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1581) Tad: the lost explorer
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Mistaken for a famous archaeologist and entrusted with a sacred Incan relic, a Chicago construction worker helps an absentminded professor and his beautiful daughter find an ancient lost city before a group of evil treasure hunters find it first.
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Warehouse 13 may be closing its doors but our team is going out with a bang as they tackle earth-shattering missions with supernatural artifacts, wild paranormal activity and history-changing time travel. But whatever the future holds for the team, one thing is certain: they'll always be family.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"The Alden children continue their mission to return lost artifacts around the world by visiting the Pyramids in Egypt and Stonehenge in England, among other places, but along the way they must outwit a thief."--Provided by publisher.
1584) Lost city of the Incas
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Takes a look at Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas. Examines whether this ancient South American city was a home to the gods or a place for offerings made to them in the form of human sacrifice. Witness ancient Inca ceremonies and learn how the city was discovered by Hiram Bingham.
1585) What was ours
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Like millions of indigenous people, many Native American tribes do not control their own material history and culture. For the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes living on the isolated Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming, new contact with lost artifacts risks opening old wounds but also offers the possibility for healing. What Was Ours is the story of how a young journalist and a teenage powwow princess, both of the Arapaho tribe, traveled...
1586) Native America: Season 2
Pub. Date
[2024].
Description
This Native-directed series reveals the beauty and power of today's Indigenous communities. Smashing stereotypes, it follows the brilliant engineers, bold politicians, and cutting-edge artists who draw upon Native tradition to build a better 21st century. Each hour explores a core tenet of Native American heritage: the power of Indigenous design, how language and artistry fuel the soul, the diverse ways Native women lead, and the resilience of the...
1587) China's first emperor
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Credited with both unifying China and tormenting its citizenry, Qin Shi Huangdi, the "first emperor of China," is one of the most controversial leaders in the nation's history. His reign brought advances such as standardized currencies, weights, and measures, unified written and spoken language and transportation systems. In battle, too, he was centuries ahead of his time, creating assembly lines to mass-produce precision-crafted swords, arrows and...
1588) 10 Movie Adventure Pack
Description
Secret of the Andes: "A young girl who is always in trouble travels to Argentina with her archeologist father"--Container.
Hollywood safari: "An animal-training family loses their lion who is then blamed for the actions of a wild look-alike"--Container.
Lassie: the painted hills: "After Jonathan Harvey strikes gold, he goes with his new partner to sort out his findings and leaves his collie Shep to care for the orphaned son of his former partner"--Container.
River's...
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Toy that saved Christmas: The children of Dinkletown are convinced they need more toys until a toy teaches them that Christmas is about giving, not getting.
Star of Christmas: In 1880s London, two producers of a Christmas musical are worried when a church down the street puts on a pageant featuring a priceless artifact.
Saint Nicholas: Bob tells a story of a little boy named Nicholas who made a discovery in Bethlehem that changed Christmas forever.
Christmas...