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Carrying the famous biologist Charles Darwin, the Beagle set sail from Plymouth Sound in December of 1831 and returned in October of 1836-completing its journey across the world. This journal kept by Charles Darwin contains his notes from the journey and his commentary on the discoveries that were made. It also includes illustrations of the wonders that they encountered and in-depth discussions about life on the sea.
22) How to be a family: the year I dragged my kids around the world to find a new way to be together
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Publisher
Little Brown & Co
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
324 pages
Description
"In this eye-opening, heartwarming, and very funny family memoir, the fractious, loving Kois' go in search of other places on the map that might offer them the chance to live away from home-but closer together. Over a year the family lands in New Zealand, the Netherlands, Costa Rica, and small-town Kansas. The goal? To get out of their rut of busyness and distractedness and to see how other families live outside the East Coast parenting bubble."--Amazon.com....
23) Deep water
Publisher
Distributed by Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
True story of the first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race, and the psychological toll it took on its competitors. Sponsored by the Sunday Times of London, the much-ballyhooed event attracted a field of nine, including amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, who set out to circumnavigate the globe in late 1968. Battling treacherous seas and his own demons, Crowhurst almost immediately comes apart as he faces the isolation of nine months on the high...
24) All eight went
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Publisher
Sheryl Todd Graphic Design
Pub. Date
1977
Physical Desc
225 p. : ill.
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Series
Babar (Brunhoff) volume 69
Publisher
H.N. Abrams
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Description
Babar and his family take a trip around the world.
31) Stowaway
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Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
319 p. : col. map ; 24 cm.
Description
A fictionalized journal relates the experiences of a young stowaway from 1768 to 1771 aboard the Endeavor which sailed around the world under Captain James Cook.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Retraces some of the world's most ancient, meaningful and challenging religious pilgrimages. Viewers travel alongisde contemporary seekers as they explore breathaking locations, fascinating history, and ancient religious traditions.
37) Sacred planet
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (47 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A vacation of sorts, that takes us away from the hectic "world" we live in and transports us to some of the most fascinating, exotic and remote sites on Earth. Gives new insight into her diverse landscapes, peoples, and animals. This magical, around-the-world odyssey is an awe-inspiring wonder the entire family will enjoy.
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
384 pages ; cm
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"This is the inspiring story of an ordinary guy who achieved two great goals that others had told him were impossible - first by setting a record for the longest automobile journey ever made around the world -- in the course of which he blasted his way out of minefields, survived a breakdown atop the Peak of Death, came within seconds of being lynched in Pakistan, and lost three of the five men who started with him, two to disease, one to the Vietcong....
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