Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France’s Greatest Treasure

ISBN13: 9780767904483
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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The remarkable untold story of France’s courageous, clever vinters who protected and rescued the country’s most treasured commodity from German plunder during World War II.

“To be a Frenchman means to fight for your country and its wine.”
–Claude Terrail, owner, Restaurant La Tour d’Argent

In 1940, France fell to the Nazis and almost immediately the German army began a campaign of pillaging one of the assets the French hold most dear… More >>

Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France’s Greatest Treasure

March 29, 2010 Tags: Battle, France's, French, Greatest, Nazis, Treasure, Wine Posted in: Cooking Food and Wine 5 Comments

Law of the Jungle: The Hunt for Colombian Guerrillas, American Hostages, and Buried Treasure

ISBN13: 9780061671807
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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“Truth be told, they were mostly in it for the money” On February 13, 2003, a plane carrying three American military contractors on a recon patrol crash-landed in the jungle-covered mountains of Colombia. Within minutes, FARC guerrillas swarmed the wreckage and killed the American pilot and a Colombian crew member as they tried to escape. The survivors—Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell, and Thomas Howes—were marched at gunpoint into the rain forest. They wou… More >>

Law of the Jungle: The Hunt for Colombian Guerrillas, American Hostages, and Buried Treasure

March 1, 2010 Tags: American, Buried, Colombian, Guerrillas, Hostages, Hunt, Jungle, Treasure Posted in: Outdoors and Nature No Comments

Red Rackham’s Treasure

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The fearless boy reporter explores for sunken pirate treasure with his friend Captain Haddock.Amazon.com Review
Concluding the story begun in The Secret of the Unicorn, Red Rackham’s Treasure follows Tintin and friends as they search for the pirate booty procured by Captain Haddock’s ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock, in the West Indies. They receive some unexpected help in the form of a hard-of-hearing inventor named Professor Calculus, who would go on to bec… More >>

Red Rackham’s Treasure

February 19, 2010 Tags: Rackham's, Treasure Posted in: Comics and Graphic Novels 5 Comments

It’s a Treasure Hunt! Geocaching & Letterboxing

ISBN13: 9781563832680
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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Geocaching and letterboxing are all the rage! These two new pastimes offer a modern twist to the age-old scavenger hunt by combining a hike in the outdoors with the technology of a GPS unit and the joy of gift-giving and receiving. This user-friendly book captures the ins-and-outs of the geocaching and letterboxing world and gives tips for finding and packing a cache or box, using a GPS unit, reading a compass and carving a signature rubber stamp – plus, there is ro… More >>

It’s a Treasure Hunt! Geocaching & Letterboxing

February 17, 2010 Tags: Geocaching, Hunt, It's, Letterboxing, Treasure Posted in: Puzzles and Games 5 Comments