Books with title Life: A Journey Through Time

Take a journey back through time, digging deep into the Earth's crust, and watch the dramatic story of life on Earth unfold. A Journey Through Time is a thrilling excavation of life on Earth. Beginning in the present day on an excavation site, a time tunnel is dug deep into the ground, taking the reader back in time. Relics of the past are uncovered as layer upon layer of the Earth's crust is removed. Lavish illustrations bring the past to life, while flaps lift open to expose key points in the Earth's history. The palaces and temples of ancient civilizations, the ice-bound landscape one home to woolly mammoths, the prehistoric seas swarming with exotic life, and the violent, volcanic surface of the young Earth are revealed in sumptuous detail. A Journey Through Time is a mine of historical treasures and an indispensable guide to what has happened since the Earth began.

In this coming of age novel, the author depicts the inner desires and conflicts that many girls experience as they transition into the adolescent world. Audrey lives through these depictions--becoming aware of herself-- through mental and out of body reflections as she interacts with a world that may or may not be real. During this time, she explores the roles of women, seeking to be true to herself, and not to the confines society has placed around her worldview. In turn, she realizes that she wants everything out of life--knowledge, a career, friends and family, and, of course, love. But will she be able to have it all?

With a shiny foiled cover and 128 spectacular interior pages that feature engaging, full-color artwork, you're guaranteed hours and hours of enjoyment. Plus, every page is perforated for easy pullout to display YOUR piece of art.From cave drawings to gladiator arenas to the Mayflower, Journey Through Time Doodles depicts historical moments and people spanning across centuries and continents. Dates at the top of each spread provide a helpful timeline, and humorous illustrations and prompts encourage imagination and creativity. Whether depicting the severed heads from Celt battles or survivors of the Titanic, doodlers are in for a wild adventure!So get ready, get set, and doodle! As always, no drawing skills are required—just your imagination.

From internationally renowned author and illustrator Jimmy Liao comes a new enchanting and evocative journey. Breathtaking illustrations and a haunting story take readers on a wondrous voyage around the world. A large, beautiful blue stone is discovered in a forest. It is cut in half, and one half stays in the forest while the other starts on a long and mystical journey through many places, many owners, and many transformations. It begins as a statue of an elephant, admired by museum goers, and then becomes a carved bird residing in an elderly woman's garden. It becomes a moon, a cat, a necklace, and more, until it finally returns to the forest. The Blue Stone is a powerful tale of different life paths and possibilities, a longing for home, and love.

The first detailed chronology of the Titanic's final hours, with exact times assigned to each event based on current scientific examination of the wreck. How many stars were found on the American flag flying from the Titanic's foremast? How many dogs were on board? What happened to the only other vessel to bear the name Titanic? Why was the Titanic's helmsman prevented from seeing the approaching iceberg? The answers to these questions, and many more, are in this new book by the world's foremost Titanic authorities, John P. Eaton and Charles A. Haas. Based on research conducted on three continents and containing over 625 illustrations, many never published before, this splendid volume covers more than 250 important dates in the Titanic story, from the births of key players in the tragedy to the latest expedition to recover artifacts, and includes the first detailed accounts of how the public learned the news of the sinking as well as court hearings to establish ownership rights to the wreck. An exclusive selection of the authors' own photographs of recent expeditions, plus new material and artifact photographs, make this an essential book for both the serious historian and the casual reader. 625 illustrations

FOREWORD“It was a game of life and death, of good and evil.” A nine year old girl becomes the pawn of an intricate game between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia in which Romania’s oil fields are the prize. While her extended family is destroyed, she survives the war as an illegal with her mother and stepfather at Bucharest, always in fear. Her stepfather, a member of an opposition party to post war Communist Romania, must flee in order to join a government in exile abroad. Now fifteen, she is to follow with her mother, a seventeen year old boyfriend and an uncle who had made arrangements for them to cross illegally into Hungary and from there to Vienna. The uncle is arrested, while they continue to Budapest without money, documents, or the knowledge how to get to Vienna. The boyfriend becomes the leader and they succeed, against all odds, to join the stepfather. From there the girl and her family are taken over by the American occupation authority, while the boyfriend has several more borders to cross before rejoining the girl. They marry at Paris and visit her parents at New York, where her stepfather is a member of the Romanian government in exile.As fate would have it, her young husband receives a draft notice to report to the local draft board, even though on a visitor’s visa. He is drafted, trained in intelligence and ends up in Korea during the war. He receives an Honorable discharge, but an Immigration agent is waiting at the camp gate with a warrant of arrest and deportation as visitor without legal residence in the United States. U.S. Senator Herbert H. Lehman champions their cause and they are allowed to remain and join in a creative and fruitful life living the American Dream.

Molly Orpen is a typical British 10 year old who moves into her grandparents’ house after the death of her granny. While her parents tend to her grandfather, Molly is left to explore the old house and snoop about. When fetching some books from her grandfather’s study she encounters a fairy! But this is no magical tail of riches and three wishes. No. Molly learns the true meaning behind the phrase, 'be careful what you wish for,' as she is granted the ability to time travel!Molly explores the forgotten history of The Anglo Boer War in a tale fraught with adventure, love and murder.

Matt and Lou find a box full of small objects and discover that each time they toss one in the air they are transported to a different time and place and must solve a series of puzzles to stop the thief Anna Krannism from stealing all the treasures of history.Matt and Lou find a box that helps them to be transported to different times and places to solve puzzles and stop Anna Krannism from stealing historical treasures

This story I am about to tell you, is not fiction, it's merely fact, There once was a cat named Journey, she was small and her fur was black...Author's Note: "The Journey of a Lifetime" is a short story inspired by my nine year old daughter Jordynn and her pet cat Journey. Luckily cats can't read because in real life Journey is a boy... who thinks he's a dog. And as far as Jordynn goes... well... she's the twinkle of her daddy's eye.***Great for reader's ages 6-9 years old. Younger children will also enjoy listening and looking at the illustrations.