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Publisher:
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
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"It is one thing to study the fall of democracy, another to have it hit your homeland -- and yet another to raise children as it happens. The Last American Road Trip is one family's journey to the most beautiful, fascinating, and bizarre places in the US during one of its most tumultuous eras. As Kendzior works as a journalist chronicling political turmoil, she becomes determined that her young children see America before it's too late. So Kendzior,...
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Publisher:
A360 Media, LLC
Language:
English
Description:
Buckle up for an unforgettable adventure through the most iconic, awe-inspiring road trips America has to offer. Capturing all the scenic vistas and hidden gems a road warrior could want, this ultimate guide to the U.S.A.'s very best scenic tours is an entertaining read and a reliable reference guide for planning. From family-friendly routes to romantic getaways for couples, this book provides detailed itineraries, top recommendations for lodging
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Publisher:
The Wild Rose Press, Inc
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
"Dear Em, The world is ending in eight short weeks, and I can't decide which I'm more afraid of-dying when the comet hits, or never getting to apologize for ruining your life." All 16-year-old Lou wants is to fit in, get her drivers' license, maybe kiss someone. Be normal. These goals vanish when a huge comet appears, hurtling towards Earth-it's a planet killer. Now she's only focused on one thing: to find and reconcile with her missing older brother,...
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Publisher:
Aperture Foundation
Pub. Date:
[2014]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
The road trip is an enduring symbol in American culture. Ever since cars became widely available, the road stretching over the horizon has represented a sense of possibility and freedom, discovery and escape--a place to get lost and find yourself in the process. The American road trip has appeared prominently in literature, music, and movies, but it has had an especially powerful influence on photography. As photographers have embarked on trips across...
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Publisher:
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
Description:
"Accomplished achronological storytelling with a fabulous final twist." -Kirkus Reviews Twenty years after tragedy tore them apart, four sorority sisters still can't say no to sweet Mary Blake Bulloch. Reeling from a public divorce, Mary Blake rallies the group to complete a long-ago road trip cut short by scandal, betrayal, and the death of a Texas oilman's son. Time hasn't healed all wounds. Helen's hiding a crumbling marriage. Charlie's haunted...
Publisher:
RDA Enthusiast Brands, LLC
Pub. Date:
[2022]
Language:
English
Description:
Join us on a journey to gorgeous places that are America's best-kept secrets. The personal stories in these pages are a trusted guide to intriguing and awe-inspiring locations. Enjoy the splendor of forests and woodlands, lakes and rivers, and canyons and mountains from coast to coast. From history buffs to armchair travelers, nature lovers to adventure seekers, all types of wanderers will find information and inspiration in this book.
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Publisher:
Dreamspinner Press
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Description:
A single moment-or a single mistake-can change everything. When Captain James Lee Hooker and his lover, Sergeant Easy Jacobs, were in the Army, they made a mistake that got a young soldier hurt. Three years later, they're civilians again, living far apart, haunted by what they lost. Now that young soldier needs their help. With his grandmother's one-eyed Chihuahua riding shotgun, James Lee climbs into Easy's pickup for a trip across the American Southwest....
Publisher:
PBS
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
In this three-part travelogue, a young Muslim American couple discovers America's Muslim roots on Route 66. From Chicago to St. Louis to Amarillo, Texas, and across the Southwest, rap-star Mona Haydar and husband Sebastian Robins enjoy the iconic highway's well-known roadside attractions, and along the way discover its overlooked Muslim American story. Who knew that Muslims arrived in the 1500s, or that a Civil War-era Syrian camel driver helped survey...
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Publisher:
QMH Press
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
1981. Rich with promise and possibility, the post-Stonewall era saw queer Americans standing up for themselves and each other like never before. With the rise of gay newspapers, bars, clubs, and businesses in cities all over the US, it was a time of hedonism, activism, pride, and community. A scene ripe for exploration and documentation, and journalist JD Doyle hit the road to do just that, traveling through 27 states to create a playful, intimate,...
19. On the road
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Series:
Lexile measure:
940L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Based on his adventures with Neal Cassady, Kerouac tells the story of two friends, whose four cross-country road trips are a quest for meaning and true experience. Teeming with the rhythms of fifties underground America, jazz, illicit drugs, and the mystery and promise of the open road, Kerouac's novel of freedom and longing defined what it meant to be "Beat"--Adapted from publisher description.
Author:
Lexile measure:
1010L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Thirty-five years ago, when "searching for America" was not yet the cliche it has since become, Steinbeck hit the highways with his French poodle, Charley. In a custom-built camper he named Rosinante after Don Quixote's steed, the two traveled the country--10,000 miles and 34 states. Their varied experiences comprise several slices of small-town back-roads Americana. Steinbeck laments the rise of plastic-covered everything, the vacuousness of "sad...