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1) The road
Author
Language
English
Description
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's fight to survive, this "tale of survival and the miracle of goodness only adds to McCarthy's stature as a living master. It's gripping, frightening and, ultimately, beautiful" (San Francisco Chronicle).
One of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
A father...
One of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
A father...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An old farmhouse gets recycled into something new: Tiny, a little house with a big heart and wheels. With the help of his friend Big Truck, Tiny travels thousands of miles across America. Along the way, he meets cool new friends like Shiny (an Airstream), Waverly (a houseboat) and Buster (a converted school bus). In the end, Tiny realizes that he has exactly what it takes to be a real home.
Author
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : 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
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (Martin Chuzzlewit) was serialized between 1843 and 1844, and is considered to be one of Charles Dickens's last picaresque novels. Raised by his grandfather and namesake, Martin Chuzzlewit is disinherited after revealing his love for his nursemaid, Mary. With no fortune, Martin apprentices himself to the greedy architect Seth Pecksniff and befriends Tom Pinch. Although Dickens considered Martin Chuzzlewit...
Publisher
Cookie Jar Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (980 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Buster Baxter travels the country with his airline pilot father, recording his adventures on a video camera for his friends back in Elwood City. Featured here are all 40 episodes from the first season such as: Meet Me at the Fair; Among the Hmong; Buster and Beatrice; A Sense of Direction; The Giant Pumpkins; Up the River; Buster's Buffalo Roundup; and many more. Also included are episodes from Busytown Mysteries; The New Adventures of Nanoboy; Mona...
8) On the road
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Behind us lay the whole of America and everything Dean and I had previously known about life, and life on the road. We had finally found the magic land at the end of the road and we never dreamed the extent of the magic. Sal Paradise, a young innocent, joins the slightly crazed Dean Moriarty on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their hedonistic search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz...
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
[1989]
Physical Desc
220 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
The journal from Henry's trip across the country with the Glass family, telling of the sights they saw and the strange things which resulted when Henry and Midge became involved in innocent and blameless goings-on.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A queer rom-com following once childhood best friends forced together to drive their former teacher across the country"--
A long time ago, Logan Maletis and Rosemary Hale used to be friends. They spent their childhood summers running through the woods, rebelling against their conservative small town, and dreaming of escaping. But then an incident the summer before high school turned them into bitter rivals. After graduation, they went ten years...
13) Babar's USA
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.
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
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Continuing tour of the United States in search of the weird and wacky. This volume includes stories of rebels and non-conformists, including Joshua Norton who proclaimed himself "Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico," and oddment attached to the penal system.
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Continuing tour of the United States in search of the weird and wacky. This volume includes stories of odd religions including a cult that holds that the Earth is hollow, and various takes on the afterlife.
Author
Publisher
This Little Street
Pub. Date
[2023?]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lily's magic globe takes her on a trip around the United States. Lily learns that the spirit of whimsy and adventure is at risk of disappearing forever from the streets of New York City to the depths of the Grand Canyon. She embarks on a great big quest around the U.S.A. meeting all kinds of new friends. As they work to save the whimsy, Lily sees the beauty and diversity of America and learns that there is a place at the table for everyone.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
531 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
George Gibson is determined to check off his last bucket list item: a trip across America in his RV. When George's daughter learns of a boy forced to give up a beloved Saint Bernard, she suggests he adopt the dog as a traveling companion. Warming to Lewis, George begins telling him stories from his life and his unrealized dreams. And Lewis makes instant friends of the people who cross their path. Will Lewis and his new friends help George confront...
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