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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The search for lost cities The search for lost cities Nicola Barber Discusses such ancient "lost" cities as Machu Picchu, Troy, Knossos, Great Zimbabwe, and Angkor, as well as more modern ghost towns. OL15270254W
No Night without Stars No Night without Stars Andre Norton They possessed the knowledge he sought. But first Sander had to find them. The Before People. The few who had survived Earth's devastation. If he reached them, he could learn the legendary skills tha… OL473419W
Ghost towns of Arizona Ghost towns of Arizona James E. Sherman Contains brief sketches of Arizona ghost towns, their people, and events from their history. OL7138486W
The tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the epic cycle The tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the epic cycle Jonathan S. Burgess "Much of our understanding of the mythological tradition surrounding the Trojan War comes from Homer. Although the Iliad and Odyssey describe only the last years of this conflict, for centuries these… OL7795683W
Ghost Towns (Scary Places) Ghost Towns (Scary Places) Sarah Parvis Deserted towns are time capsules of the past, and the 11 places explored in this book all have a past marked by tragedy. The Lost Colony, for example, on Virginia’s Roanoke Island, was the first plac… OL8436454W