Eighty-two-year-old Etta has never seen the ocean. So early one morning she takes a rifle, some chocolate, and her best boots, and begins walking the 3,232 kilometers from Saskatchewan to Halifax. Her husband Otto wakes to a note left...
Voyages and travels
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Author:Hooper, EmmaSummary: - Author:Cooper Jones, ChloéSummary:
"Soul-stretching, breathtaking...A game-changing gift to readers." --Booklist (starred review) From Chloé Cooper Jones--Pulitzer Prize finalist, philosophy professor, Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant recipient--a...
- Author:BRYSON, BillSummary:
Bill Bryson had imagined Australia as a kind of alternative southern California. Of course, what greeted him was something rather different. Australia is the world's sixth largest country and the only island that is also a...
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Author:Darby, TomSummary:Before something becomes history, there are infinite possibilities. Adopting this life philosophy forever changes Professor Hamilton West’s life. The year is 1989, the year everything unexpected happened: the fatwa against Salman...
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Author:Brouwer, SigmundSummary:Webb's abusive stepfather has made it impossible for him to live at home, so Webb survives on the streets by busking with his guitar and working as a dishwasher. When Webb's grandfather dies, his will stipulates that his grandsons...
- Author:Wood, R.J.Summary:
A boy searching for his long-missing parents is transported by flying sailboat to the other side of the galaxy only to find himself in the center of a conflict between good and evil. Twelve-year-old Jake Flynn’s parents disappeared when...
- Author:Sanderson, BrandonSummary:
From Brandon Sanderson—author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive and its fourth massive installment, Rhythm of War—comes a new hefty novella, Dawnshard. Taking place between Oathbringer and Rhythm of War, this tale...
- Author:Sanderson, BrandonSummary:
From Brandon Sanderson—author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive and its fourth massive installment, Rhythm of War—comes a new hefty novella, Dawnshard. Taking place between Oathbringer and Rhythm of War, this...
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Author:Morgan, AnnaSummary:An adventure story based on true events, real characters and legends. This historical-fiction novel features two girls, separated in time by thousands of years, who are forced to leave their homes and make a dangerous journey to an...
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Author:Garcia, KamiSummary:The #1 New York Times bestselling Beautiful Creatures series continues in this brand-new digital-exclusive story.Catch up with Ethan, Lena, and Link as they finally graduate from high school and get ready to leave the small Southern...
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Author:Krensky, StephenSummary:In 1778, ten-year-old Johnny Adams and his father make a dangerous mid-winter voyage from Massachusetts to Paris in hopes of gaining support for the colonies during the American Revolution.
- Author:Lilwall, Rob.Summary:
The gripping adventure story of one man's epic journey back from Siberia to England by bike. An inspirational spiritual journey reflecting on the state of the world today.
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Author:Hobbs, WillSummary:Fifteen-year-old Victor Flores journeys north in a desperate attempt to cross the Arizona border and find work in the United States to support his family in central Mexico.
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Author:AviSummary:Branded as traitors by the king's authorities, Crispin and his guardian, Bear, flee to coastal towns in fourteenth-century England, where they perform a musical juggling act and bond as a family after befriending a disfigured girl.
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Author:AviSummary:As Crispin tries to fulfill Bear's dream of moving to Iceland, he must leave Troth behind at a convent that needs a healer but, after falling in with thieves posing as musicians, he makes a new friend, Owen, and together they continue...
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Author:Murakami, HarukiSummary:Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage is the long-awaited new novel'a book that sold more than a million copies the first week it went on sale in Japan'from the award-winning, internationally best-selling author...
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Author:McClintock, NorahSummary:No one is more surprised than Rennie to hear that his late grandfather, whom he hardly knew, has left a mission for him to fulfill. Rennie is to fly to Iceland and deliver a message from beyond the grave, but when he gets there, nothing...
- Author:Erdrich, LouiseSummary:
In 1866, Omakayas's son Chickadee is kidnapped by two ne'er-do-well brothers from his own tribe and must make a daring escape, forge unlikely friendships, and set out on an exciting and dangerous journey to get back home.
- Author:PLAYFORD, PhillipSummary:
Contents include an introduction to the ship, a description of its voyages and connection to the Dutch East India Company, the fate of the survivors and activities since 1971.
- Author:Kawatski, Deanna BarnhardtSummary:
“Burning Man, Slaying Dragon is an exciting, high stakes, spiritual adventure that spans decades, continents, cultures and generations. As a young, headstrong hippie, Deanna Barnhardt Kawatski leaves her home at her beloved Shuswap Lake...
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