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Open Road MediaThe classic memoir of Africa, aviation, and adventure'the inspiration for Paula McLain's Circling the Sun and 'a bloody wonderful book' (Ernest Hemingway). Beryl Markham's life story is a true epic. Not only did she set records and...
West with the Night is the story of Beryl Markham--aviator, racehorse trainer, beauty--and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and '30s.
Set against the backdrop of the race to exploit Africa by the colonial powers, a story of courage and adventure brings to life the rivalry between two enemies--a decorated soldier and a young aristocrat/Army officer--as they set out to find the...
MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON (DVD)
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In the 1850's, two British officers, Capt. Richard Burton and Lt. John Speke, set out on a spectacular adventure to discover the source of the Nile.
Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe, in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty,...