Crowley County Combined Library

Examines the Cardiff Giant hoax of 1869, when a farmer in upstate New York dug up a ten-foot-tall supposedly petrified man, and the wild speculations on its origins before the giant was proven to be a hoax.

Twelve-year-olds Alex and Renata are on the run from the Order, which is on the brink of creating an army of indestructible stone warriors to carry out their evil schemes, and only the Lost Spells which his mother used to bring Alex back to life can stop them--and undoing the powerful magic that created the chaos that is now loose in Egypt might very well kill him.

"It begins in Africa . . .A United Nations relief team in a small village in the Congo makes an alarming discovery. An unknown force is leveling the evolutionary playing field. Men, women, and children have been reduced to a dull, catatonic state. The environment surrounding them, plants and animals, has grown more cunning and predatory, evolving at an exponential pace. The insidious phenomenon is spreading from a cursed site in the jungle known to...

This book discusses the civilization of the Anasazi people, who farmed the land of Mesa Verde around 550 A.D. and dug their homes in the cliffs.

Describes the burial of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen and the discovery of his long-lost tomb by archaeologists more than 3000 years later.

Describes the Four Corners region where Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico meet; tells how the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde and the surrounding areas were discovered; and describes the life and culture of the cliff dwellers, examining their homes, ceremonial rooms and temples, as well as their customs and habits during the four seasons.