Sides, Hampton
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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.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,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AROCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY AROSummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.202 MUSBergreen, Laurence.
Summary: "A middle grade adaptation of Bergreen's adult title of the same name, about Magellan's historic voyage around the globe"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 910 BERForman, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4 FORGloaguen, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Moon 2019
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 910.41 GLOKepnes, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KEPNES, MATT KEPPodell, 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,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PODELL, ALBERT PODVerne, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2020
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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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallimard 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 VER FRENCHIeronimo, Christine
Summary: A purple pail travels around the world meeting children along the way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis Publishing Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE IERMills, 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
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2020
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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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 ROSVerne, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blume 2012
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH FIC VERBiskup, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BLYBuhring, Juliana
Summary: "This Road I Ride is the remarkable story of one woman's solo journey around the world by bicycle,"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BUHRING, JULIANA BUHGallagher, Jim
Summary: Presents a biography of the daring Portuguese sea captain who commanded the first expedition that sailed around the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House 2000
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB MAGELLAN GALThermes, Jennifer
Summary: "This gorgeous picture book biography follows Charles Darwin's adventures in South America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2016
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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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.2 CANTwain, Mark
Summary: A tramp abroad (1880) is based on Twain's travels in Europe from April 1878 to August 1879, blending autobiography and fiction. Presented with the author's original sketches, Twain provides a humorous travelogue with commentary on Old World customs, Wagnerian opera, and the German language interlaced with American reminiscences. Following the equator (1897) chronicles Twain's 1895...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.4 TwainSummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV POLSummary: Michael Palin sets off to circumnavigate the world using only forms of transportation which were available to the fictional character Phileas Fogg, and with an 80-day deadline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AROSummary: When Phileas Fogg is challenged to prove his contention that a man can go around the world in 80 days, he bets his entire fortune and leaves with a new butler on a world tour. This Victorian adventure has a kicker, the bank of England has been robbed. Is this Fogg's way of avoiding arrest? The detective following him believes so, and his butler is becoming unsure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2004
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE AROCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD AROSummary: From navigating the class-five rapids of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon to sandboarding the slopes of a volcano in Nicaragua to dogsledding in the Arctic, this beautiful and comprehensive book offers trips of a lifetime for explorers and adrenaline junkies alike. Filled with more than 300 vivid photographs, this inspirational guide reveals over 225 of the planet's best destinations...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2019