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A biography of the famous medieval Venetian traveler, Marco Polo.

John Blake and his mysterious ship are doomed to sail between centuries and when he meets a shipwrecked girl named Serena he promises to help get her back to her time, but first they must stop the sinister and powerful Dahlberg Corporation.

Joe, Fred, and Sam demonstrate some of their favorite professional wrestling moves, including the "Time Warp Trio Blind Ninja Smackdown," when they're transported to ancient Rome and forced to fight as gladiators in the Colosseum.

Ranger, a golden retriever, could have been a great search-and-rescue-dog except for the squirrels--but one day he unearths a mysterious box and finds himself transported back to the year 1850 where his faithful service is really needed by a family traveling west along the Oregon Trail.

Life seems to be back to normal for "newly twinned" sisters Miri and Molly until their magical house sends them on new time-traveling adventures, including meeting Molly's mother in 1918 and saving two unusual soldiers during the Civil War.

"Join two daredevil journalists, Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland, as they race against each other--and the ticking clock--to circle the globe in fewer than 80 days. And by any means possible--ship, train, even foot! Bly, energetic and scrappy, and Bisland, poetic and sophisticated, shared one common goal: to prove that women could not only travel the world but were just as curious, capable, and courageous as any man. Did it really matter who won...

The Heffley family road trip starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns--from a fender bender to crazed seagulls--but even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure, and this is one the Heffleys will not soon forget. The Heffley family road trip starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns--from a fender bender to crazed seagulls--but even the worst trip can turn into an adventure, and this is one...

"The Mistery cousins learn that crime never rests as a relaxing vacation turns into the scene of their latest mystery. As Agatha and her cousin Dash try to enjoy a sightseeing cruise on the Norwegian Sea, they find themselves caught up in a web of spies and deceit. A secret document has gone missing, and Agatha has to find it before the ship docks."--

"Next set in A TRUE BOOK series. Young readers rediscover the story of the largest and most luxurious ship ever built, The Titanic. Featuring historical imagery, first-hand accounts, and lively text"--

This time Ranger, the time-travelling Golden retriever, finds himself transported to the deck of the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941, where he rescues the young sailor Ben Hansen who is badly burned when the ship explodes--and there is a Japanese-American boy and girl in a rowboat who also need his help to find their father amid the chaos of the attack.