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Into wild India 2

2005
Examines the various species of animals that inhabit the country of India including the cobra, Hanuman langurs, Bengal tigers, and Asiatic lions.

Traveling with pomegranates

a mother-daughter story
2009
Best-selling author Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter, Ann, chronicle their travels together between 1998 and 2000, when they embarked on a journey of self-discovery and reconnection through Greece and France.

Looking forward to it, or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the American electoral process

2004
Stephen Elliott shares his journey through the American election process, discussing how he tried to learn about and understand the process while sorting through the corruption, greed, and hatred surrounding the presidential campaign.

Wandering home

a long walk across America's most hopeful landscape, Vermont's Champlain Valley and New York's Adirondacks
2005
Bill McKibben recounts the experiences he had during a three-week walk from his current home in Vermont to his former home in the Adirondacks.

Amazon extreme

three ordinary guys, one rubber raft, and the most dangerous river on earth
2002
Provides an account of the death-defying adventures of Colin Angus, Ben Kozel, and Scott Borthwick, a trio of young men who barely survived their attempt to become the first team to raft the 4,007 mile length of the Amazon River.

Polar dream

1993
Story of Helen Thayer's 27-day odessey skiing 345 miles through the desolation of the Arctic to the Pole.

"Aid and comfort"

Jane Fonda in North Vietnam
2002
Examines Jane Fonda's 1972 visit to Hanoi in the midst of the Vietnam War, discussing her radio broadcasts and her conduct, and argues that she could have, and should have been indicted for the crime of treason on the basis of her actions in North Vietnam.

Rio Grande

from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico
2000
Chronicles the author's journey along the Rio Grande, from the Rockies to the Gulf of Mexico.

Inuksuk journey

an artist at the top of the world
2008
An illustrated chronicle of the author's journey to the Arctic and experiences living in the traditional Inuit way.

Overcoming speechlessness

a poet encounters the horror in Rwanda, Eastern Congo, and Palestine/Israel
2010

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