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The border : a journey around Russia : through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, and the Northeast Passage / by Fatland, Erika,1983-author.; Dickson, Kari,translator.; translation of:Fatland, Erika,1983-Grensen.English.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Imperial, communist or autocratic, Russia has been--and remains--a towering and intimidating neighbour. Whether it is North Korea in the Far East through the former Soviet republics in Asia and the Caucasus, or countries on the Caspian Ocean and the Black Sea. What would it be like to traverse the entirety of the Russian periphery to examine its effects on those closest to her? An astute and brilliant combination of lyric travel writing and modern history, The Border is a book about Russia without its author ever entering Russia itself. Fatland gets to the heart of what it has meant to be the neighbour of that mighty, expanding empire throughout history. As we follow Fatland on her journey, we experience the colourful, exciting, tragic and often unbelievable histories of these bordering nations along with their cultures, their people, their landscapes. Sharply observed and wholly absorbing, The Border is a surprising new way to understand a broad part our world.
Subjects: Travel writing.; Fatland, Erika, 1983-;
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First born : a novel / by Dean, Will(Novelist),author.;
"Sisters. Soulmates. Strangers. Molly Raven lives a quiet, structured life in London, finding comfort in security and routine. Her identical twin Katie, living in New York, is the exact opposite: outgoing, spontaneous, and adventurous. But when Molly hears that Katie has died, possibly murdered, she is thrown into unfamiliar territory. As terrifying as it is, she knows she must travel across the ocean and find out what happened. But as she tracks her twin's final movements, cracks begin to emerge, and she slowly realizes her sister was not who she thought she was and there's a dangerous web of deceit surrounding the two of them."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Identity (Psychology); Murder; Secrecy; Sisters; Twin sisters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Smortlybacks Come Back!. by Sieger, Ted,film director.; Magnet Film (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Magnet Film in 2022.In a barren world, TamLin of the Little People travels with his herd of splendid smortlybacks in search of greener pastures. They struggle with fear and find themselves stranded on the shore of the ocean. With the unlikely help of TamSin a wonderful mermaid and her disrespectful smortlysharks, they cross the ocean and find a happy ending.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Education films.; Motion pictures.;
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Supernavigators : how animals find their way / by Barrie, David,1953-; Stefoff, Rebecca,1951-; Lan, Qu.;
How do animals find their way? How does a bird leave its nest to find food? How does a humpback whale follow an arrow-straight course while it crosses an entire ocean? How does an Arctic tern travel 56,000 miles a year without getting lost? We know some things about how animals accomplish these remarkable feats of navigation. Monarch butterflies travel from Canada to Mexico by orienting to the sun. It's the light from the Milky Way that steers dung beetles. Then, there are animals like moths and sea turtles that are guided by Earth's magnetic field.
Subjects: Animal navigation; Animal behavior; Senses and sensation; Animal migration;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Blaze and the monster machines. [videorecording] / by Faxon, Nat,voice actor.; North, Nolan,voice actor.; Richardson, Kevin Michael,1964-voice actor.; Nickelodeon Animation Studios (Firm),production company.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),distributor.;
Nolan North, Kevin Michael Richardson, Nat Faxon.Blaze transforms into a Big Rig Monster Machine and comes to the rescue when three big deliveries are needed all over Axle City. Next, a windstorm blows away the supplies for Stripes' Animal Party and Big Rig Blaze hauls them all back. Finally, Big Rig Blaze helps a dolphin named Flippy travel cross country to reunite with his family in the ocean.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Animated television programs.; Children's television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Friendship; Monster trucks; Truck racing;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Passport to the World: Atlantic Journey: A Discovery of Coasts, Islands and Sea (DVD) [videorecording].
Director, Christopher Leduc.DVD.Follow the everyday life and unusual adventures of a daring crew on an epic two-month journey across the Atlantic Ocean aboard the Lucia 40 catamaran.
