Books with title Life: A Journey Through Time

How would Paris look if images from its glorious past were placed side-by-side with photographs of the city today? In Paris: A Journey Through Time, Leonard Pitt does just this.With a stunning array of archival and contemporary photos he peels away the many layers of old Paris to document the city's transformation with events such as the demolition of a section of rue Beaubourg in 1975 and its eventual reconstruction into modern condos and a shopping center, or the narrow cobblestoned rue du Four becoming the wide, paved street we know today bustling with automobiles and bicycles. Along with these photos from the past and present come detailed maps for walking tours with old schematics and plans for construction that may or may not have been carried out, illustrating the strange ways that a city can develop over hundreds of years.Painstakingly researched, Paris: A Journey Through Time is a tour through Paris, seen through the lens of photographers who lived during each golden age of demolition and construction, and compiled into one tremendous account of the true hidden Paris.

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.

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.

"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" was 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 enjoy listening and looking at the illustrations.

Discover key moments in history in this superbly illustrated puzzle and maze book covering 12 great historical periods. From finding your way to the Parthenon to spotting Levi Strauss as you pan for gold, these vibrant puzzles offer one adventure after another, along with fascinating facts about each era. These puzzles explore Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, the Vikings, Incas, medieval France, Ming Dynasty China, 15th-century Milan, Elizabethan London, 17th-century Venice, 18th-century Australia, 19th-century United States, and 20th-century South Africa.

No one succeeds better than Roy A. Gallant in providing young readers with engaging explanations of sometimes difficult scientific concepts. In EarthWorks, this author described by School Library Journal as one of the deans of American science writers for children takes his readers through time in a marvelous exploration of planet Earth. From the sea of air to the ocean's depths, he eloquently speculates on the earth's beginnings, reflects on its evolution, and examines its current condition. Incorporating the latest scientific insights and discoveries, he details Earth's basic components and rich resources as well as the threats to its ultimate well-being. Full-color photographs and in-depth diagrams, detailed sidebars, glossary, further reading and website suggestions help shed light on a wide array of topics fascinating to would-be scientists of any age.

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