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1) The survivor
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Unearthing the perfectly preserved body of a female warrior in Southeast Asia, archeologist Riley Smith and Eve Duncan seek answers about this extraordinary past life, leading Riley to make a discovery that will change history--if she can survive long enough to share it with the world.
2) Asia
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"As the largest and most populous continent on Earth, Asia is remarkably rich in history and culture, and its varied landscape contains everything from mountains and tundra to deserts and rainforests. Readers will see all that this diverse continent has to offer as they learn about its history, study its wildlife, and meet up with locals to see what life is like for Asia’s people. Features include engaging sidebars that highlight unique animals,...
Author
Publisher
Orion Press
Pub. Date
1958
Physical Desc
356 p. : col. plates. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Travels of Marco Polo is unquestionably one of the world’s greatest travel books and the memoir of the West’s most famous traveler. Composed in 1298, the book describes Marco Polos travels across the entire continent of Asia and provides the only comprehensive travelogue of a European traveler in the East in the Middle Ages.
In a magisterial geographical sweep, The Travels of Marco Polo traces Polos epic journey to the farthest reaches of...
Author
Series
Kaiju No. 8 volume Vol. 5
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Shonen Jump Edition,
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream, he undergoes an unexpected transformation. How can he fight now that he's become one himself?!
The Defense...
Author
Series
Kaiju No. 8 volume Vol. 2
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Shonen Jump Edition,
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream, he undergoes an unexpected transformation. How can he fight kaiju now that he's become one?!
The final...
Author
Series
Kaiju No. 8 volume Vol. 4
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Shonen Jump Edition,
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
With the highest kaiju-emergence rate in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream, he undergoes a transformation. How can he fight kaiju now that he's become one himself?!
The raid on the...
Author
Series
Kaiju No. 8 volume Vol. 3
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Shonen Jump Edition,
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream, he undergoes an unexpected transformation. How can he fight kaiju now that he's become one?!
Kafka manages...
10) Amok
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
345 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"1991. A restless young man called Dox is back home in Texas. His friends have missed him, and his mother and sisters need him. But after four years as a Marine and another two as a CIA contractor fighting the Soviet Union alongside the Afghan mujahideen, small-town life in Abilene is a suffocating dead end. Another secret war, this one in Southeast Asia, offers a big payday and the solution to his family's troubles. But secret wars are never what...
Author
Series
Kaiju No. 8 volume Vol. 1
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Shonen Jump Edition ;
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream, he undergoes an unexpected transformation. How can he fight kaiju now that he's become one himself?!
Kafka...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
xix, 650 pages : Ilustrations (maps) ' 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A lucid account of the epic story of the Ottoman empire, from its origins in the thirteenth century through its destruction on the battlefields of World War I, takes readers into the one of the largest and most influential empires in world history that extended from Hungary to the Persian Gulf and from North Africa to the Caucasus.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Marco Polo's journey to China, describing some of the things he saw while in the service of Kublai Khan. Written in graphic-novel format.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nina lives in San Francisco with her parents, and she loves visiting her two grandmas across the world. Follow Nina as her two trips unfold side by side: Young readers will love poring over the details of what is the same and what is different at Nana’s home in England and at Nenek’s home in Malaysia. In each place, Nina wears different clothes, plays different games, and eats different food. But so much about visiting Nana and Nenek is the same,...
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
451 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Addison Cooke and his friends travel across Asia in an attempt to rescue Addison's aunt and uncle from the clutches of a dangerous gang and prevent the legendary tomb of Ghenghis Khan from falling the in the wrong hands.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Each night, a young girl's Auntie Fatma puts her to bed, singing a lullaby filled with rich imagery of her home in Egypt. As Auntie Fatma sings, we are given a glimpse of modern Cairo, from boats making their way down the Nile to gentle calls to prayer from the mosques to young children joyfully playing soccer in the streets.
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
63 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Two friends, a boy from the country and a girl from the city, take us on a tour of their beloved land through their eyes. They introduce us to their homes, families, favorite places, school life, holidays and more!
Celebrate the cherry blossom festival
Learn traditional Japanese songs and poems
Make easy recipes like mochi (New Year's sweet rice cakes) and okonomiyaki (Japanese pizza or pancakes)
Create origami frogs, samurai helmets...
20) Abominable
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Abominable takes audiences on an epic 2,000-mile adventure from the streets of Shanghai to the breathtaking Himalayan snowscapes. When teenage Yi encounters a young Yeti on the roof of her apartment building in Shanghai, she and her mischievous friends, Jin and Peng, name him "Everest" and embark on an epic quest to reunite the magical creature with his family at the highest point on Earth. But the trio of friends will have to stay one-step ahead...