When his beloved daughter falls in the clutches of a ruthless zealot, disgraced journalist Tom Sagan risks everything to embark on a perilous quest from Florida through Prague to Jamaica in search of
You are Christopher Columbus, the explorer who accidentally discovered America. Follow Columbus' struggles to finance his journeys, his sometimes infamous behaviour and his final lonely days. "You Wou
When Christopher Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492, what he discovered were the Taino Indians. Told from a young Taino boy’s point of view, this is a story of how the boy tried to
The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents:Marco Polo who taught the world about ChinaIbn Battuta who travelled to 44 countriesChristopher Columbus who discovered new worldsJames
A fictional autobiography of a rumbustious adventurer and poker-player who sets off his native Chicago in the spirit of a latter-day Columbus to rediscover the world - and more especially, twentieth-c
兒童科學百科，以對話方式解答孩子對生活周遭的十萬個為什麼。全套20冊，收錄為何要建金字塔、火山為什麼爆發等內容，每本皆附QR-Code音檔，搭配文字、聆聽對話，更容易牢記知識。A collection of twenty titles from our perennially popular I Wonder Why series, with its winning question and answer format and cased in attractive slipcase.This highly popular and long-running series explores the questions that young readers ask about the world around them in an unrivalled child-friendly style. The conversational format is perfect for delivering solid information in a natural, amusing and imaginative way.本套書附書盒，包含以下20本平裝讀本，每本均附音檔QRcode--01- I wonder why camels have humps 為何駱駝有駝峰02- I wonder why caterpillars eat so much 為何毛毛蟲吃這麼多03- I wonder why Columbus crossed the Ocean 為何哥倫布要橫越大西洋04- I wonder why there's a hole in the sky 為何天空中有洞05- I wonder why kangaroos have pouches 為何袋鼠有育兒袋06- I wonder why leaves change colour 為何樹葉會變顏色07- I wonder why mice are musical 為何老鼠是音樂家08- I wonder why my tummy rumbles 為何我的肚子會咕囉咕嚕叫09- I wonder why planes have wings 為何飛機有翅膀10- I wonder why pyramids were
The New York Times bestselling series!Pass the magic on! This enchanting multi-author series is like American Girl with magic.In this book, written by bestselling author Sarah Mlynowski and three-time Newbery Honor recipient Christina Soontornvat, the magic bracelet comes to a girl in Texas, who ends up in a Groundhog Day-style time loop.Lucy Usathorn of Fort Worth, Texas is super excited for her class trip to the Natural History Museum, where her dad works. Sure, Ms. Brock, the strict school librarian who happens to be dating Lucy's dad (awkward) is chaperoning, but it'll still be the best day ever, right?Wrong! Lucy has to watch in shock and humiliation as her dad proposes to Ms. Brock. Lucy is distraught. If only she could do this whole day over from scratch . . .Enter the magic bracelet. It arrives in the mail, with a long letter from Addie, a girl in Columbus, Ohio, who had the bracelet last time. The bracelet grants wishes, and Lucy knows just what to wish for: a do-over day, whe
From the author of the Magellan biography, Over the Edge of the World, a mesmerizing new account of the great explorer Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a t
Presents information about the life of the Italian explorer, including his birth and early sea voyages, his famed discovery of the New World, and his legacy in American history.
Columbus has long been known for its musicians. Unlike New York, San Francisco, Kansas City, Nashville, or even Cincinnati, however, it has never had a definable "scene." Still, some
Since its founding in 1821, Columbus, Indiana, has changed greatly-from an early agricultural town to a small modern city with varied business and industry. Today Columbus is most famous for its archi
Chartered in 1821, Columbus, Mississippi, was originally part of Monroe County. With the signing of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek nine years later, Columbus found itself in the newly formed Lownd
Reads L to R (Western Style) for all ages. The lives of great figures in history are full of inspiring and moving episodes. Young people especially can learn from these stories, gaining hope, courage,
