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The year is 1818. Rodrigo DeSilva is 12 years old, and he has just landed in Monterey, California. Here, he meets Kahulpana, a member of the Esselen tribe of Native Americans. Follow the adventures of Rodrigo and Kahulpana as they learn about each others' culture and defend the presidio against a land and sea attack by privateers!

This is an anecdotal approach to teaching high school students that history and economics are intertwined. The audiobook is designed to give the student a thumbnail sketch of a dozen events of merit in American history intertwined with the basic economic laws.

"Maria Goldberg ist 12 Jahre alt, als die Herrschaft der Nationalsozialisten beginnt. Zusammen mit ihren Freunden erlebt Maria, wie das neue Regime das öffentliche Leben zu beherrschen beginnt. Und wie mehr und mehr die persönlichen Freiheiten eingeschränkt werden. Speziell für Menschen, die als anders gelten. Maria ist einer davon." Dieser Roman gehört zur Serie "Verlorene Jugend" von Fee-Christine Aks über die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus.

这是一场空前绝后的死亡游戏，是人类命运的大较量……這是一場空前絕後的死亡遊戲，是人類命運的大較量……

欧罗巴大地上演绎过多少历史的纠葛和纷争，欧洲列国经过怎样的演变形成了现在的版图…… 歐羅巴大地上演繹過多少歷史的糾葛和紛爭，歐洲列國經過怎樣的演變形成了現在的版圖……

A young adult Alaska Gold Rush adventure.

On November 10, 1975, SS Edmund Fitzgerald, a giant freighter, sank with its entire crew of 29 aboard, in one of the most violent storms ever witnessed on Lake Superior. In 29 Missing, Kantar tells the Fitz's story from the christening in 1958 as the largest ship on the Great Lakes to the expedition in 1995 to recover the ship's bell in what proved to be a moving memorial to the lost crew.

Sixteen historians, all members of the Society of Independent Southern Historians, have come together to write this truthful history of America specifically for home-schooled students. Herein is a history that is truthful, concise, yet comprehensive, written especially for students of middle school and high school age and for the parents who provide guidance through the home school educational approach. The 40 student lessons in this book present 278 years of our history.

Красивая поэма-сказка о прекрасной, но хладносердной принцессе Паризад, вступившей в сговор с самым злобным дивом, о простом, но отважном пастухе Буньяде, готовым на любые подвиги ради любви и о волшебной птице Семург, оказавшей честь славному Буньяду, обманутому принцессой Паризад, но победившему злобного дива.

Warsaw, Poland. The year is 1940, and Lillia is 15 when her mother, Alenka, disappears and her father flees with Lillia and her younger sister, Naomi, to Shanghai, one of the few places that will accept Jews without visas. There, they struggle to make a life; they have no money, there is little work, no decent place to live, a culture that doesn't understand them. And always the worry about Alenka. How will she find them? Is she still alive?

Traces the progression of the civil rights movement and its effect on history through biographical sketches of four prominent and influential African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X.

When her brother is kidnapped, Cassie Goodlight is determined to save him - even if it means learning the magic that nearly destroyed her mother. But how can she beat a shape-shifting sea goblin that taunts her at every turn? Cassie must find a way before a year is up, or her brother will be lost forever. And who, or what, is the handsome stranger who keeps turning up in her life?

Carol Anderson's White Rage took the world by storm, landing on the New York Times best seller list and best book of the year lists from New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, and Chicago Review of Books. It launched her as an in-demand commentator on contemporary race issues for national print and television media and garnered her an invitation to speak to the Democratic Congressional Caucus. This compelling young adult adaptation brings her ideas to a new audience.

Jennys nörgelige Stiefmutter Kathrin hat bei einer Auktion in Südengland ein sagenumwobenes Kästchen ersteigert: "Die Büchse der Pandora". Es enthält angeblich Hinweise auf den Lageplatz eines uralten Keltenschatzes, der vor 2000 Jahren von einem Druiden versteckt wurde. Doch auch der gefährliche Geheimbund der Schwarzen Mönche ist hinter dem Kästchen her. Gelingt es Jenny, das Rätsel um den Schatz zu lüften? Die Jagd nach dem geheimnisvollen Keltenschatz beginnt...

It’s 1871, and Emmeline Carter is poised to take Chicago’s high society by storm. Between her father’s sudden rise to wealth and her recent engagement to Chicago’s most eligible bachelor, Emmeline has it all. But she can’t stop thinking about the life she left behind, including her childhood sweetheart, Anders Magnuson. Fiona Byrne, Emmeline’s childhood best friend, is delighted by her friend’s sudden rise to prominence, especially since it means Fiona is free to pursue Anders herself. But when Emmeline risks everything for one final fling with Anders, Fiona feels completely betrayed.

Nach der Arbeit und an Wochenenden schrieb Alexander Brändle an seinen Kinderbüchern, Kurzgeschichten und Gedichten - dabei entstand auch das Hörbuch "Duell mit dem Bösen", ein absolut hörenswerter Western! Alexander Brändle (1923-1984) war ein deutscher Kinderbuch- und Science-Fiction-Autor sowie Dichter. Er wurde 1923 als zweites von sieben Kindern in Weingarten/Baden geboren. Nach dem Gymnasium absolvierte er in der Bruchsaler Papiergroßhandlung seiner Tante eine kaufmännische Lehre. Wenig später meldete er sich freiwillig zum Küstendienst der Kriegsmarine und war von 1942 bis 1944 als Funker in Norwegen eingesetzt.

Through rallies and marches, in polite drawing rooms and freezing prison cells and the poverty-stricken slums of the East End, three courageous young women join the fight for the vote. But the fight for freedom will challenge Evelyn, May and Nell more than they ever could believe. As war looms, just how much are they willing to sacrifice?

In March 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops into Vietnam. 57,939 American soldiers would be killed and 17 years would pass before this controversial chapter of American history concluded with the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982. The history of this era is complex; the cultural impact extraordinary. But it's the personal stories of eight people - six American soldiers, one American nurse, and one Vietnamese refugee - that form the heartbeat of Boots on the Ground. Each individual's story reveals a different facet of the war and moves us forward in time.

On August 18, 1920, American women finally won the right to vote. Ratification of the 19th Amendment was the culmination of an almost 80-year fight in which some of the fiercest, most passionate women in history marched, protested, and sometimes broke the law in to achieve this huge leap toward equal rights. In this expansive yet personal volume, author Winifred Conkling covers not only the suffragists' achievements and politics but also the private journeys that fueled their passion and led them to become women's champions.

Long before she was one of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals was a warrior. Frustrated by the laws that kept African Americans separate but very much unequal to whites, she had questions: Why couldn't she drink from a whites-only fountain? Why couldn't she feel safe beyond home - or even within the walls of church? Adults all told her: Hold your tongue. Be patient. Know your place. But Beals had the heart of a fighter - and the knowledge that her true place was a free one.