Digby and his sister learn all about the life and works of thirteenth-century explorer, Marco Polo, after they discover his silk purse at an antiques market.
Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900s Asia, in a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk, a teenage girl is struggling to survive the trauma of war, and shares a mysterious psychic link with a monster of tremendous power, a connection that will transform them both and make them the target of both human and otherworldly powers.
"Karluk has left home to become a man. For four months, he's off to learn falconry from Amir's brothers, living with them at their winter camp. As his training commences, what will Karluk learn about himself, and Amir, in the process?"--Publisher marketing.
Returning for her second year at Pearl Famous Academy to master wu liu, an art form that blends figure skating with martial arts, Peasprout finds a new rival in Yinmei, the exiled heir to the Shinian throne, and suspects that she is a spy.
"The son of a traveling merchant, Marco Polo spent his early years among the ports of Venice, Italy. As a young man, he headed eastward with his father and his uncle toward the lands of the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan. Their journey from Europe into Asia, marked by risks, setbacks, and discoveries, transformed every person involved. It also led to one of the world's most studied and most debated travelogues. Narco Tabilio ... creates a graphic novel in the form of a puzzle and finds the coming-of-age tale within the legend of Marco Polo"--Provided by publisher.
"The earliest trade between India and other cultures took place through both overland and sea routes. The end of the Silk Road inspired the European Age of Discovery in which explorers attempted to find new ways to reach India. Indias gems, raw materials, and handmade goods were an alluring prospect to these explorers. "Trade Routes to India" provides an in-depth look at the politics, economic factors, technology, and people behind what ultimately became the race to the New World"--Amazon.com.
Chronicles Arab explorer Sheikh Ibn Battuta's twenty-five-year pilgrimage to Mecca in 1325, describing his travels to the lands of every Muslim ruler of his time, including East Africa, Byzantium, Iraq, southern Russia, India, Ceylon, and China.
