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Author
Pub. Date
2020
Description
"With wonder and a sense of humor, Kelly Brenner aims to help us rediscover our connection to the natural world that is just outside our front door--we just need to know where to look. Through explorations of a rich, varied urban landscape, Brenner reveals the complex micro-habitats and surprising nature that exists in the middle of a city. In her hometown of Seattle, which has plowed down hills, cut through the land to connect fresh- and saltwater,...
84) Lost cities
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Combining world culture, history, geography, and architecture, this visually stunning look at ancient cities around the globe takes readers to such places as the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde, and the mysterious sculptures of Angkor Wat. Perfect for fans of This Is How We Do It and Atlas Obscura.
What would it be like if you lived a thousand years ago? To pass through the Hanging Gardens of Babylon on your way home?...
Author
Series
Capricorn giant volume 242
Pub. Date
1964
Description
"In these pages I have undertaken to describe the life of colonial America from 1625 to 1742 as it developed under urban conditions."--Preface.
90) City
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Did you know that about half of the people on Earth live in cities? Tokyo, Japan, is the most populated city in the world. Learn more in City, a title in the I Live Here! series.
Author
Description
Ancient Rome is a magnificent volume that traces the dramatic history of the Roman Empire, paying particular attention to its rise and fall and its lasting social, cultural, military, and political influence. From great feats and everyday customs, to works of art and household objects, this comprehensive account offers a fascinating insight into the highly complex and sophisticated society that once ruled the world. Authoritative text by Anna Maria...
Author
Pub. Date
[1997]
Description
A mysterious stranger sparks mistrust and violence in a gripping tale of small-town prejudice, jealousy, and murder from Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Bill Pronzini The arrival of big, ugly John C. Faith in a battered Porsche sends up warning flags throughout the small Northern California resort community of Pomo. No one trusts the stranger who refuses to talk about why he is there. And when a local beauty with questionable morals is found...
94) Grandpa & Jake
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"As the two of them walk through the busy town, Grandpa shares the favorite places he and his own grandpa went together ... and Little Jake keeps guessing where they are going. The movies? The baseball park? The beach? 'Not this time, ' says Grandpa, and has Jake close his eyes before going into ... the library"--
96) Whereabouts
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Series
Description
"A marvelous new novel from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Lowland and Interpreter of Maladies--her first in nearly a decade. Exuberance and dread, attachment and estrangement: in this novel, Jhumpa Lahiri stretches her themes to the limit. The woman at the center wavers between stasis and movement, between the need to belong and the refusal to form lasting ties. The city she calls home, an engaging backdrop to her days, acts as a confidant:...
Author
Pub. Date
[1997]
Description
The impact of murder on a small town in New York State where three girls are found dead in an attic, their hands cut off. The novel chronicles the growing mistrust that spreads through the town as everyone becomes suspicious of everyone else. By the author of Saratoga Fleshpot.
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