travelers

Contains an interpretation of the life and times of fourteenth-century traveler Abu Abdallah ibn Battuta.

Mary and Peter Jackson, the Carver family, and aging novelist John Marinville are on their way to different destinations, but first they must pass through the town of Desperation, Nevada and for some of them it will be the end of the road.

Graphic novel that tells of the voyages of an Englishman that carry him to such strange places as Lilliput, where people are six inches tall, Brobdingnag, a land of giants, and a country ruled by horses.

"Kindhearted, Candide-esque Percy wakes up from a 200 year nap and finds himself in a strange new land. Searching for his mother, lamenting his long-lost love and soul-mate Miss Margaret, Percy meets bizarre, wise, naive, and sometimes dangerous characters, encounters inspired inventions, and forges friendships, discovering a few unexpected verities along the way"--Publisher.

Natalie and her playboy fianc? Pierre, a French couple touring America by bus, find a whole different way of life, and perhaps love, when they become stranded in the very small town of Seldom, Nebraska.

When five passengers from a plane that was forced down by bad weather are taken in by a stranger who calls himself the Judge, they find themselves being interrogated by the man and forced to face the truth and meaning of their lives.

Explores the life, career, and travels of Robert Louis Stevenson.

The author tells the story of her experiences living and working in Antarctica. Includes letters and photographs to her godson.

Twenty-four-year-old Jason Stevens attends the reading of his wealthy great-uncle's will, expecting some wealth to pass to him. Instead, he is given instructions for learning experiences he must complete over the following year, after which he stands to inherit the mysterious "Ultimate Gift.".

A pictorial account of the traveler and pilgrim Ibn Battuta in the fourteenth century, following him from Morocco to Jerusalem to Mecca and to the edges of the known world.