Earth Been There Done That Got The T Shirt

Hypothermia in the Arctic, a forest fire in Alberta, a silverback in the jungles of Congo, a terrorist attack in Sri Lanka: Stephen Fenech has survived them all, and with over 180 countries under his belt he has a lot of mileage on him. Earth: Been there, Done that, Got the T-shirt is a must-read for anyone whose considered hoisting a backpack and setting out for the open road. Even if not, this unbroken account of his three-year backpacking trip through some of the most far flung places on the planet will put you in the scene. Join him as he shares his most hair-raising misadventures down an unbeaten path. Hang on: sharp turns ahead...

Polar bears in the Arctic, held at gunpoint in West Africa, abandonment in the Colombian jungle, shmoozing with penguins in Antarctica, a daring escape between fighting factions in Lebanon: Stephen Fenech has survived them all, and with over 180 countries under his belt he has a lot of mileage on him. Earth: Been there, Done that, Got the T-shirt is a must-read for anyone whose considered hoisting a backpack and setting out for the open road. Book 2: Missing Pieces to the Global Puzzle continues the story of his misadventures after his three-year trip around the globe. It will put you in the scene, down an unbeaten and often precarious path. Care to ride shotgun?

Neoliberals, neocons, revolutionaries, folk musicians, an ambassador's New Age wife, river-damming landslides, and one entrepreneurial idealist all collide in the Andean paradise of Phillip Bannowsky's satirical romance, The Mother Earth Inn. Hal Rivers, Bannowsky's feckless hero, descends into the Republic of Esmeraldas just in time for the elections of Bill Clinton back home and an insane populist in Esmeraldas. Hoping to do good while doing well, Hal ends up on a quest that is both picaresque and exposé.

Based on the highly acclaimed seventh edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, this new edition includes over 9,000 of the most popular and widely-used quotations old and new, uniquely identified by searching the largest ongoing language research programme in the world, the Oxford English Corpus.

A conspiracy that spans the solar system! Joel McCowan lives with his father, a mining consultant on the Moon base. But why does a simple mining consultant make so many mysterious journeys around the Moon, back to Earth, and to other solar system colonies? Then Joel’s father sends him a coded message and a warning—and vanishes. Taking refuge with his high-school friend Cary, Joel is attacked by ominous men in black, and he and Cary are on a wild chase to the Moon port, then back to Earth, to Mars, and even Mercury. All in search of Joel’s missing father. Will they survive a conspiracy that extends across the solar system and to the highest levels of government …a terrible threat that could change the future of Earth and its colonies.

Larkin's Last Fling By: Dick Willey Taking place in the future, Dick Willey presents an old theme but with futuristic taste. In this adventurous story, the people who left Earth because of overpopulation join the native Insuit people and remind us of old country tails of pioneers. With ambition and courage, watch as the Insuit community, combined with the humans, drive to create a new life with a very bold pioneer spirit.

Meet middle schooler Jake McQuade. Jake became the smartest kid in the universe when he accidentally ate a jarful of ingestible knowledge jelly beans. But what happens when those jelly beans fall into the wrong hands?! Readers who enjoy the action of the Last Kids on Earth books will love this fast-paced, spy-packed series that's a "rollicking good time" (New York Times) by the bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library! Jake McQuade's the smartest kid in the universe—or at least he was. But just as his training with the secret agency known as the Consortium is about to start, Jake's jelly beans go missing! And to make matters worse, they (and Jake's genius!) might be wearing off right when he needs his smarts most! Jake needs to solve this mystery fast. Who stole the jelly beans and why? Can Jake figure out what's going on, recover the missing jelly beans, and stop a high-tech heist before it's too late?! From top-secret hideouts to New York City penthouse apartments to the Statue of Liberty in the middle of the night, get ready to go on a whirlwind, wild-ride adventure filled with supervillains and spies, puzzles and pirates, codes and drones, and much, much more—and don't miss the first two books in the series—Smartest Kid in the Universe and Genius Camp!