travel

A passport and rhyming text celebrate the author's adventures discovering differences as well as similarities, from "A" for the variety of animals that populate the planet to "Z" for the time zones that mark the days around the world.

Explains mathematical concepts related to transportation and presents example equations.

Presents a short study of the European trade market during the later Middle Ages between 1000 to 1500 A.D, and examines population growth and economic expansion, the rise of towns and universities, travel technology, and more.

Early one August morning, seventeen-year-old computer "nerd" Duff Pringle leaves Richmond, Virginia, in a newly-acquired used car and begins an unexpectedly convoluted journey to San Jose, California, and the job that awaits him there.

Explores how methods of transportation and the need to conquer new territory led to the spread of ideas and to the growth of civilizations throughout history, compares the fighting tactics and methods of transportation of different cultures, and includes step-by-step projects for making models and costumes inspired by the transportation, armor, and skills of the past.

A tour of the world's most environmentally compromised regions provides satirical analysis of "destinations" ranging from hidden bars and convenience stores to radioactive wildernesses and the waters of India.

Presents short stories in which adventurers find themselves on the brink of death from hypothermia, drowning, mountain sickness, avalanche, scurvy, heatstroke, falling, predators, the bends, cerebral malaria, and dehydration.

Robert Young Pelton recounts the adventures he has had while visiting some of the most dangerous places on Earth.

Biscuit the dog has new experiences, such as sledding, going on a sleigh ride, and sliding on ice, while on his first family trip.

Freddy the pig and his barnyard friends run the very successful Barnyard Tours, Inc., but on a trip to the North Pole some sailors cause trouble for them and Santa, who, when the animals drive off the bad men, offers a sleigh ride home.