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The twelve best months of the year: more light-hearted lunacy from The Globe and Mail's "Social Studies" column
Par Michael Kesterton. 1997
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 Random House Book of 1001 questions and answers
Par Neil Ardley, Bridget Ardley. 1989
Will the sun ever stop shining? What happened to the Ugly Duckling? If you need the answers to these and…
999 other important questions, this is the book for you. You'll find fun information on the universe, the Earth, plants and animals, the human body, science and invention, art and history, and sports. Great for children who enjoy trivia, and even better for testing teachers' or parents' knowledge of these 1001 facts! Grades 3-6.Reveals the unknown story of how Monopoly came into existence, the reinvention of its history by Parker Brothers and multiple…
media outlets, the lost female originator of the game, and one man's lifelong obsession to tell the true story about the game's questionable origins. 2015.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 kids campfire book
Par Heather Collins, Jane Drake, Ann Love. 1996
The authors describe how to build a safe, blazing campfire, and some fun things you can do around it. They…
include some favourite songs, ghost stories, and even tell you how to make your own musical instruments. Grades 3-6. c1996.The kids cottage book
Par Jane Drake, Ann Love. 1993
Over one hundred ideas for things to do or make while you're at the cottage, the farm, or by the…
seaside. You can learn how to make candles in the sand, make a hammock, and even paddle a canoe. Grades 4-7. 1993.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 important book: and 3 more stories
Par Margaret Wise Brown. 1977
Children will find answers to questions like "What is the important thing about rain?" Grades P-2. 1977. Taped with: The…
Runaway Bunny, by Margaret Wise Brown. In an imaginary game of hide-and-seek, a little rabbit keeps running away from his mother, but she finds him every time. Grades P-2. 1970. Taped with: Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown. A little rabbit says goodnight to all the things in his bedroom. Grades P-2. 1975. Taped with: A Little Fir Tree, by Margaret Wise Brown. A little fir tree is uprooted and moved to spend Christmas and winters with a young boy who is confined to his bed and cannot visit the tree himself. Grades P-2. 1985.You just can't help it!: your guide to the wild and wacky world of human behavior
Par Jeff Szpirglas. 2011
How many times have you been frightened and felt the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, or…
flinched when an object whizzed by, too close for comfort? You just can't help yourself - you're only human! Read about body language, birth order, staring contests, fits of laughter, crowd behaviour, sniffing dirty diapers, yawning, dreaming, and the art of lying - only to realize that science is at work behind each action. Grades 3-6. 2011.Hidden treasure (Time detectives)
Par Geoffrey Trease. 1989
Trease demonstrates how archaeologists and historians piece together evidence of past civilizations to give us a picture of how people…
once lived. He discusses archaeological digs in such places as Troy, Sutton Hoo, and the tomb of Tutankhamen. 1989.Logical chess, move by move
Par Irving Cherney. 1957
Digs and diggers: a book of world archaeology
Par Leonard Cottrell. 1964
An introduction to the history of archaeology and the great archaeologists. The author discusses not only the well-known excavations in…
Egypt and the Near East, but also those in Russia, China, and the Western Hemisphere. 1964.The lost tomb
Par Kent R Weeks. 1998
The personal account of an American Egyptologist's discovery and excavation of the largest tomb in the Valley of the Kings.…
Weeks describes his 1995 entry into a multi- chambered burial site that some consider the most important archaeological find of the twentieth century. He discusses the new revelations about the sons of Ramesses II, stressing that there is more to be explored. c1998.The walls of windy Troy: a biography of Heinrich Schliemann
Par Marjorie Braymer. 1960
A biography of a poor boy who made money and educated himself to realize his dream of proving that Homer's…
Troy and Mycenae had once really existed. For junior and senior high readers. 1960.The rooster crows: a book of American rhymes and jingles (Their This is America books)
Par Miska Petersham, Maud Fuller Petersham. 1945
The fundamentals of contract bridge
Par Charles H Goren. 1950