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In the United States, the art form flourished during the 1920s to the 1970s, when thousands of innovative maps were mass-produced for use as advertisements and decorative objects the golden age of American pictorial maps. Picturing America is the first book to showcase this vivid and popular genre of maps. Geographer and collector Stephen J. Hornsby gathers together 158 delightful pictorial jewels, most drawn from the extensive collections of the...
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"An atlas of 100 infographic maps that reveal something surprising about our world--how many countries have bigger economies than California; who drives on the wrong side of the road; and where you can find lions in the wild--all offering little-known insights and analysis about our world"--
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"Atlas of the Holocaust, the product of seven years' research, is a comprehensive record of the Nazi attempt to annihilate the Jews of Europe during World War II." "World-renowned historian Martin Gilbert has drawn each of the 316 maps especially for this atlas. All are fully annotated and are based on documentary evidence from a wide range of sources." "The atlas traces each phase of the Holocaust, beginning with the anti-Semitic violence of prewar...
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Maps And Text chronicle the history of Egypt, which became a civilized land some 5000 years ago. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: The geography of Egypt-Ancient Egypt-Greece, Rome, and Byzantium-The Arab invasion-Mamluks and the Ottomans-Napoleon and Egyptology-Egypt becomes a nation-The Arab Republic Of Egypt.
15) Treasure
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When bear follows Goose on what he thinks is a treasure hunt, they make a wonderful discovery.
16) Quest
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In this story without words, "a king emerges from a hidden door in a city park, startling two children sheltering from the rain. No sooner does he push a map and some strange objects into their hands than he is captured by hostile forces that whisk him back through the enchanted door. Just like that, the children are caught up in a quest to rescue the king and his kingdom from darkness, while illuminating the farthest reaches of their imagination"--Amazon.com....
18) The red book
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A girl finds a magical red book and is transported to a new world and a new friend.
19) The crimson skew
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In a world transformed by 1799's Great Disruption--when all of the continents were flung into different time periods, Sophia Tims journeys home to Boston, anticipating her runion with Theo, but he has been conscripted to fight inthe Western War, Prime Minister Broadgirldle's twisted vision of Manifest Destiny.