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Publisher
Europa Editions
Language
English
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Description
The remarkable (and occasionally ridiculous) stories of 48 nations that fell off the map. “Countries are just daft stories we tell each other. They’re all equally implausible once you get up close.” Countries die. Sometimes it’s murder, sometimes it’s by accident, and sometimes it’s because they were so ludicrous they didn’t deserve to exist in the first place. This is an atlas of 48 nations that fell off the map. Their causes of death...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Bestselling author, longevity expert, and National Geographic Explorer Dan Buettner reports on health, fitness, diet, and aging, drawing on his research from extraordinarily long-lived communities--Blue Zones--around the globe. Buettner has launched a major public health initiative to transform cities based on principles from this book, an updated and expanded edition of his bestselling classic on longevity. His prescriptions for lifestyle, nutrition,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Until a thousand years ago, no humans ventured into the Atlantic or imagined traversing its vastness. But once the first daring mariners successfully navigated to far shores, whether it was the Vikings, the Irish, the Chinese, Christopher Columbus in the north, or the Portuguese and the Spanish in the south, the Atlantic evolved in the world's growing consciousness of itself as an enclosed body of water bounded by the Americas to the West, and by...
5) Pennsylvania
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the geography, history, government, people, culture, and attractions of Pennsylvania.
8) Washington
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Why don't people from New England pronounce their 'R's? How come some Pennsylvania Amish use cell phones? How did Northern Californians get so liberal? The clues are right on the map. Brian Unger hits the road, makes irreverent observations about how people think, speak, and act, and discovers their surprising connections to geography. With its crooked lines and odd breaks, the outline of America is a puzzle to be solved.
12) Maps
Author
Publisher
Big Picture Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Provides an illustrated collection of maps covering the continents and major nations of the world, detailing cities, landmarks, and cultural icons for each.
14) Great explorers
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Discover the stories of explorersthe most ancient to the modern dayfrom the deepest depths of the ocean to the highest mountains in the world. In this book you'll find true stories about Marco Polo's Silk Road, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's conquest of Everest, and Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong's trip to the moon, and much more. Learn all about the explorers who discovered the unknown and made the world the place we know today. Perfect for...
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
This DVD helps viewer to appreciate the rich cultural heritage of Mexico and how it affects the daily lives of its citizens. Viewer also will find that Mexico's indigenous people and Spanish rule have influenced the ceremorial dress, folktales, foods and holidays of Mexico. Sample a day in the life of a fisherman's son and a student from Mexico City and take a trip to a local market ...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The 2nd Edition of the best-selling book which has sold over 400 000 copies in 17 languages - updated with new content and insights about the world's people.First published to wide acclaim in 2002, this eye-opening book has since become a classic, promoting ?world-mindedness? by imagining the world's population - all 6.8 billion of us - as a village of just 100 people. Now, If the World Were a Village has been newly revised with updated statistics,...
19) Annihilation
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Biologist and former soldier Lena is shocked when her missing husband comes home near death from a top-secret mission into The Shimmer, a mysterious quarantine zone from which no one has ever returned. Now, Lena and her elite team must enter a beautiful, deadly world of mutated landscapes and creatures, to discover how to stop the growing phenomenon that threatens all life on Earth.
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Earth hides extraordinary secrets in every forest and desert. Starting high above the vast wilderness of Yellowstone, explore ancient geysers revealing brilliant colors and intriguing clues to our past. Then travel to the Amazon rainforest and see how remarkable species have made astonishing adaptations just to survive. Visit the Everglades, the incredible ecological treasure in Florida, and also see the immense Chinese desert, the wild forests...
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