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By Tony Cohan. 2000
A writer and his artist wife first visit San Miguel de Allende in 1985 on vacation. Capitulating to the town's…
charm, they purchase a badly deteriorated house. As they restore their home, they ease into a gracious lifestyle while appreciating the Mexican traditions they've embraced. 2000By April Sayre. 1999
By Nancy Lord. 1999
The author traces the 1899 Alaska expedition of Edward H. Harriman, president of the Union Pacific Railroad, who brought prominent…
scientists, writers, artists, and photographers to study and observe the western coastline. Lord describes the flora, fauna, inhabitants, and environment, comparing her journey with Harriman's. 1999By Edmund White. 2001
Novelist, critic, and biographer White, who moved to Paris in 1983, describes his wanderings through the city's arrondissements, including districts…
congenial to writers, African-Americans, Jews, artists, gays and lesbians, and royalists. A flâneur is someone who strolls about a city with no specific purpose, yet is attuned to its history and character. Bestseller. 2001By April Sayre. 1998
Describes the unique geographical characteristics of the North American continent including its waterways, weather, plants, and animals. Discusses the northern…
lands of Canada and Alaska, as well as Mexico and its links to Central America and the Caribbean. Also covers the lower forty-eight states. For grades 5-8. 1998By Michael Paterniti. 2000
As the author chauffeurs Dr. Thomas Harvey and the pickled remains of Einstein's brain from New Jersey to California, he…
recalls salient facts about the scientific genius, contemplates mysteries of the brain, and ponders the eccentricity of his traveling companion. Some strong language. 2000By Mark Twain. 1994
Memoir of Twain's career as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River in his youth before the Civil War. Twenty-one…
years later he returns for a trip from St. Louis to New Orleans, reminiscing about the changes and the cities he encounters. Includes a history of the river. 1883This anthology of humorous travel accounts includes pieces by Anne Lamott, Bill Bryson, J.P. Donleavy, Dave Barry, and Tim Cahill.…
The incidents occurred in such faraway places as Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Mexico, China, Morocco, Australia, and India, as well as right here in the United States. 2000By Noah Adams. 2001
National Public Radio host describes a year spent exploring the New River's course along three hundred fifty miles between North…
Carolina and West Virginia, by canoe, by bicycle, and on foot. Adams introduces the region's inhabitants and natural history as well as his own family roots there. 2001By April Sayre. 1998
Surveys geographical characteristics of the European continent, including its flora and fauna, nine climate types, variations in landscape, and waterways.…
Discusses environmental concerns and sources of pollution. For grades 5-8. 1998By Michele Slung. 2000
Profiles of sixteen female adventurers, paired to contrast past and modern counterparts. Includes Florence Baker--who sought the source of the…
Nile--with white-water guide Arlene Burns, nineteenth-century globe-trotter Isabella Bird Bishop with twentieth-century bicyclist Dervla Murphy, and aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart with astronaut Shannon Lucid. 2000Seventeen fiction and nonfiction tales of adversity and courage by such authors as Jack London, Farley Mowat, Piers Paul Read,…
and Jon Krakauer. The editor states that these unwanted adventures "almost always begin with fate, foul-ups, and plain old bad luck." Some violence and some strong language. 2001Twenty-four excerpts from fiction and nonfiction, describing instances of heroism and bravery. Includes writings by Bruce Catton, Michael Shaara, and…
Stephen Crane on the American Civil War, Ernie Pyle on World War II, and Leo Tolstoy on Napoleon. Some violence and some strong language. 2001By Jan Morris. 2001
Travel writer Morris reflects on history, earlier adventures, friends, convictions, and change. She has chosen Trieste as the subject of…
what she claims is her last book because of its personal resonance, reexamining herself in the context of this Adriatic city to which she has been drawn for more than half a century. 2001By Bob Drury. 2001
Profiles the Alaska Air Guards 210th Pararescue Team and their exploits battling adverse weather conditions to retrieve stranded climbers from…
such heights as Denali, the tallest peak in North America. Discusses the parajumpers' training, camaraderie, and dedication in the face of formidable obstacles, including storms and hidden crevasses. Some strong language. 2001By Robert McNamara. 2001
Former secretary of defense McNamara and international relations professor Blight reaffirm the ideals of Woodrow Wilson in their advocacy of…
a more enlightened United States foreign policy in the twenty-first century. Discusses three main issues: risk of conflict between the great powers, ethnic and community violence within nations, and nuclear catastrophe. 2001By Martyn Bramwell. 2001
Brief information on the geography, population, and economy of the continents of Australia and Antarctica as well as the numerous…
islands in the Pacific Ocean that lie in the Southern Hemisphere. For grades 5-8. 2000By Kathlyn Gay. 2001
Survey of biological warfare agents such as anthrax, plague, and food poisoning, and chemical weapons such as the nerve gases…
used in the Gulf War that could be employed in other world conflicts. Describes terrorist threats and the defense measures used to combat them. For senior high and older readers. 2001By Martyn Bramwell. 2000
Basic information on the geography, population, and industry of countries located in southern and eastern Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei,…
Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. For grades 5-8. 2000By Bob Greene. 2002
The inspirational story of North Platte, Nebraska, a town that served as a brief haven for millions of WWII American…
soldiers. From Christmas Day 1941 until the end of the war, the residents welcomed every troop train with food, drink, magazines, and words of encouragement. Bestseller. 2002