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21) City I love
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers in association with the Field Museum
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"Eighteen poems that guide the reader on an international tour"--Jacket front flap.
23) Lost cities
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Who lived in our world's ancient places? How did they survive? Travel back to the lost cities of Babylon, Karnak, Herculaneum, Mesa Verde, Angkor Wat, Great Zimbabwe, Easter Island (or Rapa Nui), Tenochtitlan, Machu Picchu, Fatehpur Sikri, Jamestown, Caughnawaga, and Akrotiri. See why these civilizations were lost--and how they were found! -back cover.
Publisher
San Juan Music Group
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A thirteen-hour travelogue that is a passport to truly cosmopolitan adventures. Presenting the most dazzling destinations on the globe, it provides in-depth exploration of all the sights on the civilized traveler's bucket list. Featuring stunning footage and valuable insights into each capital's distinctive customs, cuisine, architecture and landscape. It pairs friendly, knowledgeable narration with the folkloric music that captures the heartbeat...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lonely Planet Global Limited
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"From the sewers to the skyscrapers-- reveal the secret workings of the city. Lift the flaps to see inside buildings, and unfold the pages to find out what's going on above your head and under your feet"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Take a tour of America's best-loved --and lesser known-- urban delights in this compendium of city maps. Explore skyscraper streets, museum miles, local food trucks, and city parks from Anchorage to Washington D.C., and discover more than 2,000 facts that celebrate the people, culture, and diversity that have helped make America what it is today"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
Nameless city volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Every time it is invaded the City gets a new name, but to the natives in is the Nameless City, and they survive by not letting themselves get involved--but now the fate of the City rests in the hands of Rat, a native, and Kaidu, one of the Dao, the latest occupiers, and the two must somehow work together if the City is to survive.
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"For Ruthie, the frozen, snow-padded town of Waitsfield, Massachusetts, is all she has ever known. But this is no picturesque New England. Once "home of the bean and the cod, where Lowells speak only to Cabots, and Cabots speak only to God," by the 1980s it is an unforgiving place, awash with secrets. Very Cold People tells Ruthie's story, through her eyes: from the shame handed down through her Italian and Jewish immigrant forebears and indomitable...
Author
Publisher
Villard
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
When her husband is offered a post at a small notherwestern university, Maye Roberts is only too happy to pack up and leave the relentless Phoenix heat for the lush green quietude of Spaulding, Washington. After a series of false starts nearly gets her banished from town, Maye decides that her last chance to connect with her new neighbors is to enter the annual Sewer Pipe Queen Pageant.
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"For most of America's history, rural people and culture have been casually mocked, stereotyped, and, in general, deeply misunderstood. Now an array of short stories, poetry, graphic short stories, and personal essays, along with anecdotes from the authors' real lives, dives deep into the complexity and diversity of rural America and the people who call it home. Fifteen extraordinary authors--diverse in ethnic background, sexual orientation, geographic...
36) Cool city
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Sean Kenney is back with original city creations of all sizes, colors, and features. Build a skyscraper, a brownstone, or how about a mini metropolis! Complete with select model instructions for more than six creations, insider tips, and landscape designs for new LEGO fans as well as diehard enthusiasts.
37) La buena suerte
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
agosto de 2020.
Language
Español
Description
"Pablo sigue un impulso y abandona su vida acomodada en Madrid para recomenzar en una destartalada ciudad del sur de España, aunque nadie logra entender la razón. ¿Qué le convirtió en un ser hermético y atravesado por un dolor que intenta ocultar a los demás? Allí conoce a Raluca, una mujer de un optimismo irreductible, incapaz de cerrar los ojos a todo lo bueno que le ha traído cada problema que ha debido afrontar. Tal vez estaban condenados...
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Nameless City--held by the rogue Dao prince Erzi--is under siege by a coalition of Dao and Yisun forces who are determined to end the war once and for all ... Rat and Kai must infiltrate Erzi's palace and steal back the ancient and deadly formula for napatha--the ancient weapon of mass destruction Erzi has unearthed--before he can use it to destroy everything they hold dear!"--
Author
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Called back from college because of family issues, Henry Powell temporarily resumes his job at the men's clothing store where he has worked since high school. His day-to-day measured existence inadvertently conceals the fracture that has caused the disintegration of his family--a fracture that will ultimately reveal the Henry that might have been.
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