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Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Discusses life in ancient Egypt, with an overview and timeline of the years between 3050 and 30 B.C., and looks at agriculture, belief systems, art, health, the role of women and children, rulers, war, and other aspects of life along the Nile.
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
©1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"The text presents an overview of life in the Middle Ages through descriptions of noble and notable individuals such as Charlemagne, Heloise and Abelard, Thomas Becket, and William Marshal ... The book is divided into four chapters that center on the people of the church, the knightly class, peasants and rural landowners, and town dwellers ... A handsomely designed, admirably balanced blend of pictures and text." SLJ.
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
©1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Essays on religion, ethics, children, and the three perfections accompany an overview of Chinese history from the collapse of the Tang Dynasty through the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
©1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Reveals the daily lives of Russian people during the rule of the Romanovs, including the celebrated serf actor Mikhail Shchepkin, Princess Catherine Dashkova, and others of the period.
Series
What life was like volume 13
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive view of how the Samurai and Shoguns lived in Japan, their discipline and battle gear as well as other facts about typical behavior.
Series
What life was like volume 12
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
©1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Renaissance Italy.
Series
What life was like volume 14
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
©1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Examines the ideas and events surrounding the "Age of Reason" as philosophers from all walks of life began questioning traditional lines of rule and reason finally leading to the French Revolution in 1789.
Series
What life was like volume 15
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
©1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Examines the ideas and events surrounding the new religious freedom, commerce and culture that embraced Northern Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Series
What life was like volume 11
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Series
What life was like volume 16
Publisher
Time-life Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Examines the ideas, beliefs and events of the prophets of the Islamic world.
Series
What life was like volume 17
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
©2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An African American grandmother relates family and cultural history to her grandson in their Queens, New York, apartment as she tells of growing up in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. Includes a recipe and the words to Amazing Grace.
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A Shoshone grandmother relates family and cultural history to her granddaughter as they share their daily tasks on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Includes a recipe, craft, and activities.
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Three Arab-American girls learn about their family and cultural history from their grandmother, who grew up in Cairo, Egypt, and moved to New Jersey after her marriage. Includes directions for making Egyptian paper boats.