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English
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"Sydney Green is Brooklyn born and raised, but her beloved neighborhood seems to change every time she blinks. Condos are sprouting like weeds, FOR SALE signs are popping up overnight, and the neighbors she's known all her life are disappearing. To hold onto her community's past and present, Sydney channels her frustration into a walking tour and finds an unlikely and unwanted assistant in one of the new arrivals to the block -- her neighbor Theo....
Author
Publisher
NAL Accent
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Roxanne Reeves defines her life by the committees she heads and the social status she cultivates. But she is keeping secrets that make her an outsider in her own town, always in search of acceptance. And when she is given a job none of the other white women want-researching the town's African-American history for a tour of local sites-she feels she can't say no. Elderly Grace Clark, a retired black schoolteacher, reluctantly agrees to become Roxanne's...
Author
Publisher
Schocken Books
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
During the 1948 War of Independence--a time when pigeons are still used to deliver battlefield messages--a gifted young pigeon handler is mortally wounded. In the moments before his death, he dispatches one last pigeon, carrying his extraordinary gift to the girl he has loved since adolescence. Intertwined with this story is the contemporary tale of Yair Mendelsohn, who has his own legacy from the 1948 war. Yair is a tour guide specializing in bird-watching...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Placed in witness protection in remote northern Maine, Leah risks exposing herself to the dangerous forces of her past when her homesick children run away.
Witness to a gruesome crime, Nina Morgan-- now Leah Trenton-- is in a protected witness program. She has left behind husband and infant children and is alone and isolated as a guide along the banks of the Allagash River in Maine. In the wake of their father's untimely death, Leah's children are...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Hope Anderson is at a crossroads. At thirty-six, she's been dating her boyfriend, an orthopedic surgeon, for six years. With no wedding plans in sight, and her father recently diagnosed with ALS, she decides to use a week at her family's cottage in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, to ready the house for sale and mull over some difficult decisions about her future. Tru Walls has never visited North Carolina but is summoned to Sunset Beach by a letter...
10) The cruise
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Take an unforgettable ride through the concrete canyons of Manhattan with Timothy "Speed" Levitch as your guide in this acclaimed documentary. Both an adventure and a voyage, this film is ultimately about the search for worthwhile possibilities.
Publisher
Pebble Beach Staff
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
This binder contains various historical documents provided to docents for training purposes and as a guide for docents to learn about the history of Pebble Beach as well as the various parts of the Pebble Beach area in which they may serve as guide to tourists.
12) My life in ruins
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
Georgia came to Greece to follow a man. Cast aside, she finds herself alone and adrift in this foreign land. Eventually, her passion for history leads her to a job as a tour guide. But Georgia is bored, and has lost her 'kefi' (Greek for mojo) to boot. When Poupi replaces her regular driver at the last minute, Georgia thinks that her luck has just hit rock bottom. Thankfully, Georgia's latest batch of tourists is a more lively bunch than she's anticipated,...
13) Cambio de ruta
Publisher
Zima Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Description
Nicté is the best tour guide on the Riviera Maya, but when she learns her tour company has been bought by a multinational firm, she decides to open her own business. In addition, an important tourism magazine has opened a competition to find the best tour guides in Mexico, and Nicté has her eye on the prize.
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