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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
417 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author: his debut novel. The story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic book that inspired it. PART ONE of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for 23 years. Cut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing...
Author
Publisher
Scribner, Armstrong & Co
Pub. Date
1875
Edition
New edition, in four volumes.
Physical Desc
4 v. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
This abridged edition makes the great German scholar's multi-volume work accessible to a larger audience. Rivaling Gibbon, Macaulay, and Burckhardt in its scope and power, it chronicles Roman society and government from the second century BC to the end of the Republic and rise of Julius Caesar - and helped earn Mommsen the 1902 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a natural disaster predicted by God's Gardeners leader Adam One obliterates most human life, two survivors trapped inside respective establishments that metaphorically represent paradise and hell wonder if any of their loved ones have survived, while the outside world is overcome by gene-spliced life forms.
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1977
Physical Desc
xi, 191 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1975, at the height of Indira Gandhi's "Emergency," V. S. Naipaul returned to India, the country his ancestors had left one hundred years earlier. Out of that journey he produced this concise masterpiece: a vibrant, defiantly unsentimental portrait of a society traumatized by centuries of foreign conquest and immured in a mythic vision of its past.
Drawing on novels, news reports, political memoirs, and his own encounters with ordinary Indians-from...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Ms. Frizzle and her student Arnold follow an underground passage beneath Craig's Castle Shop and find themselves in the middle of a siege of a 12th century English castle, they learn a great deal about both castles and the Middle Ages.
8) Last Light
Author
Series
Restoration volume 1
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
9) Dawn's light
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The end of a global electrical blackout signals the beginning of the Branning family's ultimate test. Murder and affairs of the heart form the backdrop for a family sifting through the lessons they have learned--and how well they have truly learned them.
13) Ancient Greeks
Series
Publisher
World Book
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
63 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A discussion of the early Greeks, including who the people were, where they lived, the rise of civilization, social structure, religion, art and architecture, science and technology, daily life, entertainment and sports. Features include timelines, fact boxes, glossary, list of recommended reading and web sites, and index"--Provided by publisher.
15) Medieval life
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Photographs of medieval artifacts, sites, and artworks provide a portrait of life in the Middle Ages, including the feudal lords and their manors, tournaments, court life, and the role of the church
Author
Publisher
Crown Business
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the seminal contributions of Scotland to the development of modern Western civilization, discussing the impact of such ideals as democracy, freedom of speech, equal opportunity, and a commitment to education.
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This Empires episode explores the history of ancient Greek civilization as seen through the lives of its heroes with reconstructions and re-creations of significant locations and events.
Author
Series
The story of civilization volume 5
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[c1953]
Physical Desc
xvi, 776 p. : illus., plates.
Language
English
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 160 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explores the period of ancient Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom, discussing the science, culture, and politics of the age which spanned nearly five hundred years, from 1550 B.C. to 1070 B.C.