NYT - Travel | Duchesne County Library System

1) Atlas Obscura: an explorer's guide to the world's hidden wonders

Author

Foer, Joshua

Series

Atlas Obscura

Notes

#1 on the Travel list for 2017-01-15.

Formats:

Book, eBook

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"Wonder meets wanderlust in an extraordinary new travel book. Created by the founders of AtlasObscura.com, the vibrant online destination and community with over 3 million visitors a month, Atlas Obscura is the bucket-list guide to over 700 of the most unusual, curious, bizarre, and mysterious places on earth" --

2) Humans of New York, stories

Author

Stanton, Brandon

Notes

#2 on the Travel list for 2017-01-15.

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"In the summer of 2010, photographer Brandon Stanton began an ambitious project--to single-handedly create a photographic census of New York City. The photos he took and the accompanying interviews became the blog Humans of New York. Ever since Brandon began interviewing people on the streets of New York, the dialogue he's had with them has increasingly become as in-depth, intriguing and moving as the photos themselves. Humans of New York: Stories...

3) The road to Little Dribbling: adventures of an American in Britain

Author

Bryson, Bill

Notes

#3 on the Travel list for 2017-01-15.

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Sound Disc

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In 1995, Iowa native Bill Bryson took a motoring trip around Britain to explore that green and pleasant land. The uproarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, is one of the most acute portrayals of the United Kingdom ever written. Two decades later, Bryson--now a British citizen--set out again to rediscover his adopted country. In these pages, he follows a straight line through the island--from Bognor Regis to Cape Wrath--and shows us...

4) Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters

Author

Sullenberger, Chesley B

Notes

#5 on the Travel list for 2017-01-15.

Formats:

eBook, Kindle

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The inspirational autobiography of the hero pilot who landed a crippled flight in New York's Hudson River—now a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks.
On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed a remarkable emergency landing when Captain "Sully" Sullenberger skillfully glided US Airways Flight 1549 onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers and crew. His cool actions not only averted tragedy but made him a hero and...

5) Wild: from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Author

Strayed, Cheryl

Notes

#8 on the Travel list for 2017-01-15.

Formats:

eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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A powerful, blazingly honest, inspiring memoir: the story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again.

6) A long way home: a memoir

Author

Brierley, Saroo

Notes

#9 on the Travel list for 2017-01-15.

Formats:

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"The miraculous and triumphant story of a young man who rediscovers not only his childhood life and home ... but an identity long-since left behind"--