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Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Featuring more than 1,500 photographs, artifacts, and maps, this history encyclopedia chronicles the events, personalities, and inventions that have changed the world, from the earliest civilizations in Mesopotamia to China's growth as a global power.
28) Back to life
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Turns back time to reveal realistic reconstructions of the most incredible locations and exciting moments in history. You'll feel the roar of the crowd in the Roman Colosseum, walk the ramparts of the Great Wall of China, and ride the first railways. Each story begins with an archaeological site or artifact. You'll learn when and how it was discovered, and what it teaches us about how the people who lived at the site might have spent their days....
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc., an Insight Editions Book
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Explores how the characters and people that appear in the game Assassin's Creed figure into their own time period, from George Washington and Leonardo da Vinci to Florence Nightingale and Machiavelli.
Author
Publisher
Bushel & Peck Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"In evocative verse and stunning artwork, Witness Trees is the story of the world's most enduring witnesses: the trees. From the Flower of Kent apple tree still standing in Sir Isaac Newton's yard, to the English oak given to Jesse Owens after facing down Hitler at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, to the California redwood saved from destruction by July Butterfly Hill, to the Callery pear tree still miraculously alive after the World Trade Towers fell, Witness...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
x, 438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"a captivating exploration of how "Western Civilization"-the concept of a single cultural inheritance extending from ancient Greece to modern times-is a powerful figment of our collective imagination"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xl, 1304 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Description
"From the acclaimed author of The Romanovs--a magisterial history of humanity viewed through the lens of its most powerful dynasties In this sprawling and eye-opening book, best-selling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore chronicles the world's great dynasties across human history through engrossing tales of palace intrigue, glorious battle, and the real lives of people who held unfathomable power. He trains his eye on founders of humble origin, like...
37) Wacky- but true
Publisher
Neildawn Pty Ltd
Pub. Date
2003-
Physical Desc
volumes : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
An atlas provides the history of human civilization from the ancient world to the modern era and examines religion, exploration, war, colonization, kingdoms, and technology.
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 VOX book (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
An inspiring and empowering picture book about the small things kids do that have the potential to change the world! Meet some of the world's most beloved movers, shakers, scientists, activists, dreamers, and doers from the past and present who model what every childhood first can lead to! Neil Armstrong, Misty Copeland, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and more were once kids-they grew up to lead us to the moon, dance in the ballet, and break barriers. From...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
172 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
Español
Description
"For the first time ever, the Who Was? subjects are gathered into a single title! The Who Was? History of the World is a journey along the timeline of history, noting the birthdays of 150 people in the series and what was happening in the world at that moment in time. Follow the timeline to learn who was doing what when, from the days of ancient Egypt, all the way up to the present"--
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