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2) Australia
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Explores the geography, history, arts, religions, and everyday life of the Land Down Under, also called the Lucky Country.
3) Rivers
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Presents color photographs of canyons found around the world, and includes information about the geological features and use of waterways
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One day Milo finds an enormous and mysterious package in his room. A phantom tollbooth, with a map to a weird world beyond! So Milo sets off on a fantastic voyage in which he meets: the not so wicked Witch, Faintly Macabre, Alec Bings who sees through things, and the watchdog, Tock, who ticks.
5) Minnesota
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Minnesota is known for its many lakes. One of the state's nicknames is "Land of 10,000 Lakes," but it actually has more than 12,000. Learn more in Minnesota, one of the titles in the Our American States series.
7) Pakistan
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Discusses the geography and climate, history, wildlife, economy, government, people, religion, and culture of Pakistan.
10) Giant planets
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Describes the two largest planets in our solar system, including their formation, location, appearance, and moons.
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"Witnesses to the brutal murder of their families and neighbors and the violent destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland--some still in their teens--helped transform the Jewish youth groups into resistance cells to fight the Nazis. With courage, guile, and nerves of steel, these "ghetto girls" paid off Gestapo guards, hid revolvers in loaves of bread and jars of marmalade, and helped build systems of underground bunkers....
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"New Year's Day, 1918. America has declared war on Germany and is gathering troops to fight. But there's something coming that is deadlier than any war. When people begin to fall ill, most Americans don't suspect influenza. The flu is known to be dangerous to the very old, young, or frail. But the Spanish flu is exceptionally violent. Soon, thousands of people succumb. Then tens of thousands . . . hundreds of thousands and more. Graves can't be dug...