by Patricia Temoche Cortez (2008)
Los Incas, la civilizacion mas extraordinaria de America, que expandio su poder a lo largo de la costa del Pacifico y costruyo maravillas como Machu Picchu. En esta obra se analizan los aspectos mas destacados de esta cultura, su peculiar sistema de contabilidad, su organizacion politico-religiosa asi como su sistema de comunicacion.The Incas, the most extraordinary civilization of America where wonders like Machu Picchu were built, expanded its power all along the Pacific coast. Their culture and civilization, the sacrifices, women's role, their incredible architecture, and their time measuring methods are reflected in this book.
Matt Doeden
"Do you use a calendar? Have you ever played basketball? These things were important to the ancient Mayans too. About four thousand years ago, they invented tools and treasures that still shape our lives. Find out where and how the Mayans lived, and learn about their mysterious disappearance. Discover how they changed the world!"--
Terry Deary
"The Horrible Histories Annual 2016 is a must-have for all Horrible Histories fans. Packed with foul facts, gory games, dreadful jokes, quick quizzes and putrid puzzles - it's the annual with rat-itude! Discover all the dreadful details about your favourite eras of history from the Rotten Romans, to the Terrible Tudors and the Gorgeous Georgians to the Woeful World Wars. History has never been so horrible!"--Publisher description.
Stacy Horn
Rain barrels that refill themselves. Psychic horses. Mind-reading Cold War spies. For many, these phenomena are evidence of an unseen world just beyond the grasp of our five senses. For a group of scientists at Duke University, such mysteries demanded further investigation. From 1930 to 1980, under the leadership of Dr. J. B. Rhine, often considered the Einstein of the paranormal, the scientists at the Duke Parapsychology Lab attempted to test the bizarre, the frightening, and the unexplainable against the rigors of science.In Unbelievable, Stacy Horn reveals the strange, lost history of these first attempts to prove—or disprove—the existence of the paranormal, bringing to light a half-century's worth of ghost stories, poltergeists, and paranormal activity. The Duke scientists were queried by the likes of Albert Einstein, Richard Nixon, Aldous Huxley, Carl Jung, and Helen Keller; the U.S. Army and blue-chip corporations such as IBM and Zenith seized upon their findings.Investigating telepathy, clairvoyance, ghosts, poltergeists, and the myriad other strange phenomena that people claim to have experienced, the scientists did find proof that the human mind can exhibit telepathic powers—but their discovery would put them at odds with both the scientific community and the community of believers at large, beginning a multidecade battle among unyielding critics, die-hard believers, and scientists themselves. Yet Horn reveals that between the power of belief and the promise of scientific investigation, there is room for everyone to acknowledge that the truth is out there.
James L. Stokesbury
An examination of the world climate following WW II, and the state of the U.S. military prior to North Korean's invasion of South Korea; the landing and victory at Inchon; the negotitations for a cease-fire; the propaganda war; the prisoners of war issue; the problems of South Korea under President Syngman Rhee; and America's changing attitudes toward the war.