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I Was There: The Buried City of Pompeii
Shelley Tanaka
Hardcover (Hyperion, Oct. 15, 1997)An award-winning author recreates the daily lives of Pompeii's inhabitants just prior to the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius, and includes informative sidebars, paintings, and photographs.
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Titanic
Margi McAllister
Paperback (Scholastic, May 7, 2015)Titanic
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First on the Moon
Barbara Hehner
Hardcover (Hyperion, July 31, 1999)Offers young readers a detailed story of man's first walk on the moon through information on the landing itself and from accounts of family members and those on earth who witnessed the event as it happened.
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Bruce Springsteen: The Day I Was There
Neil Cossar
Paperback (This Day In Music Books, July 1, 2018)Bruce Springsteen has sold more than 120 million records worldwide, and has earned numerous awards for his work, including 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes and an Academy Award, as well as being inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This book features over 250 accounts from fans that have witnessed a Bruce Springsteen live show. From late Sixties concerts in New Jersey right through to his marathon shows from recent times, fans from the USA, UK, Australia and Europe share fascinating anecdotes, stories, photographs and memorabilia that have never been published before and tell us about their experiences of seeing one of the world's greatest live acts.
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I Was There: On Board the Titanic
Shelley Tanaka
Hardcover (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Sept. 1, 1996)The sinking of the great liner Titanic in 1912 is lavishly illustrated by a student of the wreck and is recounted from the perspective of seventeen-year old Jack Thayer and twenty-two-year old Harold Bride, who were both saved by getting themselves onto a life raft.
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First on the Moon: What It Was Like When Man Landed on the Moon
Barbara Hehner
Paperback (Demco Media, Feb. 1, 2002)Chronicles the launch of the Apollo 11 and the story of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's historic walk on the moon.
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Discovering the Iceman
Shelley Tanaka
Hardcover (Hyperion, April 1, 1997)Provides young readers with an account of one of the greatest archaeological discoveries, the body of a 5,300-year-old human, and offers detailed information about where the Iceman was found and items unearthed in the area around the body.
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In the Time of Knights
Shelley Tanaka
Hardcover (Hyperion Books for Children, Aug. 21, 2000)Follows the medieval career of knight William Marshal from his rigorous training to his tournaments and Crusade battles; and provides sidebar information on weaponry, castle life, and the political and religious background of the era.
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I Was There: Graveyards of the Dinosaurs
Shelley Tanaka
Hardcover (Hyperion, June 15, 1998)Explores how the work done by modern paleontologists allows scientists to formulate conclusions about the dinosaurs' existence and contrasts photos of these scientists at work with drawings of and narratives about dinosaurs and their environment.
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The Buried City of Pompeii: What It Was Like When Vesuvius Exploded
Shelley Tanaka, Greg Ruhl
Paperback (Demco Media, Feb. 1, 2002)Recreates the lives of Pompeii's inhabitants just prior to the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
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I Was There: Lost Temple of the Aztecs
Shelley Tanaka
Hardcover (Hyperion, Oct. 15, 1998)Teaches children about the spectacular empire of the Aztecs, including its culture, architecture, religion, and practice of human sacrifice, through full-color illustrations of daily life, diagrams of the great cities, and photographs of excavations.
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Secrets of the Mummies: Uncovering the Bodies of Ancient Egyptians
Shelley Tanaka, Greg Ruhl
Hardcover (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Sept. 1, 1999)Describes the ancient Egyptian practice of mummification and explains what scientists have learned from unwrapping and examining mummies
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