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By Tristan Jones. 1978
The author tells of his 2-year cruise around Iceland, into the Arctic Ocean east of Greenland. He travelled in a…
36-foot ketch with only his dog for companionship. Strong language. 1978.By Paul Norbury. 2016
Cool Britannia is alive and well today. British culture is at the top of its game - in fashion, popular…
music, art and entertainment, science and technology, new inventions, and in the rediscovered skills and excellence in engineering that make it Germany's leading trading partner in Europe. As a family of nations, the British are inventive, reflective, good humored, funny, focused, and tenacious. Today's multicultural Britain is managing the challenges of integrating minorities in a way that remains true to its fundamental values and beliefs as a fair and open society, one that continues to see itself as a model for others to follow. This concise guide will help you navigate through the culturally rich island of Britain. 2016.By Barry Tomalin. 2016
Examines the vast changes that have lead to Germany's new world confidence; explains how German traditional values and working methods…
are adapting to take advantage of international opportunities and global society while maintaining the commitment to quality, organization, and time that marks out German business life; shows how the traditional differences between Germany's regions are lessening, enabling society to come together and better absorb new immigrants, and above all how Germans are losing the fear and guilt associated with their twentieth-century wars and finding a new voice on the international stage. 2016.By Tim Moore. 2009
A gruelling cycling event featuring some of the world's greatest athletes, the Tour de France was clearly not meant for…
the likes of Moore. Pedalling off weeks before the actual race begins, Moore nonetheless tackles the course with what might be called a foolish determination - and recounts his hilarious exploits along the way. 2009.By Richard Lord. 1999
Introduces the geography, history, government, and culture of reunified Germany. Includes the country's past and present relationships with the United…
States. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 1999. (Countries of the world)By Fen Montaigne. 1998
Fen Montaigne, an American journalist, and ex-Moscow correspondent, decided to fly-fish right across Russia. His voyage (which is more of…
a direction than a road) in search of fish such as lenok, grayling, steelhead and the legendary taimen, takes him from infamous gulags set in the stark beauty of the Solovetsky Islands, to the deserted gold mines at Kolyma, where starving inmates literally walked on gold, and the pristine waters of tundra rivers. Strong language. 1998.By Edward Enfield. 2008
Edward Enfield chronicles his adventures bike-riding through Europe for his voracious and curious fans. Here he takes a jaunt -…
for the first time - through Germany. With his characteristic wit and charm, Enfield describes the glorious German landscape in evocative prose. 2008.By Nino Lo Bello. 1981
By Ethel Wilson, David Stouck. 1987
Ethel Wilson, best-known for "Swamp angel" (DC00685), did not write her first novel until she was 60 years old. This…
book includes six essays on Canadian literature and writing, nine short stories and Ethel's correspondence to her editor and other writers, such as Earle Birney and Margaret Laurence. 1987. Uniform title: Selections.For everyone who has ever wondered what happens when you fall in love with a certain house, on a certain…
hill, near a certain village - Extra Virgin limns Annie Hawes's joyful romance with the enchantingly beautiful Italian Riviera. 2001.Selected works by eight diverse postmodern poets. Presents a profile of each author and describes social and literary ties among…
them. Conarroe traces a pattern of mental disturbances, as well as creative genius, that he believes these artists share to varying degrees. 1997, c1994.By Arthur J Roth. 1982
Chronicles the attempts, successful and otherwise, made by numerous mountain climbers from all over the world to scale the treacherous…
north wall of the Eiger. The Swiss alp is considered to be the world's most difficult climb and has claimed over forty lives. 1982.By John Ebdon. 1985
John Ebdon captures the whims and eccentricities of the English character in this portrait of the country and its people:…
the regimented Farnham commuter, and the cantankerous neighbours with deep down hearts of gold. Explaining along the way why Yorkshiremen are "God's own people" and how London views tourists. 1985.By John Ebdon. 1979
The first book from the Director of the London Planetarium, better known as a humorous broadcaster. Here he writes about…
the non-tourist side of Greece, two islands in the Cyclades, where he is accepted into the villages as a welcome inhabitant. In his own words, "It is not a travel book. It is about people... of the islands of Andros and Kos." 1979.By Ed Marsden Rasunah, Rasunah Marsden. 2000
This is the first anthology of the emerging genre of Indigenous creative non-fiction. The work gathered spans a wide range…
of formats and style, from essay, biography, story, and prose to journalism, making it an important collection of Aboriginal literature that defies convention and established boundaries. 2000.By Editor Sewell Marilyn. 1991
More than three hundred selections of poetry and prose by women authors, all addressing religion and spirituality. Sections such as…
"Mothering", "Generations", "The Will toward the Good", and "Images of the Divine" include works by Alice Walker, Margaret Atwood, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Sexton, and others. 1991.By Claudio Magris. 1989
Explores the Danube River as it flows through middle-European countries from the Bavarian hills to the Black Sea. Examines the…
tension between Greco-Roman and Teutonic cultures, the roots of fascism, the splendour and decline of the Hapsburg dynasty, and the evil of Nazism. 1989. Uniform title: Danubio.By Rick Book. 2003
Twenty-four stories re-examine Christmas Past, challenging, moving and encouraging the reader to discover toe true meaning of the holiday season.…
One tale is of Father Jean de Brébeuf, who composed the Huron Carol to win over Native peoples in the 17th century. Another is about a lightkeeper's wife in Nova Scotia for whom the storms of Christmas Eve bring an inexplicable visitation. 2003.By Eva-Marie Kröller. 1987
A detailed survey of Canadian travel writing in the 19th century provides an unusual perspective on Canadian history. Canadians abroad…
preferred Britain, France, Italy and Palestine, in that order. The major world expositions and Queen Victoria's Golden and Diamond Jubilees figure prominently in the writings. 1987.With a borrowed rucksack, Patrick Leigh Fermor set off in 1933 from the Hook of Holland to walk to Constantinople.…
This sequel continues the journey down the Danube from Budapest; on horseback across the Great Hungarian Plain, and over the Rumanian border into Transylvania, a wild beautiful region of forests and mountains secluded from Western eyes during centuries of religious and national complexity. He planned to live "like a tramp, a pilgrim or a wandering scholar" but found instead leisurely sojourns in castles. Sequel to "A time of gifts : on foot to Constantinople : from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube". 1986.