Humans are not the only ones who inhabit cities. While we might immediately think of pets, rats, or mice, Downer looks at the urban lives of raccoons, mountain lions, crows, coyotes, flying foxes, turtles, and gators.
An introduction to city and town life during the Renaissance that discusses trade, architecture, monarchs, politics, religion, and other related topics.
Twelve-year-old Aiden is very unhappy when, after her father's death, her mother moves them from the family farm, but soon she and new friends are caught up in the search for long-lost coins in the historic Ingle building that towers over the city of Gloria.
After the death of her foster mother, sixteen-year-old Kat goes to London to seek the answers to her parentage, and surprisingly finds herself invited into Queen Elizabeth's court.
Presents a short study of Feudalism during the Middle Ages, and discusses lords and knights, peasants and serfs, manor houses and village life, and more.
While twelve-year-old Andrew J. Forrest searches for Mr. Farley, the very unpopular assistant principal at Mt. Mole Middle School, strange things are happening on the town's namesake hill.
Discusses the evolution of cities and their importance as centers of civilization and progress, especially in the arts, government, and a new means of communication--writing.
