Tag Archives: World

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

Product Description
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 [...]

Cracking the AP World History Exam, 2008 Edition (College Test Prep)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Book Description
Scoring high on the AP World History Exam is very different from earning straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about World history—only the strategies and information you’ll need to get your highest score. In Cracking [...]

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 [...]

Manga: The Complete Guide

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Jason Thompson
Publisher: Del Rey

Book Description
• Reviews of more than 900 manga series• Ratings from 0 to 4 stars • Guidelines for age-appropriateness• Number of series volumes• Background info on series and artists
THE ONE-STOP RESOURCE FOR CHOOSING BETWEEN THE BEST AND THE REST!
Whether you’re new to the world [...]

Titanic

Author: Martin Jenkins
Publisher: Candlewick

Book Description
Unfold a spectacular 3-D model of the TITANIC — and read about her fateful rise and fall — in a gorgeous gift set including several novelty features.
On April 14, 1912, the largest and finest ocean liner of the age struck an iceberg and sank to the icy depths. Now [...]

I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust

Rating: (159 reviews)
Author: Livia Bitton-Jackson
Publisher: Simon Pulse

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

Rating: (603 reviews)
Author: Anne Frank
Publisher: Bantam
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A beloved classic since its initial publication in 1947, this vivid, insightful journal is a fitting memorial to the gifted Jewish teenager who died at Bergen-Belsen, Germany, in 1945. Born in 1929, Anne Frank received a blank diary on her 13th birthday, just weeks before she [...]

You Know You Love Me: A Gossip Girl Novel

Rating: (85 reviews)
Author: Cecily von Ziegesar
Publisher: Poppy

Book Description
lder teens and adult readers can’t get enough of Gossip Girl, the anonymous narrator who made her catty debut in the bestselling Gossip Girl and titillated readers in the juicy sequel, You Know You Love Me. Now in All I Want Is Everything, readers [...]

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 [...]