[PDF] Winning In The Land Of Giants Youth Edition eBook

Author : Diana Appelbaum
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 30,34 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9780618033058

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"The felling and transporting of behemoth New England oak and white pine trees, destined to become masts of 18th-century British ships, is gracefully recounted in this elegant picture book."--"School Library Journal, " starred review. An ALA Notable Children's Book, "Booklist" Youth Nonfiction Top of the List, "School Library Journal" Best Book, NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies. Illustrations.

Author : Max Adams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 34,29 MB
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1681772736

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A cultural exploration of the Dark Age landscapes of Britain that poses a significant question: Is the modern world simply the realization of our ancient past? The five centuries between the end of Roman Britain and the death of Alfred the Great have left few voices save a handful of chroniclers, but Britain's "Dark Ages" can still be explored through their material remnants: architecture, books, metalwork, and, above all, landscapes. Max Adams explores Britain's lost early medieval past by walking its paths and exploring its lasting imprint on valley, hill, and field. From York to Whitby, from London to Sutton Hoo, from Edinburgh to Anglesey, and from Hadrian's Wall to Loch Tay, each of his ten walking narratives form free-standing chapters as well as parts of a wider portrait of a Britain of fort and fyrd, crypt and crannog, church and causeway, holy well and memorial stone. Part travelogue, part expert reconstruction, In the Land of Giants offers a beautifully written insight into the lives of peasants, drengs, ceorls, thanes, monks, knights, and kings during an enigmatic but richly exciting period of Britain’s history.

Author : Steve Lopez
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,19 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
ISBN : 9780940159303

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See for yourself why Steve's readers love him and his targets wish he were almost anywhere else.

Author : Ken Follett
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 1010 pages
File Size : 31,68 MB
Release : 2011-08-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101543558

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Ken Follett’s magnificent historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage. A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the mining pits. . . . An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson’s White House. . . . A housekeeper for the aristocratic Fitzherberts takes a fateful step above her station, while Lady Maud Fitzherbert herself crosses deep into forbidden territory when she falls in love with a German spy. . . . And two orphaned Russian brothers embark on radically different paths when their plan to emigrate to America falls afoul of war, conscription, and revolution. From the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty, Fall of Giants takes us into the inextricably entangled fates of five families—and into a century that we thought we knew, but that now will never seem the same again. . . .

Author : Ole Edvart Rølvaag
Publisher :
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 41,15 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Dakota Territory
ISBN :

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A narrative of pioneer hardship and heroism on the boundless Dakota prairie, as a Norwegian-American immigrant family passed through Ellis Island and worked to eke out a living in America's midwest.

Author : Irwin Allen
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,96 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781932563436

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"It's back, the comic book adaptation of one of the most famous and popular sci-fi television series of the late 1960's: Irwin Allen's Land of the Giants. This collection presents the complete reprint of the entire series of Gold Key comic books featuring Captain Steve Burton, Dan Erikson, Mark Wilson, Valerie Scott, Betty Hamilton, Alexander Fitzhugh, Barry Lockridge, and the Spindrift."--Cover.

Author : Zoë Tucker
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 12,67 MB
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0711253773

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This inspiring picture book retells the story of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Greta Thunberg—the Swedish teenager who has led a global movement to raise awareness about the world’s climate crisis—using allegory to make this important topic accessible to young children. Greta is a little girl who lives in a beautiful forest threatened by Giants. When the Giants first came to the forest, they chopped down trees to make houses. Then they chopped down more trees and made even bigger homes. The houses grew into towns and the towns grew into cities, until now there is hardly any forest left. Greta knows she has to help the animals who live in the forest, but how? Luckily, Greta has an idea… A section at the back explains that, in reality, the fight against the “giants” isn’t over and explains how you can help Greta in her fight. This book has been printed sustainably in the US on 100% recycled paper. By buying a copy of this book, you are making a donation of 3% of the cover price to 350.org.