History
epub |eng | 2012-03-28 | Author:Mary Pope Osborne [Osborne, Will]
Pirates who were at sea for a long time sometimes got a disease called scurvy (SKUR-vee). For many years, no one knew what caused scurvy. Doctors finally learned that it ...
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Action & Adventure
September 5,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Jim Murphy
Dr. William Longmire assisted Blalock during the first blue baby operation even though he feared that the tiny patient might not tolerate anesthesia. Blalock felt he wasn’t as prepared for ...
( Category:
History
September 5,2017 )
epub |eng | 2015-10-29 | Author:Gina McMurchy-Barber
“Aunt Gudrid, come quickly,” Sigrid shouts from the doorway. “What is it, girl? I’m boiling wool. What do you want?” “It’s Uncle’s knarr — it’s sailing into the bay. Come ...
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History
September 5,2017 )
epub |eng | 2012-03-28 | Author:Mary Pope Osborne [Osborne, Mary Pope]
“Open your eyes!” he said. All his life, Leonardo opened his eyes to the natural world. And he never stopped thinking about why things happened the way they did. No ...
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Literature & Fiction
September 4,2017 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2006-03-02 | Author:Roberta Edwards & True Kelley
The biggest pyramid belonged to a pharaoh named Cheops. It took approximately one hundred thousand workers twenty years to complete. The body of Cheops was placed deep inside, in a ...
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Biographies
September 3,2017 )
epub |eng | 2013-06-05 | Author:Price, Margaret W [Price, Margaret W]
‘My lord, you are safe! Duke Francis has relented and has sent me to get you back to safety. He has been persuaded by his favourite councillor, John Chenlet, that ...
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Europe
September 3,2017 )
mobi, azw3, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Christopher Paul Curtis
One of my favouritest chores is going to Chatham to check on the mail. It’s not something that happens regular ’cause we have our own post office here in Buxton, ...
( Category:
History
September 3,2017 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-10-30 | Author:Stone, Oliver & Kuznick, Peter [Stone, Oliver]
Augusto Pinochet greeting Kissinger, June 1976. After overthrowing Allende in a CIA-aided coup ordered by Nixon himself, Pinochet seized power and proceeded to murder more than 3,200 opponents and jail ...
( Category:
Americas
September 2,2017 )
epub |eng | 2011-09-02 | Author:Deborah Kent [Kent, Deborah]
Image Credit: National Archives General William C. Westmoreland was a primary voice in urging President Lyndon Johnson to escalate America’s involvement in the Vietnam War. This photo of General Westmoreland ...
( Category:
History
September 2,2017 )
epub |eng | 2011-01-01 | Author:Torn [Torn]
John White, governor of the ill-fated Roanoke Colony, reported that rumors of the lost John Cabot map were rampant among sea captains sailing the North American coast. But the natives ...
( Category:
Action & Adventure
September 2,2017 )
epub |eng | 2010-05-25 | Author:Mark Dubowski [Dubowski, Mark]
When the boys come out of the cave, they are worried. For now, the cave is theirs. They found it. What will happen if other people find out about it? ...
( Category:
History
September 2,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-03-20 | Author:Engle, Margarita [Engle, Margarita]
I have time to weave crickets from strips of palm leaf. The crickets are called esperanzas—hopes. When I give one to Mamá, she tells me the little insect will bring ...
( Category:
Children's Health
September 2,2017 )
epub |eng | 2014-01-06 | Author:Jennifer Dance
Just before dark, the nurse came down the corridor and saw one lonely figure, his face pressed close to the pane of glass. “Oh, you poor dear,” she said. “Are ...
( Category:
Literature & Fiction
September 1,2017 )
epub |eng | 2013-09-25 | Author:Joseph Bruchac [Bruchac, Joseph]
But despite the pressure from the Southern states, nearly all Cherokees were still determined to keep their land. However, the Cherokees were not completely united. A small group of wealthy ...
( Category:
Geography & Cultures
September 1,2017 )
epub |eng | 2005-02-22 | Author:Frank Murphy [Murphy, Frank]
But some White Sox players cheated. People all across America found out. People were shocked. Many fans stopped going to the ball fields. A boy saw his favorite White Sox ...
( Category:
Literature & Fiction
September 1,2017 )
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