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Empire State Building by Elizabeth Mann
Category: History | Series: Wonders of the World S.
This is an illustrated story of when New York reached for the skies; the story of an American icon! It was 1929 and the race was on to put up the tallest building in the world. Less than two years later, the Empire State Building was completed and the race was over. This book tracks this wonder of moder ...Show more
Great Pyramid by Elizabeth Mann; Laura Lo Turco (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Educational | Series: Wonders of the World Book Ser.
Here's the story of the Great Pyramid and the people who built it. In the author's telling, the Old Kingdom comes alive: a nation of farmers living on the green edge of a harsh desert with a king who was a god in life and in death. Tens of thousands of farmers left home each year to chisel hard stone w ...Show more
Madam Bovary: Wonders of the World by Gustave Flaubert
Category: Fiction | Series: Wonders of the World S.
Flaubert's heroine, Emma, is a bored provincial housewife who abandons her husband to pursue the libertine Rodolphe in a desperate love affair. The book created a sensation when it was published - the author was prosecuted for offending public morals and later aquitted.
Mount Everest by Lisa M. Bolt Simons
Category: Education | Series: Natural Wonders of the World (Paperback Set Of 8) Ser.
Earth is an incredible planet. This series takes readers up close to some of the most beautiful places our world has to offer. Learn all about the geological and biological history of each wonder, and what it's like to visit those wonders today. Book jacket.
The Amazon Rainforest by Rebecca Kraft Rector
Category: Education | Series: Natural Wonders of the World (Paperback Set Of 8) Ser.
Earth is an incredible planet. This series takes readers up close to some of the most beautiful places our world has to offer. Learn all about the geological and biological history of each wonder, and what it's like to visit those wonders today. Book jacket.
The Great Barrier Reef by Rebecca Kraft Rector
Category: Children's Educational | Series: Natural Wonders of the World (Paperback Set Of 8) Ser.
The Great Barrier Reef by Rebecca Kraft Rector
Category: Children's Non Fiction | Series: Natural Wonders of the World (Library Bound Set Of 8) Ser.
Earth is an incredible planet. This series takes readers up close to some of the most beautiful places our world has to offer. Learn all about the geological and biological history of each wonder, and what it's like to visit those wonders today. Book jacket.
The Great Wall by Elizabeth Mann
Category: History | Series: Wonders of the World S.
Imagine a wall 30 feet high, a wall thousands of miles long, a wall that crossed deserts and climbed over impossibly jagged peaks, a wall that contained thousands of individual forts and towers, a wall that was guarded by a million soldiers, a wall that took over 200 years to build. This is the story of ...Show more
The Parthenon by Mary Beard
Category: Classics | Series: Wonders of the World Ser.
Praise for the previous edition: "Wry and imaginative, this gem of a book deconstructs the most famous building in Western history."-Benjamin Schwarz, The Atlantic"In her brief but compendious volume Beard] says that the more we find out about this mysterious structure, the less we know. Her book is esp ...Show more
The Sahara Desert by Rebecca Kraft Rector
Category: Education | Series: Natural Wonders of the World (Paperback Set Of 8) Ser.
Earth is an incredible planet. This series takes readers up close to some of the most beautiful places our world has to offer. Learn all about the geological and biological history of each wonder, and what it's like to visit those wonders today. Book jacket.
The Wonders of the World: the Odyssey by Homer
Category: unmapped | Series: Wonders of the World S.
Homer\'s epic tells of the adventures of Odysseus, the mythological King of Ithaca and leader of the Trojan war, recounting the hero\'s wanderings and his eventual regaining of his kingdom.
Uluru: the World's Largest Monolith by Jennifer Hurtig
Category: Education | Series: Wonders of the World Ser.