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1) Secrets of the national parks: the experts' guide to the best experiences beyond the tourist trail
Pub. Date
[2020]
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Identifies hidden treasures and lesser-known points of interest in each of America's national parks.
2) Secrets of the National Parks: The expert's guide to the Best Experiences beyon the tourist trail
Pub. Date
2013
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Find the best National Geographic picks in 32 amazing national parks including Yellowstone's Lamar Valley, the Everglades' Nine Mile Pond Canoe Trail, and Yosemite's exquisite Snow Creek Trail. Discover that Lamar Valley is home to many of the park's wolf packs; why the Everglades is the domain of the pink flamingo; and that astounding views of Yosemite's Half Dome and Tenaya Canyon are accessible.
Pub. Date
c2006
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Yellowstone's rugged wilderness ignites the imagination like no other national park. Spy wolves in the wild, fly- fish in a secluded stream, and ride a stagecoach across the open range. These and other exhilarating activities are depicted in this breathtaking episode. In "The Best of the National Parks," experience the thrill of getting married in Yosemite, climbing to the top of Mt. Ranier in Washington, and rafting the jeweled waters of Grand Teton...
Pub. Date
c2006
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Welcome to the land of red rock, big sky, and deep canyons! Here, you'll unravel the mysteries of a 1,000-foot maze, jet-ski in the middle of the desert, and travel barren badlands. This is the land made famous by artist Georgia O'Keefe, where classic westerns were filmed, but also where posh lodges, gourmet meals, and soothing mineral pools offer luxurious retreats.
Pub. Date
c2006
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Welcome to the land of red rock, big sky, and deep canyons! Here, you'll unravel the mysteries of a 1,000-foot maze, jet-ski in the middle of the desert, and travel barren badlands. This is the land made famous by artist Georgia O'Keefe, where classic westerns were filmed, but also where posh lodges, gourmet meals, and soothing mineral pools offer luxurious retreats.
12) Boar Island
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"Anna Pigeon, in her career as a National Park Service Ranger, has had to deal with all manner of crimes and misdemeanors, but cyber-bullying and stalking is a new one. The target is Elizabeth, the adopted teenage daughter of her friend Heath Jarrod. Elizabeth is driven to despair by the disgusting rumors spreading online and bullying texts. Until, one day, Heath finds her daughter Elizabeth in the midst of an unsuccessful suicide attempt. And then...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
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As the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic finals near, Jamie faces a whirlwind of attention at school and in the media and the fame starts to go to his head, but in Hollywood with Uncle Frankie, some of his fellow comedians quickly show him what competition and pressure are all about.
14) Celine: a novel
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Working out of her jewel box of an apartment at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge, Celine has made a career of tracking down missing persons, and she has a better record at it than the FBI. But when a young woman, Gabriela, asks for her help, a world of mystery and sorrow opens up. Gabriela's father was a photographer who went missing on the border of Montana and Wyoming. He was assumed to have died from a grizzly mauling, but his body was never found....
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The Official Red Book - A Guide Book of United States Coins is 74 Years young and going strong. Collectors around the country love the book's grade-by-grade values, auction records, historical background, detailed specifications, high-resolution photographs, and accurate mintage data. How rare are your coins? How much are they worth? The Red Book tells you, covering everything from early colonial copper tokens to hefty Old West Silver dollars and...
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
In this inspiring portrait, a nation and a world come together in sadness, pride and resolve after September 11, 2001, vowing never again to allow such a tragedy to occur. September 11, 2002, began a new era in the United States of America. The attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., and the courage exhibited in those cities and in the skies over Pennsylvania, changed forever the way Americans viewed their security and their country's place...
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Taking hikers to some of the most scenic sections of the fabulous Grand Canyon National Park, this book includes short descriptions and maps of seventeen easy day hikes in the park. Hikes in this book are fairly short, usually (but not always) without big hills, and are on well-defined, easy-to-follow trails.
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[2020].
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"The Emmy-winning CBS Sunday Morning correspondent chronicles his year traveling to every one of our National Parks, discovering the most beautiful places and most interesting people that America has to offer. When Conor Knighton decided to spend a year wandering through America's "best idea," he was worried the whole thing might end up being his worst idea. But after a broken engagement and a broken heart, Conor desperately needed a change of scenery....
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Carolina Garcia-Ramirez is a rising star in national politics, taking on the establishment with her progressive agenda. Tough, outspoken, and driven, the young congresswoman has ignited a new conversation in Boston about race, poverty, health care, and the environment. Now facing her second campaign, she finds herself not only fighting a tight primary with an old guard challenger but also contending with numerous death threats coming from hundreds...