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Midway: battle for the Pacific
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Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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For more than 3,000 years, Egypt was a great civilization that thrived along the banks of the Nile River. But when its cities crumbled to dust, Egypt’s culture and the secrets of its hieroglyphic writings were
also lost. The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt explains how archaeologists have pieced together their discoveries to slowly reveal the history of Egypt’s people, its pharaohs, and its golden days.
also lost. The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt explains how archaeologists have pieced together their discoveries to slowly reveal the history of Egypt’s people, its pharaohs, and its golden days.
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Abe Lincoln: log cabin to White House
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English
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Stories of magic, superstition, and witchcraft were strictly forbidden in the little town of Salem Village. But a group of young girls ignored those rules, spellbound by the tales told by a woman named Tituba. When questioned about their activities, the terrified girls set off a whirlwind of controversy as they accused townsperson after townsperson of being witches. Author Shirley Jackson examines in careful detail this horrifying true...
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There comes a time: the struggle for Civil Rights
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The day the sky fell: a history of terrorism
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As far as the eye can reach: Lewis and Clark's westward quest
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Random House
Pub. Date
c2004
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1st ed.
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IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Takes a look at the history of rail transportation, focussing on how it transformed societies from isolated communities which rarely communicated or traded into unified nations.
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Patriots in petticoats: heroines of the American Revolution
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Dinosaur bone war: Cope and Marsh's fossil feud
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