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1. Ancient China (DK Eyewitness Books)
2. Red Scarf Girl (rack): A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
3. Mesopotamia (DK Eyewitness Books)
4. Russia ABCs: A Book About the People and Places of Russia (Country Abcs)
5. The Silk Route: 7,000 Miles of History
6. India (Eyewitness Books)
7. Ancient Mesopotamia: The Sumerians, Babylonians, And Assyrians (People of the Ancient World)
8. One Thousand Paper Cranes: The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue
9. Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China During the Cultural Revolution (Melanie Kroupa Books)
10. Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy
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Ancient China (DK Eyewitness Books)
Authors: Arthur Cotterell. Laura Buller. Hardcover, 72 pagesPublisher: DK CHILDREN Publication Date: 2005-09-05 Reviews :
Here is a spectacular and informative guide to the history of the great Chinese empire and the customs and traditions of its people. Stunning real-life photographs and lifelike models offer a unique "eyewitness" view of life in imperial China, from its earliest beginnings in the Bronze Age to its final days in the early years of the 20th century. See the stunning bronze work of the ancient Chinese, an early irrigation machine, a set of antique acupuncture needles, the beautiful implements used for Chinese calligraphy. Learn why the First Emperor created the terra-cotta army, what kinds of goods were carried along the Silk Route, who invented paper, how a Chinese house was constructed, why tombs were filled with pottery figures, and what a civil servant's job entailed. Discover why emperors were known as Sons of Heaven, what kinds of weapons were used in early battles, why families worshiped their ancestors, how fishermen used bivas to catch fish, and much, much more....
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Red Scarf Girl (rack): A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
Authors: Ji-li Jiang. Paperback, 304 pagesPublisher: HarperTeen Publication Date: 2008-07-01 Reviews :
It's 1966, and twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has everything a girl could want: brains, tons of friends, and a bright future in Communist China. But it's also the year that China's leader, Mao Ze-dong, launches the Cultural Revolution—and Ji-li's world begins to fall apart. Over the next few years, people who were once her friends and neighbors turn on her and her family, forcing them to live in constant terror of arrest. When Ji-li's father is finally imprisoned, she faces the most difficult dilemma of her life. This is the true story of one girl's determination to hold her family together during one of the most terrifying eras of the twentieth century. ...
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Mesopotamia (DK Eyewitness Books)
Authors: John Farndon. Hardcover, 72 pagesPublisher: DK CHILDREN Publication Date: 2007-06-25 Reviews :
In these 4 all-new titles-each with its own clip-art CD and wall chart-DK shines its Eyewitness spotlight on vital topics from the past, present, and future. While Mesopotamia explore the cradle of civilization and Great Scientists reveals the minds that shaped the modern world, China investigates the present-day culture of the most populous country on the planet, and Oil takes a look at the controversial substance responsible for the beginning-and, if we're not careful, the end of life as we know it today....
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Russia ABCs: A Book About the People and Places of Russia (Country Abcs)
Authors: Berge. Ann. Paperback, 32 pagesPublisher: Picture Window Books Publication Date: 2004-01 Reviews :
Privyet! Welcome to Russia! Come along on this ABC adventure through the biggest country on Earth. Read about diamond studded eggs, the deepest lake in the world, and other fascinating facts....
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The Silk Route: 7,000 Miles of History
Authors: John S. Major. Paperback, 32 pagesPublisher: HarperTrophy Publication Date: 1996-04-30 Reviews :
Silk has long been considered a symbol of wealth and luxury. But thousands of years ago, the production of silk cloth was one of China's most prized secrets. So how did silk become one of the most sought-after materials in the world? With lavish illustrations and a highly informative text, The Silk Route traces the early history of the silk trade-from the mulberry groves of China to the marketplace in Byzantium-and explores how two of the world's greatest empires were brought together, forever opening the channels of commerce between East and West. ...
