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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Walk Two Moons Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech,Alberto Jiménez Rioja After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mothe… OL14937643W
The Art of Travel The Art of Travel Alain De Botton An exploration of the human desire to travel presents a series of essays on airports, museums, landscapes, holiday romances, and hotel mini-bars, offering suggestions on how to render travel more ful… OL15168424W
Mrs. Adams in winter Mrs. Adams in winter Michael O'Brien Early in 1815, Louisa Catherine Adams and her young son left St. Petersburg in a Russian carriage and set out to meet her husband, John Quincy Adams, in Paris. She traveled through the snows of easte… OL15498878W
A year in the world A year in the world Frances Mayes The author who captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany expands her horizons to immerse herself--and her readers--in the sights, aromas, and treasures of twelve new special places. T… OL15967501W
The summer without men The summer without men Siri Hustvedt Mia is forced to reexamine her life when her husband puts their marriage on "pause" after thirty years. She returns to the prairie town of her childhood, and is drawn into the lives of those around h… OL15998977W
In trouble again In trouble again Bill Buford A collection of travel narratives by various authors. OL16040970W
Emmas Reise Emmas Reise Petra Oelker 445 Seiten 19 cm OL20235812W
Die grüne Ente Die grüne Ente Manu Causse 301 Seiten 21 cm OL20666735W
Hector und die Geheimnisse der Liebe Hector und die Geheimnisse der Liebe François Lelord Es war einmal ein junger Psychiater, der Hector hieß und als Glücksexperte sehr berühmt geworden war. Nun bekommt er von einem mächtigen Konzern einen zweifelhaften Auftrag: der Unstetigkeit der Lieb… OL27311006W
La tour Eiffel à New York! La tour Eiffel à New York! Mymi Doinet Littérature jeunesse: roman, vacances, New York (Etats-Unis) Littérature jeunesse : première lecture La tour Eiffel a de nouveau des fourmis dans les piliers. Cette fois, sa cousine, la statue de l… OL29269028W
The endless journey The endless journey Fulvio Testa The reader is asked to look at everyday objects in a different way. OL3349501W
An odyssey in print An odyssey in print Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. "Situated at the center of the world's largest museum complex, the Smithsonian Institution Libraries links the twenty-two libraries that support Smithsonian museums and research centers into one syst… OL3747138W
Ling shan = 靈山 = Soul mountain Ling shan = 靈山 = Soul mountain Gao, Xingjian. Faced with a repressive cultural environment and the threat of internment on a prison farm, Chinese playwright, critic, novelist, and painter Gao fled Beijing and journeyed into the remote mountains … OL4049087W
Everything Is Illuminated Everything Is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer A young man arrives in the Ukraine, clutching in his hand a tattered photograph. He is searching for the woman who fifty years ago saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Unfortunately, however, he is … OL5738260W
Michael Palin's Hemingway adventure Michael Palin's Hemingway adventure Basil Pao,Michael Palin Companion site to Michael Palin's PBS production under the same title on the life and locales of Ernest Hemingway. Moves in and out of past and present to the places associated with Hemingway: Chicag… OL640410W
The The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society The The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Annie Barrows,Mary Ann Shaffer "I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers." January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of t… OL9334371W