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81) Storm cycle
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Rachel Kirby, a computer genius whose beloved twin sister is dying from a chronc illness, receives a mysterious email from archeologist John Tanek who sits trapped inside a collapsed Egyptian tomb with a functioning laptop thousands of miles away. It turns out the collapse was no accident. John has discovered something very valuable in that tomb, something that humankind has been searching for throughout history, something that Rachel could use as...
82) Prehistory
Author
Series
Publisher
Warwick Press
Pub. Date
c1984
Description
Examines the evidence archaeologists use to reconstruct life in prehistoric times, to learn how people found food, made clothing, and built their homes, villages and temples.
Author
Series
Bloomsbury sigma volume 21
Publisher
Bloomsbury Sigma
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Karin Bojs grew up in a small, broken family. At her mother's funeral she felt this more keenly than ever. As a science journalist, she was eager to learn more about herself, her family and the interconnectedness of society using DNA research. After all, we're all related. And in a sense, we are all family. My European Family tells the story of Europe and its people through its genetic legacy, from the first wave of immigration to the present day,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Unearth the secrets of the mysterious giant stone statues on this tiny remote Pacific island. Easter Island, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean thousands of miles from anywhere, has intrigued visitors since Europeans first arrived in the 1700s. How did people first come to live there? How did they build the enormous statues and why? How were they placed around the island without carts or even wheels? Scientists have learned many of the answers, although...
92) The Parthenon
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree/Steck
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the planning, building, and uses of the Parthenon.
95) The Maya
Author
Series
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Pub. Date
1999
Description
The Maya has long been established as the best, most accessible introduction to the New World's greatest ancient civilization. Coe and Houston update this classic by distilling the latest scholarship for the general listener and student.
This new edition incorporates the most recent archaeological and epigraphic research, which continues to proceed at a fast pace. Among the finest new discoveries are spectacular stucco sculptures at El Zotz and Holmul,...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1992
Description
In Origins Reconsidered, Richard Leakey, one of the most respected and influential scientists of our time, takes us on a brilliant and provocative journey through human history. Beginning with his landmark discoveries at Lake Turkana, and including his fascinating reassessment of how we became "human"--And what, after all, being human really means - Leakey concludes with a glimpse of what our evolutionary future may hold. In 1984, Richard Leakey and...
100) The Holy Land
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.7 - AR Pts: 8
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