travel

An introduction to the life of the thirteenth-century Venetian explorer who traveled along the Silk Road to the court of Kublai Khan in China.

Presents a short children's history of Spanish conquistador and explorer, Francisco Pizarro and describes his life, voyages through the jungles and mountains of coastal South America, encounters with the Incas of Peru, and the brutality of Spanish conquest.

Chronicles the author's journey along the Rio Grande, from the Rockies to the Gulf of Mexico.

Robert Haas, a photographer with National Geographic, presents his photographs of animals from around the world, which he shot from the air.

The true story about Douggie, a young pup who eventually earned the position of lead dog for a dangerous expedition to the Magnetic North Pole.

Charley, a French poodle, travels with John Steinbeck across America, and their companionship makes for interesting anecdotes and relationships from city to city.

Tanner Colby recounts his research into why white and black people still rarely interact.

Describes the 2,550-mile cross-country road trip taken by former president Harry Truman and first lady Bess Truman in 1953.

The author chronicles the details involving the last known voyage of explorer Christopher Columbus in 1500 and his attempts to regain his credibility after he had fallen into disgrace.

A graphic novel based on the author's 1995-96 visits to Gora?de, one of the U.N.-created "safe areas" in Eastern Bosnia, showing the brutality and humanity that coexisted there during the Bosnian War of 1992-95.