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Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2015.
Description
"More than covering great events that change the contours of history, Professor Garland takes you into the scene and allows you to hear what he terms the "heartbeat of history." Rather than merely reviewing the facts of events such as the Battle of Marathon, the arrest and trial of Jesus, and the coronation of Charlemagne, you'll engage with a variety of first-hand accounts and authentic primary and secondary sources to experience what it was like...
286) Cathedral
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Combines location sequences and animation to show the building of a Gothic cathedral. Begins with a tour of Chartres, Reims, Amiens, Bourges, Beauvais, Notre Dame de Paris, Laon, and the Royal Abbey Church of St. Denis. Discusses life in the medieval era and how churches were a center of life.
287) Barbarians I
Pub. Date
2004, c2003
Description
Reconstructs the history and conquests of the barbarian tribes, specifically the Vikings, Huns, Goths, and Mongols, through dramatic reenactments and interviews. Vikings sails with the Norsemen from Arabia to the New World, stopping off for a bit of pillaging along the way. Goths reveals why this once-fearsome people subjected themselves to Roman rule, only to rise up again at the battle of Adrianople. Mongols rides with Genghis Khan and his descendants...
Author
Series
Mouse Guard volume 2
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As the Mouse Guard faces a hard winter and a shortage of food throughout the Mouse Territories, a small group of Guards is sent out on a dangerous trip to help improve the relationship between the mouse cities and the Guard.
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Description
"The Middle Ages: A Graphic History busts the myth of the 'Dark Ages', shedding light on the period's present-day relevance and interest in a unique illustrated style. This history takes us through the rise and fall of empires, papacies, caliphates and kingdoms; through the violence and death of the Crusades, Viking raids, the Hundred Years War and the Plague; to the curious practices of monks, martyrs and iconoclasts. We'll see how the foundations...
291) Beowulf
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
Swords fly as Beowulf battles the evil Grendel in this exciting animated adaptation of the epic poem. Incorporating fascinating sketch art and featuring the voice of Joseph Fiennes as Beowulf.
292) Medieval siege
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
England's Edward I is said to have used a fearsome machine, called "Warwolf," to batter his enemies' castle walls into rubble. Historians think Warwolf was a wooden trebuchet, a missile-throwing siege weapon that dominated siege warfare until cannons were invented. In the Scottish countryside, teams of archaelogists and engineers build two trebuchets side by side, using medieval building techniques.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Don Rumata is one of a group of Earth scientists who have been sent to the planet Arkanar with the proviso that they must not interfere in the planet's political or historical development. Treated by the planet's natives as a kind of divinity, Don is both godlike and impotent in the face of its chaos and brutality.
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