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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A darkly comic and “deeply affecting" tale (The New York Times) of a mother and her two young children on a journey through an Alaskan wilderness plagued by wildfires and a uniquely American madness. • From the bestselling author of The Circle.
“A picaresque adventure and spiritual coming-of-age tale—On the Road crossed with Henderson the Rain King.” —The New York Times...
“A picaresque adventure and spiritual coming-of-age tale—On the Road crossed with Henderson the Rain King.” —The New York Times...
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Language
English
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"The bestselling author of the groundbreaking novels Under Heaven and River of Stars, Guy Gavriel Kay is back with a new novel, Children of Earth and Sky, set in a world inspired by the conflicts and dramas of Renaissance Europe. Against this tumultuous backdrop the lives of men and women unfold on the borderlands--where empires and faiths collide. From the small coastal town of Senjan, notorious for its pirates, a young woman sets out to find vengeance...
24) Special delivery
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A little girl goes on a long journey to deliver an elephant to her great aunt"--
25) The odd way home
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The oddest couple takes an unforgettable journey through the American Southwest finding happiness in the unlikeliest of places and seeing in each other what no one else has seen before. A road trip filled with unexpected surprises and hard realities that redefine the notion of family.
26) Hey Grandude!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Grandude brightens a dreary weekend for his visiting grandchildren, Lucy, Tom, Em, and Bob, by using his magic compass and postcards to take them on adventures around the world.
27) Love & luck
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Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
Publisher Annotation: From the author of the New York Times bestselling Love & Gelato comes a heartwarming tale of a road trip through Ireland filled with love, adventure, and the true meaning behind the word family.
Author
Series
Song of ice and fire volume 1
Language
English
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NOW THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES—THE MASTERPIECE THAT BECAME A CULTURAL PHENOMENON
Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King’s Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert’s name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb,...
Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King’s Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert’s name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb,...
30) A second chance
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Series
Chronicles of St. Mary's volume 3
Language
English
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"The third book in the bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone's cup of tea. Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary's Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don't call it "time travel"-these historians "investigate major historical events in contemporary time." And they aren't your harmless eccentrics either; a more accurate...
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Series
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English
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The author of A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg and Pecked to Death by Ducks gives new meaning to the words "going to extremes" in this exhilarating—and frequently hilarious—collection of adventure travel writing. "Cahill . . . (writes) with the precision ofJohn McPhee and Joan Didion tempered by a Monty Pythonesque sense of the absurd."—San Diego Union-Tribune.
33) Spirits of place
Publisher
Daily Grail Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Twelve authors take us on a journey; a tour of places where they temselves have encountered and consulted with, these Spirits of place."--Back cover.
34) Atlas Obscura
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Series
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Wonder meets wanderlust in an extraordinary new travel book. Created by the founders of AtlasObscura.com, the vibrant online destination and community with over 3 million visitors a month, Atlas Obscura is the bucket-list guide to over 700 of the most unusual, curious, bizarre, and mysterious places on earth" --
35) Another
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A young girl and her cat take an imaginative journey into another world"--
36) Lemuel, the fool
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Pub
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
After journeying around the world in search of the magical city of his dreams, Lemuel discovers there's no place like home.
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Language
English
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Ray Midge is waiting for his credit card bill to arrive. His wife, Norma, has run off with her ex-husband, taking Ray's cards, shotgun, and car. But from the receipts, Ray can track where they've gone. He takes off after them, as does an irritatingly tenacious bail bondsman, both following the romantic couple's spending from Arkansas, down to Mexico, and into Honduras. Along the way Ray meets Dr. Reo Symes, a seemingly down-on-his-luck and rather
...39) Hippie
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Language
English
Description
The worldwide bestseller by the author of The Alchemist takes us on a journey back in time, from South America to Holland to Nepal, drawing on the rich experiences of his own life to relive the dreams of a generation that longs for peace. • "A novelist who writes in a universal language." —Los Angeles Times
In Hippie, he tells the story of Paulo, a young, skinny Brazilian man with a goatee...
In Hippie, he tells the story of Paulo, a young, skinny Brazilian man with a goatee...
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