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Armchair Travel April 2023
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| The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance by Mensun BoundOn November 21, 1914, after sailing more than ten thousand miles from Norway to the Antarctic Ocean, the Endurance finally succumbed to the surrounding ice. Ernest Shackleton and his crew had navigated the 144-foot, three-masted wooden vessel to Antarctica to become the first to cross the barren continent, but early season pack ice trapped them in place offshore. They watched in silence as the ship’s stern rose twenty feet in the air and disappeared into the frigid sea, then spent six harrowing months marooned on the ice in its wake. |
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| The Edge of the Plain: How Borders Make and Break Our World by James CrawfordBorders are as old as human civilization, and focal points for today’s colliding forces of nationalism, climate change, globalization, and mass migration. Crawford introduces us to both the Alpine watershed―one such shifting, natural borderline―and the “Great Green Wall” in Africa, envisioned as an international, community-built bulwark against desertification. The Edge of the Plain illuminates these lines of separation past and present, how we define them―and how they define us. |
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| On Freedom Road: Bicycle Explorations and Reckonings on the Underground Railroad by David GoodrichThe traces of the Underground Railroad hide in plain sight: a great church in Philadelphia; a humble old house backing up to the New Jersey Turnpike; an industrial outbuilding in Ohio. Over the course of four years, David Goodrich rode his bicycle 3,000 miles east of the Mississippi to travel the routes of the Underground Railroad and delve into the history and stories in the places where they happened. |
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Vancouver & Canadian Rockies Road Trip by Carolyn B. HellerCarolyn Heller Identifies the best sights, entertainment, shopping, accommodations, and restaurants to experience on road trips throughout southern British Columbia. Drive the entire two-week road trip or follow strategic routes, like a week-long drive along the coast of British Columbia, with suggestions for shorter getaways to Victoria, Vancouver, Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper, and the Okanagan.
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You Are my Sunshine : A story of love, promises, and a really long bike ride by Sean DietrichA moving story you won't be able to put down, You Are My Sunshine by master storyteller Sean Dietrich shares the true-life tale of keeping a promise--and taking the longest bike ride of his life. Through laugh-out-loud adventures and poignant moments, Sean and Jamie's story will capture your heart as it reminds you of what's most important in life.
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American Ramble : A walk of memory and renewal by Neil KingA former Wall Street Journal reporter chronicles his 330-mile walk from Washington, D.C. to New York City in an effort rediscover what matters in life after a life-threatening battle with cancer.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Forsyth County Public Library 660 W. 5th Street Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101 336-703-3030www.forsythlibrary.org |
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