Francesca DiPiazza's Books

Reviews the geography, climate, wildlife, history, politics, culture, economy, and government of the Netherlands.

Text and photographs introduce the geography, history, government, people, culture, and economy of Turkey.

Reviews the geography, climate, wildlife, history, politics, culture, economy, and government of Finland.

Have you ever created art based on a TV show or game? Dressed up as your favorite character? If so, you've entered fandom. Tour fandom's history and meet creators who shape fan communities online and in real life.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Anyone who texts recognizes "LOL," "2G2BT," and "PRW" as shorthand for "laughing out loud," "too good to be true," and "parents are watching." But did you know that in the 1800s—when your great-great-great-grandparents were alive—telegraph operators used similar abbreviations in telegrams? For example, "GM," "SFD," and "GA" meant "good morning," "stop for dinner," and "go ahead." At the time, telegrams were a new and superfast way for people to network with others. Social networking isn't a new idea. People have been connecting in different versions of circles and lists and groups for centuries. The broad range of social media includes wampum belts, printed broadsides (early newspapers), ring shouts (secret slave gatherings with singing and dancing), calling cards, telegrams, and telephones. The invention of the Internet—and e-mail, text messaging, and social utilities such as Facebook and Google+—is just the latest way in which humans network for fun, work, romance, spiritual bonding, and many other reasons. Friend Me! takes readers through the amazing history of social networking in the United States, from early Native American councils to California's Allen Telescope Array (ATA), where researchers are hoping to interact with extraterrestrial beings. Learn how Americans have been connecting in imaginative ways throughout history, and you'll see social networking in a whole new light.

Learn about the people and place sof Mali.

Describes the history, government, economy, people, geography, and cultural life of Morocco.

Presents a photographic introduction to the land, history, government, economy, people, and culture of the African nation of Democratic Republic of Congo.

Describes the geography, climate, wildlife, natural resources, history, politics, culture, economy, and government of Kuwait.

Describes the history, government, economy, people, geography, and cultural life of Libya.

When George Washington was twenty-two years old, he served as an officer in the British colonial army. He helped Great Britain in its struggle against France for control of North America. Both armies had set up forts and had formed alliances with the Native Americans, but until 1754, there had not been any battles. Everything changed when British soldiers ambushed the French at Fort Necessity on July 3. Within days, the French fought back, brutally attacking the British. Like the other colonists, Washington knew that a war had begun. But who would lead the British soldiers? How long would the war last? And why do we call these battles the French and Indian War? Discover the facts about French and Indian War, and learn how it changed American history forever.

Describes the geography, history, government, economy, culture, and people of the South American country of Chile, whose narrow land area extends half the length of the continent.

Slovakia sits at the very center of the European continent. Fighting pollution today, this largely rural country fights to protect its many undeveloped forests and endangered wildlife.

Brief illustrated presentation of the physical and political geography of Algeria.

With text and detailed color pictures, describes the social, cultural, and economic history of Malaysia.

Describes the history, government, economy, people, geography, and cultural life of Bolivia.

Among the most beautiful and compelling works of Renaissance art, painted maps adorned the halls and galleries of princely palaces. This book is the first to discuss in detail the three-dimensional display of these painted map cycles and their full meaning in Renaissance culture. Art historian Francesca Fiorani focuses on two of the most significant and marvelous surviving Italian map murals--the Guardaroba Nuova of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, commissioned by Duke Cosimo de’ Medici, and the Gallery of Maps in the Vatican, commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII. Both cycles were not only pioneering cartographic enterprises but also powerful political and religious images. Presenting an original interpretation of the interaction between art, science, politics, and religion in Renaissance culture, the book also offers fresh insights into the Medici and papal courts.

Have you ever finished a book or TV series and wished for more? Created stories, art, or videos based on a game? Dressed up as your favorite character? If so, you've entered fandom. Fan writers expand and mix up stories, like sending the Star Trek crew to Hogwarts. Cosplayers sew Star Wars and Sailor Moon costumes, and fan filmmakers make music video tributes. Fans also enrich invented worlds with greater diversity, creating female and multiracial avatars for games peopled only with white male characters. Tour fandom's history and meet fan writers, video-makers, artists, costumers, and gamers who celebrate the things they love and shape fan communities online and in real life.

Describes the history, government, economy, people, geography, and cultural life of Zimbabwe.

Describes the history, government, economy, people, geography, and cultural life of New Zealand.

Reviews the geography, climate, wildlife, history, politics, culture, economy, and government of the Netherlands.

Provides facts about the French and Indian War and its importance in American history.

Describes the geography, history, government, economy, culture, and people of the South American country of Chile, whose narrow land area extends half the length of the continent.

An overview of Slovakias geography and history, along with an exploration of the political, economic, and cultural landscape of this country in Central Europe.

Reviews the geography, climate, wildlife, history, politics, culture, economy, and government of Finland.

With text and detailed color pictures, describes the social, cultural, and economic history of Malaysia.

Describes the history, government, economy, people, geography, and cultural life of New Zealand.

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