Follow the comical adventures of Harper, Scarlet and their family as they expore Edinburgh's historic Royal Mile and get up to all sorts of mischief. A unique souvenir of the city for both children and adults. Jan-Andrew Henderson is a multi award-winning author, historian and former tour guide on Edinburgh's Royal Mile

There have been many books and movies about whether Atlantis really existed and where it was located. Now we have a new candidate location which meets the criteria established by Plato much better than any of the other candidates. A location which is the exact same size as the fabled city and is located by more than one ancient source. The story of the Eye of the Sahara is truly amazing and once you read it you will become convinced like I am of this...

"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Chile. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--

History Encounters unearths the greatest stories with the major events from The Berlin Wall to expand reader horizons for readers to be best informed. The Berlin Wall was the concrete manifestation of the Iron Curtain, which signified the profound ideological difference between the capitalist, democratic Western powers and the socialist, communist Soviet Union. After WWII ended, the Allied Powers carved up defeated Germany into four blocks. They did...

Plunge into the depths of the ocean with "Exploring the Mariana Trench," a gripping tale of adventure and discovery in the deepest parts of our planet. This fascinating book takes readers on a journey to the bottom of the Earth's final frontier, where mystery, danger, and the unknown merge into an exhilarating exploration. Introducing "Exploring the Mariana Trench: A Deep-Sea Adventure." Dive into the heart of the ocean, where the pressure is immense...

In this enthralling travel memoir, a Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author takes readers to the end of the world to Antarctica, a place of stark beauty, history and endless scientific research, where he explores this land through the curiosity and wonder of his inner child. --

Vous devez avoir entendu des gens dire
que soit le ciel l'avait mangé, soit la terre l'avait avalé.
Mais il existe un endroit sur Terre
où les gens prétendent que cela se produit réellement.
Cet endroit se trouve dans la région ouest
de l'océan Atlantique Nord
, entre l'État de Floride des États-Unis,
l'île de Porto Rico et les Bermudes.
Parce que ces trois éléments

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How can we unmask the vested interests behind capital's 'cultural' urban agenda? Limits to Culture pits grass-roots cultural dissent against capital's continuing project of control via urban planning. In the 1980s, notions of the 'creative class' were expressed though a cultural turn in urban policy towards the 'creative city'. De-industrialisation created a shift away from how people understood and used urban space, and consequently, gentrification...

Ma thèse de doctorat concerne les relations entre l'intendant et les villages du département du Doubs de 1750 à 1789. C'est la tutelle du pouvoir royal qui s'exerce sur les communautés villageoises. J'ai exclu de mon travail, les villes et les bourgs.La Franche-Comté à la fin de l'ancien régimeÀ la fin du XVIIe siècle, Louis XIV a annexé la province de Franche-Comté. Elle fut naguère la fierté de Charles Quint, car il détenait le titre,...

Discover a world of wild, mysterious and audacious journeys In Wild Journeys Bruce Ansley retraces the path of the doomed surveyor John Whitcombe across the Southern Alps, follows the raiding party of the northern chief Te Puoho along the West Coast, sails around New Zealand's northern and southern capes; walks through the Valley under the Two Thumb Range to the mythical Mesopotamia; drives from Waiheke to Wanaka (in a hurry), sets off on a hunt for...