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Young Charles Darwin and the voyage of the Beagle
Par Ruth Ashby, Suzanne Duranceau. 2009
This biography of Charles Darwin (1809-1882) focuses on the scientific observations and discoveries about the natural world that he made…
during his five-year shipboard voyage around the world. Discusses his collections of plants and birds, which led him to his theory of evolution. For grades 4-7. 2009Jungleland: a mysterious lost city, a WWII spy, and a true story of deadly adventure
Par Christopher S. Stewart. 2013
Journalist recounts his 2008 search for the lost city of Ciudad Blanca in Central America. Discusses studying the 1940 expedition…
journals of American spy Theodore Morde, who claimed to have found the city. Compares Morde's journey with his own. Young adult appeal. 2013Faces from the past: forgotten people of North America
Par James M. Deem. 2012
Case studies detail the reconstruction of skulls uncovered by archaeologists. Provides information about each excavation, the history of the site,…
and theories about the person's final moments. Includes Nevada's Spirit Cave Man, who lived 10,500 years ago, and skeletons from Albany's Almshouse Cemetery. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2012Who was first?: discovering the Americas
Par Russell Freedman. 2007
Contends that Columbus was among the last of foreign explorers to reach the Americas and was preceded by Chinese explorers,…
Vikings, and Irish monks. Examines archaeological and DNA evidence on the origins of Native Americans that challenges the Bering Strait land bridge theory. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2007Fallen angels
Par Walter Dean Myers. 1988
Ritchie Perry, a black youth from Harlem, enlists in the army. He is sent to Vietnam where he struggles to…
survive racist officers, pitched battles, guerrilla raids, and multiple wounds. Violence and strong language. For senior high and older readers. 1988Seeing beyond blindness (Critical Concerns in Blindness Ser.)
Par Shelley Kinash. 2006
Inquiry into the blind person's online-learning experience. Author presents interpretive research culled from interviews with seven blind online learners and…
twenty-five others--blind and sighted--including parents, teachers, and inventors of accessibility resources. Discusses usability and user issues such as technological proficiency and working knowledge of adaptive technology. 2006The unseen minority: a social history of blindness in America
Par Frances A. Koestler. 1976
Examines U.S. contributions toward improving the condition of blind individuals. Discusses the invention of braille and the origins of the…
talking book. Includes portraits of Louis Braille of France, Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan Macy, and Dorothy Eustis, as well as detailed accounts of mid-twentieth-century federal and state legislationToo far from home: a story of life and death in space
Par Chris Jones. 2006
Describes the experiences of Americans Don Pettit and Ken Bowersox and Russian Nikolai Budarin, astronauts who became stranded on the…
International Space Station after the space shuttle Columbia exploded in 2003. Recounts the efforts of mission control in Houston and Moscow to rescue them using an old Soyuz rocket. 2007Miracle in the Andes: 72 days on the mountain and my long trek home
Par Nando Parrado. 2006
A Uruguayan rugby player recounts surviving the 1972 plane crash that is remembered for causing acts of heroism and cannibalism.…
Discusses the physical perils of subzero weather, the group's reaction upon hearing that the rescue operation was called off, and the author's hike over the mountains for help. 2006Fieldbook
Par Boy Scouts of America. 2004
The fourth edition of this Boy Scout manual for outdoor travel, adventure, and caring for the land. Offers tips on…
trek preparation and environmental stewardship. Provides information on backpacking, camping, caving, cross-country skiing, kayaking, rafting, mountain travel, and other activities. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2004Seaworthy: adrift with William Willis in the golden age of rafting
Par T. R Pearson. 2006
Chronicles the life of German-born sailor William Willis (1893-1968), highlighting his voyages aboard small crafts of his own design and…
construction. Describes his 1954 115-day, trans-Pacific solo journey (with a cat and a parrot), during which he endured injuries, ailments, storms, and other calamities and survived by drinking seawater. 2006Three cups of tea: one man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations-- one school at a time
Par Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Sarah Thomson. 2006
Award-winning journalist Relin describes the mission of American humanitarian Greg Mortenson, who established the Central Asia Institute and built schools…
throughout Taliban-ruled lands. Discusses his childhood in Tanzania and a failed 1993 attempt to climb K2, which resulted in a promise to the Pakistani villagers who saved his life. 2006The merry adventures of Robin Hood
Par Howard Pyle. 2004
Recounts the legend of Robin Hood and his band of outlaws--including Little John, Friar Tuck, and Allan a Dale--who plunder…
the rich to help the poor. Describes mistakenly poaching the king's deer and Sherwood Forest escapades against their enemy the Sheriff of Nottingham. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 1883Dancing at the Dead Sea: tracking the world's environmental hotspots
Par Alanna Mitchell. 2005
Award-winning environmental reporter examines human-induced ecologic destruction as possible early indication of a sixth mass extinction. Records her three-year tour…
of Earth's most beleaguered areas in South America, the Middle East, the Arctic, Iceland, Madagascar, and the Galapagos Islands, where climate change, species loss, and deforestation threaten biodiversity. 2004Caught by the sea: my life on boats
Par Gary Paulsen. 2001
Author of Hatchet (BR 11525) relates how falling in love with the ocean at age seven evolved into a later…
love for sailing. Describes boats he has owned, his adventures up and down the Pacific Coast, and surviving a killer storm. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2001Retired veterinarian and director of Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo recalls safari adventures in India, Papua New Guinea, Africa, and Iceland.…
Describes personal encounters with wildlife, such as pulling a jaguar's tooth, crawling under an elephant's belly to avoid injury, and chasing an escaped gorilla. 2005Compendium of cons throughout history. Describes charlatans such as Nostradamus, misrepresentations perpetrated by the media, wartime ruses, state-sponsored deceptions, scientific…
and literary frauds, lies that have had catastrophic consequences, royal impersonators, and great escapes. 2005Self-esteem and adjusting with blindness: the process of responding to life's demands
Par Dean W. Tuttle, Naomi R. Tuttle. 2004
Third edition of a manual written for professionals who work with blind and low-vision individuals. Topics include an overview of…
blindness and its meaning for the individual. Describes the adjustment to the condition, psychological implications, and issues of self-esteem. Includes case studies. 2004The meaning of blindness: attitudes toward blindness and blind people
Par Michael E. Monbeck. 1973
Scattered shadows: a memoir of blindness and vision
Par John Howard Griffin, Robert Bonazzi. 2004
The author of Black like me (DB 61703) recounts losing his sight in 1947 from a war injury and unexpectedly…
recovering it ten years later. Describes his religious conversion to Catholicism during his blindness and individual and institutional reactions to his physical impairment. Some strong language. 2004