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This Accursed Land
An epic solo journey across Antarctica
by Lennard Bickel
Softcover, Published 2021 by Canelo History
ISBN-13: 978-1-80032-549-4, ISBN: 1-80032-549-5






Triumph Over Darkness(1st Edition)
The Life of Louis Braille
by Lennard Bickel
Hardcover, 167 Pages, Published 1988 by Allen & Unwin Australia
ISBN-13: 978-0-04-320212-8, ISBN: 0-04-320212-8

"This book describes the life of Louis Braille who, blinded accidentally as a young boy, was sent to an institution in Paris where he devoted his life to developing the finger system for reading now used by the blind all over the world. He died at the age of 43, unknown and unhonoured. The author tells of the trials and torments Braille suffered in his attempts to perfect the system and to get it accepted. Lennard Bickel has also written ..."






Shackleton's forgotten argonauts
by Lennard Bickel
Unbound, 230 Pages, Published 1982 by Macmillan
ISBN-13: 978-0-333-33867-4, ISBN: 0-333-33867-7






The Deadly Element
The Story of Uranium
by Lennard Bickel
Paperback, Published 1980 by Stein & Day Pub
ISBN-13: 978-0-8128-6089-4, ISBN: 0-8128-6089-6






This Accursed Land
by Lennard Bickel
Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 1977 by Macmillan
ISBN-13: 978-0-333-21799-3, ISBN: 0-333-21799-3






MAWSON'S WILL
by Lennard Bickel
Hardcover, Published by Adventure Library
ISBN-13: 978-1-199-42178-4, ISBN: 1-199-42178-2






This Accursed Land
by Lennard Bickel
Published 2015 by Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-4482-1484-6, ISBN: 1-4482-1484-X

"Lennard Bickel. that this iceextended quiteto the Pole, or perhaps joins some land to whichithas been fixedfromthe creation.' And from there even Cookwas glad to turnnorth. He went onto circumnavigatethe continent, sailing right roundthe globe before heading north with firm convictions on the Antarctic: thehostile southern land was inaccessible andno man couldever penetrate it. ' Ican beso bold tosay no man will venture furthersouth ..."






The Man Who Fed the World(1st Edition)
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug and His Battle to End World Hunger
by Leon Hesser, Lennard Bickel
Hardcover, 297 Pages, Published 2006 by Durban House
ISBN-13: 978-1-930754-90-4, ISBN: 1-930754-90-6

"The Man Who Fed the World provides a loving and respectful portrait of one of America's greatest heroes. Nobel Peace Prize recipient for averting hunger and famine, Dr. Norman Borlang is credited with saving hundreds of millions of lives from starvation-more than any other person in history? Loved by millions around the world, Dr. Borlang is recognized as one of the most influential men of the twentieth century."






Survive(1st Edition)
Stories of Castaways and Cannibals (Adrenaline)
by Nate . Hardcastle, Steven Callahan, Leonard Clark, Daniel Zalewski, Tobias Schneebaum, Mark Twain, Virginia Reed Murphy, J. Ross Browne, Jacques Vignes, Lennard Bickel, Richard Cunningham, Clint Willis
Paperback, 360 Pages, Published 2001 by Da Capo Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56025-367-9, ISBN: 1-56025-367-3

"Survive brings together stories about people who find themselves stuck in survival situations in lifeboats, mountains, desert islands, jungles and the arctic. Most of the stories are about ordinary people who must perform heroically to survive -- and some of them are forced to break our greatest taboo to stay alive. The narratives that have emerged are dramatic and compelling, involving issues of physical, moral, and emotional courage. ..."






Australia's First Lady - the Story of Elizabeth MacArthur
by Lennard Bickel
219 Pages, Published 1991 by Allen & Unwin
ISBN-13: 978-0-04-442231-0, ISBN: 0-04-442231-8

"A friendly, engaging account of the woman who was the first free female settler in Australia and also the wife of our first sheep baron. By the author of TRise Up To Life', TFacing Starvation' and others."






