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A Classic Adventure Novel from the World's Greatest Satirist
This classic satirical novel, written by Jonathan Swift and first published in 1726, is an awesome adventure that has made Gulliver's Travels a favorite book of readers for over 250 years.
Lemuel Gulliver is a kind English surgeon longing for adventure. He gets a lot more than he bargained for when he signs on board a sailing ship and a shipwreck leaves him swept ashore. He embarks on...
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Named a Best Book of the Year by the Seattle Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Kirkus Review
The final novel from a great American storyteller.
Donal Cameron is being raised by his grandmother, the cook at the legendary Double W ranch in Ivan Doig’s beloved Two Medicine Country of the Montana Rockies, a landscape that gives full rein to an eleven-year-old’s imagination. But when Gram has to have surgery...
The final novel from a great American storyteller.
Donal Cameron is being raised by his grandmother, the cook at the legendary Double W ranch in Ivan Doig’s beloved Two Medicine Country of the Montana Rockies, a landscape that gives full rein to an eleven-year-old’s imagination. But when Gram has to have surgery...
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Paul Theroux celebrates fifty years of wandering the globe by collecting the best writing on travel from the books that shaped him, as a reader and a traveler. Part philosophical guide, part miscellany, part reminiscence, The Tao of Travel enumerates "The Contents of Some Travelers' Bags" and exposes "Writers Who Wrote about Places They Never Visited"; tracks extreme journeys in "Travel as an Ordeal" and highlights some of "Travelers' Favorite Places."
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6) North
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2012
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English
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Eleven-year-old North realizes that his parents never pay attention to him. After talking to a wise man in an Easter Bunny suit, North comes up with the idea of becoming a free agent. After winning a court case, North is given two months to find new parents, leading to an amazing and hilarious adventure.
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Each Sisterchick book leads to new friendships for fans as it encourages readers to find a sisterchick for sharing inspiration and support. Sisterchicks Down Under travels to New Zealand, where an American finds her world turned upside-down. When Kathleen and her husband move to Wellington, New Zealand for three months, Kathleen begins feeling lonely and depressed. Then she meets Jill. Soon the two sisterchicks are sharing laughter, tears, prayers-and...
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Miss Amity Doncaster, world traveler, is accustomed to adventure and risk. Benedict Stanbridge, a man of science and a spy for the Crown, has faced danger in the darker corners of foreign lands. But they are about to face a threat that is shockingly close to home. One does not expect to be kidnapped on a London street in broad daylight. But Amity Doncaster barely escapes with her life after she is trapped in a carriage with a blade-wielding man in...
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Shepherd Canyon Books
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[2020]
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English
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Adventure! Travel! Long-distance hiker Susan Alcorn brings readers 32 experienced outdoors women, all over 45, who consider hiking an essential part of their lives. Stories and advice are shared with honesty, insight, and humor. 33 b&w photos.
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More than a laugh out loud travel memoir, Dear Bob and Sue: Season 2 will bring to life the joy of discovery, the pure satisfaction of accomplishment, and the humor that comes with experiencing new places and activities. Season 2 is the follow-up to Dear Bob and Sue, a charming and sometimes irreverent chronicle of a middle-aged couple as they visit each of the country's fifty-nine national parks, testing their mettle and stretching their endurance....
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Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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An 18th-century Englishman named Gulliver, travels to mystical and fantastic lands. Forever changed by his journeys, Gulliver recounts his tales upon his return home, and is challenged to prove his sanity to rescue his wife and young son.
17) Lightless
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The lightless trilogy volume 1
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Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
20) Dear Bob and Sue
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Matt and Karen Smith
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[2017]
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English
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"Dear Bob and Sue chronicles the journey of Matt and Karen Smith, who took a mid-career break to travel to all 58 U.S. National Parks. Written as a series of emails to their friends, Bob and Sue, they describe their sense of awe in exploring out national parks, and share humorous and quirky observations.' -- Page 4 of cover.