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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
A laugh-out-loud account of an outrageously rugged hike--by the beloved comic author of "Lost Continent" and "Notes from a Small Island". Published in the 75th anniversary year of the Appalachian Trail. Father's Day merchandising.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Legendary travel writer Paul Theroux fearlessly drives the entire length of the US-Mexico border, then goes deep into the hinterland, on the back roads of Chiapas and Oaxaca, to uncover the rich, layered world behind today's brutal headlines."--Provided by publisher.
3) Colorado
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
From the scenic Rocky Mountains to the Pueblo cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde, there's lots to see and do in Colorado! Additional features include maps on each spread, state symbols, famous people, fact bubbles, and informative captions that highlight some of the things that make Colorado special. A table of contents, sources for further research, a phonetic glossary, and an index support readers and extend learning.
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Language
English
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Imagine what it would be like to take a trip through Colorado with John Fielder as your tour guide, or to be on location at a Fielder photo shoot. Now is your chance to do both! The celebrated photographer who has traveled the state for more than 40 years in search of its most beautiful vistas shares his love for Colorado's rugged beauty, as well as his knowledge of Colorado's historical, recreational, and cultural richness, in this extraordinary...
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1995, Iowa native Bill Bryson took a motoring trip around Britain to explore that green and pleasant land. The uproarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, is one of the most acute portrayals of the United Kingdom ever written. Two decades later, Bryson-now a British citizen-set out again to rediscover his adopted country. In these pages, he follows a straight line through the island-from Bognor Regis to Cape Wrath-and shows us every...
7) Russia
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Russia is the largest country in the world. It spreads across two continents, Europe and Asia, and spans 11 time zones...A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks your interactive eBook. This book comes alive with videos, audio, weblinks, slideshows, activities, and much more." -from back cover.
10) Nigeria
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces Nigeria, describing its geography and climate, industries, history, resources and wildlife, culture, politics, and sports.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
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Description
Fashioned from the same experiences that would inspire the masterpiece "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", "Life on the Mississippi" is Mark Twain's most brilliant and most personal nonfictional work. It is at once an affectionate evocation of the vital river life in the steamboat era and a melancholy reminiscence of its passing after the Civil War. A priceless collection of of humorous anecodotes and folktales, and a unique glimpse into Twain's...
Author
Publisher
Westcliffe Publishers
Language
English
Formats
Description
Colorado's first statewide equestrian trail & travel guide! With 121 trail descriptions, 69 camping locations, and 30 overnight stabling accommodations, trail riding in this beautiful state has never been easier. Detailed maps & directions along with important information about each trail will enable riders to be adequately prepared wherever they choose to go.
13) Japan
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Series
Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces Japan, describing its geography and climate, industries, history, resources and wildlife, culture, politics, and sports.
14) France
Author
Series
Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces France, describing its geography and climate, industries, history, resources and wildlife, culture, politics, and sports.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Jonathan Raban ambles and picks his way across the Montana prairie, called "The Great American Desert" until Congress offered 320-acre tracts of barren land to immigrants with stardust in their eyes. Raban's prose makes love to the waves of land, red dirt roads, and skeletons of homesteads that couldn't survive the Dirty Thirties. As poignant as any romance novel, there's heartbreak in the failed dreams of the homesteaders, a pang of destiny in the...
16) South Africa
Author
Series
Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces South Africa, describing its geography and climate, industries, history, resources and wildlife, culture, politics, and sports.
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Language
English
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Description
A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death, madness, or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy of the Amazon.
19) Brazil
Author
Series
Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces Brazil, describing its geography and climate, industries, history, resources and wildlife, culture, politics, and sports.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
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Description
Traces the personal crisis the author endured after the death of her mother and a painful divorce, which prompted her ambition to undertake a dangerous 1,100-mile solo hike that both drove her to rock bottom and helped her to heal.
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