travel

Shares the authors' first-hand encounters with snakes, edible worms, Mongolian wrestlers, and more, in their travels through five continents. Includes drawings, color illustrations, and photographs.

"Told through Paddington's letters to his aunt Lucy back in Peru, this new novel offers Paddington's own special view on some of his most famous tales, from stowing away on a ship, to working as a barber"--OCLC.

As the only son of an American diplomat, 12-year-old Ronald "Rocket" Robinson lives a lonely life with his only friend Screech, a monkey. But adventure finds him in 1933 Cairo, Egypt, when he reads a strange note written in hieroglyphs.

In their second adventure, the Kidds are on a quest for the legendary Mines of King Solomon. From exotic Cairo to the perilous jungles beyond, they'll have to use all their survival instincts to make it through alive--and maybe even find their missing parents!.

Ed Stafford-adventurer extraordinaire and Guinness World Record holder for walking the length of the Amazon River-likes a challenge. Casting about for an adventure that would top the extraordinary feat he recounts in Walking the Amazon, Stafford decides to maroon himself on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific. His mission: to survive for sixty days equipped with nothing-no food, water, or even clothing-except the video cameras he would use to document his time. Detailing Stafford's jaw-dropping sojourn on the island of Olourua, Naked and Marooned is a tale of unparalleled adventure and of one man's will to push himself to the outer limits-and survive.

Doug Mack travels to locations described in the 1963 edition of "Europe on Five Dollars a Day," contrasting tourism of then and now.