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Watson, Andre. Andrus, Aubre Doughty, Andrew Smit, Audrey Strøksnes, Morten Andreas Wulf, AndreaWatson, Andre.
Summary: In his late twenties, Andre Watson left everything behind and traveled the world for seven months. When he finally came home, his friends and coworkers had a million questions. How did he save up so much money? How did he decide where to go? How did he stay safe, especially when he couldn't speak the language? So he decided to write a book. A Weekend or the World answers all the most common...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 5020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.61 WATAndrus, Aubre
Summary: Travel is all about adventure. It's about trying new things and meeting new people. This book shows you how to be a confident and happy traveler, whether you are going to your grandma's house just a few hours away or you're making a trek across the world. Filled with fun quizzes, smart safety tips, and cool trivia, this book will help you get ready for a lifetime of adventure!
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.835 ANDSmit, Audrey
Summary: Lily's magic globe takes her to Japan for Golden Week. Her friends ask her to help find the pieces of a broken dragon statue and undo a curse that has fallen over Japan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: This Little Street 2019
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Summary: In the great depths surrounding the remote Lofoten islands in Norway lives the Greenland shark. Twenty-six feet in length and weighing more than a tonne, it can live for 200 years. Its fluorescent green, parasite-covered eyes are said to hypnotise its prey, and its meat is so riddled with poison that, when consumed, it sends people into a hallucinatory trance. Armed with little more than their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Vintage Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STROKSNES, MORTEN STRDoughty, Andrew
Summary: "The finest guidebook ever written for the Big Island. Now you can plan your best vacation--ever. This all new eighth edition is a candid, humorous guide to everything there is to see and do on the Big Island. Best-selling author and longtime Hawai'i resident, Andrew Doughty, unlocks the secrets of an island so vast and diverse that many visitors never realize all that it has to offer. Explore...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wizard Publications 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL USASmit, Audrey
Summary: "In a village where the flowers grow as big as trees, lives a girl named Lily Huckleberry. As a member of the Worldwide Adventure Society, Lily has a magic globe that takes her on whimsical adventures around the world. In this first book of the series, Lily goes to Scandinavia for a Midsummer party, where she finds herself ker-splat in the middle of a strawberry mystery. As Lily travels around...
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Publisher / Publication Date: This Little Street 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SMIWulf, Andrea
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of The Invention of Nature, comes a breathtakingly illustrated and brilliantly evocative recounting of Alexander Von Humboldt's five year expedition in South America. Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, but his most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Our first two-for-one guide explores Minneapolis and Saint Paul, revealing the warm and welcoming people and places that rewrite the chilly stereotypes of Minnesota's double-metropolis. With the help of locals deeply steeped in Twin Cities culture--from chefs to journalists, artists to small business owners--this guide goes beyond the expected to celebrate the Twin Cities' true...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wildsam Field Guides 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.765 TWIN CITIES WILSummary: Presents documentary footage from the journey of André Gide and Marc Allégret to the Congo in French Equatorial Africa in 1925 with footage showing the lives, culture, and built environments of various groups in the region including the Baya, Sara, and Fula.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Icarus Films Home Video 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TRASummary: The story of two descendants (great-great-grandsons) of the King of the Blasket Islands (in Ireland) who have never met, but have both inherited a deep-seated love for the ocean and surfing. Upon discovering each other, they arrange to meet for the first time in the land of their unique heritage, to explore their history and satisfy a desire to conquer the dangerous water of The Blasket Islands.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CRESummary: In Europe's highest mountain range, discover how Eurasian lynx, golden eagles, ibex, griffon vultures and other animals face extreme seasonal fluctuations from thunderstorms to avalanches in an epic two-part documentary event. On every mountain slope, ridge or meadow, a natural world drama plays out as animals fight for survival in the Alps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2021