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Bodies from the ice: melting glaciers and the recovery of the past
Par James M. Deem. 2009
Discusses ice mummies discovered as glaciers melt in the European Alps, South America's Andes, and Asia's Himalayas. Explains that scientists'…
study of these frozen remains of hunters, children, and mountain climbers reveals information about food, tools, clothing, and conditions in the past. For grades 5-8. 2008Black crescent: the experience and legacy of African Muslims in the Americas
Par Michael A. Gomez, Michael Angelo Gomez. 2005
Social history of African Muslims in the Western Hemisphere, beginning with fifteenth-century Latin America. Describes revolts in Brazil, "slaveocracy" in…
the Caribbean, and Islamic societies in the United States. Discusses the influence of Noble Drew Ali, Malcolm X, and the Nation of Islam. ALA Black Caucus Award. 2005God's crucible: Islam and the making of Europe, 570 to 1215
Par David Levering Lewis, David L Lewis. 2008
Pulitzer Prize-winning professor pens a seven-hundred-year history of the Islamic presence in Europe following the collapse of the Roman Empire.…
Argues that the competition between the Western and Islamic world views is still apparent in twenty-first-century conflicts. Highlights the 732 Battle of Poitiers and the campaigns of Charlemagne. 2008Mysteries of the mummy kids
Par Kelly Milner Halls. 2007
Discusses child mummies found in South America, Egypt, Europe, Asia, and North America--from the oldest in Chile to the most…
recent in Washington, D.C. Describes each mummy's location, appearance, and probable cause of death, as well as clothing, toys, and ornaments found nearby. For grades 4-7. 2007The wonders we seek: Thirty incredible muslims who helped shape the world unabr
Par Saadia Faruqi. 2022
In this biographical collection, authors Saadia Faruqi and Aneesa Mumtaz highlight some of the talented Muslim physicians, musicians, athletes, poets,…
and more who helped make the world we know today. A brilliant surgeon heals patients in the first millennium. A female king rules the Indian subcontinent. A poet pours his joy and grief into the world's best-selling verses. An iconic leader fights for civil rights. And many, many more. Throughout history—from the golden age of the empires of Arabia, Iraq, Persia, and India, up to modern day—Muslims have shaped our world in essential ways, with achievements in music, medicine, politics, human rights, literature, sports, technology, and more. Give this book to readers who are excited to learn about the great figures and thinkers in history! The authors introduce their book with a personal letter to the reader, setting out their motivations and hopes for the stories they are telling. The backmatter includes a glossary and bibliography for readers' further research and learning. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobookThe gold of Exodus: the discovery of the true Mount Sinai
Par Howard Blum. 1998
Describes how, in the late 1980s, Larry Williams, a self-made millionaire, and Bob Cornuke, an ex-policeman, discovered what they believed…
to be Mount Sinai in Saudi Arabia. Recalls drawing the attention of both Saudi and Israeli agents when the site was revealed to be a top-secret Saudi military installation. 1998Ancient China: archaeology unlocks the secrets of China's past (National Geographic investigates)
Par Jacqueline A Ball, Richard H. Levey, Jacqueline Ball. 2007
Explains archaeologists' exploration of ancient tombs and villages to find clues about the way people lived long ago. Discusses the…
two-thousand-year-old pottery army guarding the tomb of the first emperor of China, jade burial suits, and the best-preserved mummy in the world--Lady Dai. For grades 4-7. 2007Ancient Egypt: archaeology unlocks the secrets of Egypt's past (National Geographic investigates)
Par Jill Rubalcaba. 2007
Describes discoveries by archaeologists using modern technology, such as CT scans, to expand knowledge of ancient Egyptian civilizations. Presents findings…
on hieroglyphics, pyramids, tombs, and mummies and explains what this information reveals about daily life thousands of years ago. For grades 4-7. 2007Hezbollah: a short history (Princeton studies in Muslim politics #22)
Par Augustus Richard Norton, Augustus R Norton. 2007
International relations professor navigates the complex history of Lebanon's Shia Islam organization Hezbollah. Chronicles its origins as an Iranian-backed terrorist…
organization and its development into a political party, social-service provider, and powerful militia. Discusses ritual, acts of violence, and the influence of Hezbollah in the wider Middle East. 2007House of rain: tracking a vanished civilization across the American Southwest