The Lore of Cycling(1st Edition)
by M. Beneke, T. Noakes, M. Reynolds, Lennard Bickel
Hardcover, 283 Pages, Published 1990 by Oxford University Press Southern Africa
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-570548-5, ISBN: 0-19-570548-3

"This volume has been designed to provide new-comers to the sport of cycling with all the information they will need to get started."






Mawson's Mill
the Greatest Survival Story Ever Written
by Lennard Bickel
Hardcover, 237 Pages, Published 1988 by Dorset Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-88029-217-7, ISBN: 0-88029-217-2






In Search of Frank Hurley
by Lennard Bickel
Paperback, 140 Pages, Published 1980 by Macmillan
ISBN-13: 978-0-333-29938-8, ISBN: 0-333-29938-8






Rise up to life
A biography of Howard Walter Florey who gave penicillin to the world (Arkon paperbacks)
by Lennard Bickel, Bryce Courtenay
Paperback, 314 Pages, Published 1974 by Angus & Robertson
ISBN-13: 978-0-207-13080-9, ISBN: 0-207-13080-9

"Rise Up To Life - Lord Florey - The Australian Who Gave The World Penicillin"






(1st Edition)
[Shackletons Forgotten Men: The Untold Tale of an Antarctic Tragedy] (By: Lennard Bickel) [published: October, 2001]
by Lennard Bickel
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2001 by Vintage Uk
ISBN-13: 978-0-7126-6807-1, ISBN: 0-7126-6807-1

"When Ernest Shackleton resolved to cross Antarctica in 1915, he knew the task would require two parties of men. Shackleton and his crew aimed to cross the continent - but were to meet with disaster when their ship, the Endurance, was frozen into the ice of the Weddell Sea. Meanwhile a smaller group - the Ross Sea party, led by the impetuous one-eyed captain Aeneas Mackintosh and the hard-headed Ernest Joyce - went before them and landed ..."






Shackleton's Forgotten Men
The Untold Tale of an Antarctic Tragedy (Adrenaline Classics)
by Lennard Bickel
Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2000 by Da Capo Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56025-256-6, ISBN: 1-56025-256-1

"Ernest Shackleton, an undeniably brave explorer, labored under a terrible ambition for nearly two decades: the desire to be the first man to reach the South Pole. Repeatedly thwarted by the elements, then finally beaten by the Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen, Shackleton revised his objective in 1912. He would be the first, he decided, to complete "the crossing of the South Polar Continent, from sea to sea." Shackleton planned to ta ..."






The Deadly Element(1st Edition)
The Story of Uranium
by Lennard Bickel
Hardcover, 312 Pages, Published 1979 by Stein And Day
ISBN-13: 978-0-8128-2589-3, ISBN: 0-8128-2589-6

"Book by Bickel, Lennard"






Mawson's Will(1st Edition)
by Lennard Bickel
Paperback, 223 Pages, Published 1978 by Avon Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-380-39131-8, ISBN: 0-380-39131-7

"Classic tale of survival. A man's walk of 320 miles through the Antarctic in nightmarish conditions."






The Deadly Element(Reprint)
The Men & Women Behind The Story Of Radiation
by Bickel Lennard, Leonard Bickel
Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 1980 by Stein & Day
Import
ISBN-13: 978-0-333-24158-5, ISBN: 0-333-24158-4

"Includes sections on the development of the hydrogen bomb."






This Accursed Land
Douglas Mawson's Incredible Antarctic Journey
by Bickel Lennard
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2010 by Woodslane Press P/L, Warriewood
ISBN-13: 978-1-921683-04-6, ISBN: 1-921683-04-X

"Soon after the surivors' attempt to claw back to base began, his other companion died in the horrendous conditions they had to bear. This disaster and his 6-week solo journey back to base make up the thrilling narrative of this book."



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