National Geographic: 351 books
by National Geographic
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Sobre la meseta egipcia de Guiza, se extiende la necrópolis más famosa del mundo. Allí se levantan las pirámides de los faraones Keops, Quefrén y Micerino, además de la archifamosa Gran Esfinge. Su rara perfección arquitectónica y su milenaria resistencia al paso del tiempo las convierten en uno de los conjuntos monumentales más emblemáticos de la humanidad.
Mysteries in Our National Parks: The Hunted
A Mystery in Glacier National Park
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
Grizzly cubs are disappearing from Glacier National Park, and the Landon family must figure out why! But for Jack, the real mystery is his sister Ashley's strange behavior. What was she doing alone in the woods so early in the morning? And why did she lie to their parents? Jack's efforts to unravel...
Mysteries In Our National Parks: Ghost Horses
A Mystery in Zion National Park
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
Life-threatening accidents keep plaguing the Landon family as they investigate the mysterious deaths of white mustangs at Zion National Park in Utah. Even before they get to the park, Jack Landon knows that Ethan Ingawanup spells trouble. Things start to go awry after Ethan and his sister-two Shoshone...
Mysteries in Our National Parks: Buried Alive
A Mystery in Denali National Park
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
Who was that man in the Park Service uniform who brought Jack and Ashley Landon into the wilds of Alaska’s Denali National Park along with their friend Nicky Milano? Whoever he was, he has given them a dogsled ride to certain death unless somebody finds them soon. Their troubles are about to get a whole heap deeper as the first rumblings of an avalanche turn into a deafening roar!
Mysteries in Our National Parks: Deadly Waters
A Mystery in Everglades National Park
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
The Landon family is Southbound-headed for Florida to investigate a mysterious illness plaguing endangered manatees in Everglades National Park. Jack, Ashley, and their friend Bridger soon find themselves in deadly waters with a seven-foot shark, an injured manatee-and a mystery to solve. Who was...
Mysteries in Our National Parks: Out of the Deep
A Mystery in Acadia National Park
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
A baby whale is the latest mammal stranded on the beaches of Acadia National Park. When the Landons run to get help, they don’t notice Bindy Callister slip away. When they track her down, she’s acting strange-she knows the strandings are no accident. She even knows those responsible. But she’s...
Mysteries in Our National Parks: Escape From Fear
A Mystery in Virgin Islands National Park
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
The Landons are in the Caribbean, in Virgin Islands National Park, to figure out what is destroying the coral reefs and causing the hawksbill sea turtle to disappear. Jack and Ashley find themselves hopelessly entangled in the mysterious life of Forrest Winthrop IV, the adopted son of a U.S. diplomat....
Mysteries in Our National Parks: Over The Edge
A Mystery in Grand Canyon National Park
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
When Dr. Olivia Landon receives this anonymous e-mail shortly after broadcasting her controversial plan to save the condors, everyone thinks it’s a crank threat except Dr. Landon’s daughter Ashley. She’s sure it’s the handiwork of Morgan Rogers, self-proclaimed anarchist and computer geek.
Suspicions...
Mysteries in Our National Parks: Running Scared
A Mystery in Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
Jack and Ashley’s search for eight-year-old Sammy has left them hopelessly lost in a twisted maze of tunnels deep inside Carlsbad Caverns. Bats are everywhere, and the echoes of their screeching cries sends a chill through the trio. The only light is the candle in their lantern. What will happen when it burns out, leaving them in total darkness?
USA 101
A Guide to America's Iconic Places, Events, and Festivals
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
Countless travel books display some aspect or region of America, but USA 101 stitches together a whole crazy quilt of iconic places, events, fairs, and festivals that celebrates our country in all its quirky diversity.
Whoever you are, wherever you’re going, whatever you like to do, it’s...
Witches
The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Book
2012 Notable Children's Books—ALSC
NCSS—Notable Social Studies Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2012
School Library Journal Best Books of 2011
SLJ’s 100 Magnificent Children’s Books of 2011
Chicago...
by David Mamet
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
Compared to some of its New England neighbors, Vermont has seemed to long-time resident David Mamet a place of intrinsic energy and progressiveness, love and commonality. It has lived up to the old story that settlers came up the Connecticut River and turned right to get to New Hampshire and left...
by Garry Wills
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2007
In the paperback edition of the critically acclaimed hardcover, bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winner Garry Wills explores Thomas Jefferson's final and favorite achievement, the University of Virginia.
The University of Virginia is one of America's greatest architectural treasures and...
by Stephen G. Hyslop
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Author James Robertson, one of America's most respected Civil War scholars and storytellers whose weekly talks about little-known people and events of the Civil War aired for 15 years on National Public Radio, brings history to life here in a collection of unexpected and true stories revealing the...