The Aztec were fierce warriors. Hundreds of years ago, they ruled in Mexico. Their capital city gleamed in the sun. Their temples reached toward the sky. Learn about these powerful people who turned an island into an empire.
Profiles Roman Gladiators, including their everyday life, training, fighting methods, and societal role, as well as their decline and role in popular culture"--Provided by publisher.
Describes the life and times of ancient Greece. The readers' choices reveal the historical details of life from the perspectives of a resident of Athens and a resident of Sparta"--Provided by publisher.
Bloodstone Island is a sequel about the misadventures of two elderly confirmed bachelors Sydney Wadsworth, founder of an exclusive CC. in upstate New York, and his inseparable friend Toby Worthington. Set in 1948, Toby comes to the aid of club member, Harriet Bartholomew, a thrice-married widow who claims Bloodstone Island off the coast of Maine as her rightful inheritance. Sydney joins the fray and becomes cozy with Abigail Underwood, justice of peace in Port Henry, Maine. Together, the foursome discovers her island is occupied by an international criminal bringing stolen works of art by the Nazis into the United States.
In 1798, the governor of Australia, John Hunter, came across an odd-looking animal. It was unlike anything he had ever seen. Curious as to the identity of the mysterious creature, he shipped the strange animal to scientists in Great Britain so they could study it. At first, the scientists thought the animal was a hoax. No real animal could look so bizarre. Was it a fish, a bird, or a mammal? No sooner did scientists determine that this rare animal was indeed real than a new set of questions arose that would take scientists over a century to answer. In Platypus: A Century-long Mystery, kids follow the work of scientists as they study the platypus and attempt to unravel the mystery surrounding the animal's identity. Large, full-color photos and a narrative text will keep readers turning the pages for more.
Twice Dead is a 1948 caper surrounding two elderly bachelors, Sydney Wadsworth, founder of an exclusive New York golf club in 1921, and Toby Worthington, his inseparable friend. Discovering a member dead in the golf club locker room, they place him on the golf course to spare the club embarrassment. The police cannot find the body, and class warfare ensues between the club and the community. As amateur detectives, Sydney and Toby dodge the law, face charges of murder, theft, and indecent exposure as they journey to a bizarre rod and gun club in search of a solution.
At twenty, he was the king of a country. By age thirty, he ruled an empire. He has been called the greatest general who ever lived. He was Alexander the Great!"--Page 4 of cover.
Explains why American bison became an endangered species, and describes the efforts of William Hornaday to bring them back from the brink of extinction.
Shank's Impossible Circus rolls back into town for this hilarious brand new adventure from Will Sutcliffe brought to life by wonderful illustrations from David Tazzyman! And there's about to be double the trouble as dastardly ringmaster Armitage Shank comes face to face with his long lost twin! Urgh, how will the world cope with two Shanks?
Shank's Impossible Circus rolls back into town for this hilarious brand new adventure from Will Sutcliffe brought to life by wonderful illustrations from David Tazzyman! And there's about to be double the trouble as dastardly ringmaster Armitage Shank comes face to face with his long lost twin! Urgh, how will the world cope with two Shanks?
The Energy Caper, or Nixon in the Sky with Diamonds takes you on a merry romp with a band of idealistic twenty-somethings looking for love and hoping to change the world in an luckier universe in which the Kennedys were not assassinated and the Vietnam War ended before it began. Joining in the fun are President Richard Nixon and Dr. Timothy Leary, the escaped convict Nixon calls "the most dangerous man in the world" for turning America's youth into no-good hippies. Nixon is the same profane, venal S-O-B that made him such a hit in our universe, but here he is unleashed in a world where there was no Vietnam war to slow him down and Watergate is just a fancy hotel. Elected on a pledge to wage an unrelenting "war on drugs," Nixon instead confronts a different kind of war--an energy war. The Arab oil embargo is driving the country toward a second Great Depression as motorists line up for hours to buy gasoline at any price. Desperate for alternatives to oil, Nixon learns of a plant which produces three times more biomass per acre than corn. If it were grown for methanol, good old wood alcohol--the same fuel used in Indianapolis racing cars--America could farm its way to energy independence in just five short years. A secret weapon has dropped in Nixon's lap, but he is shocked to learn that, under another name, the secret weapon which could defeat the oil cartel is a primary target of his War on Drugs. If he can lead America to energy independence by convincing conservatives to legalize cultivation of the plant Thomas Jefferson called "America's most valuable crop" in the name of national security, the final spot on Mount Rushmore will be his. Nixon knows that only a law-and-order, hippie-bashing conservative like himself could hope to buck America's richest families and most powerful corporations to pull off a caper this crazy.
Maria Bia and her brother, Rufus James, visit their grandparents for Christmas. Maria's disappointments turn into an adventure of a lifetime, making it her most memorable Christmas ever.
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