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1) Bird box
Author
Lexile measure
HL 520L
Language
English
Description
In Bird Box, brilliantly imaginative debut author Josh Malerman captures an apocalyptic near-future world, where a mother and her two small children must make their way down a river, blindfolded. One wrong choice and they will die. And something is following them -- but is it man, animal, or monster? Within these tracks, Malerman, a professional musician, discusses his love of horror and invokes an ethereal and atmospheric experience in an homage...
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
288 pages : color illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The host of the Travel Channel series "No Reservations" provides a behind-the-scenes account of his global culinary adventures, from New Jersey to New Zealand, offering commentary on food in every corner of the globe.
Author
Series
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
438 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Taste the World! It's truly a feast of wonder: Created by the ever-curious minds behind Atlas Obscura, this breathtaking guide transforms our sense of what people around the world eat and drink. Covering all seven continents, Gastro Obscura serves up a loaded plate of incredible ingredients, food adventures, and edible wonders. Ready for a beer made from fog in Chile? Sardinia's "Threads of God" pasta? Egypt's 2000-year-old egg ovens? But far more...
Publisher
Lonely Planet Publications
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Including contributions from Dave Eggers, Pico Iyer, Richard Ford and Jane Smiley, more than 20 well-known writers share the travel experiences that shaped their personalities and changed their lives.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 324 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Busy professionals living in the D.C. suburbs, Kois and his wife Alia scheduled their children's time wisely. But aren't families supposed to achieve happiness together? In this family memoir, the fractious Kois' go in search of other places on the map that might offer them the chance to live away from home-- but closer together. Will this trip to New Zealand, the Netherlands, Costa Rica, and small-town Kansas change their lives? Or do families take...
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
287 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Actor and award-winning travel writer Andrew McCarthy discovers his ancestry in a compelling narrative that combines 26 intriguing and heartfelt stories about discovering home and roots with tips and recommendations on how to begin your own explorations. Addressing the explosive growth in ancestral travel, actor and travel writer Andrew McCarthy recounts his own quest to uncover his family's Irish history, along with 25 other prominent writers whose...
Author
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Third edition.
Physical Desc
172 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
This collection of vignettes, a sequel to He'll Never Amount to Anything, includes tales of the author's college years and his travels across the eastern United States in the early 1960s. Mr. Feder feels quite confident in revealing these stories now that the statute of limitations has likely expired. -- Page [4] cover.
Author
Publisher
Simon Element
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Simon Element hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 341 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The ultimate collection of must-have recipes, stories, and behind-the-scenes photos from the beloved Netflix show Somebody Feed Phil. Phil Rosenthal, host of the beloved Netflix series Somebody Feed Phil, really loves food and learning about global cultures, and he makes sure to bring that passion to every episode of the show. Whether he's traveling stateside to foodie-favorite cities such as San Francisco or New Orleans or around the world to locations...