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A New York Times bestseller. For millions of people, travel by air is a confounding, uncomfortable, and even fearful experience. Patrick Smith, airline pilot and author of the popular website www.askthepilot.com, separates fact from fallacy and tells you everything you need to know: -How planes fly, and a revealing look at the men and women who fly them -Straight talk on turbulence, pilot training, and safety. -The real story on delays, congestion,...
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Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Mount Rushmore. The Statue of Liberty. The Grand Canyon. What do these places have in common? They're American landmarks. Landmarks are structures, objects, or features of unusual interest. They're easy to recognize, and people love to visit them." --
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"Gone are the days of complimentary in-flight champagne and cushy sleeping-car coaches on the Orient Express. Say hello to $50 "legroom upgrades" and bedbug-infested hotels. What's a weary, frustrated traveler to do? Hang tight--it's Joey Green to the rescue! Last-Minute Travel Secrets contains more than a hundred unique travel tips that may sound goofy but really do work. You will discover how to correct uncomfortable accommodations using everyday...
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English
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"What can a fortysomething childless woman do? Bored with her life and feeling stuck, MIa Kankimäki leaves her job, sells her apartment, and decides to travel the world, following the paths of her 'guardian angels'--explorers and artists from history who have long inspired her. She flies to Tanzania and then to Kenya to see where Karen Blixen—of Out of Africa—fame lived in the 1920s. In Japan, Mia attempts to cure her depression while researching...
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W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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"In Full Upright and Locked Position, former FAA chief counsel and senior aviation policy official Mark Gerchick unravels the unseen forces and little-known facts that have reshaped our air travel experience since September 11, 2001. With wry humor and unique insight, Gerchick takes us past the jargon, technicalities, and all-is-well platitudes to expose the new normal of air travel: from the packed planes and myriad hassles of everyday flying to...
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Lonely Planet
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Lonely Planet's Travel Book especially for kids. Takes the inquisitive, data-hungry explorer on a tour of 200 countries. Packed with iconic images, evocative stories and informative facts and stats. In-the-know info on captial cities, language, currency, epic events, hideous histories, food, festivals and wildlife.
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Lonely Planet Global Ltd
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Offers more than five hundred trivia questions of varying difficulty levels on geographical and travel related themes, including which is the largest continent in the world, where is the tallest waterfall, and which country has the longest place name." --
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Lonely Planet Global Ltd
Pub. Date
2020-
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English
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Want to know how to wear a kilt, kiss a stranger, prevent a hangover, get out of a sinking car, eat a lobster, greet an alien, predict the weather, play croquet and much, much more? Open the book! Dive in! We guarantee you'll learn something new. And, equipped for a world of smart, safe and exciting travel, you can use your witty know-how to make friends wherever you go.
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Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"It seems impossible that it could be 6 p.m. in one place and 6 a.m. in another. But, because of time zones and other ideas people around the world have adopted, this happens every day! The most interesting time and travel facts can be complicated." -- by publisher.
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Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"Exploring a culture filled with arcane laws, historical incidents, and bizarre paradoxes, Piu Eatwell's follow up to her award-winning and critically acclaimed myth-buster They Eat Horses, Don't They is a delightful exploration of France's quirky, literary, and culinary heritage. From absinthe and catacombs to former French soccer player Zinedine Zidane, Eatwell leaves no stone unturned, taking readers off the beaten path to explore the kind of information...
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Adams Media
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Traveling is full of exciting new experiences and discoveries-but it can also be expensive, disorganized, and stressful if you don't know the insider tricks to make it simpler. Travel Hacks includes hundreds of expert guidelines, hacks, and DIYs for staying relaxed while you plan, book, pack, and travel to your next destination. Including more than 600 handy tips for everything from how to score discounts on transportation to packing efficiently...
14) Perilous places
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Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Would you climb Mount Everest, or dive in the Mariana Trench? Would you rather be lost in the jungle or the desert? These diabolical situations and more will have you running for cover as you plunge into a series of fiendish questions and answers ... Helen Greathead, has plucked some dastardly situations from places all around the world and mashed them up into brain-tastic challenges.