Crowley County Combined Library

The brilliance of the Renaissance laid the foundation of the modern world. Textbooks tell us that it came about as a result of a rediscovery of the ideas and ideals of classical Greece and Rome. But now bestselling historian Gavin Menzies makes the startling argument that in the year 1434, China--then the world's most technologically advanced civilization--provided the spark that set the European Renaissance ablaze. From that date onward, Europeans...

Photographs and text depict the homes, schools, family life, and culture of young people around the world.

This book introduces Africa, describing the landforms, waterways, climate, natural resources, plants, animals, countries, and cultures.

Includes 50 scenic sites in southern Colorado. Also included is background history, geology, and natural history; road directions; maps; and more for each site.

This book introduces Japan, including its land, history, industries, culture, and government.

This book introduces Europe, describing the landforms, waterways, climate, natural resources, plants, animals, countries, and cultures.

Analyzes many puzzling aspects of the Civil War, from its mismatched sides to the absence of decisive outcomes for dozens of skirmishes, and offers insight into the war's psychology, ideology, and economics while discussing the pivotal roles of leadership and geography.

Describes some of the remarkable places on earth, including the hottest, coldest, windiest, snowiest, highest, and deepest.

"Presents a kid's illustrated guide to 100 of the world's wonders, both natural and manmade, in 47 countries and on every continent on earth. Travel the world through common points of interest, from sacred skeletons (Trunyan Tree cemetery in Indonesia leads you to India's Skeleton Lake, for example) to wild waterfalls (while in Zambia visit the Devil's Swimming Pool--and then move on to Antarctica's Blood Falls) to ice caves to bioluminescence"--