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African Americans Segregation History 20th century Automobile travel United States History 20th century Cartographers Fiction Cartographers Juvenile fiction Fantasy fiction Indic literature Southern States Description and travel Travel TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues United States Race relations History 20th centuryBaker, Mark
Summary: "Lonely Planet's Eastern Europe is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Walk Dubrovnik's city walls, discover history in Krakow, and explore Moscow's Red Square; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Eastern Europe and begin your journey now!"--publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.704 BakerBarone, Rebecca (Rebecca E.)
Summary: "In 1910, Captain Robert Scott prepared his crew for a trip that no one had ever completed: a journey to the South Pole. He vowed to get there any way he could, even if it meant looking death in the eye. Then, not long before he set out, the telegram arrived: "Proceeding to Antarctic - Roald Amundsen." What was to be an expedition had become a race. One hundred and eight years later, Captain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Y 920 BaroneFedarko, Kevin
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the epic adventure tale The Emerald Mile comes the most dramatic and deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mile trek. The Grand Canyon is an American treasure, visited by more than 6 million people a year, many of whom are rendered speechless by its vast beauty, mystery, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.913 FedarkoSummary: Whether you want to gamble in a glitzy casino on the Strip, party at a happening club, or take a side-trip to Hoover Dam or the Grand Canyon, the local Fodor's travel experts in Las Vegas are here to help! Fodor's Las Vegas guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.931 BornfeldSteves, Rick
Summary: Presents advice on traveling to different countries of the world as a way of increasing our understanding of different cultures and political systems, and appreciating the interconnectedness within the global community. In his third edition, the author considers the new political reality of Brexit, Refugees, Erdoğan, and Trump, as well as populism, nativism, terrorism, and climate change and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.202 Steves 2019Theroux, Paul
Summary: "One of the most acclaimed travel writers of our time turns his unflinching eye on an American South too often overlooked. Paul Theroux has spent fifty years crossing the globe, adventuring in the exotic, seeking the rich history and folklore of the far away. Now, for the first time, in his tenth travel book, Theroux explores a piece of America--the Deep South. He finds there a paradoxical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: "The eagerly awaited return of master American storyteller Rinker Buck, Life on the Mississippi is an epic, enchanting blend of history and adventure in which Buck builds a wooden flatboat from the grand 'flatboat era' of the 1800s and sails it down the Mississippi River, illuminating the forgotten past of America's first western frontier. Seven years ago, readers around the country fell in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 BuckMayes, Frances
Summary: "A lyrical and evocative collection of personal stories from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, in which the queen of wanderlust reflects on the comforts of home. While Frances Mayes is known for her travels, she has always sought a sense of home wherever she goes. In this poetic testament to the power of place in our lives, Mayes reflects on "home," from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 MayesSummary: "Fodor's correspondents highlight the best of Southern California, including beach culture, Cal-Mex cuisine, Hollywood hot spots, and Palm Springs resorts. Includes must-see attractions from Los Angeles to Yosemite; perfect hotels for every budget; best restaurants to satisfy a range of tastes; gorgeous features on missions and the San Diego Zoo; valuable tips on when to go and ways to save;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of Internet Brands, Inc 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.94 Fodors 2019Summary: Chronicling the riveting history and personal experiences, at once liberating and challenging, harrowing and inspiring, deeply revealing and profoundly transforming, of African Americans on the road from the advent of the automobile through the seismic changes of the 1960s and beyond, it explores the deep background of a recent phrase rooted in realities that have been an indelible part of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Movies, Call number: DVD 323 DrivingBourdain, Anthony
Summary: "A guide to some of the world's most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 BourdainSantat, Dan
Summary: "A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life. Dan's always been a good kid. The kind of kid who listens to his teachers, helps his mom with grocery shopping, and stays out of trouble. But being a good kid doesn't stop him from being bullied and feeling like he's invisible,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Non-fiction, Call number: J 741.5 SantatVermette, Katherena
Summary: While adjusting to a new home and school, Echo finds herself traveling back in time to 1816 in the middle of a Métis bison hunt on the Saskatchewan prairie just before a deadly battle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Highwater Press 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Y 741.5 VermetteCochran, Jason
Summary: "Disney World, Universal Studios and Orlando come alive--quickly, enjoyably, and affordably--with an EasyGuide from the most trusted name in travel, "--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.592 Disney 2020Podell, Albert.
Summary: "This is the inspiring story of an ordinary guy who achieved two great goals that others had told him were impossible - first by setting a record for the longest automobile journey ever made around the world -- in the course of which he blasted his way out of minefields, survived a breakdown atop the Peak of Death, came within seconds of being lynched in Pakistan, and lost three of the five men...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4 PodellRose, Sarah.
Contents: Prologue -- Min River, China, 1845 -- East India House, City of London, 12 January 1848 -- Chelsea Physic Garden, 7 May 1848 -- Shanghai to Hangzhou, September 1848 -- Zhejiang Province near Hangzhou, October 1848 -- A green tea factory, Yangtze River, October 1848 -- House of Wang, Anhui Province, November 1848 -- Shanghai at the Lunar New Year, January 1849 -- Calcutta Botanic Garden, March...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 382.413 RoseSoontornvat, Christina
Summary: "A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. This is the story of a young woman's struggle to unburden herself of the past and chart her own destiny in a world of secrets. As assistant to Mangkon's most celebrated mapmaker, twelve-year-old Sai plays the part of a well-bred young lady with a glittering future. In reality, her father is a conman - and in a kingdom where the status...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FICTION SoontornvatSummary: From the scenic Mendoza wineries in the foothills of the Andes, to the cultural riches of Buenos Aires, to the gorgeous glacial terrain of Patagonia, Argentina offers experiences for all types of travelers. Whether they plan to marvel at the spectacular waterfalls of Iguazu Falls or dance the tango in a swanky nightclub, Fodor's Argentina helps travelers take in the most memorable sights and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 918 ARGENTINA 2018Summary: Historian Michael Wood chronicles the history of the Indian subcontinent, focusing especially on the diversity of its peoples, cultures and landscapes. The world's largest democracy and a rising economic giant, India is now as well known across the globe for its mastery of computer technology as it is for its many-armed gods and its famous spiritual traditions. But India is also the world's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Maya Vision International 2008
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1 available in Movies, Call number: DVD 954 StoryHall, Alvin D.
Summary: "Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America's haunted racial past, with the legendary Green Book as your guide. For countless Americans, the open road has long been a place where dangers lurk. In the era of Jim Crow, Black travelers encountered locked doors, hostile police, and potentially violent encounters almost everywhere, in both the South and the North. From...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.304 HallHorwitz, Tony
Summary: "The author retraces Frederick Law Olmsted's journey across the American South in the 1850s, on the eve of the Civil War. Olmsted roamed eleven states and six thousand miles, and the New York Times published his dispatches about slavery and its defenders.More than 150 years later, Tony Horwitz followed Olmsted's route, and whenever possible his mode of transport--rail, riverboats, in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.504 Horwitz 2019Millard, Candice
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirring story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time, and its complicated legacy The Nile River is the longest in the world. Its fertile floodplain allowed for rise to the great civilization of ancient Egypt, but for millennia the location of its headwaters was shrouded in mystery....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 916.204 MillardBratley, Carrie-Marie
Summary: From trendy cities to classic fishing villages, soak up the romance of this charming country with Moon Portugal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Moon Travel 2023