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Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
319 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Description
"National Geographic takes you on a photographic tour of the world's most spectacular destinations, inspiring tangible ideas for your next trip. Hundreds of the most breathtaking locales--both natural and man-made--are illustrated with vivid images taken by the organization's world-class photographers. These images, coupled with evocative text, feature a plethora of visual wonders: ancient monoliths, scenic islands, stunning artwork, electric cityscapes,...
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Viewers ride the rails around the globe on some of the most famous railroads in history and experience the amazing vistas included. Enjoy the Northern Belle, Royal Scotsman, Al Andalus, Blue Train, South Orient and Royal Orient Express as you view South Africa, Scotland, India and Mexico.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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"Outdoor educator and field researcher Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration--a round-trip adventure that included three countries and more than 10,000 miles. Equally remarkable, she did it solo, on a bike cobbled together from used parts. Her panniers were recycled buckets. In Bicycling with Butterflies, Dykman recounts her incredible journey and the dramatic...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 1276 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The sun never sets on our planet's magnificence. The deluxe video-book sets out to document this proposition in 33 gloriously filmed installments. Each episode provides a thrilling and informative introduction to an important place on the globe. Placing equal emphasis upon in-depth cultural history and breathtaking aerial cinematography, this series touches upon every inhabited continent, from Turkey to New Zealand.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
403 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Celebrated traveler and photographer Jessica Nabongo-the first documented Black woman to visit all 195 countries in the world-shares her journey around the globe with fascinating stories of adventure, culture, travel musts, and human connections"--
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
ix, 274 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Whether planning a long weekend in Mexico or an African safari, travelers need current and practical information on protecting their health in foreign countries. Staying Healthy Abroad gives straightforward and easy-to-follow recommendations for those traveling for pleasure, study, business, or volunteer work; for short- or long-term stays; and to destinations ranging from rural areas to large cities, in both developing and industrialized nations....
8) Blind spot
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xvi, 332 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Description
When it comes to Teju Cole, the unexpected is not unfamiliar: He's an acclaimed novelist, an influential essayist, and an internationally exhibited photographer. In Blind Spot, readers follow Cole's inimitable artistic vision into the visual realm as he continues to refine the voice, eye, and intellectual obsessions that earned him such acclaim for Open City. Here, journey through more than 150 of Cole's full-color, original photos, each accompanied...
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Surfing only looks like a sport. To initiates, it is something else entirely: a beautiful addiction, a demanding course of study, a morally dangerous pastime, a way of life. Raised in California and Hawaii, Finnegan started surfing as a child. He has chased waves all over the world, wandering for years through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa. A bookish boy, and then an excessively adventurous young man, he went on to become a writer and...
10) All summer long
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Prominent interior designer Olivia Ritchie and her husband Nicholas Seymour, an English professor, are seemingly polar opposites, yet drawn together and in love for more than fourteen years. As they prepare to relocate to Charleston, S.C. from New York they are moving north to south, fast pace versus slow pace and downsizing. Nick is ecstatic. Olivia is not. As plans evolve and lives change in unexpected ways, the question arises: can money buy happiness?...
11) Godwin
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Netherland: the odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search of an African soccer prodigy who might change their fortunes. Mark, a millennial technical writer who lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, Sushila, and their toddler daughter, grew up a world apart from his much younger half-brother Geoff. Raised in the UK by the mother who deserted Mark when she divorced his dad and married a richer man, Geoff is now a fast-talking soccer agent,...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
309 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm
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"Pedro Martin's grown up in the U.S. hearing stories about his legendary abuelito, but during a family road trip to Mexico, he connects with his grandfather and learns more about his own Mexican identity in this moving and hilarious graphic memoir."--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
©2024
Physical Desc
xii, 284 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map; 24 cm
Description
After the death of a close friend at seventeen, Tom Turcich resolved to make the most out of life; to travel and be forced into adventure; to experience and understand the world. On April 2nd, 2015, he set out to see it all—one step at a time.The World Walk is the emotional and exhilarating story of the tenth person and first dog to walk around the world. Together, Turcich and his dog Savannah covered twenty-eight thousand miles over the course...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 116 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Audrey and Morgan are two fairly ordinary 30-year-old women who live in Los Angeles. They are best friends, and they always stick together, so when Audrey discovers her ex-boyfriend is an international spy, Morgan joins her on an unlikely adventure. Together, the two of them must try to save him from assassins and help to save the world from a dangerous threat. As they travel around the globe with killers hot on their heels, they will discover hidden...
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