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1) Dark watch
Author
Series
Oregon files volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
When Japanese shipping magnates whose fortunes are being threatened by brutal pirates in the waters of Southeast Asia turn to Captain Juan Cabrillo for assistance, he soon learns that the pirates' predations hide a deadly international conspiracy--a scheme of death and slavery.
2) Asia
Author
Publisher
Lerner
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the geography, plants and animals, and people of the continent of Asia.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Dashti, sworn to obey her sixteen-year-old mistress, the Lady Saren, shares Saren's years of punishment locked in a tower, then brings her safely to the lands of her true love, where both must hide who they are as they work as kitchen maids.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Our world was made on and by the Silk Roads. For millennia it was here that East and West encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas and cultures, the birth of the world's great religions, the appetites for foreign goods that drove economies and the growth of nations. From the first cities in Mesopotamia to the growth of Greece and Rome to the depredations by the Mongols and the Black Death to the Great Game...
Author
Series
Publisher
By ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Did you know that the komodo dragon can eat 80 percent of its body weight in one meal? Readers will discover this and more in this fascinating title! Bold colors, engaging text, and oversized photos introduce readers to the komodo dragon's body structure, hunting methods, eating habits, social behavior, habitat, and survival threats. In addition, readers will learn about the life of a komodo dragon from baby to independence. A map highlights komodo...
7) Marco Polo
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
History is changed forever when Venetian trader Marco Polo embarks on an epic journey through hostile tribes and treacherous terrains to the fabled court of Kublia Khan, the legendary leader of the Mongol Empire. Together with his faithful servant Pedro, Marco spends the next twenty years of his life experiencing the astonishing thrills, pleasures, and excitement of a world few Europeans had ever seen.
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces young readers to the world traveler who wrote about his many experiences while journeying from the medieval city of Venice to the fabled kingdom of the great Kublai Khan.
11) Last flight
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
On April 24, 1975 the last flight out of Saigon, Vietnam carried over 400 people to the United States, six days before Saigon's surrender to the North Vietnamese Army. Kristen Giang was a little girl, on that flight with family, and here in this story she shares all the emotions of the decision to flee from the perspective of someone eight years old; Playing a game of space-explorers to protect herself and her sister's eyes from tear gas; sneaking...
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
A “fast-moving and highly readable account” of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 and its lasting legacy in today’s geopolitical tensions (The New York Times).
An NPR and Seattle Times Best Book of the Year
Nobody expected the events of 1947 in Southeast Asia to be so bloody. The liberation of India and the birth of Pakistan were supposed to realize the dreams of Muslims...
An NPR and Seattle Times Best Book of the Year
Nobody expected the events of 1947 in Southeast Asia to be so bloody. The liberation of India and the birth of Pakistan were supposed to realize the dreams of Muslims...
14) The survivor
Author
Series
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Unearthing the perfectly preserved body of a female warrior in Southeast Asia, archaeologist Riley Smith and Eve Duncan seek answers about this extraordinary past life, leading Riley to make a discovery that will change history--if she can survive long enough to share it with the world.
Traveling to an island in Southeast Asia, archaeologist Riley Smith is aware of the threat from treasure hunters who have no qualms about killing to get what they...
Publisher
Rowman and Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Four Testaments brings together four foundational texts from world religions--the Tao Te Ching, Dhammapada, Analects of Confucius, and Bhagavad Gita--inviting readers to experience them in full, to explore possible points of connection and divergence, and to better understand people who practice these traditions"--
Author
Series
Asian Hall of Fame volume 2
Publisher
Immedium, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"Dao, a red panda, guides Ethan and Emma, two school children, back into time to discover how gunpowder was created in China and how fireworks became popular worldwide"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"Asian American Histories of the United States illuminates how an over-century-long history of Asian migration, labor, and community formation in the United States is fundamental to understanding the American experience and its existential crises of the early twenty-first century." --
18) Dinosaur hunters
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Through the spectacular on-location filming and computer animation, National Geographic takes you on a journey to a lost world.
20) Everest
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
[English/French/Spanish version]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding an attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, the film documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle...
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