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The sea hunters: true life adventures with famous shipwrecks
Par Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo. 2003
A hunter of shipwrecks documents the discovery or survey of twelve major ships in deep waters. Each ship's story begins…
with an account of its final voyage, then describes how the ship was found. Featured are the Confederate submarine Hunley and the Allied troop transport Leopoldville, among others. 2003, c1996.The island of seven cities: the discovery of a lost Chinese settlement in the Americas
Par Paul Chiasson. 2006
2002. Architect Paul Chiasson climbed a mountain on Cape Breton and found an old wide, well-made road, once flanked by…
walls. After two years of study, he believed that these ruins were originally built by the Chinese, as part of a large colony that thrived on Canadian shores well before the European Age of Discovery. Chiasson addresses how the colony was abandoned and forgotten except in the storytelling and culture of the Mi'kmaq, whose written language, clothing, technical knowledge, religious beliefs and legends expose deep cultural roots in China. 2006.The mummy congress: science, obsession, and the everlasting dead
Par Heather Anne Pringle. 2001
After covering a conference of mummy experts, science reporter Heather Pringle became so intrigued with mummies that she spent a…
year circling the globe, visiting leading scientists in the field. She also investigated preserved Italian saints, Scandinavian mummies in bogs, and frozen Inca princesses. Pringle researched Egyptian embalmers, the past public craze for mummy unwrappings, and the Russians' attempts to preserve Stalin, and along the way learned what mummies have to tell us about ourselves. Winner of the 2002 CNIB Torgi Award. 2001.Discover bones (Discover Ser.)
Par Lesley Grant. 1991
Bones can do many things. They help you to play. Some people make jewellery out of them. Plus, they're alive!…
Bones can also tell us a lot about our bodies and the world around us. Included in this book are activities that will help you learn about bones and all the things they can teach us! Several tactiles illustrating the shapes of various bones are included. Grades 3-6. 1991.February 1945. The war is almost over and Britain and America rule the waves, but sixty young Nazi soldiers still…
choose to undertake a mission in U-869 - to reach and bomb the coast of America. Several weeks later the boat barely has enough fuel to make it home and radio links with Germany are broken. The commander, Neuerberg, must make a tough decision: to carry on to America and risk death in the pursuit of glory, or to admit defeat and return home. Driven by pride, patriotism and determination, he decides to risk it. In 1991, a group of deep-sea divers hear about the wreck of a U-boat 260 feet beneath the sea. There are virtually no records of the Nazi submarine, and an on-location investigation is extremely dangerous. But twelve divers decide to take the risk. Over the next six years they eventually piece together an incredible story. 2004.Wrapped for eternity: the story of the Egyptian mummy
Par Mildred Mastin Pace, Tom Huffman. 1974
Why am I so tired?: is your thyroid making you ill?
Par Martin Budd. 2000
Mild hypothyroidism affects about 10 per cent of the population, but is frequently misdiagnosed because the symptoms are similar to…
that of ME, chronic fatigue, depression and menopausal symptoms. This is a guide to discovering whether an underactive thyroid is at the root of health problems format. The book includes: what the thyroid is and how it functions; what happens when it is underactive; what tests you should ask your doctor for; and simple self-diagnosis - temperature testing. 2000.Walking the Bible: a journey by land through the five books of Moses
Par Bruce S Feiler. 2001
One part adventure story, one part archaeological detective work, one part spiritual exploration, author Feiler recounts a personal odyssey -…
by foot, jeep, rowboat, and camel - to retrace the Five Books of Moses through the desert. Along with archaeologist Avner Goren, he treks through Turkey, Israel, the Palestinian territories, Egypt, the Sinai, and Jordan, visiting the actual places of some of history's most storied events, from the mountain where Noah's ark landed to the site of the legendary burning bush. 2001.Vivre en santé après 40 ans
Par Gilles A Bordeleau. 1986
Gilles A. Bordeleau fait figure de pionnier dans le domaine de la naturopathie au Québec. Son livre nous enseigne ce…
qu'il faut faire pour être en forme et le rester malgré les tribulations et les vicissitudes de la vie. 1986.Valley of the Kings
Par John Romer. 1981
A popular historical account of one of the world's richest archaeological sites, the valley that contains all the known tombs…
