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Ship

  • Macaulay, David
1993
Describes wooden ships or caravels of the fifteenth century and follows archaeologists as they uncover a lost caravel in the Caribbean Sea.

Porsche

Germany's wonder car
  • Schleifer, Jay
1992
Discusses one of the fastest and most exciting cars of all time and how it came to be built by the man who also created the Volkswagen.

Better mousetraps

product improvements that led to success
  • Aaseng, Nathan
1990
Presents brief biographies of individuals who improved, refined, and perfected various products and processes, from cameras to razors.

The story of the New England whalers

  • Stein, R. Conrad
1982
The history of whaling in New England from the early eighteenth century to its decline when oil was discovered in mid-nineteenth century.

The Thirteen Colonies cookbook

a collection of favourite receipts from thirteen exemplary eighteenth-century cooks with proper menus for simple fare and elegant entertainments and selected notes of historic interest, being a guide to open-hearth and bee-hive oven cookery, adapted for t
  • Donovan, Mary
1975

The White House

cornerstone of a nation
  • St. George, Judith
1990
Discusses some of the changes and the events occurring over two centuries in the building that represents the power and majesty of the presidency.

Seascapes

  • Roalf, Peggy
1992
Examines seascapes by noted painters in a variety of techniques.

Families

  • Roalf, Peggy
1992
Presents 2000 years of art history through a series of family portraits and paintings of family scenes.

Bridging the continent

a sourcebook on the American West
  • Smith, C. Carter
1992
Describes and illustrates the opening up and settling of the Old West, its trails, canals, railroads, and other aspects, from the early migrations to the coming of the telephone, through a variety of images created during that period.

Escape from Egypt

a novel
  • Levitin, Sonia
1994
When Moses comes to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land, Jesse, a Hebrew slave, finds his life changed by his growing faith in God and his attraction to the half-Egyptian, half-Syrian Jennat.

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