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Sides, Hampton

34 holds on 5 copies

Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2024

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 910.92 SID

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.92 SID

Podell, Albert

Summary: "In 2003, Albert Podell realized that he'd been to 110 countries in the world. What if, he wondered, he could go to them all? He would set foot in not just the well-known tourist destinations in Europe or the vacation spots in Latin America, but the little-known, far-off lands that most people don't know exist. In Around the World in 50 Years, Podell recounts the misunderstandings, detours,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2015

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 POD

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PODELL, ALBERT POD

Verne, Jules

Summary: "The eccentric Phileas Fogg is risking his fortune in a race against time. With his servant Passepartout, he sets out to circle the globe-without a moment to spare for the sight-seeing, storms or delays, for ambushes, rescues or adventure..." --Page 4 of cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2020

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Verne, Jules

Summary: This book tells the story of Phileas Fogg, an English gentleman who makes a fantastic trip as a bet. His adventures, with his French manservant Passepartout, by railway, steamship and elephant see him travel around the world pursued relentlessly by a detective who mistakes the traveler for a notorious criminal.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gallimard 2004

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 VER FRENCH

Ieronimo, Christine

Summary: A purple pail travels around the world meeting children along the way.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis Publishing Inc. 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE IER

Mills, Andrea

Summary: "Every country profile is packed with photos, and each nation has a full-color map detailing its main cities, landscape features, and borders, and exactly where in the world it is. At-a-glance panels provide a quick reference to all the stats, and the easy-to-read text is full of fascinating, fun facts."--Provided by publisher

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2020

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Rose, Caroline Starr

Summary: In 1889, New York reporter Nellie Bly, inspired by Jules Verne's book Around the World in 80 Days, began an around-the-world journey that she hoped to complete in less time. Her trip was sponsored by her employer, the newspaper The World. Just hours after her ship set out across the Atlantic, the publisher of The Cosmopolitan magazine put writer Elizabeth Bisland on a westbound train. Bisland...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 ROS

Verne, Jules

Summary: En 1872 Phileas Fogg ha sufrido una apuesta por viajar alrededor del mundo en setenta y nueve días,, veintitrés horas y cincuenta y siete minutos.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Blume 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH FIC VER

Summary: In a lively discussion with Lord Kelvin, inventor Phileas Fogg states his belief that it's possible for someone to travel around the globe in a mere 80 days. Kelvin challenges him to prove it, and adds a wager: if Fogg can't circumnavigate the globe in 80 days, he'll have to give up inventing forever. Fogg and his crew of two take the challenge. They travel by train, boat, balloon, horseback,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2004

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ARO

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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ARO

Summary: Disc 1. Magnificent planet/marvels of mankind: "Your grand journey begins includes the Sahara Desert, Victoria Falls, the Grand Canyon, Banff National Park, the Amazon Rainforest, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Taj Mahal, and Petra in Jordan."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.202 MUS

Bergreen, Laurence.

Summary: "A middle grade adaptation of Bergreen's adult title of the same name, about Magellan's historic voyage around the globe"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 910 BER

Forman, Gayle.

Summary: Freelance reporter Gayle Forman recounts the experiences she had while traveling to some of the most remote places in the world with her husband.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4 FOR

Gloaguen, Philippe

Summary: Dream, discover, and uncover your next great adventure. Moon Travel Guides takes you on a journey around the world with Wanderlust: A Traveler's Guide to the Globe. Get inspired with lists of mythic locations, epic trails, ancient cities, and more that span the four corners. This stunning, hardcover book is packed with full-color photos, charming illustrations, and fascinating overviews of each...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Moon 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 910.41 GLO

Kepnes, Matt

Summary: "New York Times bestselling author of How to Travel the World on $50 a Day, Matthew Kepnes knows what it feels like to get the travel bug. After meeting some travelers on a trip to Thailand in 2005, he realized that living life meant more than simply meeting society's traditional milestones, such as buying a car, paying a mortgage, and moving up the career ladder. Inspired by them, he set off...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KEP

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KEP

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KEPNES, MATT KEP

Biskup, Agnieszka

Summary: "On November 14, 1889, newspaper reporter Nellie Bly set out on the trip of a lifetime. Equipped with just one small bag of necessities, she planned to circle the globe in a mere 75 days. In a time of steamships, locomotives, and horse-drawn carriages, few thought she could do it. But bravery and determination carried her through. How did Bly complete her historic journey, and what is its...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BLY

Buhring, Juliana

Summary: "This Road I Ride is the remarkable story of one woman's solo journey around the world by bicycle,"--Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BUHRING, JULIANA BUH

Gallagher, Jim

Summary: Presents a biography of the daring Portuguese sea captain who commanded the first expedition that sailed around the world.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House 2000

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB MAGELLAN GAL

Thermes, Jennifer

Summary: "This gorgeous picture book biography follows Charles Darwin's adventures in South America"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2016

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Canning, Amanda

Summary: Explore the world's most thrilling snow adventures with the latest instalment in Lonely Planet's Epic series. From skiing British Columbia's Coast Mountains to ice-caving in Iceland and splitboarding the mountains of Hokkaido in Japan, this book contains 50 first-person stories plus a further 150 route ideas.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.2 CAN

Summary: Journey with Michael to Greenland, Kenya, South Africa, and Chile. Along the way, communism collapses, apartheid ends, and a civil war is sparked as Michael meets Santa Claus and Lenin, goes shopping for camels in Omdurman and makes a final hectic dash to the South Pole.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV POL

Ashby, Ruth.

Summary: Tells of Charles Darwin's journey around the world and the what he encountered on the journey that led to his scientific breakthrough.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2009

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB DARWIN ASH

Bergreen, Laurence.

Summary: "A tour of the world emerging from the Middle Ages into the Renaissance; a startling anthropological account of tribes, languages, and customs unknown to Europeans; and a chronicle of a desperate grab for commercial and political power."--Container.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 910.92 BER

Bergreen, Laurence.

Summary: Publisher's description: Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, acclaimed author Laurence Bergreen, interweaving a variety of candid, first-person accounts, some previously unavailable in English, brings to life this groundbreaking and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.92 BER

Downs, Maggie

Summary: "Braver Than You Think is the life-affirming story of how Downs, newly married and established in her career as a journalist, quits her job, sells her belongings, and embarks on the solo trip of a lifetime: Her mother's. Over the course of one year backpacking through seventeen countries - visiting all the places her mother, struck with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, cannot visit herself -...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2020

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOW

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOWNS, MAGGIE DOW

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