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Series
Bikes in space volume 10
Publisher
Microcosm Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The power of the pedal and the page shine through in these ten joyfully feminist science fiction and fantasy stories. Adventures are set in imagined realities not so different from our own futures, pasts, and present-day lives. Enjoy an escape from the perils of everyday sexism and fossil-fuel dependence"--
863) In your room
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Teens Molly and Charlie connect through email when their complicated families exchange houses for the summer, but a misunderstanding threatens the emerging relationship just when the two are about to secretly meet.
864) Women on wheels: the scandalous untold histories of women in bicycling from the 1880s to the 1980s
Author
Publisher
Microcosm Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A feminist history of bicycling for sport and adventure spans a century of women who changed the world from two wheels. This vivacious tale, peppered with fascinating details from primary sources, shows how women were sometimes the stars of bicycle races and exhibitions, and other times had to overcome sexism, exclusion, and economic inequalities in order to ride. From the almost burlesque show races and creative performances of the 19th century...
865) Air
Author
Publisher
Adaptive Books, an imprint of Adaptive Studios
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
After 17-year-old Grey witnesses the tragic death of his mother in Colorado, he is shipped off to live with his aunt in inner-city Baltimore, where he struggles to fit in to a new school and community. His new friend Akil introduces him to the enigmatic Kurtis, the leader of a group that uses high-octane sports as a form of social activism. By challenging the police with death-defying stunts and posting videos of them online, Kurtis, Grey, and their...
Author
Publisher
High Prairie Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In 2011, at 57 years old, Neil Hanson began a 3400-mile cross-country bicycle journey, exploring an America that can only be discovered on winding backroads from the saddle of a bicycle. More than just a travelogue of a bike ride across the country, Hanson's delightful and beautifully written story takes the reader on a journey that is engaging and insightful, often hilarious, sometimes poignant, and always inspiring. It's a must-read adventure that...
Publisher
Film Ideas
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Trek 1: Riding through the Chilkat Valley to the Bald Eagle Preserve, across the US-Canadian border into the Yukon territory. Trek 2: Exploring unknown parts of Mexico's Copper Canyon on foot. Trek 3: Rafting and floating downstream along steep limestone cliffs and dense semitropical vegetation.
Publisher
[NewTV]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
As part of the Newton History Series, Lorenz J. Finison speaks about bicycling and its impact on the culture of Boston from the 1880s through the bicycling renaissance in the 1970s. See their book: "Boston's twentieth-century bicycling renaissance" and "Boston's cycling craze.".
871) Cycling the Erie Canal: a guide to 360 miles of adventure and history along the Erie Canalway Trail
Publisher
Parks & Trails New York
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
874) The safe return
Author
Publisher
House of Tomorrow
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Face masks on or off? This book flips to be read either way. It's a topsy-turvy world children live in, but adventures must safely return. This book has the ups and downs of a balance bike, a stuffed bunny is temporarily lost, and a community found.
Publisher
[Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Robot Zot: On a mission to conquer planet Earth, tiny but fearless Robot Zot and his mechanical sidekick leave a path of destruction as they battle kitchen appliances.
Duck on a bike: A duck decides to ride a bike and soon influences all the other animals on the farm to ride bikes too.
Space case: The thing from outer space came to visit on Halloween and stayed to visit Buddy McGee's class.
The island of the Skog: To escape the dangers of urban...
Publisher
Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004, c1999
Language
English
Description
"The civil rights movement in the United States is usually thought of in terms of its leadership, but often the catalysts for progress were people who fought from within a larger group or performed individual acts of heroism. Some were victims who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. These are some of those stories"--Container.
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