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Pub. Date
1999
Description
This adventure in science and imagination, which the Medical Tribune said might herald "a Copernican revolution for the life sciences," leads the listener through unexplored jungles and uncharted aspects of mind to the heart of knowledge. In a first-person narrative of scientific discovery that opens new perspectives on biology, anthropology, and the limits of rationalism, The Cosmic Serpent reveals how startlingly different the world around us appears...
88) Atlas of people
Pub. Date
1996, c1994
Description
Illustrations with transparent overlays and brief text introduce children to the diversity of people all over the world.
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Description
Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure--a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft. Intrigued by Polynesian folklore, biologist Thor Heyerdahl suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, led by a mythical hero, Kon-Tiki. He decided to prove his theory by duplicating the legendary voyage. On April 28, 1947, Heyerdahl and five other adventurers sailed...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.8 - AR Pts: 26
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Description
In 1838, the U.S. government launched the largest discovery voyage the Western world had ever seen-6 sailing vessels and 346 men bound for the waters of the Pacific Ocean. Four years later, the U.S. Exploring Expedition returned with an astounding array of accomplishments and discoveries: 87,000 miles logged, 280 Pacific islands surveyed, 4,000 zoological specimens collected, including 2,000 new species, and the discovery of the continent of Antarctica....
94) Ongka's big moka
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
In Papua New Guinea, status is earned by giving things away rather than acquiring them. Explores the Moka, a ceremony in which people give gifts to members of other tribes. The larger the gift, the greater the victory over the recipient. Follows Ongka as he prepares for the giving of his Moka.
Author
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Learn how through scientific investigation of a kurgan (burial mound), of an ice-encrusted mummy, Ledi, and the artifacts buried with her we have come to know the story of the Pazyryk, the ancient horsemen and horsewomen of Siberia"--Cover.
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Appears on list
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'How the Word is Passed' is Clint Smith's revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a slave owning nation. Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Smith leads the reader through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks - those that are honest about the past and those that are not - that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nations collective history, and ourselves