of the pharaohs of the Egyptian New Kingdom. This double account tells the story of both the magnificent tombs themselves and the travelers and diggers of recent centuries who have hunted for the mysterious past of ancient Egypt. 1981.Tutankhamen: the life and death of the boy-king
Par Christine El Mahdy. 1999
Egyptologist examines archaeological and historical evidence to reconstruct the life of the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh. El Mahdy separates fact from…
legend as she describes Egyptian civilization based on evidence from Luxor in the fourteenth century B.C. Also provides details of British archaeologist Howard Carter's 1922 discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb. 1999.Time detectives: clues from our past
Par Donalda Badone. 1992
The town of Hercules: a buried treasure trove
Par Joseph Jay Deiss. 1974
Reconstructs the summer day in 79 a.d. when Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying the town of Herculaneum. Tells of the rediscovery…
of the town and the exciting archaeological digs of recent centuries. Grades 5-8. 1974.The story of archaeology: the 100 great discoveries
Par Paul G Bahn. 1997
Amazing discoveries such as the tomb of Tutankhamen and the caves at Lascaux are headline news but archaeology also reveals…
the lives of ordinary people, our ancestors, and constantly challenges our perception of the past. With an ever growing battery of scientific tools and techniques archaeology has transcended its origins as the pastime of gentleman scholars to become a twenty-first century science. 1997.The road to Ubar: finding the Atlantis of the sands
Par Nicholas Clapp. 1998
A day-by-day account of two expeditions to Arabia in search of the site of the fabled city of Ubar. Inspired…
by a 1980 trip to return endangered Arabian oryxes to their native habitat, Clapp became intrigued with the legend of Ubar and obtained government radar imagery to help locate the ancient remains. Bestseller. 1998.The riddle of the Rosetta Stone: key to ancient Egypt
Par James Giblin. 1990
Before the discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799, Egyptian hieroglyphic writing -- composed of pictures of animals, birds, and…
geometric shapes -- was a mystery. For nearly 1400 years the meanings had been lost. The author chronicles the fascinating story of how the stone was discovered and, after countless attempts, finally deciphered by scholars. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 1990.The lost Ark of the Covenant: solving the 2,500 year old mystery of the fabled biblical ark
Par Tudor Parfitt. 2008
Historian-adventurer, author of "Journey to the Vanished City: The Search for a Lost Tribe of Israel", recounts his quest for…
the ancient sacred chest that once held the Ten Commandments. Parfitt begins among a remote African people who claim such a box lies in a mountain cave. 2008.The Jesus family tomb: the discovery, the investigation, and the evidence that could change history
Par Simcha Jacobovici, Charles R Pellegrino. 2007
Jerusalem, 1980. Following the accidental bulldozing of a tomb, archaeologists arrived to find ten ossuaries - limestone boxes that served…
as first-century coffins. Six had inscriptions, including Jesus, son of Joseph; two Marys; and Judah, son of Jesus, which the team concluded were merely coincidence. Twenty-five years later, journalist Jacobovici tracked down the ossuaries and the tomb, and soon found that the archaeologists were unaware of key evidence that made this the discovery of a lifetime. Some descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2007.The hungry years: confessions of a food addict
Par William Leith. 2005
The text charts new territory for everyone who has ever had a craving or counted a calorie. It is a…
satirical confession of food, fat and addiction. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2005.Un pied devant l'autre ou Comment survivre au 21e siècle grâce à la marche (Dossiers et documents)
Par Dan Rubinstein, Michel Saint-Germain. 2018
Le corps, l'esprit, la société, l'économie, la politique, la créativité, l'âme, la famille : toutes ces dimensions de la vie…
humaine sont interreliées, et toutes, démontre le journaliste Dan Rubinstein, peuvent être enrichies par ce geste simple, essentiel, qu'est la marche. En combinant fascinant reportage, recherche révélatrice et réflexions personnelles, ce livre le démontre admirablement : l'humain est fait pour marcher. La sédentarité et le recours intensif à l'automobile, encouragés par un urbanisme antipiéton , sont des facteurs importants, sinon la cause, de bien des maux de notre siècle, tels que l'obésité, l'anxiété, le sentiment d'isolement et les changements climatiques. Il ne tient qu'à nous de changer la donne, individuellement et collectivement, pour les générations futures, de faire un pas, puis un autre, dans la bonne direction. 2018. Titre uniforme: Born to walk.