Schultz, Patricia
Summary: "For years Patricia Schultz has been telling us where to go-her 1,000 Places to See Before You Die® books and calendars have sold millions of copies to eager travelers looking to explore new destinations and round out bucket lists. Now, in a beautifully illustrated gift book that's filled with inspiration perfectly timed to meet the pent-up demand for travel, Patricia Schultz tells us why to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 910.01 SCHHoughton, Daniel
Summary: Daniel Houghton, the former CEO of Lonely Planet, is on a mission to spread the word about travel's unique power to change hearts and minds. He speaks for and to , a new generation who want more out of travel than a list of experiences. They use it to develop empathy and cultural awareness, whether flying across the world or just heading to a different neighborhood for dinner. Daniel shares his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiller Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910 HOUMcCarthy, Andrew
Summary: The actor-turned-travel writer meditates on how travel has helped him to overcome life-long fears and confront his resistance to commitment, tracing his soul-searching visits to such world regions as Patagonia, the Amazon, and Kilimanjaro.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2012
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Summary: ""Bad Tourist" is a no holds barred, unfiltered, and irreverent account of traveling to discover new places and people, as well as the self"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROBERTS, SUZANNE ROBHeywood, Suzanne.
Summary: Aged just seven, Suzanne Heywood set sail with her parents and brother on a three-year voyage around the world. What followed turned instead into a decade-long way of life, through storms, shipwrecks, reefs and isolation, with little formal schooling. No one else knew where they were most of the time and no state showed any interest in what was happening to the children. Suzanne fought her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Collins 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HEYWOOD, SUZANNE HEYStilgoe, John R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker and Co. 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 STICrispin, Jessa
Summary: At thirty, Crispin burned her settled Chicago life to the ground and took off for Berlin with a pair of suitcases and no plan beyond leaving. Half a decade later, still on the road, she's in search not so much of a home as of understanding. Fascinated by exile, Crispin traveled an itinerary of key locations that have drawn writers who needed to break free and start fresh. She explores why the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2015
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Summary: We're raised to believe that we will have jobs and work. Our school system is designed in part to educate us so we can find a good job afterwards. Yet no-one ever tells you how to work. No one ever sits you down and tells you how to be at the centre of your work, how to get the most out of your role and how to be happy, healthy, safe and engaged in the workplace. Lacking this knowledge, work...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nicholas Brealey Publishing 2023
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Summary: "Brian Benson has a million life plans but no sense of direction. So when he meets and falls for Rachel, he's ready to go wherever she'll take him. In a whirlwind of new love, they embark on a bicycle trip from northern Wisconsin to western Oregon. As the pair progress through stunning landscapes, they contend with merciless winds, vivid characters, broken bikes and bodies--and the looming...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sport Adv BensonMaxwell, John C.
Summary: "Where can a person go to learn how to become a better team player? Your choices are definitely limited. John C. Maxwell takes the pain out of knowing what makes a team tick. If you want to have a better team, you have to develop better players. Great team players, like great teams, are formed from the inside out. The qualities Maxwell teaches quickly take you to the heart of teamwork. Anybody...
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Publisher / Publication Date: T. Nelson 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 MAXWolfelt, Alan D.
Summary: Explaining the important difference between grief and mourning, this book explores every mourner's need to acknowledge death and embrace the pain of loss. Also explored are the many factors that make each person's grief unique and the many normal thoughts and feelings mourners might have.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Companion Press 2003
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 155 WOLMintz, Sidney W. (Sidney Wilfred)
Summary: In this book the author shows how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of modern life, and how it changed the history of capitalism and industry. He discusses the production and consumption of sugar, and reveals how closely interwoven are sugar's origins as a "slave" crop grown in Europe's tropical colonies with its use first as an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.1 MINWolfelt, Alan.
Summary: This companion workbook to Understanding Your Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart is designed to help mourners explore the many facets of their unique grief through journalling. Ten essential touchstones for mourners are covered, including being open to the presence of loss, dispelling misconceptions about grief, embracing the uniqueness of grief, seeking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Companion Press 2004