Par Craig Childs. 2007
National Public Radio contributor, author of Soul of Nowhere (RC 63294), recounts his travels among the ruins of the pre-Columbian…
pueblo people known as the Anasazi. Childs discusses their once-flourishing culture and mysterious demise while he describes visiting their lands, including New Mexico's Chaco Canyon and Colorado's Mesa Verde. 2006Discusses and analyses archaeological finds in Peru to learn about ancient civilizations of the Moche and Inca. Covers woven clothing,…
Nasca line drawings, expert stonework in Cusco, frozen mummies, and the long-lost mountain city Machu Picchu. Describes using computer imagery and CAT scans as investigative tools. For grades 4-7. 2007Ancient Africa: archaeology unlocks the secrets of Africa's past (National Geographic investigates)
Par Victoria Sherrow. 2007
Describes archaeological discoveries on the continent of Africa that expand knowledge of prehistoric people and human development. Discusses artifacts and…
fossil remains in East Africa, pyramids in Nubia, stone structures in Zimbabwe, and rock paintings in the Sahara. Features scientists' interpretation of these findings. For grades 4-7. 2007The voyage of the Vizcaína: the mystery of Christopher Columbus's last ship
Par Klaus Brinkbäumer, Klaus Brinkbaumer, Clemens Hoges, Annette Streck, Clemens Höges. 2006
German journalists recount efforts of explorers and scholars to positively identify a shipwreck off Panama's Caribbean coast as that of…
the Vizcaína, one of Columbus's ships that sank in 1504 during his fourth and final New World expedition. Chronicles Columbus's voyage and inconclusive recovery efforts. Originally published in German. 2004Soul of nowhere: traversing grace in a rugged land
Par Craig Childs. 2002
Nature writer and author of The Secret Knowledge of Water (RC 52722) relates his adventures and personal discoveries exploring the…
cliffs, canyons, and caves of Arizona, Utah, and Mexico. Through observing ancient archaeological sites and remains of vanished cultures, Childs becomes part of a land of constant change and its "inalienable, voracious presence." 2002Murder in Amsterdam: the death of Theo van Gogh and the limits of tolerance
Par Ian Buruma. 2006
Reporter describes returning to his Dutch homeland after the November 2004 murder of film director Theo van Gogh by a…
second-generation Muslim to examine the crime's social implications. Buruma presents interviews of alienated Muslims and van Gogh's friends to explore divisions in Dutch culture. Strong language and some violence. 2006Dragon Sea: a true tale of treasure, archeology, and greed off the coast of Vietnam
Par Frank Pope. 2007
Maritime archeologist chronicles the excavation of a fifteenth-century shipwreck believed to contain golden-age Vietnamese pottery. Details dive and surface operations…
and the efforts of Chinese businessman Ong Soo Hin, Oxford University's Mensun Bound, and the author himself (a project manager) to salvage, preserve, and identify the relics. 2007Outside and inside mummies
Par Sandra Markle. 2005
Markle shows what cutting-edge technology--CT scans, electron microscopes, and computer imaging--reveals about the lives of humans who died centuries ago.…
Explains how scientists determine age, gender, genetic makeup, and cause of death in mummies from Egypt as well as from South America and Europe. For grades 4-7. 2005Is Islam a religion of war or peace? (At issue)
Par Jann Einfeld. 2005
Eleven essays by authors with opposing viewpoints on the nature of the Islamic religion. Includes Osama bin Laden's justification for…
attacking America, President George W. Bush's claim that Islam is a peaceful religion, Pat Robertson's counterargument, and analyses of women's rights. For junior and senior high readers. 2005Empire of the Islamic world (Great Empires of the Past Ser.)
Par Robin S. Doak. 2005
Summarizes the history of the Islamic Empire (632 to 1258) and its lasting contributions to the modern world including the…
guitar, sugarcane, and the Arabic numerical system. Discusses the empire's knowledge and practice of astronomy and mathematics, literature, art, religion, sports, and military science. For grades 6-9. 2005Bodies from the ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii
Par James M. Deem. 2005
Relates archaeologists' discovery of what happened when Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii in A.D. 79. Covers the sequence of volcanic…
events that caused the disappearance of the city, as well as the initial excavations, the unearthing of skeletal remains, and the modern status of the site. For grades 4-7. 2005