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Battles Drama Civilization, Viking Hiking Northmen Northmen Drama Scuba diving Skin diving Spain Vikings Vikings DramaBest, Elizabeth
Summary: Presents a travelogue about the authors' pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago trail in Spain, the emotional trials each one experienced along the way, and the lessons they learned about themselves and each other.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arena 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.92 BESHarl, Kenneth W.
Summary: As explorers and traders, the Vikings played a decisive role in the formation of Latin Christendom, and particularly of Western Europe. In this course the Vikings will be studied not only as warriors, but also in other roles for which they are equally extraordinary: merchants, artists, kings, raiders, seafarers, shipbuilders, and creators of a remarkable literature of myths and sagas.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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3 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 948.022 HAR PART 1Call number: CD 948.022 HAR PART 2
Call number: CD 948.022 HAR PART 3
Summary: Prepare to raid and wage battle once again, in an ancient kingdom dominated by vengeance, lust and thrilling conquest. The gripping family saga of Ragnar, Rollo, Lagertha and Bjorn continues as loyalties are questioned and bonds of blood are tested. Now king of his people, Ragnar remains a restless wanderer, leading his band of Norse warriors on epic adventures from the shores of Essex to the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV VIKSummary: As explorers and traders, the Vikings played a decisive role in the formation of Latin Christendom, and particularly of Western Europe. In this course the Vikings will be studied not only as warriors, but also in other roles for which they are equally extraordinary: merchants, artists, kings, raiders, seafarers, shipbuilders, and creators of a remarkable literature of myths and sagas.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 948.022 VIKCall number: DVD 948.022 VIK
Haywood, John
Summary: In 800, the Scandinavians were barbarians in longships bent only on plunder and rapine. But as these Norse warriors left their northern strongholds to trade, raid, and settle across wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic, their violent and predatory culture left a unique imprint on medieval history. So much so that, by 1200, the Viking homelands had become an integral part of Latin...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 948 HAYCourtney, Tom
Summary: Leave the car behind, and go on a multiday hiking adventure in Northern California. Cross the Sierra in the footsteps of pioneers, staying in cabins beside clear mountain lakes. Take a romantic stroll along the beautiful Mendocino Coast, and sample gourmet cuisine at inns overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Explore the hydrothermal landscapes in Lassen Volcanic National Park, where you can relax...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wilderness Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.51 COUPrice, Neil S.
Summary: "The Viking Age--between 750 and 1050--saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they reshaped the world between eastern North America and the Asian steppe. Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, Children of Ash and Elm tells the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology, their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 948 PRICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 948 PRICusolito, Michelle
Summary: "Humans use machines to explore the ocean-from snorkel gear to submersibles-and they ask, "How deep can we dive?""--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 627.7 CUSSummary: Vikings returns for a gripping fourth season. Season three culminated with the extraordinary battle in Paris, where Ragnar seized victory from the jaws of defeat, but still returns to Kattegat dangerously ill. Thoughts of his death galvanize the forces who seek to succeed him as king, including his wife Queen Aslaug and his oldest son, Bjorn. Meanwhile, Lagertha continues power struggles with...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV VIKBerger, Melvin.
Summary: Offers a guide to the time of the Vikings through a review of their occupations, diverse skills, great expectations, and the accomplishments they made as the talented sailors they were that changed the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 948.022 BerRandall, Laura
Summary: Thoroughly updated and newly redesigned, this guide, originally published in 1971 and considered the "PCT Bible," starts at the Mexican border and guides you to Yosemite's beautiful backcountry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wilderness Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.944 PACIFIC CREST TRAIL RANSummary: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on another deliciously deadpan culinary road trip. This time around, the guys head to Spain to sample the best of the country's gastronomic offerings in between rounds of their hilariously off-the-cuff banter. Over plates of pintxos and paella, the pair exchange barbs and their patented celebrity impressions, as well as more serious reflections on what it...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TRIDintaman, Anna
Summary: Since medieval times, more than a million pilgrims have followed the Way of St. James across northern Spain take a journey on the Camino de Santiago and become a part of this ongoing story. Hiking the Camino de Santiago contains all the information you need to walk the 800km (500 miles) Camino Francés and 90km (55 miles) Camino Finisterre.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Village To Village Press 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 263.041 MOOHerman, Arthur
Summary: "From a New York Times best-selling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a sweeping epic of how the Vikings and their descendants have shaped history and America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 948 HERRoss, Caroline
Summary: "Learn the secrets of creating paint from the ground beneath your feet; from the rocks, clay and soil of the earth itself. Author and artist Caroline Ross explains when, where and how to forage as she shares her sustainable and fulfilling approach to painting. Covering every aspect of making natural paints, from finding the raw materials of stones and soils, to the techniques needed to refine...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.2 ROSCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 751.2 ROSSummary: It is the Middle Ages, and nothing is more feared in England than Viking warriors. In one of many raids, Viking leader Ragnar kills the English king and forces himself on the Queen. With the King dead, his brother takes the thrown but unknown to anyone but a trusted servant, the Queen is now with child. In order to protect the boy, he is sent away to be raised in safety away from the new King....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 2002
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE VIKSummary: Errol Flynn's farewell to big-budget swashbuckling has him playing the legenday Don Juan, the Spanish lover who fights to save the Queen Margaret and her King from the treacherous machinations of her minister, Duke de Lorca.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE ADVZimmerman, James M.
Summary: "In 1923 Shanghai, native and foreign travelers alike are enthralled by the establishment of a new railway line to distant Peking. With this new line comes the Peking Express, a luxurious express train on the cutting edge of China's continental transportation. Among those drawn to the train are oil heiress Lucy Aldrich, journalist John Benjamin Powell, and vacationing Army Majors Roland Pinger...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951 ZIMKay, Guy Gavriel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ROC 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KAYJusino, Beth
Summary: In April 2015, Beth and Eric Jusino, laden with backpacks and nerves, walked out of a cathedral in the historic village of Le Puy, France, down a cobblestone street, and turned west. Seventy-nine days, a thousand miles, two countries, two mountain ranges, and three pairs of shoes later, they reached the Atlantic Ocean. More than two million pilgrims have walked the Way of Saint James, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Contents: Introduction -- Making up white Southern womanhood : the democratization of the Southern lady -- Shop talk : ritual and space in the Southern black beauty parlor -- Homegrown royalty : white beauty contests in the rural South -- Thrones of their own : body and beauty contests among Southern black women -- Bodies politic : beauty and racial crisis in the civil rights era -- Conclusion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Univ of North Carolina Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1196 ROBMcDougall, Peter
Summary: The Definitive Guide to Scuba Diving and Snorkeling in The Grand Cayman Islands "The collection of Reef Smart Guides is a great resource for the touring diver. Incredible detailed 3D maps and up to date editorial content based on information from local dive experts, these cutting edge guidebooks are a must have for all scuba divers before they travel." Clearly Cayman Dive Resorts #1 New Release...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reef Smart Guides 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.292 GRAND CAYMAN POPPopple, Ian
Summary: A travel guide for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mango Publishing Group 2018