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81) Gringo trails
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A timely documentary that raises urgent questions about how we travel and the unintended cultural and environmental consequences of tourism around the globe. Gringo Trails follows well-worn travelers' routes through Bolivia, Thailand, Mali, and Bhutan and reveals the complex relationships between colliding cultures, such as the host countries' need for financial security and the tourists who provide it in their quest for authentic experiences. Through...
82) Say no moor
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Hoping to reach an expanded clientele of senior travelers, Emily Miceli, travel agency owner and tour escort, offers discounted fares to a handful of bloggers in exchange for highlighting her group's tour of Cornwall, England. But when the quarrelsome host of their historic inn dies under suspicious circumstances, Emily worries that the bloggers' coverage of the situation will torpedo her travel agency.
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Madeleine Joy is feeling more meh than merry. When an Icelandic volcano erupts six days before Christmas, hazardous ash congests European airspace, canceling flights indefinitely-including the thirtysomething's connection to Paris. Stranded alone in London, separated from her sister, and with the devastating one-year anniversary of her best friend's tragic death just days away, Madeleine has never felt less festive. And as if things couldn't get worse,...
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"A widowed innkeeper battles a band of disaster groupies from the future with explosive results. Ben Wilson and his daughter buy an old Victorian mansion and begin renovations with plans to open up an inn. Their first guests are a strange and mysterious covey of tourists led by the eccentric Madame Lovine. In an emotionally charged and suspenseful race against time, Ben must battle the seductive time bandits as well as his own personal demons in an...
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Los hoteleros de costas y playas turíticas tratan de sacar algún rendimiento a sus estableecimientos en las épocas invernales en que por el frío no abundan los turistas, ofrecen buenos precios a jubilados que por otra parte tampoco desean darse demasiados chapuzones en las piscinas y menos en el mar. Adeḿas de ofrecer tranquilidad y buena comida, en el "pack" vacacional tratan de incluir diversiones y ocupaciones opcionales que siempre pueden...
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Todas las tardes Noeli, una joven dominicana, se dirige a las playas de Las Terrenas con su novio para buscar la manera de ganarse la vida a costa de uno de los muchos turistas que vagan la playa. Como personas desfilan por su vida, Noeli tiene un cliente constante; una mujer francesa madura que, conforme pasa el tiempo, ha encontrado un refugio ideal en la isla para pasar sus últimos años.
Every afternoon Noeli, a young Dominican girl, goes to...
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The night of the iguana: A defrocked, alcoholic, and emotionally-troubled minister struggles with his desire for earthly pleasures as a tour guide in Mexico. Shepherding a busload of school teachers and one libidinous 18-year old girl, he becomes entangled with the teen, suffers a nervous breakdown when discovered, and strands the group at the remote and rundown seaside hotel of his old friend Maxine. Sweet bird of youth: Chance Wayne, an ambitious...
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"The open road calls to those who can't help but answer. This book is both a resource and a calling written by women, for women, who dream of traveling though are apprehensive to go it alone. As seasoned solo travelers, we believe we have the responsibility to preserve an unbeaten path for curious wanderers to explore for themselves, the road less traveled. The advice gleaned in this book is a result of our own independent travel experiences as well...
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Twelve-year-old Mia is on a five-day tour of North Korea with her older brother, Simon, and their father, Mark, an food aide worker, but she is scared because her father keeps sneaking off at night, and terrified that her brother's sullen, rebellious behavior (which has absolutely nothing to do with the Koreans) is going to get them in trouble--and things get much worse when she is pulled into a deadly political game that seeks to expose North Korean...
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"Emile Delilah is a young xenophile (lover of foreign nations) so addicted to traveling to the exotic regions of Outer Canthus that the government pays him a monthly stipend just so he can continue his visits. Living in the same tenement as Emile are Boreal Rince, the exiled king of Outer Canthus, and Elijah Salamis, a supranationalist determined to erase the cultural and geographic boundaries that separate the citizens of the Earth. Although they...
94) Las ruinas
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Two American couples vacationing in Cancun, Mexico follow a German tourist in search of his brother, last seen heading toward some ruins with his new girlfriend.
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