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Australian adventure
Par Constance Helmericks. 1971
An odyssey in time: the dinosaurs of North America
Par Dale A Russell. 1989
Among the cities
Par Jan Morris. 1985
During three decades of more or less constant travel Jan Morris has probably described more of the world, and especially…
the urban world, than almost any other writer. This is a retrospective selection of travel pieces, ranging from the 1950s to the 1980s and including such diverse places as Berlin, Shanghai and Swaziland. 1985.All is grace: a ragamuffin memoir
Par Philip Yancey, Brennan Manning, John Blase. 2011
Brennan Manning roves back through his past, honouring the lives of the people closest to him, family and friends who've…
known the saint and the sinner, the boy and the man. Far from some chronological timeline, these memories are witness to the truth of life by one who has lived it. 2011.Along the edge of the forest: an Iron Curtain journey
Par Anthony Bailey. 1983
An intrepid British traveler records his journey through West Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Austria. Bailey begins his trip in…
the medieval city of Lubeck, driving a 1973 Saab along roadways that parallel the intra-German border of watchtowers. 1983.A tramp in Africa
Par David Lessels. 2006
Follow the trails of the Scottish explorer, David Lessels, fulfilling a dream to travel the length of Africa, confronting serious…
challenges to his freedom as he walked and hitch-hiked through history, in the early 1950s. This traveller's tale is studded with gems and facts - some of which may be the only written accounts of the early development of unique African cultures. 2006.Albertosaurus: death of a predator (Discoveries in palaeontology, #1)
Par Monique Keiran. 1999
Some 75 million years ago, one dinosaur ended its life. The dinosaur was an Albertosaurus -- distant cousin to the…
ferocious, meat-eating predator Tyrannosaurus Rex. But its death was also a beginning -- the start of its transformation into a fossil, which lay undiscovered for millennia until the forces of erosion brought the young dinosaur, once again, to light. Grades 4-7. 1999.Aim high: an Olympic decathlete's inspiring story
Par Verne Becker, Dave Johnson. 1994
Dave tells how his strong faith in God helped him overcome the physical and emotional rigours of training and win…
a bronze medal in Barcelona, despite breaking a bone in his foot. 1994.A U.S. Marine chaplain offers an eyewitness account of the war in Iraq, detailing the day-to-day life on the battlefield…
and the faith that brought together the members of a U.S. Marine battalion. c2004.Abel's outback: explorations and misadventures on six continents, 1990-2000
Par Allen J Abel. 2001
For many years, as a news correspondent, television host, and journalist, Allen Abel has travelled to some of the world's…
most fascinating, remote, or newsworthy spots to bring back his stories. This is a collection of travel pieces about his adventures on all six continents over a ten-year period. 2001.A traveller's life
Par Eric Newby. 1982
World traveller Eric Newby shares the most memorable episodes from his varied careers, and takes the reader from the remote…
interior of Afghanistan to a tour of the London sewer system. 1982.A man worth knowing
Par Cal Bombay. 2007
A genuine love of people seemed to be the driving force behind his ministry. This is not so much the…
story of one person, but perhaps more, the stories of the many people who came into contact with Dick Bombay. c2007.A different kind of miracle: My Story Of Hope, Healing, And God's Amazing Faithfulness
Par Emilie Barnes. 2002
À côté du désir d'éternité: fragments d'Egypte
Par Michel Onfray. 2006
A bridge to the mountain: the life and ministry of Paul Chang
Par Ray Wiseman. 2003
A crown of thorns: an autobiography, 1951-1963
Par John Carmel Heenan. 1974
A book of travellers tales
Par Eric Newby. 1985
Excerpts from travel-related works of more than 300 writers, from antiquity to the present. Hannibal, Henry Fielding, Mark Twain and…
D.H. Lawrence show Europe to the reader while Marco Polo, T.E. Lawrence and Alexander the Great lead the trail through Asia. c1985.The full Montezuma: around Central America and the Caribbean with the girl next door
Par Peter Moore. 2001
Travel writer Peter Moore recently invited the new love of his life, a.k.a. the girl next door, to join him…
on a romantic sojourn through Central America. The trip would take them into an area of the world emerging from decades of civil war, an area racked with poverty, disease and natural disasters. Over the next six months they battled hurricanes, mosquitoes, uncooperative border officials and over-sexed Mexican commuters, and along the way they learnt rather more about each other than they really wanted to. 2001.In 2006 singer-songwriter Flip Grater went on an epic tour of New Zealand to promote her debut album. Traveling the…
length and breadth of the country she sang for her supper in small towns and big cities, blagging accommodation, food and most importantly recipes along the way. With a cast of unusual characters, this book is the ultimate cookbook/tour diary, and a snapshot of Kiwi subculture punctuated by 48 delicious recipes. c2007.Regard persan
Par Sara Yalda. 2007
Sara retourne en Iran, qu'elle a quitté depuis vingt-sept ans. Le monde cosmopolite de son enfance a disparu. Elle découvre…
une société schizophrène qui vacille de l'apparent au caché, du dehors hostile au dedans où l'on brave tous les interdits. Plus elle côtoie ses compatriotes et plus ils lui paraissent insaisissables. Sous les voiles, les femmes se fardent, critiquent, résistent. La dissimulation est devenue leur seconde nature. Comment peut-on être Persan ? se demande Sara. Étrangère chez elle, Sara déchiffre l'Iran, royaume de l'ambiguïté, en même temps qu'elle explore son passé ressuscité. Un père qu'elle espérait avoir oublié, un frère dont elle reconnaît à peine le visage, la maison de son enfance transformée en école de la République islamique... Récit des origines autant que vagabondage dans l'Iran d'Ahmadinejad, de Téhéran à Ispahan, ce premier livre à la fois mélancolique et drôle est une naissance. À soi. -- 4e de couv.