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  How Would You Survive As an Ancient Egyptian? (How Would You Survive)

  by David Salariya, Jacqueline Morley

  By reading this book, the reader is transported down a "time tunnel" to the period of the book, asked to choose an identity and given information on all aspects of life in that time in an original, interactive way. A rating is given to establish whether the reader would really have survived. A colour poster is also included inside the jacket.
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  Houses and Homes (Around the World Series)

  by Ann Morris

  The world is full of houses. Big houses and little houses. Houses that stay in one place and houses that move from place to place. Some houses are made of wood or stone; others are made from mud or straw. But all of them are made for families to live in.
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  Eyewitness Books: Book 55

  Ancient China

  by Arthur Cotterell

  Here is a spectacular and informative guide to the history of the great Chinese empire and the customs and traditions of its people. Stunning real-life photographs and lifelike models offer a unique "eyewitness" view of life in imperial China, from its earliest beginnings in the Bronze Age to its final days in the early years of the 20th century. See the stunning bronze work of the ancient Chinese, an early... (more)
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  Essential Atlas of the World (Usborne Atlases)

  by Stephanie Turnbull

  This fully revised and updated world atlas contains more than 30 colourful maps showing political and physical features. It includes a comprehensive gazetteer of countries and useful statistics and fascinating facts about the Earth. It also features information about how maps are made. It offers internet links to recommended websites for further research.
• Lands and Peoples (6 volumes)Joseph M. Castagno (Ed.)

  

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  Lands and Peoples (6 volumes)

  by Joseph M. Castagno (Ed.)

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  Elephant Summer

  by Douglas Jackson Channell

  Only three weeks had passed since I had arrived in Africa with my two best friends, Jackie Cooper and Smiley O'Dell. We had left our small town of GeorgeAnn, Texas, to spend the summer with my Uncle Keeno in the jungles of Kenya. As an archeologist, it was his job to explore the region for clues of pre-historic man. For Jackie, Smiley, and me, it was just supposed to be a lot of fun. Now we were... (more)
• Culturegrams (World, Kids, US, Canada) DatabaseProquest

  

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  Culturegrams (World, Kids, US, Canada) Database

  by Proquest

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  Lineback World View Edition 1

  by Dr Neal G Lineback, Mandy Lineback

  This book covers a selection of news stories from around the world grouped by subjects - from 'The Middle East' to The 'Human Condition', and 'Natural Disasters'. Most of the articles cover key news stories which began in 2011 but many are in the news today and will continue to be for some time. Each article provides a back story to its subject matter and offers unbiased reviews of the events and their... (more)
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  Toot & Puddle

  Toot & Puddle

  by Holly Hobbie

  Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Toot & Puddle with this redesigned hardcover edition of the story that started a series. This anniversary edition of the book includes a limited edition Holly Hobbie print suitable for framing. One day Toot takes off to see the world, while Puddle decides to stay home. This is the story of their wonderful adventures both far away and right at home. It's a story about being... (more)
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  Ancient China (See Through History)

  by Brian Williams

  Double-page see-through spreads reveal the customs and daily lives of the ancient Chinese with depictions of a warrior-king's tomb, a nobleman's house, boat and locks on China's Grand Canal, and the private palace of a Ming emperor.
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  Ancient Greece (See Through History)

  by Rowena Loverance

  See-through cutaways, featuring acetate layers that can be peeled back to move from outside to inside structures, mark a colorful journey through the wonders of daily life in ancient Greece, showing typical houses, warships, and more.
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  History News

  History News: The Egyptian News (History News)

  by Scott Steedman

  At home or at school, this innovative title makes history come alive! THE EGYPTIAN NEWS is now published in paperback and in a space-saving reduced trim size. Covering ancient civilizations in the form of a daily newspaper written at the time, this innovative and acclaimed News series presents historical nonfiction in a unique, kid-friendly format. As accessible as your morning paper, THE EGYPTIAN NEWS gives... (more)
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  Wild Swans

  Three Daughters of China

  by Jung Chang

  A new edition of one of the best-selling and best-loved books of recent years. The publication of Wild Swans in 1991 was a worldwide phenomenon. Not only did it become the best-selling non-fiction book in British publishing history, with sales of well over two million, it was received with unanimous critical acclaim, and was named the winner of the 1992 NCR Book Award and the 1993 British Book of the Year Award.... (more)
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  Paradise Lost

  by John Milton

  The Biblical fall of man is explored at length in John Milton’s “Paradise Lost.” Originally published in 1667, this tale of Satan’s expulsion from Heaven and his subsequent meddling with Adam and Eve is considered one of the greatest literary works of all time. Milton wrestles with a number of Theological questions, such as free will and the church’s power, with over ten thousand lines of verse.
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  Krakatoa

  The day the world exploded: August 27, 1883

  by Simon Winchester

  Simon Winchester , New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman , examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. The effects of the immense waves were felt as far away as France. Barometers in Bogotá and Washington, D.C., went haywire. Bodies were washed up in Zanzibar. The... (more)