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John Wesley Powell, the One-Armed Explorer
Deborah Kogan Ray
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Although John Wesley Powell’s minister father always wanted his son to follow in his footsteps, young Wes had different plans for his future. Enraptured by the...
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Sea Cows, Shamans, and Scurvy
Alaska's First Naturalist: Georg Wilhelm Steller
Ann Arnold
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On June 4, 1741, Georg Wilhelm Steller set sail from Avacha Bay in Siberia on the St. Peter, under the command of Vitus Bering. The crew was bound for America...
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Fooled You!
Fakes and Hoaxes Through the Years
Elaine Pascoe; illustrated by Laurie Keller
Henry Holt and Co.
Hoaxes are meant to fool the world—and some people fall for them. Would you? Crop circles. Aliens on earth. Fairies caught on film. Giant cats. What...
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Manjiro
The Boy Who Risked His Life for Two Countries
Emily Arnold McCully
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In 1841, Japan had been closed to the outside world for 250 years, and anyone who tried to return to the country after leaving it could be executed. So when...
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Emperors of the Ice
A True Story of Disaster and Survival in the Antarctic, 1910-13
Richard Farr
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Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard has always dreamt of becoming an explorer. So in the spring of 1910, when Captain Robert Falcon Scott offers young “Cherry”...
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For Boys Only
The Biggest, Baddest Book Ever
Marc Aronson and HP Newquist
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Hey, Boys! Want to have some fun? Maybe learn how to land an airplane in an emergency? Or fight off an alligator? Escape from being tied up? How about...
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The Great Art Scandal
Solve the Crime, Save the Show!
Anna Nilsen
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Find the rogue painting and save the exhibition and the City Gallery! Children will have hours of fun exercising their powers of observation as they spot the...
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Great Discoveries & Amazing Adventures
The Stories of Hidden Marvels and Lost Treasures
Claire Llewellyn
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Great Discoveries & Amazing Adventures looks at the moment of discovery and the deeper stories behind some of the world's most astonishing finds....
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The Best Book of Pirates
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Barnaby Howard
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Stunning artwork depicts the lives and daredevil raids of famous piratessuch as Blackbeard, Madame Cheng, and Captain Kidd, while clever cutaways and...
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Lost Worlds
John Howe
Kingfisher
From the world of Aratta and Mohenjo-Daro to Atlantis and Camelot, this visually stunning book is a window with a view that takes readers on an historical,...
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Navigators: Pirates
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by Peter Chrisp
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Navigate your way through a fantastic range of subjects with this visually spectacular new series. Every spread is brimming with lively text, amazing...
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Kingfisher Readers L4: Pirates
Kingfisher Readers
by Philip Steele
Kingfisher
Climb aboard, mateys, for more swashbuckling than has ever been seen in the pages of an early reader. Starting with who became pirates and why, and covering...
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Cats to the Rescue
True Tales of Heroic Felines
Marilyn Singer; illustrations by Jean Cassels
Henry Holt and Co.
Do cats really have a sixth sense? War hero, world traveler, adventurer, bodyguard—not the first descriptions that come to mind when we think of cats. But...
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Sky Sailors
True Stories of the Balloon Era
David L. Bristow
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Exploring the early years of human flight in balloons, from 1783 to the early 1900s.
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Tibet Through the Red Box
Through The Red Box
Peter Sís; Illustrated by the author
Frances Foster Books
A father's diary, an artist's memoir. By the author of the best-selling Three Golden Keys. While my father was in China and Tibet, he kept a diary, which...
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Flying to the Moon
An Astronaut's Story
Michael Collins
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Astronaut Michael Collins adds a revised chapter to the extraordinary story of his training and participation in the Gemini 10 and Apollo 11 flights.
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Adventurous Women
Eight True Stories About Women Who Made a Difference
Penny Colman
Henry Holt and Co.
The adventures of eight inspiring women of the twentieth century. Mary Gibson Henry risked her life following her passion for new botanical species. During...
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The Plant Hunters
True Stories of Their Daring Adventures to the Far Corners of the Earth
Anita Silvey
Melanie Kroupa Books
Driven by an all-consuming passion, the plant hunters traveled around the world, facing challenges at every turn: tropical illnesses, extreme terrain, and...
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All Stations! Distress!
April 15, 1912: The Day the Titanic Sank
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Don Brown
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THE "UNSINKABLE" MEETS THE UNTHINKABLE -- A gripping acount of the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic. It took 4,000 men to build it, 23 tons of animal...
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Let It Begin Here!
April 19, 1775: The Day the American Revolution Began
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Don Brown
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ONE DAY THAT CHANGED A NATION A nonfiction master brings the start of the American Revolution to life. A 26-year-old King George II found himself in...
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Patterns in Peru
An Adventure in Patterning
Cindy Neuschwander; illustrations by Bryan Langdo
Henry Holt and Co.
Matt and Bibi unravel a pattern to discover a lost city The Zills are visiting Peru to study the mysterious lost city of Quwi when Matt and Bibi stumble...
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Versus: Pirates
Vampire Queen
by Richard Platt, illustrated by Steve Stone
Kingfisher
What would happen if the Golden Age pirate, Blackbeard, fought the dashing Muslim pirate Barbarossa? Who would win and why? Who would be the ultimate fighting...
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