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Walking the Americas : 1,800 miles, eight countries, and one incredible journey from Mexico to Colombia / by Wood, Levison,1982-author.;
"Levison Wood's famous walking expeditions have taken him from the length of the Nile River to the peaks of the Himalayas, and in Walking the Americas, Wood chronicles his latest exhilarating adventure: an 1,800-mile trek across the spine of the Americas, through eight countries, from Mexico to Colombia. Beginning in the Yucatán--and moving south through Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama--Wood's journey takes him from sleepy barrios to glamorous cities to Mayan ruins lying unexcavated in the wilderness. Wood encounters indigenous tribes in Mexico, revolutionaries in a Nicaraguan refugee camp, fellow explorers, and migrants heading toward the United States. The relationships he forges along the way are at the heart of his travels--and the personal histories, cultures, and popular legends he discovers paint a riveting history of Mexico and Central America. While contending with the region's natural obstacles like quicksand, flashfloods, and dangerous wildlife, he also partakes in family meals with local hosts, learns to build an emergency shelter, negotiates awkward run-ins with policemen, and witnesses the surreal beauty of Central America's landscapes, from cascading waterfalls and sunny beaches to the spectacular ridgelines of the Honduran highlands. Finally, Wood attempts to cross one of the world's most impenetrable borders: the Darién Gap route from Panama into South America, a notorious smuggling passage and the wildest jungle he has ever navigated. One of the rawest and most exciting journeys of his life, this expedition required every ounce of Wood's strength and guile to survive"--
Subjects: Wood, Levison, 1982-; Wood, Levison, 1982-; Hiking; Hiking;
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A wrinkle in time [videorecording] / by DuVernay, Ava,film director.; Galifianakis, Zach,actor.; Kaling, Mindy,actor.; Mbatha-Raw, Gugu,1983-actor.; Miller, Levi,2002-actor.; Oyelowo, David,actor.; Peña, Michael,1976-actor.; Pine, Chris,1980-actor.; Reid, Storm,2003-actor.; Winfrey, Oprah,actor.; Witherspoon, Reese,1976-actor.; Young, Bellamy,actor.; Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Walt Disney Company,production company.;
Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Levi Miller, Chris Pine, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Pena, Bellamy Young, David Oyelowo.Following the discovery of a new form of space travel as well as Meg's father's disappearance, she, her brother, and her friend must join three magical beings (Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which) to travel across the universe to rescue him from a terrible evil.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Feature films.; Children's films.; Action and adventure films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Fantasy films.; Brothers and sisters; Families; Missing persons; Good and evil; Space and time; Interplanetary voyages;
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Bookshops & bonedust / by Baldree, Travis,1977-author.;
"Viv's career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam's Ravens isn't going as planned. Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, she's packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk--so far from the action that she worries she'll never be able to return to it. What's a thwarted soldier of fortune to do? Spending her hours at a beleaguered bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted, but it may be both exactly what she needs and the seed of changes she couldn't possibly imagine. Still, adventure isn't all that far away. A suspicious traveler in gray, a gnome with a chip on her shoulder, a summer fling, and an improbable number of skeletons prove Murk to be more eventful than Viv could have ever expected."--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Bookstores; Imaginary places; Mercenary troops;
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Curious George. [videorecording] / by Anthony-Rodriguez, Philip,1968-voice actor.; Bennett, Jeff,voice actor.; Murphy, Doug,film director.; Bobadilla, Daniela,voice actor.; Welker, Frank,voice actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Frank Welker, Jeff Bennett, Daniela Bobadilla, Philip Anthony-Rodriguez.After disrupting a meeting with a stuffy royal family, George accidentally trades places with the king's snooty monkey, Philippe. While Philippe puzzles Ted with his flawless manners, George travels to the castle where his fun-loving antics raise eyebrows and bring shy Princess Isabel out of her shell. Featuring all-new music from Andy Grammer, this king-sized adventure reminds all that doing what they love is the key to happiness.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.MPAA rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Children's films.; Animated films.; Rey, H. A. (Hans Augusto), 1898-1977.; Curiosity; Curious George (Fictitious character); Human-animal relationships; Monkeys;
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The last winter : the scientists, adventurers, journeymen, and mavericks trying to save the world / by Fox, Porter,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."One man's "curiously thrilling joyride" of travelogue, history, and climatology, across a planet on the brink of cataclysmic transformation. As the planet warms, winter is shrinking. In the last fifty years, the Northern Hemisphere lost a million square miles of spring snowpack and in the US alone, snow cover has been reduced by 15-30%. On average, winter has shrunk by a month in most northern latitudes. In this deeply researched, beautifully written, and adventure-filled book, journalist Porter Fox travels along the edge of the Northern Hemisphere's snow line to track the scope of this drastic change, and how it will literally change everything-from rapid sea level rise, to fresh water scarcity for two billion people, to massive greenhouse gas emissions from thawing permafrost, and a half dozen climate tipping points that could very well spell the end of our world. This original research is animated by four harrowing and illuminating journeys-each grounded by interviews with idiosyncratic, charismatic experts in their respective fields and Fox's own narrative of growing up on a remote island in Northern Maine."--Amazon.ca.
