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1) Mexico City
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Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
1979
Physical Desc
200 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
Language
English
2) Los Angeles
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Publisher
Rourke Enterprises
Pub. Date
c1989
Physical Desc
47 p. : col. ill., maps (1 col.) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the history, economy, people, and notable sites of the second largest city in the United States.
3) Athens
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Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
The birthplace of democracy, Athens has had a long and glorious past, from its Classical Age of philosophy and art to the Byzantine era, Ottoman occupation, and beyond. Now a fast-growing modern capital, Athens has seen its economy benefit from the city's unique position between Europe and Asia. Ever proud of their heritage, Athenians host a wealth of people from around the world who come to explore their many ancient monuments. Great Cities of the...
4) Singapore
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Series
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 27 cm.
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English
Description
Looks at the history, geography, economy, government, and culture of Singapore.
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English
Description
Tangmere Airfield had a prominent role in the Air War from 1916 onwards and many local men joined the Royal Sussex Regiment. This book looks at how the experience of war impacted on the town, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German Kaiser in time for Christmas 1914, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrifice the families of Chichester were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years. The Great War...
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English
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The years 1914-1918 cost many lives in the trenches of France and Belgium. Those trenches and the battles that were fought from them are well documented. But back home in towns and cities up and down the United Kingdom death and desperation were also apparent. Those left behind to carry on suffered from harsh winters, lack of food and fuel and flu epidemics. This is the story of the struggles of ordinary people with their everyday lives. It includes...
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English
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Mansfield was the largest town near the Duke of Portland's home at Welbeck Abbey. The duke and duchess often held house parties for their friends who included the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Lord Kitchener one whose death triggered the war and the other who lost his life on a ship halfway through the war. The archduke visited Welbeck Abbey only a few months before his death.
The military camp, built near to the town at Clipstone, became vitally...
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English
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South Devon in the Great War provides the first definitive history of events in this part of Devon during the First World War, with more than fifty pictures, some unpublished for 100 years. The author's succinct and engaging text is further enhanced by a unique set of then and now photographs, and provides readers with an incomparable pictorial overview of events on the Home Front To the casual observer, south Devon may have seemed an agricultural...
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English
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Chatham played a very important part in the nation's Great War effort. It was one of the British Royal Navy's three 'Manning Ports', with more than a third of the town's ships manned by men allocated to the Chatham Division. The war was only 6 weeks old when Chatham felt the effects of war for the first time. On 22 September 1914, three Royal Naval vessels from the Chatham Division, HMS Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue, were sunk in quick succession by a...
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English
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Situated on the south coast of England, geographically and strategically, Dover more than played its part in the First World War. It was from its harbor that the many vessels of the Dover Patrol set about preventing German ships from using the English Channel. It was undoubtedly one of the most important Royal Naval units that Britain had during the First World War.
Because of its important defensive roll, Dover was identified as a legitimate and...
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English
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The First World War was only a matter of days old when Barking placed itself firmly on the map, after Driver Job Henry Charles Drain of the 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, was awarded the Victoria Cross. He was born in Barking on 18 October 1895, and on 26 August 1914, the 18-year-old Drain was at Le Cateau, France, when Captain Douglas Reynolds of the same battery was trying to recapture two guns. Driver Drain and another driver, Frederick Luke,...
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English
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The book looks at the military aspect of the war, from the town's perspective, looking at such matters as how many men from the town had become casualties, year by year, and the knock on effect that had on their families. It looks closely at those mentioned on the towns War Memorial, and where relevant, their families as well, because many families had more than one son go off to fight in the war. It looks at the part the town actually played in the...
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English
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On 13 August, with the war only a matter of days old, the German cargo vessel, Herbert Fischer, was on its way from Russia to deliver timber to J T Sydenhams in Poole. It was challenged and stopped by Royal Naval vessels in the English Channel, but somewhat remarkably, it was allowed to continue its journey into Poole harbor where it unloaded its timber. Fortunately, no harm was done, by the crew or its cargo, as both were what they purported to be....
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"Every great city has a soul. Some are ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York? She's got six. When a young man crosses the bridge into New York City, something changes. He doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even his own name. But he can feel the pulse of the city, can see its history, can access its magic. And he's not the only one. All across the boroughs, strange things are happening. Something...
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Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Four-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts a glorious tale of identity, resistance, magic and myth.
All is not well in the city that never sleeps. Even though the avatars of New York City have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading—and destroying the entire universe in the process—the mysterious
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Great cities trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
357 pages : map ; 24 cm.
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English
Description
All is not well in the city that never sleeps. Even though the avatars of New York City have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading--and destroying the entire universe in the process--the mysterious capital "E" Enemy has more subtle powers at her disposal. A new candidate for mayor wielding the populist rhetoric of gentrification, xenophobia, and "law and order" may have what it takes to change the very nature of New York itself...
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