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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
This fascinating tale of the author's cross-country hitchhiking journey is a captivating look into the pleasures and challenges of the open road. As the miles roll by he meets businessmen, missionaries, conspiracy theorists, and truck drivers from all ages and ethnicities who are eager to open their car doors to a wandering stranger. This memoir uncovers the hidden reality that the United States remains hospitable, quirky, and as ready as ever to...
Author
Language
English
Description
All Aboard-first published in 1995, and here completely revised and updated-is much more than just a mile-by-mile scenery guide for train travelers. It will make any trip smoother and more enjoyable with its insightful travel trips and information about how railroads operate. With trains attracting new riders in record numbers, the time is perfect for a new edition of All Aboard. All Aboard is more than an ordinary travel guide. The author tells us...
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
"The 1,000 Places to See books are pleasurable, inspiring, wondrous, a best-selling phenomenon and, yes, practical: Announcing the updated edition of 1,000 Places to See in the USA Canada Before You Die, The New York Times No. 1 bestseller. Because USA Canada is not only a wish book but also a guide, this information, including phone numbers, Web addresses, and more, is now completely revised and updated. Just in time for travel season, for long...
Author
Publisher
Bamboo Forest Publishing
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource (176 p.)
Language
English
Description
"THE DARK SIDE OF DISNEY reveals all of the tips, tricks, scams, and stories that THEY don't want you to know about! Unabashedly unafraid of offending the family-oriented audiences catered to by other Disney travel guides, author Leonard Kinsey gives intrepid travelers access to the seamy, raunchy, and often hilarious underbelly of Walt Disney World. From cautionary tales of scoring illegal tickets, to thrilling accounts of exploring off-limits areas,...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Jam-packed with illustrations, fun facts, travel tips, and beverage recs, this guide includes some of the country’s most notorious crime scenes, hauntings, and supernatural sightings. You’ll also find Christine and Em’s personal recommendations to the best local bars and ice cream parlors, oddity museums, curiosity shoppes, and more. Explore some of the most bizarre cases you’ve heard on the show, as well as exclusive new content from bayous,...
Author
Publisher
Hunter Publishing, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
This is the resource book for vegetarian travelers." - Healing Retreats "This is a terrific and much-needed guidebook that makes traveling easy and worry-free for vegetarians. It lists and rates vegetarian restaurants and also reports on the best places to find produce." - Society of American Travel Writers Foundation "... a handy way to eat well on the road... celebrates the pleasures of good and healthful eating.... Frost is an engaging writer,...
Author
Publisher
The Intrepid Traveler
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (25 pages)
Language
English
Description
"This book is unofficial and unauthorized. It is not authorized, approved, licensed, or endorsed by J.K. Rowling or Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. That is why we are free to tell you the truth -- the whole truth -- about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando Resort. Go ahead. Rip off the Cloak of Invisibility. IMPORTANT NOTE: This ebook is an EXCERPT from the full-length guidebook "Universal Orlando 2013: The Ultimate Guide To...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Does George Washington still matter? The bestselling author argues for his unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new President through the former colonies, now an unsure nation. A new first-person voice for Philbrick, weaving history and personal reflection into one narrative. When George Washington became president in 1798, the United States of America was still a loose and quarrelsome confederation and a tentative...
29) Weird U.S
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (270 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An unforgettable side trip into the weirdest nooks and crannies of American history. Hilarious, wacky, and sometimes plain disturbing, explore everything from mysterious wallets made out of human skin to graveyard getaways.
Author
Publisher
Hunter Publishing, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Seventh edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
This is the most comprehensive and enjoyable guide to traveling the highway, from British Columbia up to Prudhoe Bay. It covers Fairbanks, Anchorage, Denali National Park, Valdez and much more. It is filled with inside tips on where to see wildlife, the sites you shouldn't miss, the best places to camp. You'll also find information on side-trips along alternate highways: the Top-of-the-World, the Haines, the Stewart-Cassiar, the South Klondike, the...
Author
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young man and his dog drive west from Ohio and marvel at the farms of Iowa, the skies of Nebraska, the wind in Wyoming, the mountains of Colorado, the desert in Nevada, and the ocean in Oregon.
Author
Series
On the road volume 2
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
Formats
Description
A television journalist chronicles his travels and memoirs--the people, places, and events encountered in his life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and culture with wit, probity, and an irreverent sense of humor. With Assassination Vacation, she takes us on a road trip like no other -- a journey to the pit stops of American political murder and through the myriad ways they have been used for fun and profit, for political and cultural advantage."--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill. ; 26 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tommy awakes on July Fourth to find a note from his eccentric Aunt Jeanne, promising a spectacular surprise if he unravels clues she has hidden for him.
39) Wow! America!
Author
Series
Izzy books (Robert Neubecker) volume 2
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. map ; 33 cm.
Language
English
Description
Take a trip across the United States with Izzy and Jo and learn many interesting facts.
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