Across the Bay

Picture book tells the story of home vs. adventure, when Tamlin, a horse, travels the wide world a bird tells him about. Explores themes of longing...

Reducere. Maya is one of the nearly two million American children with an incarcerated parent, and she has a question for her Daddy. "Who takes care of you?"...

Reducere. Considered the "Best Ride in New York City, " the Staten Island Ferry has been immortalized over the years in art, literature, film, and music. In ...

Reducere. Beach Haven, founded in 1874, was designed as one of the first summer seashore resorts in New Jersey for wealthy Philadelphians. Beach Haven's boar...

Reducere. About DK Eyewitness Road Trips IrelandWith its unspoiled coastline, dramatic ruins and picturesque villages, Ireland is the perfect destination for...

Discover the beauty and diversity of America's great outdoors in this tour of its most iconic national parks. Explore Florida's river-laced Evergla...

Reducere. DescriptionAfter coming into possession of a 17th-century dagger found in Florida Bay, former Navy SEAL Logan Dodge scours the ocean with his frien...

Reducere. Following the success of World War II Rhode Island, author Christian McBurney returns, with new coauthors Norman Desmarais and Varoujan Karentz, to...

About the Book: Mother Duck and her ducklings go for a walk to the pond. But they come across trouble on the way and learn an important lesson. Kon...

Reducere. A vivid account of the origins of the transcontinental railroad -- available for the first time in trade paperback -- by the author of the bestsell...

Reducere. DescriptionSet in the aftermath of the "riveting...action-packed" (Joan Lunden, New York Times bestselling author) Oath of Honor and the discovery ...

Reducere. Epic Wanderer, the first full-length biography of mapmaker David Thompson (1770-1857), is set in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom ancient rock drawings, historic sites, and modern museums to eco- and cultural tourism, sports events and powwows, the Native Ameri...

Reducere. This is the story of the founding of New Braunfels, Fredericksburg, Boerne, Comfort and the other German settlements of the Texas Hill Country. Ref...

The Gold Rush drew the Portuguese from the Azores, sweeping them across the Atlantic Ocean and around South America's Cape Horn to the California s...

Reducere. Honorable Mention, Latin American Studies Association Haiti-Dominican Republic Section Isis Duarte Book Prize Immigrants make up the largest propor...

Reducere. ``A balanced, well-written account which provides the best overall understanding of these events. -Library Journal. ``Compelling.``-Publishers Week...

A Danish filmmaker, under the apprenticeship of three Papua New Guinean master sailors, set off from Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, on the 30th of Au...

Reducere. After accelerating their studies and graduating high school early, two teenagers set off from their hometown in Minnesota to embark on a 2200-mile ...

Reducere. A breathtaking collection of work celebrating 125 years of San Francisco's legendary museum The de Young is San Francisco's oldest art museum, trea...

Reducere. What makes a place? Infinite City, Rebecca Solnit's brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas, searches out the answer by examining the many l...

DescriptionWhether dashing through the Plains, creeping over the Rockies, hurtling across the Great Basin, or threading the Sierra Nevada, the Cali...

Description"Masterly" -- The New Yorker A Smithsonian Magazine Best History Book of the YearA groundbreaking, haunting, and profoundly moving histo...

DescriptionOf all of the Brazilian modernist Oscar Niemeyer's many built works, his Algerian projects are among the least well known. Beginning in ...

Reducere. "Great naval action and deep historical detail in the vein of O'Brian and Forester." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)In Dewey Lambdin's Kings and ...

Reducere. From the acclaimed author of Blue Highways, PrairyErth, and Roads to Quoz, a dazzling collection of travel tales from the road. HERE, THERE, ELSEWH...

Iconoclastic detective Jackson Brodie returns in a triumphant new novel about secrets, sex, and lies Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seasid...

An enthralling first novel about a teenage girl who finds refuge--but perhaps not--in an 1840s Shaker community. After 15-year-old Polly Kimball se...

Reducere. Empire Builder is the previously untold story of a pioneer who almost single-handedly transformed the bankrupt village of San Diego into a thriving...

Reducere. Emmy Award winning journalist and fifth-generation Oregon native Grant McOmie provides travelers with an in-depth guide to 101 of the best Oregon d...

Reducere. After Paul Stutzman finished hiking the Appalachian Trail, he found himself longing for another challenge, another adventure. Trading his hiking bo...

"A ripping adventure with] a show-stopping finale."--Wall Street Journal "The stuff of legends."--Attica Locke"Powerful, sly, and often charming."-...

Reducere. A hilarious collection inspired by a former Saturday Night Live writer's real experiences in Hollywood, chronicling the absurdity of fame and the h...

Emmy Award-winning journalist and fifth-generation Oregon native Grant McOmie provides travelers with an in-depth guide to 101 of the best Oregon d...

"Inspiring"--Danny Meyer, CEO, Union Square Hospitality Group; Founder, Shake Shack; and author, Setting the Table James Beard Award-winning food j...

