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64) Magic carpet
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Aunt Agatha and Elizabeth imagine the travels of the rug on which they are sitting, from China across the sea to the west coast of the United States, and onward in a journey designed to let its carriers stop only in cities beginning with the letter "s."
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The region once known as Pimería Alta—now southern Arizona and northern Sonora—has for more than three centuries been a melting pot for the beliefs of native Tohono O'odham and immigrant Yaquis and those of colonizing Spaniards and Mexicans. One need look no further than the roadside crosses along desert highways or the diversity of local celebrations to sense the richness of this cultural commingling.Folklorist Jim Griffith has lived in the...
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A young adventurer’s firsthand account of a dangerous expedition into the Grand Canyon’s uncharted territories.
In 1871, seventeen-year-old Fred Dellenbaugh walked into a hotel room in Chicago, and with a “You’ll do, Fred,” began a lifetime of danger-fraught exploration. Under the lead of John Wesley Powell, a Civil War hero with only one arm, Fred journeyed into the Grand Canyon and its subsidiary canyons and rivers, with the intention...
71) The Grand Canyon
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"Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, peoples, and environmental issues of the Grand Canyon"--Provided by publisher.
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"For decades, people have asked the question: Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? But just who is this infamous and elusive globe-trotting thief? In this novelization, based on the Netflix animated series, Carmen shares her own backstory for the first time ever. Now, it's time to find out.... Who in the world is Carmen Sandiego"--
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This user-friendly atlas is packed with full-size, full-color physical and political maps of the world and its continents plus thematic maps that examine topics such as the Earth's geologic history, climate and vegetation, population, world food, predominant economies, and energy and mineral resources.
75) Giant island
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"Under Grandpa's watchful eye, the kids are thrilled to discover that the craggy rocks, tufted grass, and windswept trees on Giant Island are much more than they seem. Are the children the first to fathom this huge secret, or does Grandpa have a secret of his own?"--
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Vermilion Cliffs National Monument consists of 293,000 acres of starkly remote and harshly stunning country in the far northeast corner Arizona in a region known as the Arizona Strip. It is bordered by the Kaibab National Forest on the west, the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on the east, Utah on the north, and U.S. Highway 89A on the south. It includes some of the most fascinating geological features in the world, including the Paria Plateau...
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Virginia's Shenandoah Valley was known as the "Breadbasket of the Confederacy" due to its ample harvests and transportation centers, its role as an avenue of invasion into the North and its capacity to serve as a diversionary theater of war. The region became a magnet for both Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War, and nearly half of the thirteen major battles fought in the valley occurred as part of General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's...
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