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  • Volkswagen blues roman
    Author:
    Poulin, Jacques
    Summary:
  • Volkswagen blues
    Author:
    Poulin, Jacques
    Summary:

    In this classic road novel, Jacques Poulin tells the story of a man in search of his brother. The geographical journey — through Detroit, into Chicago, on to St. Louis, along the Oregon Trail and into California — becomes a metaphor for...
  • Volkswagen blues
    Author:
    Poulin, Jacques
    Summary:

    In this classic road novel, Jacques Poulin tells the story of a man in search of his brother. The geographical journey — through Detroit, into Chicago, on to St. Louis, along the Oregon Trail and into California — becomes a metaphor for...
  • Un taxi pour Sherbrooke
    Author:
    Le Maner, Monique
    Summary:

    Une voyante qui ne voit plus grand-chose, une recluse qui décide de voir du pays, un enfant qui n’est plus tout à fait un enfant et un chauffeur de taxi énigmatique aux yeux beaucoup trop bleus. Ils s’appellent Yolande, Mathilde, Léo et...
  • Two from the heart
    Author:
    Patterson, James, Constantini, Frank, Raymond, Emily, Sitts, Brian
    Summary:

    Anne McWilliams has lost everything, so she takes to the road to ask long-lost friends and strangers a simple question, "What's your best story?" Tyler Bron seemingly has it all, but he has no life. So he hires a struggling novelist to...
  • Two from the heart
    Author:
    Patterson, James, Constantini, Frank, Raymond, Emily, Sitts, Brian
    Summary:

    Anne McWilliams has lost everything, so she takes to the road to ask long-lost friends and strangers a simple question, "What's your best story?" Tyler Bron seemingly has it all, but he has no life. So he hires a struggling novelist to...
  • Travels with my family
    Author:
    Gay, Marie-Louise, Homel, David
    Summary:

    Family vacations are supposed to be something to look forward to. Unless, that is, your parents have a habit of turning every outing into a risky proposition -- by accident, of course. So instead of dream vacations to Disney World and...
  • Tinker and Blue : a novel
    Author:
    Macdonald, Frank
    Summary:

    Colourful characters, subtle satire and social conscience is omnipresent in the hilarious adventures of Cape Breton pals Tinker and Blue in late-sixties San Francisco. It was Blue's idea to drive their fourth-hand 1957 push-button...
  • Tilly and the Crazy Eights
    Author:
    Smith, Monique Gray
    Summary:

    When Tilly receives an invitation to help drive eight elders on their ultimate bucket-list road trip, she impulsively says yes. Before she knows it, Tilly has said good-bye to her family and is on an adventure that will transform her in...
  • The travels with my family bundle
    Author:
    Gay, Marie-Louise, Homel, David
    Summary:

    Travels with My FamilyFamily vacations are supposed to be something to look forward to. Unless, that is, your parents have a habit of turning every outing into a risky proposition — by accident, of course. So instead of dream vacations...
  • The dog of the South
    Author:
    Portis, Charles
    Summary:

    Ray Midge is on the trail of his wife Norma, who's headed for Mexico with her ex-husband. On the way Ray meets the eccentric Dr. Reo Symes, a man with more get-rich-quick schemes than common sense. Together, they'll have to...
  • The bean trees
    Author:
    Kingsolver, Barbara
    Summary:

    When Taylor Greer hits the road she has no real destination, only to get as far from Kentucky as possible. By the time she ends up in Arizona, she has inherited a three-year-old Cherokee girl from an Indian woman she met in a bar.
  • Sideways : the ultimate road trip
    Author:
    Pickett, Rex
    Summary:

    Two friends, Miles and Jack, head out from Los Angeles to the Santa Ynez wine country, in this raucous novel about men, women, wine, and human relationships. 
  • Ruth and the Green Book
    Author:
    Ramsey, Calvin A.
    Summary:

    When Ruth and her parents take a motor trip from Chicago to Alabama to visit her grandma, they rely on a pamphlet called "The Negro Motorist Green Book" to find places that will serve them. Includes facts about "The Green...
  • Our great big backyard
    Author:
    Bush, Laura
    Summary:

    #1 New York Times bestseller! To help commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the National Park Service, #1 New York Times bestselling authors former First Lady Laura Bush and her daughter Jenna Bush Hager have created an exuberant...
  • Mare's war
    Author:
    Davis, Tanita S.
    Summary:

    Teens Octavia and Tali learn about strength, independence, and courage when they are forced to take a car trip with their grandmother, who tells about growing up Black in 1940s Alabama and serving in Europe during World War II as a...
  • Loop group
    Author:
    McMurtry, Larry
    Summary:

    Maggie runs a group that dubs voices for movies. She spends much of her time fending off her three pushy daughters, and gets her kicks with her far older Sicilian lover. Connie, on the other hand, has a taste for younger men. These two...
  • Hey, dad!
    Author:
    Doyle, Brian
    Summary:

    A family car trip across Canada brings Megan and her dad face to face with how sad and happy growing up can be.
  • G.P.S. for dummies
    Author:
    McNamara, Joel
    Summary:

    Need directions? Are you good at getting lost? Then G.P.S. is just the technology you’ve dreamed of, and G.P.S. For Dummies is what you need to help you make the most of it. If you have a G.P.S. unit or plan to buy one, G.P.S. For...
  • Flee, fly, flown
    Author:
    Hepburn, Janet
    Summary:

    When Lillian and Audrey hatch a plot to escape from Tranquil Meadows Nursing Home, “borrow” a car, and spend their hastily planned vacation time driving to destinations west, they aren’t fully aware of the challenges they will face. All...

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