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1) Mother, nature: a 5,000-mile journey to discover if a mother and son can survive their differences
Author
Publisher
Convergent
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
220 pages ; illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this ... memoir, ... a forty-year-old gay man and his eccentric conservative mother travel the country together and find surprising answers to our generational and cultural rifts. When his mother, Barbara, turned seventy, Jedidiah Jenkins was reminded of a palpable, sobering truth: our parents won't live forever. For years, he and Barbara had talked about taking a trip together, just the two of them. They landed on an idea: retrace the thousands...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Paris, 1885. Aubry Tourvel, a spoiled and stubborn nine-year-old girl, comes across a wooden puzzle ball on her walk home from school. She tosses it over the fence, only to find it in her backpack that evening. Days later, at the family dinner table, she starts to bleed to death. When medical treatment only makes her worse, she flees to the outskirts of the city, where she realizes that it is this very act of movement that keeps her alive. So begins...
Author
Publisher
Bower House
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xii, 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"All My Rivers Are Gone celebrates a great American landscape, mourns its loss, and challenges us to undo the damage and forever prevent such mindless destruction in the future"
4) The lost city of Z: A legendary British explorer's deadly quest to uncover the secrets of the Amazon
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK Ltd
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
xi, 400, 14 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death, madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy of the Amazon. After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed New Yorker writer David Grann set out to solve "the greatest exploration...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Odile is an awkward, quiet girl vying for a coveted seat on the Conseil. If she earns the position, she'll decide who may cross her town's heavily guarded borders. On the other side, it's the same valley, the same town. Except to the east, the town is twenty years ahead in time. To the west, it's twenty years behind. When Odile recognizes two visitors she wasn't supposed to see, she realizes that the parents of her friend Edme have...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xiv, 283 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1977, while she was in her twenties, Robyn Davidson set off with a dog and four camels to cross 1,700 miles of Australian desert to the sea of almost constant travelling followed-from the Outback to Sydney's underground; from sixties street life, to the London literary scene; from migrating with nomads in India and Tibet, to marrying an Indian prince. The only territory she avoided was the past. In Unfinished Woman, she ventures into that unknown,...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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.
Author
Series
Magic tree house volume 32
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
110 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jack and Annie are joined by Teddy and Kathleen as they travel to the snowy Land-Behind-the-Clouds, where they search for the eye of the Ice Wizard and attempt to help Merlin and Morgan.
Author
Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
220 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"How do we reconcile our love of outdoor adventure with the inevitability of loss in high-risk sports? Still in his thirties, Graham Zimmerman has made first ascents from Alaska to Pakistan, and in 2020 he received the Piolet d'Or for his climb on Pakistan's Link Sar with Steve Swenson. A sponsored athlete who is sought out as a climbing partner, Zimmerman knows that he must find a balance between his ambitions as an alpinist and his social responsibilities--as...
11) Eastbound
Author
Publisher
Archipelago Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
127 pages ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In this swirling, gripping tale, a young Russian conscript and a French woman come together in a crowded compartment of the Trans-Siberian railroad, each of them fleeing to the east for their own reasons"--
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
112 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Geronimo travels to Egypt to interview Professor Alrat Spitfur and learns the secret of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient Mouse World.
13) Cinematic Places
Author
Series
Publisher
White Lion Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
Go beyond the big screen and explore the real places that inspired some of the greatest films of all time – brought to life through comprehensively researched text and stunning hand-drawn artwork.
Travel journalist Sarah Baxter reveals 25 essential cinematic destinations around the globe, spanning different decades, directors and movie genres. Full-page colour illustrations instantly transport you to each location....
Travel journalist Sarah Baxter reveals 25 essential cinematic destinations around the globe, spanning different decades, directors and movie genres. Full-page colour illustrations instantly transport you to each location....
14) The last Mimzy
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Emma and Noah find a mysterious box of toys on the beach, strange things start happening. The kids develop special powers and with their parents and teachers, they realize that their mission is far more important than they had ever dreamed.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follow Coretta Scott King Honor–winning author G. Neri to the end of the world in a captivating travel memoir that explores Antarctica through the curiosity and wonder of his inner child—the kid who dreamed of one day becoming an explorer.
Antarctica is a land of extremes—the coldest, windiest, highest, and driest place on the planet. It's a world where the sun stays hidden half of the year and where visitors must undergo
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Very Long continues her story with this deeply honest ... account of a woman walking the line between independence and isolation when she moves to the Southwest desert with nothing and no one but her four dogs"--
17) Calico
Author
Language
English
Description
"There's a saying in Barstow, California, a decaying city in the scorching Mojave desert...The Interstate here only goes in one direction: Away. But it's the only place where ex-LAPD detective Beth McDade, after a staggering fall from grace, could get another badge - and a shot at redemption. Over a century ago, and just a few miles further into the bleak landscape, a desperate stranger ended up in Calico, a struggling mining town, also hoping for...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
Uproarious antics fill this genre-crossing collection of six stories from the beloved British naturalist and author of the Corfu Trilogy.
The eccentric Durrell family sets off on an ill-fated excursion in “The Picnic” and embarks on a Greek cruise in “The Maiden Voyage.”
Next, things take a turn for the diabolical when a solo Durrell runs into a former flame in “The Public School...
The eccentric Durrell family sets off on an ill-fated excursion in “The Picnic” and embarks on a Greek cruise in “The Maiden Voyage.”
Next, things take a turn for the diabolical when a solo Durrell runs into a former flame in “The Public School...
Publisher
A360 Media, LLC
Language
English
Description
Amazing Places to Visit Before You Die is an extensive travel guidebook that serves as the ultimate companion for globetrotters and adventure seekers. This magazine vividly brings to life some of the world's most astonishing destinations, ranging from well-known bucket-list spots to hidden gems. It's crafted to inspire your travel wishlist, featuring 81 must-visit places carefully sectioned by continent, allowing readers to embark on a
...Publisher
A360 Media, LLC
Language
English
Description
All aboard! Welcome to the wide world of small-ship cruising. Even as these words are being written, the record for largest cruise ship is about to be broken by the debut of a 20-deck vessel capable of carrying 7,600 passengers. The destinations of such floating cities seem almost an afterthought. Fortunately, there exists a cruising alternative for those who care more about substance than size, more about memorable moments than multiple discos.
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