Reducere. Each story in this jubilantly acclaimed collection pays testament to the wisdom and resilience of children, even in the face of the most agonizing ...

Reducere. Stretching flat across the water, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is a popular spot...for jumpers. Roger Nagasawa, a brilliant employee at a p...

Reducere. DescriptionAn adventurous ride through the most blisteringly hot regions of science, history, and culture.A scientist and bestselling nature writer...

A handbook for therapists, humane educators, teachers, and anyone interested in creating a safe and successful animal-assisted therapy program. Con...

Iw gara, when translated, means the kinship of plants and people. And that is exactly what Enrique Salm n explores in this important book. Iw gara ...

Reducere. Hailed by critics and readers across the country for its wit, irreverence, and unflinching honesty, Doing Battle illuminates the events and experie...

Reducere. The fascinating characters that roam across the pages of Emma Donoghue's stories have all gone astray: they are emigrants, runaways, drifters, love...

Reducere. Art historian Abi Vickers has hit the proverbial wall. Her husband ran off with his secretary, leaving Abi in financial ruin from his bad investmen...

'She hung on grimly and for the briefest of instants thought she would remain in the saddle, but her flagging grip was no match for Humphrey's expl...

Reducere. DescriptionAs dawn breaks on a summer morning in 1900, Darby Walker, owner of a St. Petersburg, Florida, ferry service, sets out to check on his ol...

DescriptionDeer are the most common problem a gardener can face. These cute but pesky animals think home-grown flowers and vegetables are delicious...

Reducere. 356Bring the flavors of Spain home--delicious dishes that anyone can make You don't have to live in Spain to recreate its savory delicacies in your...

Come for a journey along the Jersey shore with naturalist and ecologist Joanna Burger! In these deeply felt, closely observed personal essays, Burg...

Reducere. DescriptionOne of the most acclaimed and original story collections of the last decade, Peter Orner's first book explores the brief but far-reachin...

Reducere. On February 15, 1898, the American ship USS Maine mysteriously exploded in the Havana Harbor. News of the blast quickly reached U.S. shores, where ...

Reducere. The beating heart of the sun is the very pulse of life on earth. And from the ancients who plotted its path at Stonehenge to the modern scientists ...

Reducere. Celebrate the season with your favorite dragons and Vikings from the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy with this storybook inspired by the all-new s...

"Nickel and Dimed for the Amazon age, " (Salon) the bitingly funny, eye-opening story of finding work in the automated and time-starved world of ho...

Colorful cable cars, sunny beaches, seaside havens, and thundering waterfalls: Buckle up for the best of the Golden State with Moon California Road...

Reducere. Discover the man behind everyone's favorite call to action, Full speed ahead! in this inspiring and engaging biography about the first Admiral of t...

Reducere. International Bestseller One of the most anticipated books of 2017: The Millions, CBC, Chatelaine, Globe and Mail, Maclean's From the author of The...

Reducere. Old San Juan is the oldest settlement in Puerto Rico and it sits on a narrow bluff with the Atlantic Ocean to the north and San Juan Bay to the sou...

*Includes pictures *Profiles important figures like John Winthrop, Roger Williams, and others *Includes online resources and a bibliography for fur...

Reducere. DescriptionJohn Cole wrote with passion about his life, the outdoors, and the glorious rhythms of nature. In Maine, like all his essays and books, ...

Joe Bronson is bored with school. Worse yet, his father is threatening to send him to a military academy. When Joe skips classes to take the ferry ...

The young Heimdall must undertake a mighty quest to save Odin - and all of Asgard - in the first heroic fantasy novel set in Marvel's incredible Le...

Reducere. The Wolfe Pet Sitting Agency returns to unravel another mystery--and this time, it's a slippery slope for our heroes and their newfound husky-dog s...

Nick Carraway's mysterious neighbor Gatsby gazes across the dark bay at a distant green light. As the summer unfolds, Nick is drawn into Gatsby's w...

"From the Bible through Dante and up to Treblinka and Guant namo Bay, here is a rich source for nightmares." --The New York Times Book Review Three...

You may have heard of ships. You may have also heard of the sea and the night. But did you realize there's nothing more beautiful than a ship and i...

Reducere. On the eve of their Silver Anniversary, Mary Gooch is waiting for her husband Jimmy -- still every inch the handsome star athlete he was in high sc...

Reducere. More Than You Think You Know follows three renegade women piloting the 44-foot luxury trawler Blackout through the Heartland Rivers from Chicago to...

Reducere. "The twenty-five mysteries that Katherine Hall Page has cooked up for her sleuth, Faith Fairchild, make for delectable reading. What a body of work...

Reducere. 2020 L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist, History A provocative examination of how the U.S. military has shaped our entire world, from today's costly, e...

Reducere. Finalist for the Lukas prize With a New Foreword After the election of Donald J. Trump, journalist Seyward Darby went looking for the women of the ...