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Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Throughout its history, America has been defined through maps. Whether made for military strategy or urban reform, to encourage settlement or to investigate disease, maps invest information with meaning by translating it into visual form. They capture what people knew, what they thought they knew, what they hoped for, and what they feared. As such they offer unrivaled windows onto the past.
In this book Susan Schulten uses maps to explore five centuries...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive, up-to-date atlas encompasses more than three hundred thematic maps, along with more than six hundred color photographs, illustrations, charts, and graphs, that document the world's natural and cultural wonders.
7) Bright star
Author
Series
The adventure friends volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After a visiting the library to search for new adventure ideas, Miguel and Clarke go on a trip that is out of this world.
Author
Series
Five elements volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Finding an old map, Gabe and his friends follow clues to a secret chamber beneath San Francisco, where they perform what they think is a friendship ritual before strange events reveal a sinister cult from a parallel realm.
Series
Pub. Date
s202
Language
English
Description
Keen to explore a different side of Rome? Like a Local is the book for you.
This isn’t your ordinary travel guide. Beyond Rome’s iconic ancient ruins are hidden street food haunts, buzzing aperitivo spots and scenic walks that locals love – and that’s where this book takes you. Turn the pages to discover:
The small businesses and community strongholds that add character to this vibrant city, recommended by true locals
6 themed walking...
Publisher
DK Puiblishing ; Smithsonian
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
More than 140 detailed maps tell the story of pivotal episodes in world history, from the first human migrations out of Africa to the space race. Custom regional and global maps present the history of the world in action, charting how events traced patterns on land and ocean--patterns of exploration, discovery, or conquest that created empires, colonies, or theaters of war. Thoughtful organization of information will help you follow the story of civilizations...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the critically acclaimed author of The Book of M, a highly imaginative thriller about a young woman who discovers that a strange map in her deceased father's belongings holds an incredible, deadly secret--one that will lead her on an extraordinary adventure and to the truth about her family's dark history. What is the purpose of a map? Nell Young's whole life and greatest passion is cartography. Her father, Dr. Daniel Young, is a legend in the...
14) The last mile
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Abigail Holland awakes to the sound of a nighttime intruder in her rambling Denver Victorian, she knows exactly what the black shrouded figure is after—the map she recently inherited from her grandfather. Whoever he is, the man who grapples with her, then escapes, is willing to kill for the location of a treasure King Farrell hunted for more than ten years. The Devil’s Gold has claimed hundreds of lives, and it was her grandfather’s obsession.
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Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cool Maps & Geocaching makes the great outdoors fun and exciting. Create your own secret cache or write in an adventure journal. This book is full of easy-to-follow steps and bright photography for every activity. Plus, it's written just for kids! Check out the rest of the Cool Great Outdoor series. Enjoy birds and bugs, parks and trails, and more.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 22
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
c2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
While on vacation in the Bahamas, the Thea sisters stumble across an old pirate map and endeavor to find the treasure, unaware that someone else is also seeking the prize.
18) Transformers
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
On the planet Cybertron, a war was waged between the Autobots and the Decepticons for control of the Allspark, a mystical talisman that would grant unlimited power to whoever possessed it. The Allspark is smuggled off the planet, but Megatron goes in
Author
Series
Pub. Date
s202
Language
English
Description
Summary:Keen to explore a different side of Seoul? Like a Local is the book for you. This isn't your ordinary travel guide. You won't find the N Seoul Tower or K-Star Road in these pages, because that's not where Seoulites hang out. Instead, you'll meet the locals at raucous barbecue joints, forward-thinking galleries and underground music dens - and that's where this book takes you. Turn the pages to discover- The small businesses and community strongholds...
Author
Series
Tower of winds volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
When two maps surface, each bearing the same hidden riddle, nineteen-year-old Elias, a royal mapmaker, sets sail with King Ulises to uncover long-held secrets behind the mysterious disappearance of the king's two young brothers eighteen years earlier.
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