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1) Extremes: surviving the world's harshest environments

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Middleton, Nick

Pub. Date

[2005]

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Traces the author's survival experiment in which he traveled to the sites of some of the earth's harshest terrains in order to learn how humans endure extreme conditions, in an account that describes his experiences in northern Greenland, the Congo, and other regions.

2) An atlas of countries that don't exist: a compendium of fifty unrecognized and largely unnoticed states

Author

Middleton, Nick

Pub. Date

2017

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What is a country? Acclaimed travel writer and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton brings to life the origins and histories of fifty states that, lacking international recognition and United Nations membership, exist on the margins of legitimacy in the global order. From long-contested lands like Crimea and Tibet to lesser-known territories such as Africa's last colony and a European republic that enjoyed independence for a single day, Middleton presents...