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With wit, heartwarming stories and a keen insight into new and exciting ways to see both the past and the future of the country, the actor, writer and woodworker takes a literary journey to America's frontier to celebrate the people and landscape that have made it great.
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Heat-Moon writes travel books like no one else. Quirky, discursive, endlessly curious, he embarks on American journeys off the beaten path. Sticking to the small places via the small roads, he uncovers a nation deep in character, story, and charm. "Quoz" refers to anything strange, incongruous, or peculiar. Quoz can be history and heredity; stories, retold or invented; strange characters with poignant dreams. It's places with names like Sublimity...
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Otto Ringling novels volume 1
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When his sister tricks him into taking her guru on a trip to their childhood home, Otto Ringling, a confirmed skeptic, is not amused. Six days on the road with an enigmatic holy man who answers every question with a riddle is not what he'd planned. But in an effort to westernize his passenger -- and amuse himself -- he decides to show the monk some "American fun" along the way. From a chocolate factory in Hershey to a bowling alley in South Bend,...
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2017.
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xv, 249 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (one color) ; 24 cm
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"An epic bicycle journey across the American hinterland that explores the challenges of climate change alongside a diverse array of American voices."--Amazon.com.
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"The Emmy-winning CBS Sunday Morning correspondent chronicles his year traveling to every one of our National Parks, discovering the most beautiful places and most interesting people that America has to offer. When Conor Knighton decided to spend a year wandering through America's "best idea," he was worried the whole thing might end up being his worst idea. But after a broken engagement and a broken heart, Conor desperately needed a change of scenery....
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2015.
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248 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"The incredible journey of one man who sets out to circumnavigate the globe on a vintage motorbike fueled by kindness. Follow the inspirational journey of a former stockbroker who leaves his unfulfilling desk job in search of a meaningful life. He sets out from Los Angeles on a vintage motorbike, determined to circumnavigate the globe surviving only on the kindness of strangers. Incredibly, he makes his way across the U.S., through Europe, India,...
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2020.
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"From the award-winning author of National Parks of the USA, Kate Siber, this stunning book showcases an amazing adventure activity to try in every single state. 50 Adventures in the 50 States features gripping outdoors activities, vividly illustrated and described alongside fascinating facts about the nature and geography of each activity location - the very best the U.S.A. has to offer budding young adventurers from Alabama to Wyoming!"--Provided...
19) The 100 best art towns in America: a guide to galleries, museums, festivals, lodging, and dining
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2005
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488 p.
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c2011
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316 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
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"Two men, two trucks, two Americas, 1960-2009. Follow journalist John Olson as he recreates John Steinbeck's iconic Travels With Charley. Journey in a GMC pickup truck and camper. ... Steinbeck was looking for true Americans in 1960. Five decades later Olson was as well. Find out if they succeeded ... Down John's road."--P. [4] of cover.
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