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World tour : the ultimate journey around the globe / by Dennis, Peter(Editor and writer);
Get ready for a whirlwind tour of the entire world through stunning photographs, colourful maps, and lots of fascinating facts.
Subjects: Geography; Travel; Culture; Curiosities and wonders;

Where the deer and the antelope play [sound recording] : the pastoral observations of one ignorant American who loves to walk outside / by Offerman, Nick,1970-author,narrator.; Penguin Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by the author.With wit, heartwarming stories and a keen insight into new and exciting ways to see both the past and the future of the country, the actor, writer and woodworker takes a literary journey to America's frontier to celebrate the people and landscape that have made it great.
Subjects: Anecdotes.; Audiobooks.; Travel writing.; Offerman, Nick, 1970-; National parks and reserves; Outdoor life;

A certain hunger : a novel / by Summers, Chelsea G.,1962-author.;
"Absurdist fictional account of foodie-culture, about a well-traveled female food critic who strikes back against the male-dominated magazine world in which she operates"--
Subjects: Feminist fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Satirical literature.; Food writers;

Outback [videorecording] / by Looby, Tosca,screenwriter.; Fletcher, Brendan,television director.; Smith, Mark Coles,narrator.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company,publisher.;
Narrator, Mark Coles Smith.In a landscape so ancient that, in parts, it predates life on the planet, are animals superbly adapted to the harsh and beautiful extremes of Outback Australia. Over the course of a year, journey with the people and animals of Australia's Kimberley region in North West Australia: a vast, rugged and remote wilderness, bursting with character.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Travelogues (Television programs); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Animals; Human ecology;
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Notes on a writers' life : a memoir / by Richards, David Adams,author.;
Notes on a Writer's Life is the author's account of his more than fifty years as a writer. It chronicles his early childhood, his high school years of turmoil and rebellion, and his uneasy relationship with both publishers and academics. Throughout, Richards records his continuous investigation into human conflict, into the chasm between the seeking of power and the knowledge of love. The book also deliberates on his examination into the nature of violence, both overt and coercive, that he has considered in thirty-five books. Richards describes his travels to various parts of the world, his love of the sea, his love of Spain, and his fight against alcoholism. Crucially and poignantly, he recounts how for years his wife Peggy has been his greatest ally and supporter. Notes on a Writer's Life also includes his relationships with other writers--his respect for Alden Nowlan, Alistair MacLeod, P.K. Page, Joel Hines, and Patrick Lane, and his friendship with Ray Fraser among others. Here, too, are his views on writers like Orwell, Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Readers will learn of his determination to write against the odds, from the early books like The Coming of Winter, Blood Ties and Lives of Short Duration, to his later works, such as Mercy Among the Children, Crimes Against My Brother, and Darkness. Richards believes that suffering is inherent and so is joy. He reflects on the absolute necessity of reaching toward a spiritual life (if not a religious one) as well as his knowledge of war and revolutions, and how both swallow humanity's greater need for justice and liberty.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Richards, David Adams.; Authorship.; Authors, Canadian (English);

Reckoning / by V,1953-author.; V,1953-Works.Selections.;
"The newest book from V (formerly Eve Ensler), Reckoning invites you to travel the journey of a writer's and activist's life and process over forty years, representing both the core of ideas that have become global movements and the methods through which V survived abuse and self-hatred. Seamlessly moving from the internal to the external, the personal to the political, Reckoning is a moving and inspiring work of prose, poetry, dreams, letters, and essays drawn from V's lifetime journals that takes readers from Berlin to Oklahoma to Congo, from climate disaster, homelessness, and activism to family. Unflinching, intimate, introspective, courageous, Reckoning explores ways to create an unstoppable force for change, to love and survive love, to hold people and states accountable, to reckon with demons and honor the dead, to reclaim the body, and to see oneself as connected to a greater purpose. It reimagines what seems fixed and intractable, providing a path to understand one's unique experience as deeply rooted in the world, to break through one's own boundaries, and to write oneself into freedom"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; V, 1953-; Authors, American; Change (Psychology); Women authors;

Wolf Hour : A Novel. by Nesbo, Jo.;
From the modern master of Nordic noir comes a shocking new thriller set in contemporary Minneapolis, in which a detective and a crime writer conduct parallel investigations, six years apart, into a series of puzzling murders. "Jo Nesbo is one of today's most interesting thriller writers." --Lee Child Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2016. When a small-time criminal and gun dealer is shot down in the street, all signs point to Tomas Gomez, a quiet man with a mysterious past--and deep connections to a notorious gang--who has seemingly vanished into thin air. Other murders soon follow, and it appears Gomez is only getting started. Meanwhile, Bob Oz, a down-and-out suspended police officer with a dubious past of his own, becomes fascinated by the case, obsessed with the notion of hunting down a serial killer who only he can understand, a killer with a story as tragic as his own. Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2022. An enigmatic Norwegian man with ties to Minneapolis--a self-described crime writer--has travelled to the United States to research the Gomez case, in the hopes of writing a book about it. But as his investigation progresses, the writer's seemingly neutral position reveals itself to be more complicated than it initially seems. Wolf Hour is a twisty and unforgettable thriller in classic Jo Nesbo style, which bears out Vanity Fair's observation that "Nesbo explores the darkest criminal minds with grim delight and puts his killers where you least expect to find them. . . . His novels are maddeningly addictive."Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General; FICTION / Thrillers / Crime; FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense;

Welcome to Dunder Mifflin : the ultimate oral history of The office / by Baumgartner, Brian,author.; Daniels, Greg,writer of foreword.; Silverman, Benjamin,1970-author.;
"The official oral history book of The Office, featuring exclusive interviews with every major player and never-before-seen photos, pulling back the curtain on the absurdity and genius that went in to creating this unstoppable force in American popular culture and why it continues to resonate with audiences today"--
Subjects: Office (Television program : U.S.); Television actors and actresses; Situation comedies (Television programs); Television remakes;

Ice diaries : an Antarctic memoir / by McNeil, Jean,1968-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."What do we stand to lose in a world without ice? A decade ago, novelist and short story writer Jean McNeil spent a year as writer in residence with the British Antarctic Survey, and four months on the world's most enigmatic continent--Antarctica. Access to the Antarctic remains largely reserved for scientists, and it is the only piece of earth which is nobody's country. Ice Diaries is the story of McNeil's years spent in ice, not only in the Antarctic but her subsequent travels in Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard, culminating in a strange event in Cape Town, South Africa, where she journeyed to make what was to be her final trip to the southernmost continent. In the spirit of the diaries of Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton, McNeil mixes travelogue, popular science and memoir to examine the history of our fascination with ice. In entering this world, McNeil unexpectedly finds herself confronting her own upbringing in the Maritimes, the lifelong effects of growing up in a cold place, and how the climates of childhood frame our emotional thermodynamics for life. Ice Diaries is a haunting story of the relationship between beauty and terror, loss and abandonment, transformation and triumph."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: McNeil, Jean, 1968-; Ice; Ice; Ice; Authors, Canadian (English); Authors, Canadian (English);

The night train to Berlin / by Hudson, Melanie(Fiction writer),author.;
Two lost souls brought together by the chaos of war. A train journey into the past. A love that echoes through time. From a hidden Cornish cove to the blood-soaked beaches of Normandy in June 1944, 'The Night Train to Berlin' is is an epic love story like no other. From the author of 'The Last Letter from Juliet'.
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Railroad travel; Man-woman relationships;

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