Michael McCurdy
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Language
English
Description
Henry David Thoreau was an author and naturalist whose book WALDEN still inspires readers today. In it Thoreau documented his experience living in a cabin on Walden Pond, reflecting on the beauty of nature and Mother Earth. Much of his writing, including WALDEN, propelled the environmental movement that exists today. Over one hundred and fifty years later, Michael McCurdy pays tribute to this influential figure and the historic place that inspired...
Author
Publisher
Walker and Co
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, the expedition ship, the Endurance, was finally crushed and Shackleton and his men made the very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.
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Language
English
Description
This superb collection of larger-than-life folk heroes aptly represents America's robust early days, perfectly capturing the vitality of the men and women who carved a new country out of the North American wilderness. Author Mary Pope Osborne supplies a fascinating introduction to each tale and then gives her own original twist to the telling of it. Get ready for an unforgettable listen as actor Scott Snively takes you on a wild ride from sea to
...14) Iron horses
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and simple rhyming text depict the race to construct railroads across the country during the second half of the nineteenth century.
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Series
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Español
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La infancia recuperada de esta novela es el lugar del que Harry Crews se marchó a los diecisiete años con idea de no volver. No la miserable cabaña de arrendatarios en la que siendo apenas un bebé amaneció un buen día junto a su padre muerto, ni siquiera aquella cama en la que se pasó tentido buena parte de su infancia soñando con huir al mundo idílico y sin cicatrices que se anunciaba en las páginas satinadas de los catálogos de Sears,...
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Series
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English
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Kids - Fantasy
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"Dorothy and her little dog Toto are swept away from their home in Kansas by a powerful tornado and dropped into an enchanting new land called Oz. To get home, the Witch of the North tells her she must follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City and ask the mysterious Wizard of Oz for help. Along the way, she meets the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion, and together they embark on a strange and magical adventure"--