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When Cremo's book "Forbidden Archaeology" was published in 1993, the scientific world was shocked by its extensive evidence for extreme…
human antiquity - pushing the origin of the human race back tens of millions of years. "Forbidden Archeology's Impact" documents the explosive reactions to his controversial book. 1998.Par Charles C Mann. 2006
Offers conclusions from anthropological and archaeological research about the western hemisphere before European exploration. Examines the evidence of a large…
indigenous population and the ecological impact the people had on the environment through crop modification, landscaping, and farming the rainforest. Discusses the rise and fall of Indian empires. Some descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 2005.Par François Herbaux. 2008
"C'est une aventure incroyable, d'ailleurs personne n'y a cru, à l'exception de quelques savants bien informés. Il y a 2…
300 ans, à l'époque d'Aristote et d'Alexandre le Grand, un Marseillais intrépide est allé explorer les régions de l'extrême nord de l'Europe, inconnues des peuples de la Méditerranée. À son retour, il a raconté son voyage. Mais son récit a disparu. Seuls quelques rares témoignages ont subsisté jusqu'à nos jours. Ils nous parlent de l'Océan, des étoiles du Grand Nord et de la mystérieuse "Thulé", l'île du bout du monde. Au fil des pages de cet ouvrage accessible à tous, François Herbaux nous entraîne dans un reportage palpitant dans le sillage d'un des plus anciens et des plus grands savants de l'histoire, auteur de découvertes... incroyables". -- 4e de couv.Par Susan Reynolds, Daniel Minter. 2006
Twenty-five hundred years ago, in ancient Greece, a small band of Greek soldiers faced the mighty Persian army on the…
plain of Marathon. A runner named Pheidippides ran to neighbouring Sparta, one hundred forty miles away, to ask for the Spartans' aid. Afterwards he sped back to the battle, where he helped defeat the enemy. Then the weary runner did his duty yet once more; he ran from Marathon to Athens to deliver the miraculous news of the Greek victory. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2006.Par James Gladstone, Yaara Eshet. 2021
Par Stacy McAnulty, Nicole Miles. 2022
Par Lisa Wheeler, Kurt Cyrus. 2006
Join a pack of woolly mammoths as they trek south for the winter, braving fierce storms, deadly predators, and raging…
rivers while making their slow journey across the gorgeous unspoiled lands of this continent until finally they reach their goal. The author draws readers into the mystery of prehistory and of one of the most awesome beasts to ever walk the earth. For grades K-3Par Joanne O'Sullivan, Udayana Lugo. 2020
Profiles notorious figures--and their nicknames--in history. Includes great leaders such as Good King Wenceslas and Kamehameha the Great and the…
terrible ones such as Bloody Mary Tudor and Sultan Ismail the Bloodthirsty. For grades 5-8. 2020Par Nancy Ohlin. 2016
A brief overview of ancient Greece's civilization. Covers the different city-states, labor, religion, architecture, and government of the time. Also…
touches on the Olympic Games, philosophy, and poetry that have remained a part of their legacy. For grades 3-6. 2016Par Douglas Boin, Douglas Ryan Boin. 2015
Boin argues against the notion that Christianity worked as a force that toppled Roman society. Using historical and archaeological research,…
the author also describes how Christians, both undercover and open in their faith, navigated the world, and what changes they wrought in the world around them. 2015Par Dexter Hoyos, B. D Hoyos. 2015
A turning point in world history, the Punic Wars of 264-146 BC pitted the Romans and the Carthaginians against each…
other in a bloody and protracted conflict. Historian Hoyos recounts this century of battle while investigating resources, politics, postwar impact, and leadership roles. Some violence. 2015Par Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard. 2013
Political commentator O'Reilly and historian Dugard chronicle the political and social milieus in which Jesus lived. They discuss Rome's domination…
of Judea, Jesus's spiritual journey, and the events that led to his crucifixion. Some violence. Bestseller. 2013Par Norman Gelb. 2013
Biography of Herod (73 BCE-4 BCE), a Jew with Arab ancestors, who was appointed king of Judaea by the Romans…
in 40 BCE and ruled until his death. Uses primary sources to illustrate Herod's accomplishments as a builder, philanthropist, and military leader who was also a ruthless tyrant. 2013Par Hal Marcovitz. 2013
Discusses the history, politics, mythology, arts, sciences, and philosophy of ancient Greece. Highlights notable people, such as Alexander the Great…
and Aristotle, and covers events, including the Trojan and Peloponnesian wars, during the country's dominance from 1250 BCE until 146 BCE. For junior and senior high readers. 2013Par Pat Brown. 2013
Criminal profiler Brown recounts her 2011 journey to Egypt to investigate the death of the ancient ruler Cleopatra in 30…
BCE. Posits that instead of the accepted tale of suicide by snakebite, the queen was murdered by Roman conqueror Octavian. 2013Par Reza Aslan. 2013
Religious scholar, author of No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam (DB 61297), uses historical records…
and New Testament accounts to portray Jesus the man as a charismatic, radical Jewish nationalist. Discusses ways the early Christian church strategically reshaped Jesus's teachings. Bestseller. 2013Par Diana Preston. 2009
Dual biography of Cleopatra, the fourth-decade-B.C. Egyptian queen, and Mark Antony, a Roman general, within the political, historical, and military…
context of the time. Details their love affair, their enemies, and their suicides, which led to the conquest of Alexandria and annexation of Egypt by Roman ruler Octavian. 2009The history of the Rosetta Stone, which records a king's decree in three scripts--Egyptian hieroglyphics, Egyptian demotic, and classical Greek--facilitating…
comparative translation. Chronicles the stone's creation in 196 B.C., its discovery by Napoleon's forces in 1799, and subsequent deciphering efforts. Includes a full translation of the stone's text. 2007Par Jen Green. 2009
History of the ancient European country of Greece, the birthplace of Western culture. Covers the first Olympic games in the…
700s B.C.E., the second-century B.C.E. Roman conquest, and occupation by Italian and German troops during World War II. Describes Greece's people, regions, and ecosystems. For grades 3-6. 2009Par Bill Bryson. 2008
Explores the mysteries of time and space including the Big Bang to explain the arrival of life on planet Earth.…
Discusses scientists and their discoveries, fossils, chemistry, the Earth's bulge and size, plate tectonics, bacteria, trilobites, asteroids, human species, and future possibilities for our world. For grades 5-8. 2008