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Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 167 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Includes two programs: Visions of Greece, which covers the most famous cities and sites, and Visions of Greece: Off the beaten path, which features rarely visited locales. Also includes nearly an hour of bonus footage not seen on PBS.
2) New Zealand
Series
Best of travel volume 2
Publisher
Distributed by Questar
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (79 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Get a crash course in Maori bone carving, brave whitewater rapids on river boards, get a hot-air balloon view of the land used to film The Lord of the Rings, kayak along the North Island coast, visit the site local tribes signed a treaty with Europeans, and more. Includes special features.
4) Wild Hawaii
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
©2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From its hot molten core to the mega sized waves battering its coast, Hawaii is an untamed and very wild bit of paradise that continues to transform itself and challenge expectations.
Author
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
294 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and color), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Description
A road trip book with a difference. Stars of Outlander - Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish - explore Scotland, a land of raw beauty, poetry, feuding, music, history and warfare. Narrated by Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish, with a foreword written and read by Diana Gabaldon. From their faithful camper van to boats, kayaks, bicycles and motorbikes, join stars of Outlander Sam and Graham on a road trip with a difference, as two Scotsmen explore a land...
8) Account of a tour of the California missions & towns: the journal & drawings of Henry Miller, 1856
Author
Publisher
Bellerophon Books
Pub. Date
c1985
Physical Desc
63 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Immerse in three iconic Scandinavian landscapes: the hauntingly beautiful coast; the magical seasonal forests, and the volcanic and arctic extremes. Surprising wildlife stories of lynx and puffins, orca and wolves reveal the resilient spirit of Scandinavia. Myth and modernity co-exist: Odin and Thor, basejumpers and reindeer herders are all woven into this icy natural world.
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Description
Convencido de que quizá la Ciudad de México no sea el lugar más aconsejable para vivir, pero también de que es tan intrincada y apasionante que resulta imposible abandonarla, Villoro propone este libro escrito desde la devoción del urbanita recalcitrante y maravillado que se despliega como un rompecabezas infinito: los atajos viales, el cine de luchadores, los héroes nacionales, el comercio tepiteño, la tramitología gubernamental, el enigma...
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"In 1784, travel wrenched Thomas Jefferson out of the darkest period of his life. He sailed to France a broken man, but on the road, he rediscovered a world of hidden beauty and penned a guide he called Hints for Americans Traveling in Europe. During a crisis of his own, Derek Baxter dares himself to follow Jefferson's route. On a series of journeys (piloting a Dutch canal boat, hiking the French Alps, and fishing in the Atlantic), Baxter follows...
Author
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
[1991]
Physical Desc
xiv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
Long considered an underground classic, The Journey Home stands beside Desert Solitude as one of Abbey's most important works. In a voice edged with chagrin, Abbey offers a portrait of the American West that readers will not soon forget, presenting the reflections and observations of a man who left the urban world behind in pursuit of the natural one and the myths buried therein.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xix, 340 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Description
In this insightful travelogue, geopolitical expert Robert Kaplan turns his perceptive eye to the Adriatic Sea, a region that has always been a crossroads in trade, culture, and ideas. Kaplan undertakes a journey through Italy and the Balkan countries lining the Adriatic to reveal much more to the region than news stories about resurgent populism or the refugee crisis let on. As he travels, the stark truth emerges that the age of populism is merely...
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"#1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston takes readers on an adventure deep into the Honduran jungle in this riveting, danger-filled true story about the discovery of an ancient lost civilization"--
Recounts how the author and a team of scientists discovered a legendary sacred city, the Lost City of the Monkey God, hidden deep in the Honduran jungle.
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