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Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dr. Horatio Jackson wasn't necessarily a betting man. But in 1903, he overheard a stranger saying that it was just not possible to drive across the United States in one of those unreliable, newfangled automobiles. Jackson disagreed - he believed in the future of the automobile. So he made a $50 bet with the man that he could drive a car from San Francisco to New York. Jackson bought a used Winton automobile, hired a mechanic named Crocker, packed...
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English
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"In 1911, Carrie Strahorn wrote a memoir entitled Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage, which shared some of the most exciting events of 25 years of traveling and shaping the American West with her husband, Robert Strahorn, a railroad promoter, investor, and writer. That is all fact. Everything She Didn't Say imagines Carrie nearly ten years later as she decides to write down what was really on her mind during those adventurous nomadic years. Certain that...
Author
Publisher
Workman Pub
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
The world is calling. Time to answer.
The world's wonders, continent by continent: A trek through Morocco's Atlas Mountains. Sri Lanka's Hill Country. A sunrise balloon safari over the Masai Mara. Canyon de Chelly. The sacred festivals of Bhutan. The Amalfi Coast. Sailing the Mekong River.
In all, 1,000 places guaranteed to give travelers the shivers: sacred ruins, coral reefs, hilltop villages, deserted beaches, wine trails, hidden...
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English
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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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Series
Publisher
Globe Pequot
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Ninth edition.
Language
English
Description
Whether you are a visitor or a local looking for something different, Idaho Off the Beaten Path shows you the Gem State with new perspectives on timeless destinations and introduces you to those you never knew existed -- from the best in local dining to quirky cultural tidbits to hidden attractions, unique finds, and unusual locales.
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Series
Publisher
Fodor's Travel, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Fodor's Italy is the essential take-along companion to one of Europe's most enduringly popular destinations. With inviting full-color photos, this updated edition highlights everything that visitors adore--from Italy's great food and wine to art and architecture, as well as glorious Tuscan hill towns, shopping, and much, much more.
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Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First United States edition.
Language
English
Description
"[An] account of travels in six deserts on five continents that evoke the timeless allure of these remote and forbidding places ... Restless, unhappy in love, and intrigued by the Desert Fathers who forged Christian monasticism in the Egyptian desert, Will Atkins decided to travel in six of the world's driest, hottest places: the Empty Quarter of Oman, the Gobi Desert of North China, the Great Victoria Desert of Australia, the man-made desert of the...
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Series
Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 8
Language
English
Description
CRIME & MYSTERY. The famous Orient Express, thundering along on its three days' journey across Europe, came to a sudden stop in the night. Snowdrifts blocked the line at a desolate spot somewhere in the Balkans. Everything was deathly quiet. "Decidedly I suffer from the nerves," murmured Hercule Poirot, and fell asleep again. He awoke to find himself very much wanted. For in the night murder had been committed. Mr. Ratchett, an American millionaire,...
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Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Language
English
Description
At nineteen years of age, Julia Weston fancies herself a capable woman, far too old to require a traveling companion. But at the insistence of her overprotective father, Julia finds herself aboard the Orient Express in the care of an approved escort. In an ill-advised demonstration of independence, Julia leaves the train on a quick errand and then re-boards and sleeps away her exhaustion. Upon awakening, however, she realizes her plan went terribly
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English
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Frances Mayes, whose enchanting #1 New York Times bestseller Under the Tuscan Sun made the world fall in love with Tuscany, invites readers back for a delightful new season of friendship, festivity, and food, there and throughout Italy.
Having spent her summers in Tuscany for the past several years, Frances Mayes relished the opportunity to experience the pleasures of primavera, an Italian spring. A sabbatical from teaching
Publisher
[Broad Green Pictures]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Bill Bryson, instead of retiring to enjoy his loving and beautiful wife and large and happy family, challenges himself to hike the Appalachian Trail: 2,200 miles of America's most unspoiled, spectacular, and rugged countryside from Georgia to Maine. The peace and tranquility he hopes to find, though, is anything but, when the only person he can find willing to join him on the trek is his long-lost former friend Katz, a down-on-his-luck serial philanderer....
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Series
Time quintet volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.
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Publisher
Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
12th edition.
Language
English
Description
"Now more than ever, count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know to travel in Portugal. In this book, you'll find his up-to-the-minute advice alongside time-tested travel tips"--
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Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Buckle Up and Get Your Kicks on Route 66!
Originally paved in the 1920s, the 2,451 miles of Route 66 have been a staple of the American Road Trip and have become an iconic thread running through the life, history, and culture of America. Spanning a total of eight states and stretching from Chicago all the way to the Pacific Ocean, Route 66 was appropriately named the "Mother Road" by John Steinbeck. An icon of American Folklore, Route 66 details...
79) Dragon legend
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Dragon Realm volume 2
Language
English
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Billy Chan is having the summer most twelve-year-olds dream about--bonding with his very own dragon and exploring the magical Dragon Realm! But the new world has not been without its perils as Billy and his friends have just barely escaped the clutches of the Dragon of Death and learned of a betrayal from someone they trusted. That betrayal leads to Billy's friend Dylan being kidnapped and taken through a time portal. Now Billy, Charlotte, and Ling-Fei...
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