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Author
Series
Publisher
Workman
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"...here are natural wondersthe dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa that's so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can drink comfortably. Architectural marvels, including the M.C. Escher-like stepwells in India. Mind-boggling events, like the Baby Jumping Festival in Spain, where men dressed as devils literally vault over rows of squirming infants. Not to mention the Great Stalacpipe Organ in Virginia, Turkmenistan's...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
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
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2022]
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
2021
Language
Español
Description
"Una celebración de la vida y el legado de uno de los escritores gastronómicos más importantes. Anthony Bourdain vio más mundo que nadie. Sus viajes lo llevaron desde los rincones más secretos de su Nueva York natal hasta una comuna tribal en Borneo, isla del Sudeste Asiático, pasando por las cosmopolitas Buenos Aires, París y Shanghái, la impresionante belleza de Tanzania y hasta la inmensa soledad del desierto arábigo de Omán. Este es...
7) Blind spot
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Here, journey through more than 150 of Cole?s full-color, original photos, each accompanied by his lyrical and evocative prose, forming a multimedia diary of years of near-constant travel: from a park in Berlin to a mountain range in Switzerland, a church exterior in Lagos to a parking lot in Brooklyn; landscapes, beautiful or quotidian, that inspire Cole?s memories, fantasies, and introspections. Ships in Capri remind him of the work of writers...
Series
Publisher
Lonely Planet kids
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Come on a round-the-world adventure as we explore 60 amazing places from across the globe! This fully illustrated book introduces kids to some of the best places to visit on our planet. Continent by continent, they'll find out the top things to see and do: playing in Central Park, getting lost in the Amazon Jungle, climbing the Eiffel Tower, exploring the Great Wall of China, touring Sydney Harbor and much more. Fun, accessible text and lively artwork...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Spanish edition.
Language
Español
Description
Summary in Spanish.
"Unas memorias gráficas conmovedoras, hilarantes e inolvidables sobre la familia de un niño mexicano-estadounidense y su viaje lleno de aventuras para traer a su abuelo de regreso de México para vivir con ellos." --Translated using onling translation tool.
"A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy's family and their adventure-filled road trip to bring their abuelito back from Mexico...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"While looking at an old photo album with Esmé and Tate, Grandad finds a photo of the children's long-lost cousins. They're scattered all across the globe--and they're the perfect excuse for Grandad and the children to go on a wonderful adventure! By steamship and airplane, camel and train, the trio journeys from ice landscapes to vivid jungels to bustling cities. But finding the lost cousins is harder than it sounds." --back cover.
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