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1) Here to stay
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"Whisper Shore, on Lake Michigan, will never be the same once Blake and Autumn join forces to revitalize tourism--but that may not be enough to convince Autumn to stay"--
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Catapult
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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"The color of one's skin and passport have long dictated the conditions of travel. For Shahnaz Habib, travel and travel writing have always been complicated pleasures. Habib threads the history of travel with her personal story as a child on family vacations in India, an adult curious about the world, and an immigrant for whom roundtrips are an annual fact of life. Tracing the power dynamics that underlie tourism, this ... debut parses who gets to...
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Hamish Macbeth mysteries volume 27
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Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Police Constable Hamish Macbeth investigates incidents of vandalism and violence in a quaint Scottish village that is trying to lure tourists to its newly christened "Fairy Glen.".
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Harmony trilogy (Nancy Mehl) volume 2
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Barbour
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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Gracie had hoped to make Harmony her home and explore romance with Sam, but when a developer moves in and hires her as graphic designer, the town's outrage may send her back to the city. Can she help the town fight the development of tourism while avoiding being framed for arson?--Publisher description.
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TVTraveller
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Scotland an Outlander Tour is a travel guide to the locations featured in the hit TV series and books of Diana Gabaldon. It sits in the market alongside other travel guides, and also as a companion to the Outlander series. The Outlander franchise was adapted for TV by Sony Pictures in 2014, with filming taking place in Scotland. The country's history, landscape and properties play a huge role in the storylines, and since the show aired, Outlander...
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Terrace Books, a trade imprint of the University of Wisconsin Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Six deaths mar the holiday mood as summer vacationers enjoy Wisconsin{u2019}s beautiful Door County peninsula. Murders, or bizarre accidents? Newly hired park ranger Dave Cubiak, a former Chicago homicide detective, assumes the worst but refuses to get involved. Grief-stricken and guilt-ridden over the loss of his wife and daughter, he{u2019}s had enough of death.
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Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"An amusing and informative illustrated guide to life beyond our own planet that covers everything from training for and living in space to the future of space travel and tourism. Now that suborbital space tourism is predicted to become a billion-dollar industry in the next ten years and NASA has announced its plans for landing humans on Mars in the 2030s, the dream of traveling and living in space is taking on new reality. But given that life on...
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Tor
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"When an ultra-rich space tourist visits the orbiting International Space Station, NASA expects a $100 million win-win: his visit will bring in much needed funding and publicity. But the tourist venture turns into a scheme of terror. Together with an extremist cosmonaut, the tourist slaughters all the astronauts on board the million-pound ISS--and prepares to crash it into New York City at 17,500 miles an hour, causing more devastation than a hundred...
11) Antarctica
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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A harsh and icy land isolated at the far southern reaches of the globe, Antarctica is the most recently discovered of the continents. Until the 1800s, no humans had ever set foot upon its shores. Today, it remains mostly uninhabited, but it is far from empty. Readers will meet the unique plants and animals that call this frozen continent home, explore its unique history, examine the environmental concerns it embodies, and much more. Features include...
12) Good as gold
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Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Casey's life in Langston has been charmed. She's the queen bee of her prep school, a shoo-in for prom queen, and on her way to the Ivy League come fall. She can't wait to leave the whole town of Langston behind her. That is until her father loses his job and she finds herself on the brink of losing her ticket out of town. The town of Langston is known for its picturesque lake and robust summer tourism. Everyone who lives in town has heard the rumors...
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New American Library
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"From the bestselling author of The Chocolate Clown Corpse, it's murder, my sweet, for a chocolatier whose love of old crime films plunges her into a real-life murder where the motives aren't so black and white. The Warner Pier tourism board is kicking off its Tough Guys and Private Eyes film festival with The Maltese Falcon, and Lee Woodyard and her Aunt Nettie are preparing a delicious chocolate noir tie-in at TenHuis Chocolade. What Lee isn't prepared...
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John Wiley & Sons Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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How to travel lightly across planet Earth, Sustainable Travel For Dummies is for travelers of all ages and budgets who want to reduce their carbon footprints, respect and protect the planet, contribute to local economies, and incorporate conservation into their travel experiences. That's you! This easy-to-read guide shows you what sustainable travel is, why it's important, and how to do it--with no travel shaming. Award-winning travel journalist Lee...
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Bradt Guides Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"The northern lights - arguably the greatest light show you'll ever see - are a major, increasingly popular tourist draw of the Arctic and sub-Arctic winter. The experience is also increasingly popular: in the decade to 2016, winter tourism to northern Norway increased by 378%. As well as advice on the best places to see auroras, this guide offers a succinct, easy-to-understand explanation of the science behind the northern lights, and provides information...
16) Budget travel
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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Budget Travel For Dummies will help you plan your next vacation and make it affordable, with tips on how to maximize your budget and squeeze amazing experiences out of every penny. Written by a travel expert who has visited 60 countries across 6 continents, this book will help you find the best deals, including cheap flights and accommodations. You'll learn how to pick a destination, set and stick to a budget, minimize bank and credit card fees, and...
17) Negative image
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Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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As the mountain town of Trafalgar, British Columbia, shakes off a long hard winter, famous photographer Rudolph Steiner arrives to do a feature on mountain tourism. Steiner is accompanied by his assistant and sexy young wife, but he has another reason for the visit: to reconnect with the woman who left him twenty-five years ago to marry another man. Twenty-five years ago she was young, beautiful, näive, and an internationally known supermodel. Today...
18) An eternal lei
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Prospect Park Books
Pub. Date
[2022].
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English
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"It's the middle of the pandemic and Hawai'i has been virtually closed to tourists. So when Leilani Santiago and her young sisters save a mysterious woman wearing a lei from drowning in Waimea Bay in Kaua'i questions abound: who is she and where did she come from? The lei, which is made of mokihana berries, the official flower of Kaua'i, is traced back to Leilani's best friend, the very pregnant Courtney Kahuakai, and her family's flower business....
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2022.
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"Vacuum repairman and self-appointed mayor of Prometto, Italy (population 212), Signor Speranza has a problem: unless he can come up with 70,000 euros to fix the town's pipes, the water commission will shut off the water to the village and all its residents will be forced to disperse. So in a bid to boost tourism--and revenue--he spreads a harmless rumor that movie star Dante Rinaldi will be filming his next project nearby. Unfortunately, the plan...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"New York Times bestselling author of How to Travel the World on $50 a Day, Matthew Kepnes knows what it feels like to get the travel bug. After meeting some travelers on a trip to Thailand in 2005, he realized that living life meant more than simply meeting society's traditional milestones, such as buying a car, paying a mortgage, and moving up the career ladder. Inspired by them, he set off for a year-long trip around the world before he started...
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