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His journey is 4,250 miles long.He is walking every step of the way, camping in the wild, foraging for food, fending for himself against multiple dangers.He is passing through rainforest, savannah, swamp, desert and lush delta oasis.He will cross seven, very different countries.No one has ever made this journey on foot.In this detailed, thoughtful, inspiring and dramatic book, recounting Levison Wood's walk the length of the Nile, he will uncover...
Pub. Date
[2020]
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1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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From acclaimed director Wang Xiaoshuai comes a personal snapshot of contemporary China in all its diversity. Shot over ten years on both film and video, the film consists of a series of carefully composed tableaus of people and environments, each one more extraordinary than the last. Pedestrians shuffle across a bustling Beijing street, steelworkers linger outside a deserted factory, tourists laugh and scamper across a crowded beach, worshippers kneel...
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"The eagerly awaited return of master American storyteller Rinker Buck, Life on the Mississippi is an epic, enchanting blend of history and adventure in which Buck builds a wooden flatboat from the grand 'flatboat era' of the 1800s and sails it down the Mississippi River, illuminating the forgotten past of America's first western frontier. Seven years ago, readers around the country fell in love with a singular American voice: Rinker Buck, whose infectious...
Pub. Date
[2005?], ©2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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"You can't get a better tour guide than the monarch of his own country. Opening with His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein riding his motorcycle through the red and dusty desert, what follows is an eye-opening journey through one of the most exotic countries in the Middle-East."--Container.
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Until a thousand years ago, no humans ventured into the Atlantic or imagined traversing its vastness. But once the first daring mariners successfully navigated to far shores, whether it was the Vikings, the Irish, the Chinese, Christopher Columbus in the north, or the Portuguese and the Spanish in the south, the Atlantic evolved in the world's growing consciousness of itself as an enclosed body of water bounded by the Americas to the West, and by...
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Is it really possible to love one's enemies? This question sparked a fascinating and, at times, terrifying journey into the heart of the Middle East during the summer of 2008. It began in Egypt, passed beneath the high-rises of Saudi Arabia, then through the bullet-pocked alleyways of Beirut and dusty streets of Damascus, before ending at the cradle of the world's three major religions: Jerusalem. Join novelist Ted Dekker and Middle East expert Carl...
9) Brazil
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
384 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm.
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"Whether you want to spot jaguars on the Paraguay river, tuck into regional dishes in São Paulo or party all day at Rio de Janeiro's Carnival your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that Brazil has to offer. From the Amazon jungle to the immense Iguaçu Falls, South America's largest country is packed with natural wonders. But it's not all about white-sand beaches and tropical wetlands. Across Brazil, metropolises pulsate...
10) Argentina
Pub. Date
2004
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Travel through the vast country of Argentina from Iguazu, the Andean Northwest, and the El Bolson retreat, to the bustling city of Buenos Aires.
11) The crest
Pub. Date
[2019]
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1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The story of two descendants (great-great-grandsons) of the King of the Blasket Islands (in Ireland) who have never met, but have both inherited a deep-seated love for the ocean and surfing. Upon discovering each other, they arrange to meet for the first time in the land of their unique heritage, to explore their history and satisfy a desire to conquer the dangerous water of The Blasket Islands.
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"Starting in the Yucatán, Wood sets out on an epic walking voyage, moving through Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, travelling in the opposite direction along vital migrant routes. Journeying from sleepy barrios to glamourous cities to Mayan ruins lying unexcavated in the wilderness, Wood forges new relationships along the way that stand at the heart of this book--and the personal histories, cultures, and popular legends...
13) Grayson
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The author describes how, while training for a long-distance swim off the coast of California, she encountered a baby gray whale that had become separated from its mother and had been following her instead, and relates her efforts to find the baby's mother.
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2018.
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478 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 20 cm.
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Lonely Planet's Chile & Easter Island is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Strap on your pack and hike through winding forests to behold the granite mountain spires of Las Torres; watch sunset turn the Valle de la Luna intense purple, gold, pink and yellow; and puzzle over the giant statues of Easter Island. All with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart...
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Fairy tale girl volume 3
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
260 pages ; illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
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The author presents a hand written, illustrated account of her two months exploring the English countryside.
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Pub. Date
[1995]
Physical Desc
x, 166 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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New England-born Caroline Leighton traveled fearlessly throughout California and the Pacific Northwest during the mid-19th century. This journal of her travels-one of the most perceptive early accounts of the region-vividly describes a crucial period in the settlement of the West Coast frontier. Her keen eyes noticed details: baby lizards on the boardwalks of San Francisco, the merits of fireproof sagebrush, the nuances of a Makah marriage ceremony....
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