Noble, Thomas F. X.
Summary: Explores the five momentous centuries that link the Classical and Modern worlds and shows how the fall of the Roman Empire gave rise to three great civilizations: Medieval Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic Caliphate. Examines many features of the period between A.D. 253 and A.D. 750, including the development of these unique civilizations, their memorable political and religious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 LATSummary: This series covers history from 3500 B.C. to the 1780's. This course analyzes civilizations by looking at their geographic and political environments, their technologies, economies, social institutions, and cultural achievements. Students will look at history from new perspectives, come to understand the connections between human beings despite time and distance, and appreciate the lasting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1995
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Brownworth, Lars.
Summary: Historian Brownworth presents an absorbing look at the forgotten Byzantine Empire, its surprising role in shaping Western civilization, and the lessons it holds for modern societies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2009
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Summary: Byzantine art and architecture are admired throughout the world, but many people are less familiar with the influential empire that produced it. Young historians will learn about the world power that was born out of the Roman Empire and lasted nearly 1,000 years after Rome fell. They'll read about important rulers such as Justinian and Constantine and how the Crusades finally caused the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 949.5 GRIGibbon, Edward
Summary: An abridged, profusely illustrated edition of the classic work originally published in six volumes from 1776 to 1788.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rand McNally 1979
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 937 GIBGibbon, Edward
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Brace 1960
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1967
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.502 JenkinsTreadgold, Warren.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stanford University Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.502 TRESherrard, Philip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time, inc. 1966
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.5 SHESummary: Illustrations and text combine to examine the lives, achievements, and struggles of the Byzantines; covering a period that begins with the establishment of the capital city of Constantinople in A.D. 330, and continuing through its fall to the Turks in 1453.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 949.502 WHAHarris, Jonathan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hambledon Continuum 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.618 HARNorwich, John Julius
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.5 NORNorwich, John Julius
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.502 NORSummary: A popular California high school girl is selected by a mysterious old man to kill the vampires that are terrorizing Los Angeles. Although it could put a serious crimp in her shopping, Buffy takes on the ghouls with the help of a handsome drifter, and incurs the wrath of the chief vampire!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BUFSummary: Bill Nye illustrates how various types of transportation utilize friction, from traction in trains and the "roll" of ball bearings in skateboards and automobiles, to the lack of friction in a hovercraft.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BILKenyon, Sherrilyn
Summary: Streetwise, tough, and savvy, Nick and his quick sarcasm are the stuff of legend... until the night when his best friends try to kill him. Saved by a mysterious warrior, Nick is sucked into the realm of the Dark-Hunters: immortal vampire slayers who risk everything to save humanity. With his fellow students turning into flesh-eating zombies, how can he stop them... without getting grounded by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC KENStilton, Geronimo
Summary: Geronimo Stilton travels back in time to try and stop the Pirate Cats from infliltrating the Roman Senate and taking credit for building Rome's largest amphitheater, the Colosseum.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2009
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2 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 STIStilton, Geronimo
Summary: Collects three graphic novels featuring stories of Geronimo Stilton's time traveling adventures, as he visits the Coliseum, the Sphinx, and the discovery of America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 STINowak, Carolyn
Summary: When Buffy Summers, middle schooler by day and vampire slayer by night, moves to Cleveland with her mother, she meets new friends Sarafina and Alvaro, who might have ssecrets of their own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 NOWHopkinson, Deborah
Summary: In 1931, a boy and his father watch as the world's tallest building, the Empire State Building, is constructed, step-by-step, near their Manhattan home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2006
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC HopkiEdsel, Robert M.
Summary: "As the most destructive war in history ravaged Europe, many of the world's most cherished cultural objects were in harm's way. The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History recounts the astonishing true story of eleven men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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Summary: Photographs and text introduce scientific concepts related to friction, explaining what friction is and what it affects, describing how people have used friction throughout human history, and providing additional facts, statistics, and a time line.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 531.1134 MULSpiro, Ruth
Summary: "Baby discovers the science behind spinning a dreidel on Hanukkah, exploring angular momentum, torque, friction, and gravity"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays, Call number: BOARD SPIJohnson, Steven
Summary: "How did a single manhunt spark the modern era of multinational capitalism? Henry Avery was the seventeenth century's most notorious pirate. The press published wildly popular--and wildly inaccurate--reports of his nefarious adventures. The British government offered enormous bounties for his capture, alive or (preferably) dead. But Steven Johnson argues that Avery's most lasting legacy was his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2020