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Travel wild volume Season 1
Pub. Date
[2013], c2009
Language
English
Description
Australia's Southeast Queensland attracts visitors from every corner of the globe. With one of the world's most consistent climates, it boasts 300 days of sunshine a year. This sunshine has sculpted the landscape with lush forests and golden beaches. In this episode, Lin Sutherland hikes through verdant World Heritage-listed rain forests, visits a renowned eco-resort, meets the wonderful migrating humpback whales, tries a few extreme sports, and explores...
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Joe and Sparky volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Sparky is a turtle who likes to stay inside his shell. Joe is a giraffe who likes to stretch his neck and see the world. When a car appears one day at the famous cageless zoo where they live, the two set off on the ride of their lives, with Joe behind the wheel and Sparky hanging on for dear life. From the shopping mall to the car wash to the take-out burger joint, Joe and Sparky cause mayhem everywhere they go.
4) The walk
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Walk novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Description
What would you do if you lost everything--your job, your home, and the love of your life--all at the same time? When it happens to Seattle ad executive Alan Christoffersen, he's tempted by his darkest thoughts but then decides to take a walk, heading for the farthest point on his map: Key West, Florida. The people he encounters along the way, and the lessons they share with him, will save his life.
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Dream Cruises volume Season 1
Pub. Date
[2013], c2011
Language
English
Description
In this episode, Royal Caribbean's Rhapsody of the Seas offers dramatic walls of glass and retractable canopy, to showcase the skyline views of Sydney, Australia. The Rhapsody was built for adventure, but allows guests to relax away the stress of life on land, and delivers an unforgettable cruise experience. Passengers can go rock climbing, place a little wager at the Casino Royale, and take in the live shows, music, bars, and never have a cover....
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Pub. Date
2010, c1998
Language
Español
Description
“Una obra maestra”. —The New Yorker Arturo Belano y Ulises Lima, dos quijotes modernos, salen tras las huellas de Cesárea Tinajero, la misteriosa escritora desaparecida en México en los años posteriores a la revolución. Esa búsqueda —el viaje y sus consecuencias— se prolonga durante veinte años, bifurcándose a través de numerosos personajes y continentes, Con escenarios como México, Nicaragua, Estados Unidos, Francia y España,...
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Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"In 9th century China, a little girl sends a small jade pebble to travel with her father along the Silk Road. The pebble passes from his hand all the way to the Republic of Venice, the end of the Silk Road, where a boy cherishes it and sees the value of this gift from a girl at the end of the road"-- Provided by publisher.
Pub. Date
[2012], c1998
Language
English
Description
Covering three quarters of Australia, the Outback is one of the most rugged landscapes in the world. In this Globe Trekker video, Ian Wright journeys through Kakadu National Park, feeding crocodiles and encountering a black headed python along the way, to the Barunga Aboriginal Festival of sports and culture. He goes on a kangaroo hunt, tries his hand at bush poetry, works a cattle station, takes a hot air balloon over Alice Springs, dines on kangaroo...
Pub. Date
[2012], c2003
Language
English
Description
In this Globe Trekker video, Estelle Bingham tours Australia while flashing back to highlights of trips three other presenters, Justine Shapiro, Ian Wright and Megan McCormick, have taken around the continent. Estelle starts in Sydney with Australia's best beaches, and hang glides over breathtaking coastlines. She takes an expedition into the outback to study bush survival and makes time to explore the region's varied culinary delights, rich plant...
14) A warm welcome
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Anna and Elsa volume 3
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Olaf has news for Elsa! He has heard of a summer queen from a summer land with summer magic--someone with similar powers as Elsa's, who can control fire and heat. He says her land is trapped in an eternal summer. Olaf thinks it sounds great, but Elsa and Anna think she might be in trouble. Either way, a journey is in order!
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Alpine adventurer volume Season 1
Pub. Date
[2013], c2011
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Skiing at high altitude requires experience with the equipment used and skiers that are acclimated to the altitude level. In this episode our guide Simon St-Arnaud meets his friend Jérôme Grec to prepare for their first expedition together. They plan to make the ascent in sealskin garb, followed by the extreme challenge of working their way back down through the treacherous Diablerets station, to the off-trail Verbier station, all the while trying...
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Beau Monde bachelor novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Spirited and determined to protect her young brother at any cost, Lisette Lavigne is desperate to flee New Orleans. There's only one ship sailing to England, though, and the rakish Captain Daniel Hillary will only allow Lisette's family aboard for a very steep price.
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Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 16
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Geronimo travels to Ratzikistan to help his grandfather write a guide book about this remote area.
Pub. Date
[2013], c2009
Language
English
Description
Join host Greg Grainger as he swims with manta rays and whales, tracks endangered seals and kangaroos, and watches birds that fly backwards. Explore four of Australia's 20,000 islands, all with an abundance of wildlife: Lady Elliot Island, with its colonies of seabirds, manta rays, turtles, and humpback whales; Kangaroo Island with its subspecies of kangaroos, as well as koalas and endangered sea lions; the idyllic Lord Howe Island, with the endangered...
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