Subjects: Climatic changes.; Meteorology.; Weather.;
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The sky weaver / by Ciccarelli, Kristen.;
Safire, a soldier, knows her role in this world is to serve the king of Firgaard. Eris, a deadly pirate, has no such conviction. Now Safire and Eris, sworn enemies, find themselves on a common mission: to find Asha, the last Namsara.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Women soldiers; Women pirates; Lesbians; Dragons; Voyages and travels;
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The owl was a baker's daughter : the continuing adventures of Judith Shakespeare / by Tiffany, Grace,1958-author.;
"At the ripe age of sixty-one, Judith Shakespeare, twin of the doomed Hamnet, finds herself fleeing provincial Stratford on horseback to avoid a witchcraft charge. Her traveling companions are a zealous Puritan woman and her mischievous young niece, both displaced by the civil war between the Royalists and Roundheads. Judith also leaves behind her marriage, which has foundered since the wrenching loss of two adult sons to the plague. Her travels take her to London, where she reunites with an old love from her acting days, and to the battlefield outside Oxford, where she serves as a surgeon for Cromwell's forces."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Shakespeare, Judith, 1585-1662; Grief; Older women; Voyages and travels;
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Magic tree house collection. [sound recording] / by Osborne, Mary Pope.;
Dinosaurs before dark -- The knight at dawn -- Mummies in the morning -- Pirates past noon -- Night of the Ninjas -- Afternoon on the Amazon --Sunset of the Sabertooth -- Midnight on the Moon.Read by the author.The magic treehouse whisks Jack and Annie off on magical adventures.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Magic; Time travel; Tree houses;
© p2001., Listening Library,
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Dodging dinosaurs / by Mass, Wendy,1967-; Vidal, Oriol,1977-;
On a visit to the Natural History Museum, Chase and Ava seem on the verge of finding out something important about the mysterious Randall, the missing scientist Finn, and the woman who gave them the suitcase filled with magical objects, when the dinosaur egg from the suitcase (they thought it was a potato) sends them back to dinosaur times--where they have to return the egg to the correct brontosaurus nest, while eluding hungry dinosaurs, and Randall, who it turns out is working for somebody called The Collector.LSC
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Time travel; Dinosaurs; Magic; Brothers and sisters;
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The dead man in the garden / by Jocelyn, Marthe.; Follath, Isabelle.;
Includes bibliographical references.Aggie, her widowed mother, Grannie Jane, and Aggie's friend Hector travel to a spa in Yorkshire. There is even a potential new friend in George, a young patient at the spa. Aggie is looking forward to having more grand adventures with Hector. But rumors surface about the spa's recently deceased former patient, and then another body appears under strange circumstances. Aggie and Hector must put their deductive skills to use to determine whether the people have been murdered. LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Morton, Aggie (Fictitious character); Perot, Hector (Fictitious character); Preteen girls; Belgians; Child detectives; Murder; Health resorts; Hotels; City and town life;
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