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Publisher
National Geographic Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
319 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm.
Language
English
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,...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 1276 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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.
Author
Publisher
Enete Enterprises
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
101 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The author will teach you how to manage the logistics of life from the road (i.e. mail, banking, health and travel insurance, etc.), how to save money on the move, how to manage stress of the ups and downs of "homeless" life, and how to earn a living from paradise. Learn about the best and worst parts of the modern nomad life so that you can decide for yourself if it's the life for you.
Author
Publisher
Michael Wedaa
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
132 pages : black & white illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Step-by-step instructions on finding rock-bottom prices on travel without booking last minute or staying in crowded hostels. A must read for beginning travelers and seasoned travelers alike. Find out how to see a country in 2 days and how to use layovers as a tool to see more countries for free." - back cover.
Author
Publisher
Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
iii, 295 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"According to Mayan tradition, if you whisper your troubles to the Worry Dolls, they will do the worrying instead of you--therefore, it follows that Worry Dolls are the keepers of a great many secrets . . . On the eve of the end of the world--according to the Mayan calendar--Mari Guarez Roselli's secrets are being unraveled by her daughter, Lu. Lu's worry dolls are at-capacity as she tries to outrun the ghosts from her past--including loved ones stolen...
Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (215 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Amazing Earth is a collection of four episodes that will take the viewer on a spectacular journey to places no one has ever seen, and offer experiences that can only be imagined. See the violent upheavals of the Earth's geography, and travel from the highest peaks to the red-hot center of the planet. Crawl into spectacular caves, including terrain on which no human has ever tread. Face the extremes the future could hold, from a vanishing rainforest...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
vi, 217 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Inspired by Jules Verne's classic adventure tale, Mike Veseth takes his readers Around the World in Eighty Wines. The journey starts in London, Phileas Fogg's home base, and follows Fogg's itinerary to France and Italy before veering off in search of compelling wine stories in Syria, Georgia, and Lebanon. Every glass of wine tells a story, and so each of the eighty wines must tell an important tale. We head back across Northern Africa to Algeria,...
Author
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
ix, 274 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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....
11) Moment
Author
Publisher
Robert Abad
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
139 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Language
English
12) All summer long
Author
Language
English
Description
This is a story of people whose lives are changing - a southern gentleman returning home to lead a more peaceful life and his talented New York wife who is not quite sure she is ready to make the transition. They are moving north to south, fast pace versus slow pace, downsizing. And while they are doing this, they are getting glimpses into other people's lives over the course of a summer, holidays that will amuse, shock and transform them.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
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...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
403 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"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"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Love Across Borders takes readers through contentious frontiers around the world to reveal the widespread prejudicial laws intent on dividing us. Anna Lekas Miller tells her own gripping story of meeting Salem Rizk in Istanbul, where they were reporting on the Syrian civil war. But when Turkey started cracking down on refugees, Salem, who is Syrian, wasn't allowed to stay there, nor could he safely return to Syria. In this look at the global immigration...
16) Blind spot
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 332 pages : color illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Set in Australia, France, and Sri Lanka, The Life to Come is about the stories we tell and don't tell ourselves as individuals, as societies, and as nations. Driven by a vivid cast of characters, it explores necessary emigration, the art of fiction, and ethnic and class conflict. Pippa is an Australian writer who longs for the success of her novelist teacher and eventually comes to fear that she "missed everything important." In Paris, Celeste tries...
Author
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The story begins in a public square in New Delhi. On a cold December evening a young European woman of noble descent appears before an Indian street artist known locally as PK and asks him to paint her portrait--it is an encounter that will change their lives irrevocably. PK was not born in the city. He grew up in a small remote village on the edge of the jungle in East India, and his childhood as an untouchable was one of crushing hardship. He was...
19) Godwin
Author
Language
English
Formats
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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