Tag Archives: Middle East

Magic Tree House #34: Season of the Sandstorms (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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Jack and Annie travel back in time to a desert in the Middle East at the behest of Merlin who has given them a rhyme to help on their mission. There they meet a Bedouin tribe and learn about [...]

Cybele’s Secret

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Juliet Marillier
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

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FOR PAULA, ACCOMPANYING her merchant father on a trading voyage to Istanbul is a dream come true. They have come to this city of trade on a special mission to purchase a most rare artifact—a gift from the ancient goddess, Cybele, [...]

The Bronze Bow

Rating: (93 reviews)
Author: Elizabeth George Speare
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

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In this Newbery Medal-winning novel, Daniel bar Jamin is fired by only one passion: to avenge his father’s death by crucifixion by driving the Roman legions from his land of Israel. He joins an outlaw band and leads a dangerous life of spying, [...]

Encyclopedia of World History

Rating: (20 reviews)
Author: Jane Bingham
Publisher: Usborne Books

Story of the World, Volume 1: Ancient Times Audiobook CD: From the Earliest Nomads to the Late Roman Empire, Revised Edition (7 CDs)

Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Susan Wise Bauer
Publisher: Peace Hill Press

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The Story of the World CD audiobook is a collaboration between Jim Weiss, whose voice is “liquid gold” (CNN TV), and Susan Wise Bauer, whose writing has been described as “timeless and intelligent” (Publishers Weekly). These spirited readings of the first volume [...]

The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia

Rating: (25 reviews)
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Publisher: Kingfisher

Book Description
This authoritative reference book brings world history to life, from early humans to the current war on terror. Along the way, it reveals riveting facts on the founding of the great Roman Empire, the revolution that changed France forever, the war between the North and [...]

The Sign of the Beaver

Rating: (187 reviews)
Author: Elizabeth George Speare
Publisher: Yearling
Product Description
. Young Matt is alone in the Maine wilderness awaiting his father’s return to their cabin when he is attacked by a swarm of bees. To his surprise, he is saved by an Indian chief and his grandson, Attean. The boys come to know [...]