The Native Americans we know today in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah are primarily descended from the culture known as Anasazi, which "settled" in the region about 2, 000 years ago. Explore their lives, culture and dwellings in this book.
As you travel the state, read about the life and times of people from years past. An excellent map in the centrefold, and driving directions on each page make it easy to find the ghost towns, some now abandoned and others alive with new "pioneers".
California's natural attractions include some found in the ocean, the desert, and every type of terrain in between. From Yosemite to the Redwoods, Lava Beds to the Golden Gate, Death Valley to the Channel Islands, the state has many spectacular sites.
Along the chain of the Rocky Mountains, which runs from Canada to New Mexico, the mountains in Colorado are the highest 53 peaks over 14, 000 feet high and more than a thousand over 10, 000 feet. It's been said that if you took a flat-iron to Colorado, it would press out to a state the size of Texas. (But since that would irritate the Texans, no one has yet tried it!)
Striking full-colour guides. Bound in water repellent, film laminated covers. Extensive centre-spread maps of the state highlights locations featured in each book. Special 8-pocket and 4-pocket lucite display racks available with purchase of the series.
Vibrant purples, yellows, oranges, reds, greens and blues seem to pop up out of the brown earth each spring in Arizona. This book has excellent photographs and descriptions for the most commonly seen varieties.
Helen Waterford and Alfons Heck were born just a few miles from each other in the German Rhineland, but Helen's fate took her to the Auschwitz extermination camp, while Alfons ranked high in the Hitler Youth. "A book to make your blood run cold."--"School Library Journal." Christopher Award winner and ALA Best Book for Young Adults. 5-page photo insert.
She was a young German Jew. He was an ardent member of the Hitler Youth. This is the story of their parallel journey through World War II.Helen Waterford and Alfons Heck were born just a few miles from each other in the German Rhineland. But their lives took radically different courses: Helen's to the Auschwitz extermination camp, Alfons to a high rank in the Hitler Youth.While Helen was hiding in Amsterdam, Alfons was a fanatic believer in Hi...
Human beings inhabited Colorado for the past 12, 000 years. The earliest people migrated across the land bridge between Asia and Alaska and made their way down the eastern side of the Rockies into Colorado. Some of the earliest people were hunters who herded mammoths over the edge of cliffs, pelting them with rocks and spears. Clovis man lived near Greeley as early as 9200 B.C. Flosom Man (distinguished from Clovis Man by the type of spearhead...
