Catalog Search Results
Author
Formats
Description
Recently retired, Harold Fry lives in a small English village with a wife who seems irritated by everything he does. Little differentiates one day from the next until a letter arrives in the mail from a woman he hasn't heard from in twenty years. Queenie Hennessy, in hospice, is writing to say goodbye. Harold pens a quick reply, but a chance encounter at the corner mailbox convinces him that he must deliver it in person. So Harold sets off on a six-hundred...
3) Traversa
Author
Description
"In this account of an incredible journey, Fran Sandham tells of his epic 3,000-mile walk across the African continent, from the Skeleton Coast to the Indian Ocean. Inspired by the great explorers, Sandham leaves behind the daily grind of London to undertake an extraordinary adventure and see for himself whether any trace of the Africa of Victorian times exists in the Africa of today." "Fran's journey begins on Namibia's Skeleton Coast, with a hangover,...
4) Sandpiper
Author
Description
When The Walker, a mysterious boy who walks constantly, intervenes in an argument between Sandpiper and a boy she used to see, their lives become entwined in ways that change them both.
Author
Formats
Description
"A delicious twist on a Gothic classic, Rachel Hawkins's The Wife Upstairs pairs Southern charm with atmospheric domestic suspense, perfect for fans of B.A. Paris and Megan Miranda. Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates--a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off...
9) The walk
Description
Dramatizes the events leading up to Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.
14) Man on wire
Description
A look at the high-wire walk made by Philippe Petit in 1974 between the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York City, and how it is still considered one of history's most artistic crimes.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request