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Author
Publisher
Inscribe Digital
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
The Arab equivalent of Marco Polo, Sheikh Ibn Battuta (1304-77) set out as a young man on a pilgrimage to Mecca that ended 27 years and 75,000 miles later.The only medieval traveler known to have visited the lands of every Muslim ruler of his time, Ibn Battuta was born into a family of highly respected religious judges and educated as a theologian. Leaving his native city of Tangier in 1326, he traveled — over the next several years — to East...
Author
Publisher
Lightning Source Inc
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
On this leg of the journey you’ll explore the scariest spots in Southern New England. Author Andrew Lake visits more than 30 legendary haunted places, all of which are open to the publicso you can test your own ghosthunting skills, if you dare.Join Andrew as he visits each site, snooping around eerie rooms and dark corners, talking to people who swear to their paranormal experiences, and giving you a first-hand account.Enjoy Ghosthunting Southern...
Author
Publisher
Bookbaby
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
One graduate’s journey to find his place in the world. In 1990, before embarking on his groundbreaking children’s book career, Mo Willems packed a small bag and a sketchbook and set out to explore the world—by plan, car, boat, bus, motorcycle, and rickshaw. At the end of each day, he drew a cartoon of the one event that stuck out in his mind, from the sublime to the ridiculous. This is his sketch diary.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Connecticut Waters is a tribute to Connecticut’s maritime roots both past and present. The book takes readers on a nautical journey exploring the many ways Nutmeggers use our lakes, rivers, sounds and shores for industry, education, and recreation. From boat builders, to antique, power and sailing vessels, to lobster shacks, the oyster and fishing industries, historic ferries, nautical arts, lighthouses and islands, charter boats, maritime festivals...
Author
Publisher
Inscribe Digital
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
The Arab equivalent of Marco Polo, Sheikh Ibn Battuta (1304-77) set out as a young man on a pilgrimage to Mecca that ended 27 years and 75,000 miles later.The only medieval traveler known to have visited the lands of every Muslim ruler of his time, Ibn Battuta was born into a family of highly respected religious judges and educated as a theologian. Leaving his native city of Tangier in 1326, he traveled — over the next several years — to East...
7) She Explores
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books Llc
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
For every woman who has ever been called outdoorsy comes a collection of stories that inspires unforgettable adventure.Beautiful, empowering, and exhilarating, She Explores is a spirited celebration of female bravery and courage, and an inspirational companion for any woman who wants to travel the world on her own terms.Combining breathtaking travel photography with compelling personal narratives, She Explores shares the stories of 40 diverse women...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
New England is the oldest and most influential region of America. Although it has changed much through the centuries, it remains a place that even the Colonials may still recognize. Through a collection of photos, illustrations, history, and stories, this book explores the architectural history of New England and how, although it has changed much through the centuries, it remains a place that even the Colonials might still recognize.The book begins...
9) Fire
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
For readers and viewers of The Perfect Storm, opening this long-awaited new work by Sebastian Junger will be like stepping off the deck of the Andrea Gail and into the inferno of a fire burning out of control in the steep canyons of Idaho. Here is the same meticulous prose brought to bear on the inner workings of a terrifying elemental force; here is a cast of characters risking everything in an effort to bring that force under control.Few writers...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fans of Claudia Gray and Kelly Link will love Hannah Fergesen's wild and poignant debut-a wacky time-traveling sci-fi odyssey wrapped in an elegiac ode to lost friendship and a clever homage to Doctor Who.
To save the future, she must return to the beginning.
Three years after her best friend Peggy went missing, Harper Starling is lost. Lost in her dead-end job, lost in her grief. All she has are regrets and reruns of her favorite science fiction...
11) Connecticut
Author
Publisher
Natl Book Network
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The mention of Connecticut summons charming images of seaports and peaceful rural areas, but this densely populated state has its share of landmark crimes.
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
New England is the oldest and most influential region of America. Although it has changed much through the centuries, it remains a place that even the Colonials may still recognize. Through a collection of photos, illustrations, history, and stories, this book explores the architectural history of New England and how, although it has changed much through the centuries, it remains a place that even the Colonials might still recognize.The book begins...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Ed
Pub. Date
2021
Language
Español
Description
Luisito Comunica viaja de un extremo a otro del planeta. La curiosidad es el motor de las aventuras que lo lanzan hasta los terrenos más inhóspitos y misteriosos. En Lugares asombrosos. Travesías insólitas y otras maneras extrañas de conocer el mundo podrás viajar -con Luisito como compañero y guía- a los lugares más recónditos de uno, dos y más continentes: a sitios abandonados que conservan la huella de un hecho inexplicable; espaciosdelineados...
Author
Publisher
Univ of Nebraska Pr
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
So, How Long Have You Been Native? is Alexis C. Bunten&;s firsthand account of what it is like to work in the Alaska cultural tourism industry. An Alaska Native and anthropologist, she spent two seasons working for a tribally owned tourism business that markets the Tlingit culture in Sitka. Bunten&;s narrative takes readers through the summer tour season as she is hired and trained and eventually becomes a guide. A multibillion-dollar...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
A memoir of one young man's coming of age on a journey across America--told through the stories of the people of all ages, races, and inclinations he meets along the way. Life is fast, and I've found it's easy to confuse the miraculous for the mundane, so I'm slowing down, way down, in order to give my full presence to the extraordinary that infuses each moment and resides in every one of us. At 23, Andrew Forsthoefel headed out the back door of...
Author
Publisher
Random House Digital Dist
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"My own journey to the summit of Kilimanjaro opened me to a life of adventure, and this book brought me right back to the slopes of that magical mountain. An honest and affirming tale of embracing the unknown and the transformative power of nature, Jeff's journey is an invitation to all of us to get outside our comfort zone, see the world, and let it change us." —Josh Gates, Explorer, Host of Discovery's Expedition Unknown An honest...
18) A Tour of Bones
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Pub Plc
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Author, academic and adventurer, Denise Inge grew up in a large and rambunctious family on the east coast of America. She crossed the Sahara, charmed snakes in Marrakech and cycled the Adirondack mountains but her latest adventure is an interior one. It starts with the discovery that her house is built on a crypt full of human skeletons. Facing her fear of these strangers' bones takes her to other charnel houses in Europe and on a journey into the...
19) Into Thin Air
Author
Publisher
Random House Digital
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six hours later and 3,000 feet lower, in 70-knot winds...
Author
Publisher
Random House Digital
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
As a young girl in a working-class neighborhood of Sydney, Australia, Geraldine Brooks longed to discover the places where history happens and culture comes from, so she enlisted pen pals who offered her a window on adolescence in the Middle East, Europe, and America.Twenty years later, Brooks, an award-winning foreign correspondent, embarked on a human treasure hunt to find her pen friends. She found men and women whose lives had been shaped by war...
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