Catalog Search Results
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
Language
English
Formats
Description
The author discusses his experiences on a 250-mile journey through the Himalaya Mountains in 1973 and his attempts to locate the Lama of Shey in an isolated monastery. He was accompanied by naturalist George Schaller, who was searching for the the snow leopard in the Dolpo region on the Tibetan Plateau. First published in 1978.
7) On the road
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows the counterculture escapades of members of the Beat generation as they seek pleasure and meaning while traveling coast to coast. As he travels across 1950s America, aspiring writer Sal Paradise chronicles his escapades with the charismatic Dean Moriarty. Sal admires Dean's passion for experiencing as much as possible of life and his wild flights of poetic fancy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
12) Brazil
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Describes Brazil's geography, wildlife, history, government, economy, people, religion, culture, and lifestyle.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Formats
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
Green Light Graphics
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A field guide for those who enjoy exploring old railroad grades, this book features seventy-one color maps and over 160 "then and now" photographs, with a historical summary of each line, what can be seen and how to find it.
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.