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1) Antarctica
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to Antarctica. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade--
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"The Dutch Century: Domination of the Spice Trade at Any Cost is the second of three books about the remarkable 17th century, primarily owned by the Netherlands. It reveals--as historical fiction -- the adventures, trials, risks, accomplishments, conflicts, atrocities, and crimes, of the Dutch and specifically of the Seagoing Van Brakel family."--
3) Geography
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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A treasury of geography facts includes entries about the international date line, what formed the Great Lakes, the biggest desert in the world, the oldest mountain range in North America, and how fast a hurricane can move.
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My weirder-est school volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"After noticing that A.J. and his friends' geography knowledge could use some work, Mr. Cooper invites to class just the person to help. Globetrotter Mrs. Barr speaks seven languages and has visited nearly two hundred countries! But why does she carry a suitcase everywhere she goes? And why does she open a window whenever she walks into a room? Perhaps Mrs. Barr has something to hide!--
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Español
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Las dunas costeras chilenas son ambientes naturales escasos, originales y frágiles. Este libro entrega conocimiento sistemático sobre la geografía física y geomorfología de las dunas de Chile, con énfasis en sus funciones naturales y los servicios que aportan a la sociedad, además de sus principales usos humanos y las amenazas que las afectan. Asimismo, se exponen metodologías de vanguardia aplicadas al entendimiento y valoración de las dunas,...
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There have been many books and movies about whether Atlantis really existed and where it was located. Now we have a new candidate location which meets the criteria established by Plato much better than any of the other candidates. A location which is the exact same size as the fabled city and is located by more than one ancient source. The story of the Eye of the Sahara is truly amazing and once you read it you will become convinced like I am of this...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Will is very excited! He's researching countries for school and has a new pen pal named Abdou from Morocco. Abdou writes to Will about what makes his country special. Will can't wait to write back. But first, he gathers facts and photos for Abdou about the United States—including its government, climate, people, and landmarks. Along the way, he learns something new about his country.
10) Reading Maps
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Maps help you learn about new places or places near where you live. This book introduces students to the basic parts of a map, including a map key and a compass rose. They learn how to use the scale on a map and the difference between a map and a globe. This title also allows students to distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.
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Español
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A fines del siglo pasado se inició una especie de diáspora desde lo geográfico hacia otras áreas disciplinares y, al mismo tiempo, una diversificación de las líneas de investigación que tradicionalmente abordó la geografía. Este libro es un ejemplo de los mencionados esfuerzos de expansión del campo de estudio de la disciplina, pese a que la religión fue tema de estudio en los inicios de la geografía cultural decimonónica, cuestión que...
12) Piedras sagradas
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Cuando el hombre encuentra lugares donde detecta la presencia de algo extraño que le provoca toda clase de sentimientos y sensaciones, atribuye su poder a seres extrahumanos, ya sean benignos o malignos. La mayoría de los lugares donde el hombre se encuentra con sus dioses han sido construidos con piedras...Piedras Sagradas.
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Entre 1963 y 1980, Horacio Serrano publicó cerca de mil notas y columnas en el diario El Mercurio. Esta selección rescata los principales ejes temáticos de esos escritos: Chile y los chilenos, el legado cultural clásico, la sabiduría oriental, nuestra confusa e incipiente modernización y el mundo de la mujer y los sentimientos. Leer a Horacio Serrano es recuperar parte de nuestro paisaje y es volver a preguntarnos por la identidad chilena. Sus...
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The Great White Hunter-Southern Africa is the third and final book of the Dutch Century Trilogy. It covers the last two-thirds of the 1600s, during which the Dutch exercised considerable control of all sub-Saharan Africa. Among the Dutch who spent significant portions of their lives in the region were farmers, traders, builders, mariners, and slavers. And, most interesting, some intrepid long-distance hunters. They sought fortunes as rewards for museum-quality...
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Ein Sehnsuchtsort, ein Tor in Richtung Westen – das war der Alexanderplatz für Nellja Veremej, als sie in den Neunzigerjahren nach Berlin kam. Stattdessen fand sie sich auf einer unwirtlichen Brache wieder, umstellt von Häuserkästen, deren Stil sie noch aus der Sowjetunion kannte.
Erst als sie sich in Alfred Döblins berühmtem Roman vertieft und in die Geschichte des Platzes eintaucht, offenbart er sich ihr als Ort der Begegnungen und Gegensätze,...
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The 50 or so mysterious Pictish symbols and the stones displaying them have become central to all discussion of the Picts. Generations of scholars have sought to interpret the symbols with little agreement. This book takes an indirect approach to the situation. The present layout of Class I stones hints at an arrangement in chains in which adjacent stones in a chain are linked by a common symbol. This is investigated and the chains identified. Between...
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Español
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La Huerta de Valencia es un paisaje cultural de valor excepcional. Pocas ciudades europeas disponen de entornos tan singulares y valiosos. Estos entornos singulares, que entablan cada día su particular y desigual combate con la ciudad real, tienen escasas posibilidades de supervivencia de no mediar políticas eficaces de gestión. Sin embargo, no se constatan los cambios que serían necesarios en la ordenación del territorio, en la producción sostenible...
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Deutsch
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Berlins Friedhöfe werden oft von Leuten genutzt, die nicht trauern, sondern sich entspannen wollen – abseits der großen Parks, in denen man von Skateboardern überfahren wird und von Musikanten nicht immer angenehm überrascht. Aber einige Friedhöfe können noch viel mehr: Sie bieten Überraschendes und Erbauendes, Verstörendes und Horizonterweiterndes. Wer sich auskennt, kann zum Beispiel Zwiesprache mit Hegel oder Fanny Hensel halten, nächtliche...
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The book describes the worlds oldest human settlements during the rather long and diversified sets of civilizations and cultural epochs in the regions, which are now situated within the territorial limits of Pakistan, and highlights three historical periods, namely (i) the age of neolithic settlements, (ii) the Indus Valley civilization, and (iii) the period of precolonial empires and kingdoms and against this backdrop deals with the human settlements...
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Los procesos hidrológicos que ocurren en zonas de clima mediterráneo despliegan gran parte de su actividad en la capa superior del suelo, la más sensible a los factores y modificaciones externas. Los cambios climáticos predichos para los próximos años en regiones mediterráneas afectarán a la distribución espacio-temporal de la lluvia y a las variaciones térmicas del aire. Estos cambios podrían aumentar la intensidad y duración de los periodos...
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