signs and symbols

Traces the history of this American harvest celebration and the development of its symbols and legends.

Describes ways people say things to each other without using spoken or written words such as beacon fires, hand signals, alarms, and flags.

Presents the dollar bill and explains its meaning and symbolism using everyday language. Describes the events that led to the creation of currency and its significance through history.

Explains how the U.S.'s Great Seal was chosen from three contenders and discusses what its symbols mean.

Provides information about the American Bald Eagle, including its use as a symbol both before and after it became part of the Great Seal of the United States.

Symbols have grown into icons representing love, hate, happiness, nationality, and religion. This volume explores some of these signs and symbols, how they came to be, what they mean, and what they could mean in the future.

World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol seared into the chest of a murder victim, where he discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient brotherhood with a vendetta against the Catholic Church.

Examines different types of secret codes, organizations, designs, and more.

Heart hopes to unlock the secrets of her dreams by interpreting mysterious symbols on papers found in Lord Dunraven's castle.

Describes how the bald eagle became an American symbol, the inclusion of the eagle on American money, the life of the famous Civil War eagle Old Abe, and threats to the bald eagle's survival in the twentieth century.