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Contents: The fading of the light -- The pot and the kettle -- The man of science -- The man of art -- "To make them live again" -- The return of the light -- The heirs of Jean-François -- The words of the stone -- Whose loot is it anyway?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 493.1 RAYWillis, Terri.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree Steck-Vaughn 1995
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 971.4 WILMann, Elizabeth
Summary: Relates the history of how the Panama Canal was planned and built, including the political, international, and health aspects of getting the project finished on time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mikaya Press 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 972.8 MANMann, Elizabeth
Summary: Examines the building of the Great Wall of China and the thousands of years of conflict that preceded it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mikaya Press 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 951 MANMann, Elizabeth.
Summary: Describes the building of the Colosseum in ancient Rome, and tells how it was used.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mikaya Press ; Willowdale, Ont. 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 937.6 MANWatson, Galadriel
Summary: This book, with online access to enhanced content, describes the geological history, early inhabitants, plant and animal life, and tourism of Angel Falls, Venezuela.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AV2 2020
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Summary: The Great Lakes contain about 6 quadrillion gallons (23 quadrillion liters) of fresh water. That is enough to cover the entire United States with water 9.5 feet (2.9 meters) deep. Discover more in Great Lakes, one of the titles in the Natural Wonders of the World series
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Publisher / Publication Date: AV² by Weigl 2019
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Summary: The well-illustrated story of the building of the Taj Mahal, one of the world's most beautiful monuments, and the Mughal dynasty in India whose 5th emperor built it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mikaya Press 2008
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Lappi, Megan
Summary: Photographs, detailed maps, charts, and activities describe the climate and people of the Sahara Desert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AV2 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 916.6 LAPMann, Elizabeth
Summary: Discusses the origins, construction, completion, uses, history, and eventual ruin of the Parthenon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mikaya Press 2006
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Summary: The Statue of Liberty pays homage to what is best about America, but it was the idea of two Frenchmen who lived under the harsh rule of Emperor Napoleon III. Edouard Laboulaye and Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi wanted to remind their countrymen that tyranny is not inevitable, that citizens have rights which no government can take from them. It took two decades of planning, fundraising, and building...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mikaya Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 974.71 MANJenkyns, Richard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 283.4213 JENHyman, Teresa L.
Summary: Discusses Egyptian pyramids, how and why they were built, who was buried in them, and what architects are learning from them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Press 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 932 HYMUnderwood, Deborah.
Summary: Discussion of the enigmatic human-like rock statues on Easter Island, their significance, and how they may have gotten there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Press/Thomson Gale 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 996.18 UNDLevy, Debbie.
Summary: Examines sunken treasure of the Spanish fleet and explains how some of that treasure was recovered.
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Press 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 910.4 LEVNardo, Don
Summary: Discusses the events surrounding the discovery and escavation of King Tutankhamen's tomb and the myth of the curse that seemed to afflict those involved in the tomb's exploration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Press/Thomson Gale 2005