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61) USA
Author
Publisher
Lonely Planet Global Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Lonely Planet's USA is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Catch a Broadway show in New York, marvel at the Grand Canyon, and drive the Pacific Coast Highway; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of the USA and begin your journey now!
Publisher
Reboot Media
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
Overweight, loaded up on steroids, and suffering from a debilitating autoimmune disease, Joe was at the end of his rope and the end of his hope. With doctors and conventional medicine unable to help, Joe traded in junk food and hit the road with a juicer and generator in tow, vowing only to drink fresh fruit and vegetable juice for 60 days. Across 3,000 miles, Joe had one goal in mind: to get off his pills and achieve a balanced lifestyle.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Horatio Nelson Jackson, an eccentric Vermont doctor, drove from San Francisco to New York City, in 1903 to became the first person to drive an automobile across the continent - a feat never before accomplished. It would mark the beginning of a new era in America and the end of another. It took Lewis & Clark over two years to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific - Horatio went the opposite direction, by means of the "Horseless carriage", in less than...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Celebrated violinist and conductor Scott Yoo crosses the country, exploring the diversity of American musicians, cultures and landscapes to discover how regional and ethnic music has inspired America's greatest composers: Amy Beach, Florence Price, Aaron Copland and two of today's masters, Sergio Assad and Reena Esmail.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In 1913 an unlikely friendship blossomed between Henry Ford and famed naturalist John Burroughs. When their mutual interest in Ralph Waldo Emerson led them to set out in one of Ford's Model Ts to explore New England, the trip would prove to be the first of many excursions that would take Ford, Burroughs, and an enthusiastic Thomas Edison, across America. Between 1913 and 1918, their road trips became more ambitious -- and nudged their work in new...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the United States' troubling relationship with race as reflected by four historical events, including the integration of a racist Birmingham school system and a Kansas City neighborhood's fight against housing discrimination.
Author
Series
Tales of the talented tenth volume 2
Publisher
Fulcrum Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Imagine a five-foot-two-inch-tall woman riding a Harley eight times across the continental United States. Now imagine she is black and is journeying across the country in the pre-Civil Rights era of the 1930s and '40s. That is the amazing true story of Bessie Stringfield, the woman known today as The Motorcycle Queen of Miami and the first black woman to be inducted into the American Motorcyclist Association Hall of Fame and the Harley Davidson Hall...
69) I am America
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
p2001.
Language
English
Description
A collection of vignettes about each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia; Pledge of Allegiance is read by the First Ladies.
71) Mother, nature: a 5,000-mile journey to discover if a mother and son can survive their differences
Author
Publisher
Convergent
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In this poignant memoir from the New York Times bestselling author of To Shake the Sleeping Self, a forty-year-old gay man and his eccentric conservative mother travel the country together and find surprising answers to our generational and cultural rifts. When his mother, Barbara, turned seventy, Jedidiah Jenkins was reminded of a palpable, sobering truth: Our parents won't live forever. For years, he and Barbara had talked about taking a trip together,...
72) Bitter music
Author
Publisher
Bridge
Pub. Date
p2011.
Language
English
Description
"From June 11, 1935 to February 1, 1936, the iconoclastic composer, theorist and instrument builder kept a diary of his wanderings up and down America's West Coast, chronicling his experience with pen & ink drawings, words and music. The resulting journal was slated for publication, but the war intervened and Partch destroyed the manuscript while saving the drawings. Luckily, a friend had microfilmed the original, and now words and images are brought...
Publisher
Food Network
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Alton Brown hits the road in pursuit of the the best food and dining.
The South shall fry again!: Remember the quirky décor, down home hospitality and good food of your local diner? If so, you're going to love what Alton is serving up! Tasty dogs, crispy onion rings, mouth watering biscuits, and the ultimate in soul food awaits you. Enjoy Southern dining at its best; where the food is hot, the plates are piled high and no one leaves hungry!
I smell...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The Emmy-winning CBS Sunday Morning correspondent chronicles his year traveling to every one of our National Parks, discovering the most beautiful places and most interesting people that America has to offer. When Conor Knighton decided to spend a year wandering through America's "best idea," he was worried the whole thing might end up being his worst idea. But after a broken engagement and a broken heart, Conor desperately needed a change of scenery....
Author
Language
English
Formats
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...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Charles Kuralt found everyone interesting. Beginning in 1967, he and his small CBS television crew crisscrossed the nation in a motor home, avoiding the interstates to meet the ordinary people on America's back roads. First aired on The CBS Evening News With Walter Cronkite, the resulting vignettes became a beloved touchstone of American culture for more than 20 years.
78) Babar's USA
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
When Babar and his family visit friends in the United States, they find many things different than they are at home, but have a wonderful time in New York City, Key West, Hollywood, and many other places.
Publisher
Fodor's Travel
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Whether you want to hike through the jaw-dropping scenery of Acadia, see rare wildlife and natural wonders in Yellowstone, or go river-rafting in the Grand Canyon, the local Fodor's travel experts in all the National Parks are here to help!
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