The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Volume 1
by James George Frazer
Operation Drake: Voyage of Discovery (A Brother Chandler Mystery)
by Andrew Mitchell
The Mammoth Book of Travel in Dangerous Places: Antarctic (Mammoth Books)
by John Keay
Farthest South - Ernest Henry ShackletonBorn in Ireland, Shackleton joined the merchant navy before being recruited for Captain Scott's 1901 expedition to Antarctica. He was with Scott on his first attempt to reach the South Pole and, though badly shaken by the experience, realized that success was now feasible. In 1907, with a devoted team but little official support, he launched his own expedition. A scientific programme gave it respectability but Shackleton was essentially an adventurer, begu...
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo (Scientists in the field)
by Sy Montgomery
It looks like a bear, but isn't one. It climbs trees as easily as a monkey- but isn't a monkey, either. It has a belly pocket like a kangaroo, but what's a kangaroo doing up a tree? Meet the amazing Matschie's tree kangaroo, who makes its home in the ancient trees of Papua New Guinea's cloud forest. And meet the amazing scientists who track these elusive animals.
Astronomy students will explore the bitter rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union that served as fuel for the fire that catapulted rockets into the great unknown of the next frontier space and eventually landed a man on the moon.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Ernest Scott. Contains the full illustrations of the original. Captain Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) was a distinguished navigator and cartographer, who was the first to circumnavigate Australia and identify it as a continent. Within his forty years of life, he discovered a very large area of what is now an important region of the earth; he participated in stirring events which are memorable in modern history; he applied a vigorous and original mind to the...
The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Volume 2
by James George Frazer
Historical Sources on Westward Expansion (America's Story)
by Chet'la Sebree
The Amazing Children: Journey to a Better World
by Sean Grinyer
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People (ReVisioning History for Young People, #2)
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
2020 American Indian Youth Literature Young Adult Honor Book 2020 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People,selected by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the Children’s Book Council 2019 Best-Of Lists: Best YA Nonfiction of 2019 (Kirkus Reviews) · Best Nonfiction of 2019 (School Library Journal) · Best Books for Teens (New York Public Library) · Best Informational Books for Older Readers (Chicago Public Library) Spanning more than 400 years, this classic bottom-up...
The Brave Magellan: The First Man to Circumnavigate the World - Biography 3rd Grade Children's Biography Books
by Baby Professor
The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Volume 4
by James George Frazer
