Crowley County Combined Library

From historic landmarks to off-the-beaten path discoveries, see all the magnificent places and natural wonders of the world.

"The acclaimed author of Expect Great Things: The Life and Search of Henry David Thoreau traverses on foot from Manhattan to the site of Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond, often retracing steps walked by Thoreau himself, and unlocks the practical principles of the mystic's life in the woods"--

In Night at the museum, the newly hired night watchman for the American Museum of Natural History in New York discovers that the exhibits come to life--and wreak havoc--after the sun goes down. Then in Night at the museum: battle of the Smithsonian, when Larry learns that his nocturnal friends have been retired to the Smithsonian Archives in Washington, D.C., he leads a hilarious battle against museum misfits who plan to take over the world.

"This is the story of the most dynamic continent on earth. Facing some of the planet's most violent weather--tornadoes, hurricanes, monsoons, and droughts--North America's wild animals are some of the toughest on the planet. With more than 300 photographs, North America takes you on a visually stunning journey through an ecological wonderland"--P. [4] of cover.

"Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. The AT offers an astonishing landscape of silent forests and sparkling lakes--and to a writer with the comic genius of Bill Bryson, it also provides endless opportunities to witness the majestic silliness of his fellow human beings. For a start there's...

Animal communication expert Jim Nollman has sung with orcas, plucked a Jew's harp in waters, teaming with humpback whales, and shaken rattles in the company of bottlenose dolphins. Now, in this heartfelt and quirky true adventure story, Nollman and two artist friends set out for Canada's vast Mackenzie Delta, electric guitar and underwater sound equipment in tow, to make music with belugas--the elusive white whales of the Arctic. Traveling the expanses...

Henry David Thoreau's four full-length works about the exploration of nature in New England from rivers in Massachusetts to woods in Maine.

"Famed geologist Walter Alvarez expands our view of human history by revealing the cosmic, geologic, and evolutionary forces that have shaped us. Big History, the field that studies the entire known past of our universe to give context to human existence, has so far been the domain of historians. In The Little Book of Big History, geologist Walter Alvarez--best known for his 'Impact Theory' explaining dinosaur extinction--makes a compelling case for...