research to illuminate a fascinating underwater world that few truly understand. Sharks are the world's most fascinating predators—capable of detecting a single drop of blood in 25 million drops of ocean and...
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Mars Landing 2012

Inside the NASA Curiosity Mission

by Marc Kaufman
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012

National Geographic presents the science, the goals, and the anticipation of humankind’s most ambitious planetary expedition ever: the Curiosity mission to Mars. On August 6, 2012 (EST), NASA’s Curiosity spacecraft will complete its 255-day, 354-million-mile journey and plunge down into Gale...
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Grave Secrets of Dinosaurs

Soft Tissues and Hard Science

by Dr. Phil Manning
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2008

Many of us have seen dinosaur bones and skeletons, maybe even dinosaur eggs...but what did those fearsome animals really look like in the flesh? Soft-tissue fossils give tantalizing clues about the appearance and physiology of the ancient animals. In this exciting book, paleontologist Phillip Manning...
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Pink Boots and a Machete

My Journey From NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer

by Mireya Mayor
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011

A quick examination of her roots, and one may never have guessed that Mireya Mayor would become the woman she is today. Yet, against all odds, this self-professed former "girly girl" daughter of overprotective Cuban immigrants blossomed from NFL cheerleader to Fulbright Scholar to field...
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The New Age of Adventure

Ten Years of Great Writing

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Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009

National Geographic Adventure has published the best work by today’s finest writers, and this tenth anniversary anthology assembles an elite corps of authors that includes Sebastian Junger, Peter Matthiessen, Philip Caputo, and two dozen others. These reporters have voyaged to the ends of the earth...
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Devoted

38 Extraordinary Tales of Love, Loyalty, and Life With Dogs

by Rebecca Ascher-Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013

Unlikely Friendships meets Marley and Me. This heartwarming gift book from National Geographic presents a collection of inspiring dog stories and touching photos—dogs who comfort veterans, dogs who learn to surf, dogs who detect cancer, and dogs who save the day: Each one is devoted. These 38 uplifting...
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The Call of Everest

The History, Science, and Future of the World's Tallest Peak

by Conrad Anker, Bernadette Mcdonald
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013

Gripping and sumptuous, this is the definitive book on the history, mystique, and science of Mount Everest, including how climate change is impacting the world's tallest mountain.  ** ** In 1963, the American Mount Everest Expedition made mountaineering history. It was the first American venture...
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by National Geographic
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015

This vivid, engrossing book reveals the fascinating stories behind the objects in your world, what you wear, what you eat, what entertains you, and more. Discover the history behind the world's tallest skyscrapers, find out when people first started drinking caffeine and why it wakes us up, and learn...
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by Bethanne Patrick, John Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015

Pop culture fans and trivia lovers will delight in National Geographic’s highly browsable, freewheeling compendium of customs, notions and inventions that reflect human ingenuity throughout history. Dip into any page and discover extraordinary hidden details in the everyday that will inform, amuse,...
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