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English
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A life of experience is collected into an entertaining, practical, fun and frank travel guide that gives listeners an introduction to some of Anthony Bourdain's favorite places. Supplementing Bourdain's words are a handful of essays by friends, colleagues, and family that tell even deeper stories about a place, including sardonic accounts of traveling with Bourdain by his brother, Chris; a guide to Chicago's best cheap eats by legendary music producer...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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National Geographic takes you on a photographic tour of the world’s most spectacular destinations, inspiring tangible ideas for your next trip. Hundreds of the most breathtaking locales—both natural and man-made—are illustrated with vivid images taken by the organization's world-class photographers. These images, coupled with evocative text, feature a plethora of visual wonders: ancient monoliths, scenic islands, stunning artwork,...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Celebrated traveler and photographer Jessica Nabongo-the first documented Black woman to visit all 195 countries in the world-shares her journey around the globe with fascinating stories of adventure, culture, travel musts, and human connections"--
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Set in Australia, France, and Sri Lanka, The Life to Come is about the stories we tell and don't tell ourselves as individuals, as societies, and as nations. Driven by a vivid cast of characters, it explores necessary emigration, the art of fiction, and ethnic and class conflict. Pippa is an Australian writer who longs for the success of her novelist teacher and eventually comes to fear that she "missed everything important." In Paris, Celeste tries...
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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
This alternative bucket list takes some of the world's best-known sights, experiences and destinations - everything from over-visited national parks to crowded museums - and reveals more than 100 fascinating alternatives.
The world is full of incredible sights, but for every well-trodden wonder there is an equally impressive alternative off the tourist trail. Discover your next exciting adventure-- before everyone gets there first. Each one- or two-page...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"We are told that love conquers all, but what happens when you don’t have the right passport? With deep empathy, rigorous reporting, and the irresistible perspective of a true romantic, journalist Anna Lekas Miller tells the stories of couples around the world who must confront Kafkaesque immigration systems to be together—as she did to be with her partner. Written with suspenseful storytelling worthy of the greatest love stories, Love Across...
8) Blind spot
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In this innovative synthesis of words and images, the award-winning author of Open City and photography critic for The New York Times Magazine combines two of his great passions. To look is to see only a fraction of what one is looking at. Even in the most vigilant eye, there is a blind spot. What is missing? When it comes to Teju Cole, the unexpected is not unfamiliar: He s an acclaimed novelist, an influential essayist, and an internationally...
Author
Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Una celebracion de la vida y el legado de uno de los escritores gastronomicos mas importantes. Anthony Bourdain vio mas mundo que nadie. Sus viajes lo llevaron desde los rincones mas secretos de su Nueva York natal hasta una comuna tribal en Borneo, isla del Sudeste Asiatico, pasando por las cosmopolitas Buenos Aires, Paris y Shanghai, la impresionante belleza de Tanzania y hasta la inmensa soledad del desierto arabigo de Oman. Este es el libro que...
Author
Publisher
Oneworld
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Pradyumna Kumar Mahanandia, a street artist born untouchable in India's caste system, meets Lotta von Schedvin, a young Swedish woman from a noble family, when she visits New Delhi to have her portrait painted by him. The two fall in love, and PK travels by bicycle for four months and three weeks to reunite with her.
12) All summer long
Author
Publisher
HarperLuxe
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
New Yorkers Olivia Ritchie, a prominent interior designer, and her husband Nicholas Seymour, an English professor and true southern gentleman, are a charming couple. They are seemingly polar opposites, yet magnetically drawn together and in love for more than fourteen years. As they prepare to relocate to Charleston, S.C., Olivia, the ultimate New Yorker, has reservations about the promise she made to retire in the Lowcountry, where Nick wants to...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
Español
Description
"Entre los mejores libros del 2023, de acuerdo a más de una decena de medios de prensa e instituciones de Estados Unidos. Mexikid es uno de los mejores títulos del año según Booklist, Kirkus, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly,NPR.org, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, The New York Times, entre otros Pedro/Peter Martín es un Mexikid, o un niño que nació en Estados Unidos de padres mexicanos: un niño que no pertenece...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"Outdoor educator and field researcher Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration--a round-trip adventure that included three countries and more than 10,000 miles. Equally remarkable, she did it solo, on a bike cobbled together from used parts. In Bicycling with Butterflies, Dykman recounts her incredible journey and the dramatic ups and downs of the nearly nine-month...
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