Elizabeth Mann
3) Machu Picchu
Author
Series
Publisher
Mikaya Press
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the history of the Inca civilization and the construction of the city of Machu Picchu in the Andes Mountains.
Author
Publisher
Mikaya Press
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, from its conception by John Roebling in 1852 through, after many setbacks, its final completion under the direction of his son, Washington, in 1883.
7) Tikal
Author
Series
Publisher
Mikaya Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
A history of the Maya Indians in the city of Tikal, founded in 800 B.C.
10) Hoover Dam
Author
Series
Publisher
Mikaya Press
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the engineering, construction, and social and historical contexts of the Hoover Dam.
11) Taj Mahal
Author
Series
Publisher
Mikaya
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Mikaya Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Statue of Liberty pays homage to what is best about America, but it was the idea of two Frenchmen who lived under the harsh rule of Emperor Napoleon III. Edouard Laboulaye and Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi wanted to remind their countrymen that tyranny is not inevitable, that citizens have rights which no government can take from them. It took two decades of planning, fundraising, and building for their dreams to cross the ocean And now the statue...
Publisher
HBO
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The town of Deadwood, South Dakota is a lawless sinkhole of crime and corruption. Into this uncivilized outpost ride a disillusioned and bitter ex-lawman, Wild Bill Hickok, and Seth Bullock, a man hoping to find a new start for himself. Both men find themselves quickly on opposite sides of the legal and moral fence from Al Swearengen, saloon owner, hotel operator, and incipient boss of Deadwood. The lives of these three intertwine with many others,...