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Author
Pub. Date
1989.
Physical Desc
68 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes how a young Swiss businessman, accidentally viewing the bloody Battle of Solferino in 1859, was shocked at the lack of care given the wounded and went on to found the International Red Cross.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
32 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"During World War II, a group of homesick Polish soldiers took in an orphaned bear cub and named him Wojtek. As the bear cub grew, he became friends with the soldiers, lifting their spirits as he learned to imitate them around camp. Later, Wojtek was helpful by carrying many heavy shells during a large battle in Italy. Learn how Wojtek showed his courage in battle and earned the rank of Corporal during history's biggest war" -- Back cover.
1465) Rebel folklore: empowering tales of spirits, witches and other misfits from Anansi to Baba Yaga
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
191 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Meet 50 fascinating folktale characters and discover how these flawed heroes and relatable villains of ancient stories remain relevant today. Rebel Folklore gathers 50 fascinating folktale characters from around the world (showing readers why we should care about the rebels and misfits of ancient stories. Folktales were humble stories, passed down generations by those on the fringes of society- women, peasants, outcast groups. Across the world, these...
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
365 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The riveting history of a beautiful Queen, a shocking murder, a papal trial -- and a reign as triumphant as any in the Middle Ages. Italy, 14th-century -- amid intrigue, betrayal, and conspiracy, Joanna I of Sicily became the only female monarch of her day to rule in her own name, and one of the most courageous women in history. Married for political advantage at the age of seven to her six-year-old Hungarian cousin, Joanna saw her brilliant, cultivated...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xii, 319 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
""New Kids in the World Cup" is a journey from dusty soccer fields in middle America to deafening stadiums in Italy for the United States' first appearance in the World Cup in forty years, all to an idyllic backdrop of the end of the 1980s and the dawn of the 1990s"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
xvii, 310 pages : maps, plans ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Robert L. O'Connell, one of the most admired names in military history, tells the whole story of Cannae for the first time, giving a stirring account of this apocalyptic battle of the Second Punic War, and its causes and consequences.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xiv, 318 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
""A wonderfully rich, witty, insightful, and wide-ranging portrait of the two Plinys and their world."-Sarah Bakewell, author of How to Live. When Pliny the Elder perished at Stabiae during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, he left behind an enormous compendium of knowledge, his thirty-seven-volume Natural History, and a teenaged nephew who revered him as a father. Grieving his loss, Pliny the Younger inherited the Elder's notebooks-filled with pearls...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
193 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In The Louis Till File, John Edgar Wideman searches for Louis Till, a silent victim of American injustice. Wideman's personal interaction with the story began when he learned of Emmett's murder in 1955; Wideman was also fourteen years old. After reading decades later about Louis's execution, he couldn't escape the twin tragedies of father and son, and tells their stories together for the first time. Author of the award-winningBrothers and Keepers,...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton reporter volume 15
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
59 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the owner of the Daily Rat newspaper thinks Thea Stilton, who has vanished without a trace, is responsible for a recent string of robberies in New Mouse City, Geronimo must employ his "famouse" investigative skills to find Thea - and the truth.
1474) Antoinette's sister
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xi, 386 pages : genealogical table ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Austria 1767: Maria Carolina Charlotte-ninth daughter and sixteenth child of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria-knows her position as a Hapsburg archduchess will inevitably force her to leave her home, her family, and her beloved country. But not yet. The Hapsburg family is celebrating a great triumph: Charlotte's older sister, Josepha, has been promised to King Ferdinand IV of Naples, and will soon take her place as queen. Before Josepha can journey...
1475) Epic climbs
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
111 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discover the world's most amazing mountains, and the extraordinary climbers who conquered them. Discover how five of the most difficult mountains were conquered.
Series
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In August 1944, the Allied army is closing in on Paris. German commander and art fanatic Colonel Von Waldheim steals a vast collection of rare French paintings and loads them onto a train bound for Berlin. When a beloved French patriot is murdered while trying to sabotage Von Waldheim's scheme, Labiche, a stalwart member of the Resistance, vows to stop the train at any cost.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (2 unnumbered pages, iv, 102 pages ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
This series of lectures introduces the greatest of universal museums. Its aim is not comprehensive. The focus is narrowed to the Department of Paintings, which is responsible for European paintings from the Middle Ages until the mid-19th century. These works of art form an encyclopedic summary of the achievements of painters that can be called the single most important such collection in the world. The aim of these lectures is to both prepare new...
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