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2) Georgia
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Core Library, An Imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"From learning about human history in the region at Etowah Mounds State Historic Site to visiting the capital city of Atlanta, there's a lot to see and do in Georgia. This state lies in the South. Georgia introduces the state's history, geography, climate, economy, people, and places"--
3) Illinois
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Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing,|c[2023]
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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"From Chicago's cultural attractions to Cahokia Mounds, there's a lot to see and do in Illinois. This state lies in the Midwest. Illinois introduces the state's history, geography, climate, economy, people, and places."--|cProvided by publisher.
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
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English
Description
National Geographic has always given readers the bigger picture of our world. Now The World Made New shows children the bigger context of American history. Written by award-winning children's author Marc Aronson and John W. Glenn, this innovative title will lead children through the causes and consequences of the defining age of exploration. Its unique approach will provide children with new ways of thinking about and learning from history, and instill...
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My weirder-est school volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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After noticing that A.J. and his friends' geography knowledge could use some work, Mr. Cooper invites to class just the person to help. Globetrotter Mrs. Barr speaks seven languages and has visited nearly two hundred countries. But why does she carry a suitcase everywhere she goes? And why does she open a window whenever she walks into a room? Perhaps Mrs. Barr has something to hide?
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There have been many books and movies about whether Atlantis really existed and where it was located. Now we have a new candidate location which meets the criteria established by Plato much better than any of the other candidates. A location which is the exact same size as the fabled city and is located by more than one ancient source. The story of the Eye of the Sahara is truly amazing and once you read it you will become convinced like I am of this...
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English
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Entre 1963 y 1980, Horacio Serrano publicó cerca de mil notas y columnas en el diario El Mercurio. Esta selección rescata los principales ejes temáticos de esos escritos: Chile y los chilenos, el legado cultural clásico, la sabiduría oriental, nuestra confusa e incipiente modernización y el mundo de la mujer y los sentimientos. Leer a Horacio Serrano es recuperar parte de nuestro paisaje y es volver a preguntarnos por la identidad chilena. Sus...
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English
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The Great White Hunter-Southern Africa is the third and final book of the Dutch Century Trilogy. It covers the last two-thirds of the 1600s, during which the Dutch exercised considerable control of all sub-Saharan Africa. Among the Dutch who spent significant portions of their lives in the region were farmers, traders, builders, mariners, and slavers. And, most interesting, some intrepid long-distance hunters. They sought fortunes as rewards for museum-quality...
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Deutsch
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Die Oderberger Straße war zu DDR-Zeiten ein Biotop für Künstler und Unangepasste. Auch die Bürgerrechtlerin Freya Klier und ihre Tochter Nadja lebten hier zehn Jahre lang. In diesem Buch begeben sie sich auf Spurensuche in die wechselvolle Geschichte der Straße und ihrer Bewohner – von den Anfängen im 19. Jahrhundert bis in die Zeit nach dem Mauerfall, als plötzlich überall Galerien, Kneipen und Kulturprojekte in die alten Häuser einzogen....
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Español
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A fines del siglo pasado se inició una especie de diáspora desde lo geográfico hacia otras áreas disciplinares y, al mismo tiempo, una diversificación de las líneas de investigación que tradicionalmente abordó la geografía. Este libro es un ejemplo de los mencionados esfuerzos de expansión del campo de estudio de la disciplina, pese a que la religión fue tema de estudio en los inicios de la geografía cultural decimonónica, cuestión que...
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English
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The 50 or so mysterious Pictish symbols and the stones displaying them have become central to all discussion of the Picts. Generations of scholars have sought to interpret the symbols with little agreement. This book takes an indirect approach to the situation. The present layout of Class I stones hints at an arrangement in chains in which adjacent stones in a chain are linked by a common symbol. This is investigated and the chains identified. Between...
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Español
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La Huerta de Valencia es un paisaje cultural de valor excepcional. Pocas ciudades europeas disponen de entornos tan singulares y valiosos. Estos entornos singulares, que entablan cada día su particular y desigual combate con la ciudad real, tienen escasas posibilidades de supervivencia de no mediar políticas eficaces de gestión. Sin embargo, no se constatan los cambios que serían necesarios en la ordenación del territorio, en la producción sostenible...
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Deutsch
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Berlins Friedhöfe werden oft von Leuten genutzt, die nicht trauern, sondern sich entspannen wollen – abseits der großen Parks, in denen man von Skateboardern überfahren wird und von Musikanten nicht immer angenehm überrascht. Aber einige Friedhöfe können noch viel mehr: Sie bieten Überraschendes und Erbauendes, Verstörendes und Horizonterweiterndes. Wer sich auskennt, kann zum Beispiel Zwiesprache mit Hegel oder Fanny Hensel halten, nächtliche...
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Español
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Los procesos hidrológicos que ocurren en zonas de clima mediterráneo despliegan gran parte de su actividad en la capa superior del suelo, la más sensible a los factores y modificaciones externas. Los cambios climáticos predichos para los próximos años en regiones mediterráneas afectarán a la distribución espacio-temporal de la lluvia y a las variaciones térmicas del aire. Estos cambios podrían aumentar la intensidad y duración de los periodos...
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English
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The Dutch Century: Domination of the Spice Trade at Any Cost is the second of three books about the remarkable 17th century, primarily owned by the Netherlands. It reveals-as historical fiction-the adventures, trials, risks, accomplishments, conflicts, atrocities, and crimes, of the Dutch and specifically of the Seagoing Van Brakel family.
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Die Künstlerkolonie in der Nähe des Breitenbachplatzes ist seit den 1920er¬Jahren Heimstatt für viele Künstler, Schriftsteller und Intellektuelle. Der Liedermacher Manfred Maurenbrecher wohnt dort seit Jahrzehnten begibt sich in diesem Buch auf eine historische Spurensuche, die viel über das Zusammenleben der Bewohner und den Zusammenhang zwischen Architektur und Lebensform verrät. Der Spaziergang durch die Geschichte der Künstlerkolonie ist...
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Christopher Columbus brought some cattle with him when he discovered the New World, and some of them escaped and ran wild as early as 1493. They ran wild on the Texas plains and multiplied for about four centuries. They were massive herds by the time that Jim and his team of cowboys discovered them and started trail breaking them to herd them north to Abilene.
A team of cowboys who were veterans of the Civil War forms up and decides to go to West...
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Deutsch
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Ein Sehnsuchtsort, ein Tor in Richtung Westen – das war der Alexanderplatz für Nellja Veremej, als sie in den Neunzigerjahren nach Berlin kam. Stattdessen fand sie sich auf einer unwirtlichen Brache wieder, umstellt von Häuserkästen, deren Stil sie noch aus der Sowjetunion kannte.
Erst als sie sich in Alfred Döblins berühmtem Roman vertieft und in die Geschichte des Platzes eintaucht, offenbart er sich ihr als Ort der Begegnungen und Gegensätze,...
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English
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Get the Summary of Robert Kaplan's The Loom of Time in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Loom of Time" by Robert Kaplan delves into the complex history and future of the Greater Middle East, a region stretching from Europe to China, known for its arid climate, political upheaval, and lack of consistent ruling authority. The book examines the region's history of tribalism and religious divisions, the establishment...
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