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41) Dolittle
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
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When the queen falls ill, the reclusive Dr. John Dolittle and his animal friends set out an adventure to find a cure.
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Publisher
Tor, A Tom Doherty Associates book
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
348 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"From acclaimed, award-winning author Jo Walton: Philosopher Kings, a tale of gods and humans, and the surprising things they have to learn from one another. Twenty years have elapsed since the events of The Just City. The City, founded by the time-traveling goddess Pallas Athene, organized on the principles espoused in Plato's Republic and populated by people from all eras of human history, has now split into five cities, and low-level armed conflict...
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Publisher
Lonely Planet Global Ltd
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
207 pages : color illustrations, color maps, photographs ; 31 cm.
Description
Do you know where in the world you can buy drinkable gold, why an 'elephant's foot' is one of the most dangerous objects in the world, or where you might have to swim to school? Discover the answers to these questions and loads more interesting facts in The Cities Book, where readers are taken on a world tour through 86 of the world's greatest cities. Every page is packed with facts on city living, from food and festivals, to architecture and history,...
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"An exciting new voice among the world's storytellers." -- Cornelia Funke A heartfelt, adventure-filled, and charming novel about a peculiar girl who embarks on a journey to find her father, the wizard. Penelope has always been different from other children. Her hair has been gray since she was born. It rains every year on her birthday. And she knows what her mother is going to say before the words even come out of her mouth. But one day, Penelope...
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Publisher
International Marine/McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
xiv, 290 pages : illustrations, plans, photographs ; 23 cm
Description
If you dream about chucking it all away and sailing toward an island life, read this first. Renee and Michael didn't have any boating experience and when their plans to remedy that fell through, the two had to learn everything the hard way. Despite themselves, they managed to get from Miami to Grenada, eventually dropping the anchor of their cruising catamaran at the island of their dreams. Determined to save future sailors from themselves, "A Sail...
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Red Knit Cap Girl and White Bunny, with help from Mr. Owl and the Moon, take to the high seas as they set off on a journey to help the lost Polar Bear Cub find his way back to his family and his arctic home"--
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (720 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 159 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Description
Presents 24 30-minute lectures discussing notable expeditions of exploration from premodern times to today, including the explorers who led them and these missions' varied and complex motivations.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A fifteen year old birding fanatic, thinks that he's made the discovery of a lifetime. On the eve of his father's remarriage, he escapes on an epic road trip with his best friends to solidify their place in birding history.
52) Wolf brother
Author
Series
Chronicles of ancient darkness volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
295 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
6,000 years in the past, twelve-year-old Tarak and his guide, a wolf cub, set out on a dangerous journey to fulfill an oath the boy made to his dying father--to travel to the Mountain of the World Spirit seeking a way to destroy a demon-possessed bear that threatens all the clans.
54) On the road
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As two friends head out on a cross-country trip, their lives are changed by the people they meet and the circumstances they encounter.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Join Luna and pals Leo, Andy, and Carmen as they travel all around the world. In Paris, Leo tries to make a grilled cheese for Carmen. Then, while in Istanbul, Leo thinks that his turtle has a connection to a sultan in Topaki Palace.
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Publisher
Disney Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages, 6 folded-outs : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
After hearing tales of the great penguin explorer, Don Pinguino, during the long Antarctic winter night, petite penguins Flipper and Slipper set out to find their hero in the fabled Land of the Golden Sun.
Description
Watch the classic story by James Thurber, about a daydreamer who escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of fantasies filled with heroism, romance, and action. When his job along with that of his co-worker are threatened, Walter takes action in the real world embarking on a global journey that turns into an adventure more extraordinary than anything he could have ever imagined.
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Huck is a young, naive white boy fleeing from his drunken, dangerous Pa and Jim is a runaway slave longing to be reunited with his family. Flung together by circumstance, they journey down the Mississippi together on a log raft, each in search of his own definition of freedom. Their daring adventures along the way provide both entertainment and a satirical look at the moral values of the Deep South of the 1800s.
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