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Farlex and Cambridge University Press Sign Distribution Agreement Farlex increases content by 12,000 idiomatic phrases with the addition of the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms and the Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms. [PRWEB Oct 14, 2005]
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India (Eyewitness Books)
Authors: Manini Chatterjee. Hardcover, 64 pagesPublisher: DK CHILDREN Publication Date: 2002-08-01 Edition: 1st Reviews :
Discover the people and traditions of one of the most dynamic countries in the world. Discover the rich diversity of the world's most populous democracy in this stunning guide. Witness the beauty of the Taj Mahal, learn how India gained its independence, discover the splendor of the Mughal dynasty, and much, much more....
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Ancient Mesopotamia: The Sumerians, Babylonians, And Assyrians (People of the Ancient World)
Authors: Virginia Schomp.
Paperback, 112 pages
Publisher: Childrens Press
Publication Date: 2005-03
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One Thousand Paper Cranes: The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue
Authors: Takayuki Ishii. Mass Market Paperback, 112 pagesPublisher: Laurel Leaf Publication Date: 2001-01-09 Reviews :
The inspirational story of the Japanese national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue honoring Sadako and hundreds of other children who died as a result of the bombing of Hiroshima.Ten years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Sadako Sasaki died as a result of atomic bomb disease. Sadako's determination to fold one thousand paper cranes and her courageous struggle with her illness inspired her classmates. After her death, they started a national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue to remember Sadako and the many other children who were victims of the Hiroshima bombing. On top of the statue is a girl holding a large crane in her outstretched arms. Today in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, this statue of Sadako is beautifully decorated with thousands of paper cranes given by people throughout the world....
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Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China During the Cultural Revolution (Melanie Kroupa Books)
Authors: Moying Li. Hardcover, 192 pagesPublisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Publication Date: 2008-03-18 Edition: 1 Reviews :
Most people cannot remember when their childhood ended. I, on the other hand, have a crystal-clear memory of that moment. It happened at night in the summer of 1966, when my elementary school headmaster hanged himself.
In 1966 Moying, a student at a prestigious language school in Beijing, seems destined for a promising future. Everything changes when student Red Guards begin to orchestrate brutal assaults, violent public humiliations, and forced confessions. After watching her teachers and headmasters beaten in public, Moying flees school for the safety of home, only to witness her beloved grandmother denounced, her home ransacked, her father’s precious books flung onto the back of a truck, and Baba himself taken away. From labor camp, Baba entrusts a friend to deliver a reading list of banned books to Moying so that she can continue to learn. Now, with so much of her life at risk, she finds sanctuary in the world of imagination and learning.
This inspiring memoir follows Moying Li from age twelve to twenty-two, illuminating a complex, dark time in China’s history as it tells the compelling story of one girl’s difficult but determined coming-of-age during the Cultural Revolution. ...
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Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy
Authors: Rhoda Blumberg. Paperback, 80 pagesPublisher: HarperTrophy Publication Date: 2003-01 Reviews :
Any person who leaves
the country to go to another
and later returns
will be put to death. This was the law in Japan in the early 1800s. When fourteen-year-old Manjiro, working on a fishing boat to help support his family, was shipwrecked three hundred miles away from his homeland, he was heartbroken to think that he would never again be able to go home. So when an American whaling boat rescued him, Manjiro decided to do what no other Japanese person had ever done: He went to America, where he received an education and took part in events that eventually made him a hero in the Land of the Rising Sun. ...
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Effective Citizens Influencing Education: Who Are You? Flip The Status Quo; Know What Little Is Missing The campaign of USA VALUES-CDP, Character Education will get 80% of effective citizens to agree on first things first as it relates to K-12 education. The wishful status quo before the accountability of Leave No Child Behind is still entrenched. Only a miniscule shortfall in funding is missing, in the spending formula, to accountably reinvest in our future. The key to flipping over the status quo is present in each and every neighborhood and community school. [PRWEB Sep 29, 2005]
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