Subjects: Documentary.; Documentary.; Canadian.; Travel.;
© 2019., Dreamscape Media, Llc,
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Tom and Jerry. [videorecording] / by Hanna, William,1910-2001,television director,screenwriter.; Barbera, Joseph,television director,screenwriter.; Turner Entertainment Co,production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm),publisher.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),distributor.;
"Tom and Jerry have their paws full of 10 animated adventures that have them traveling out and about, from an ocean liner to the Wild West and all the way to Napoli. There is always something - or someone - between that tomcat and mouse, whether it's a devilishly smart canary, a cowboy mouse with a lashing lasso or Tom and Jerry's biggest fan, Topo the Italian. The laughs never end in this rootin'-tootin' rumpus."--Container.G.DVD ; full screen presentation ; Dolby Digital mono.
Subjects: Children's television programs.; Animated television programs.; Tom (Fictitious character : Hanna and Barbera); Jerry (Fictitious character : Hanna and Barbera); Cats; Mice;
For private home use only.
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Etta and Otto and Russell and James / by Hooper, Emma,author.;
82-year-old Etta has never seen the ocean. So early one morning she takes a rifle, some chocolate, and her best boots, and begins walking the 3,232 kilometres from Saskatchewan to Halifax. Her husband Otto wakes to a note left on the kitchen table. I will try to remember to come back, Etta writes. Russell, raised as a brother to Otto, has loved Etta from afar for 60 years. He insists on finding Etta, wherever she's gone. Leaving his farm will be the first act of defiance in his whole life.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Friendship; Memory; Older people; Older women; Travelers; Voyages and travels; Walking;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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An ocean of minutes : a novel / by Lim, Thea,1981-author.;
"For readers of The Time Traveler's Wife and Station Eleven, an unforgettable literary love story about two people who are at once mere weeks and many years apart. America is in the grip of a deadly flu pandemic. When Frank catches the virus, his girlfriend Polly will do whatever it takes to save him, even if it means risking everything. She agrees to a radical plan--time travel has been invented in the future to thwart the virus. If she signs up for a one-way trip into the future to work as a bonded labourer, the company will pay for the life-saving treatment Frank needs. Polly promises to meet Frank again in Galveston, Texas, where she will arrive in twelve years. But when Polly is re-routed an extra five years into the future, Frank is nowhere to be found. Alone in a changed and divided America, with no status and no money, Polly must navigate a new life and find a way to locate Frank, to discover if he is alive, and if their love has endured. An Ocean of Minutes is a gorgeous and heartbreaking story about the endurance and complexity of human relationships and the cost of holding onto the past--and the price of letting it go."--
Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Epidemics; Time travel; Interpersonal relations;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The ride of her life : the true story of a woman, her horse, and their last-chance journey across America / by Letts, Elizabeth,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The incredible true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Horse and The Eighty-Dollar Champion. In 1954, Annie Wilkins, a sixty-three-year-old farmer from Maine, embarked on an impossible journey. She had no relatives left, she'd lost her family farm to back taxes, and her doctor had just given her two years to live--but only if she "lived restfully." He offered her a spot in the county's charity home. Instead, she decided she wanted to see the Pacific Ocean just once before she died. She bought a cast-off brown gelding named Tarzan, donned men's dungarees, loaded up her horse, and headed out from Maine in mid-November, hoping to beat the snow. She had no map, no GPS, no phone. But she had her ex-racehorse, her faithful mutt, and her own unfailing belief that Americans would treat a stranger with kindness. Between 1954 and 1956, Annie, Tarzan, and her dog, Depeche Toi, journeyed more than 4,000 miles, through America's big cities and small towns, meeting ordinary people and celebrities--from Andrew Wyeth (who sketched Tarzan) to Art Linkletter and Groucho Marx. She received many offers--a permanent home at a riding stable in New Jersey, a job at a gas station in rural Kentucky, even a marriage proposal from a Wyoming rancher who loved animals as much as she did. As Annie trudged through blizzards, forded rivers, climbed mountains, and clung to the narrow shoulder as cars whipped by her at terrifying speeds, she captured the imagination of an apprehensive Cold War America. At a time when small towns were being bypassed by Eisenhower's brand-new interstate highway system, and the reach and impact of television was just beginning to be understood, Annie and her four-footed companions inspired an outpouring of neighborliness in a rapidly changing world"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Wilkins, Mesannie; Horsemen and horsewomen; Overland journeys to the Pacific.; Travel with horses;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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