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81) Caucasus
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
240 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a memoir written with his brother, the popular author describes how the two of them dealt with their grief over the untimely deaths of their parents and only sister by embarking on a three-week odyssey around the world.
Author
Series
I survived volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Ten-year-old George Calder can't believe his luck -- he and his little sister, Phoebe, are on the famous Titanic, crossing the ocean with their Aunt Daisy. The ship is full of exciting places to explore, but when George ventures into the first class storage cabin, a terrible boom shakes the entire boat. Suddenly, water is everywhere, and George's life changes forever. Lauren Tarshis brings history's most exciting and terrifying events to life in...
87) Wild
Language
English
Description
After years of reckless behavior and being haunted by memories of her mother, Cheryl makes a rash decision to embark on a challenging trek across the Pacific Crest Trail that ends up being a remarkable journey of self-discovery and redemption.
88) Fodor's Bahamas
Series
Publisher
Fodor's Travel
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
31st edition.
Physical Desc
351 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fodor's correspondents highlight the best of the Bahamas, including lovely white-sand beaches, fun eco activities, top dive sites, and mellow beach bars. Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure you make the most of your time, whether it's your first trip or your fifth.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
281 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Patricia Highsmith's debut novel, we encounter Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno, passengers on the same train. But while Guy is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce, Bruno turns out to be a sadistic psychopath who manipulates Guy into swapping murders with him. As Bruno carries out his twisted plan, Guy is trapped in Highsmith's perilous world-where, under the right circumstances, anybody is capable of murder. The inspiration for...
90) Mariana
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
After inheriting her sixteenth-century childhood home, Julia Beckett is astonished when she is transported back in time and into the body of Mariana, a woman who is struggling against treachery for her love of Richard de Mornay.
Publisher
Fodor's Travel
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
2nd edition.
Physical Desc
815 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm + 1 folded map.
Language
English
Description
"Whether you want to climb the Eiffel Tower in Paris, sip wine in Burgundy, or indulge in French cuisine in Lyon, the local Fodor's travel experts in France are here to help! Fodor's Essential France is part of the award-winning Fodor's Essential series recognized by Booklist as the "Best Travel Guide in 2019." This guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The 1914 Giro d'Italia [Tour of Italy]: The hardest bike race in history. Eighty-one riders started and only eight finished after enduring cataclysmic storms, roads strewn with nails, and even the loss of an eye by one competitor. And now Tim Moore is going to ride it. And he's committed to total authenticity" --
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st Scribner trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
200 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Raja Shehadeh is a passionate hill walker. He enjoys nothing more than heading out into the countryside that surrounds his home. But in recent years, his hikes have become less than bucolic, and sometimes downright dangerous. That is because his home is Ramallah, on the Palestinian West Bank, and the landscape he traverses is now the site of a tense standoff between his fellow Palestinians and settlers newly arrived from Israel.
In this original...
Author
Language
English
Description
"DANIELLE STEEL has been hailed as one of the world's most popular authors, with over 650 million copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers include The Affair, Neighbors, All That Glitters, Royal, Daddy's Girls, The Wedding Dress, The Numbers Game, Moral Compass, Spy, and other highly acclaimed novels"--
98) Pig the tourist
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Told in rhyming text, Pig the pug spreads destruction wherever he travels, creating complete chaos wrecking parties and parades until finally the locals unite to tell him to go away--but Pig never really learns his lesson and remains a bad traveling companion to this day.
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Language
English
Description
Bill Bryson, instead of retiring to enjoy his loving and beautiful wife and large and happy family, challenges himself to hike the Appalachian Trail: 2,200 miles of America's most unspoiled, spectacular, and rugged countryside from Georgia to Maine. The peace and tranquility he hopes to find, though, is anything but, when the only person he can find willing to join him on the trek is his long-lost former friend Katz, a down-on-his-luck serial philanderer....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown of New York to a tribal longhouse in Borneo, from cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, Paris, and Shanghai to Tanzania&;s utter beauty and the stunning desert solitude of Oman&;s Empty Quarter&;and many places beyond.
In World Travel, a life of experience is collected into an entertaining, practical, fun and frank travel guide that gives...