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Author | : Candace S. Greene |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 363 |
Release | : 2007-06-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0803222114 |
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Winter counts?pictorial calendars by which Plains Indians kept track of their past?marked each year with a picture of a memorable event.øTheøLakota, or Western Sioux, recorded many different events in their winter counts, but all include ?the year the stars fell,? the spectacular Leonid meteor shower of 1833?34. This volume is an unprecedented assemblage of information on the important collection of Lakota winter counts at the Smithsonian, a core resource for the study of Lakota history and culture. Fourteen winter counts are presented in detail, with a chapter devoted to the newly discovered Rosebud Winter Count. Together these counts constitute a visual chronicle of over two hundred years of Lakota experience as recorded by Native historians. ø A visually stunning book, The Year the Stars Fell features full-color illustrations of the fourteen winter counts plus more than 900 detailed images of individual pictographs. Explanations, provided by their nineteenth-century Lakota recorders, are arranged chronologically to facilitate comparison among counts. The book provides ready access to primary source material, and serves as an essential reference work for scholars as well as an invaluable historical resource for Native communities.
Author | : Fred Schaaf |
Publisher | : Prometheus Books |
Total Pages | : 339 |
Release | : 2010-08-25 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1615927530 |
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The ideal book for amateur astronomers, this title takes readers on a journey of discovery through the seasons of the starry night sky. Illustrations.
Author | : Leslie C. Peltier |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
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A guide to locating stars, constellations, planets, and other celestial phenomena such as novae, comets, meteors, and aurorae.
Author | : Lois Lowry |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Children's Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780007395200 |
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In Nazi-occupied Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is called upon for a selfless act of bravery to help save her best friend from a terrible fate. Winner of the Newbery Medal, newly reissued in the Essential Modern Classics range. "They plan to arrest all the Danish Jews. They plan to take them away. And we have been told that they may come tonight." It is 1943 and life in Copenhagen is becoming complicated for Annemarie. There are food shortages and curfews, and soldiers on every corner. But it is even worse for her Jewish best friend, Ellen, as the Nazis continue their brutal campaign. With Ellen's life in danger, Annemarie must summon all her courage to help stage a daring escape. Inspired by true events of the Second World War, this gripping novel brings the past vividly to life for today's readers.
Author | : Andrea Cheng |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 165 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0547684630 |
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Follows a young Chinese American girl, as she navigates relationships with family, friends, and her fourth-grade classroom, and finds a true best friend.
Author | : Carolyne Faulkner |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2019-09-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780008353667 |
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Your Stars is a daily Dynamic Astrology journal for 2020.
Author | : Adam Frank |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2018-06-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0393609022 |
Download Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Winner of the 2019 Phi Beta Kappa Award for Science "A valuable perspective on the most important problem of our time." —Adam Becker, NPR Light of the Stars tells the story of humanity’s coming of age as we realize we might not be alone in this universe. Astrophysicist Adam Frank traces the question of alien life from the ancient Greeks to modern thinkers, and he demonstrates that recognizing the possibility of its existence might be the key to save us from climate change. With clarity and conviction, Light of the Stars asks the consequential question: What can the likely presence of life on other planets tell us about our own fate?
Author | : Oliver Chin |
Publisher | : Immedium |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2011-12 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1597020281 |
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Dominic the dragon befriends a boy named Bo as well as the other eleven animals of the Chinese lunar calendar and helps them enter the annual village boat race. Lists the birth years and characteristics of individuals born in the Chinese Year of the Dragon.
Author | : Roda Ahmed |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2020-05-26 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0063055708 |
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A beautiful picture book for sharing and marking special occasions such as graduation, inspired by the life of the first African American woman to travel in space, Mae Jemison. An Amazon Best Book of the Month! A great classroom and bedtime read-aloud, Mae Among the Stars is the perfect book for young readers who have big dreams and even bigger hearts. When Little Mae was a child, she dreamed of dancing in space. She imagined herself surrounded by billions of stars, floating, gliding, and discovering. She wanted to be an astronaut. Her mom told her, "If you believe it, and work hard for it, anything is possible.” Little Mae’s curiosity, intelligence, and determination, matched with her parents' encouraging words, paved the way for her incredible success at NASA as the first African American woman to travel in space. This book will inspire other young girls to reach for the stars, to aspire for the impossible, and to persist with childlike imagination.
Author | : William Echikson |
Publisher | : Little Brown |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780316199933 |
Download Burgundy Stars Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Tells the story of how Chef Loiseau earned a three-star Michelin guide rating for his restaurant, and describes the impact of the honor