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Air disasters
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Woods, Michael,Michael Woods,Mary B. Woods |
Air disasters don’t happen often, but when they do, they take a terrible toll. Airplane crashes usually lead to death and destruction. But quick thinking on the part of pilots, passengers, airport wo… |
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Ancient transportation
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Woods, Michael,Michael Woods,Mary B. Woods |
Surveys transportation technology in various cultures from the Stone Age to A.D. 476, including China, Egypt, Mesoamerica, and Greece. |
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Blizzards
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Woods, Michael,Michael Woods,Mary B. Woods |
A winter snowfall can be beautiful. But if conditions call for dense snow, freezing temperatures, and bone-chilling wind, you are in for a dangerous blizzard. These blinding, swirling storms can shut… |
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Disasters at sea
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Woods, Michael,Michael Woods,Mary B. Woods |
For thousands of years, the perils of the sea have claimed uncountable numbers of victims. Bad weather, rocks and icebergs, equipment failures, human error, and many more types of tragedies have all … |
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The tomb of King Tutankhamen
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Michael Woods,Mary B. Woods |
Describes the discovery of the tomb of the Egyptian king Tutankhamun and what it revealed about everyday life in his time. |
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