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WHERE IS STONEHENGE?
Unravel some of the riddles of Stonehenge, one of the most famous and mysterious monuments in the world! Where is Stonehenge? That's an easy question to answer. It sits on the Salisbury Plain in Southern England. But what is the meaning of these strange circles of stones? Was Stonehenge a religious site to honor the dead? Or a sacred place of healing? Or perhaps an astrological calendar? The…
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- 978-0-448-48693-2
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- 108 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm.
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- 936 KEL w c.1 2022110034
WHO WAS ROALD DAHL?
Roald Dahl is one of the most famous children's book authors ever. Now in this Who Was . . . ? biography, children will learn of his real-life adventures. A flying ace for the British Air Force, he was married to an Academy Award-winning actress. He also wrote books and screenplays for adults. Entertaining and readable, this biography has 80 black-and-white illustrations.
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- 978-0-448-46146-5
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- 102 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm.
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- 920 KEL w c.1 2022110032
WHO WAS GALILEO?
Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name--a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth of knowledge. He invented a telescope to observe the heavens. From there, not even the sky was the limit! He turned long-held notions about the universe topsy tur…
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- 978-0-448-47985-9
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- 105 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm.
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- 920 DEM w c.1 2022110029
WHERE IS THE PARTHENON?
Athens, Greece, is best known for the Parthenon, the ruins of an ancient temple completed in 438 BC to honor the goddess Athena. But what many people don't know is that it only served as a temple for a couple hundred years. It then became a church, then a mosque, and by the end of the 1600s served as a storehouse for munitions. When an enemy army fired hundreds of cannon balls at the Acropolis,…
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- 978-0-448-48889-9
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- 108 p. : ill. ; col. map ; 20 cm
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- 900 EDW w c.1 2022110023
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