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• 00027560 description "A simple introduction to the geographic features, people, and animals of the continent of North America.".
• 00027561 description "An introduction to the continent of Antarctica, its geographical features, visitors, and animals.".
• 00027563 description "Certain that his grandfather doesn't want him around, Corby is unhappy when he and his mother go to spend the summer in Wisconsin to help take care of his ailing grandmother, until a local boy takes him to the Wish Master.".
• 00027564 description "In 1865, while helping her family keep their Virginia farm going through the end of the Civil War, twelve-year-old Cassie meets a Confederate deserter and a Yankee prisoner of war and tries to discover who has been stealing from the farm.".
• 00027565 description "Includes bibliographical references.".
• 00027566 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-134).".
• 00027567 description "When Henry adopts Ribsy, a dog of no particular breed, humorous adventures follow.".
• 00027568 description "A simple description of the life of the first American president.".
• 00027569 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-97).".
• 00027571 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-357) and index.".
• 00027572 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027573 description "Focuses on the skills and techniques necessary for good writing, with excerpts from established writers and samples of young people's work as examples.".
• 00027573 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-114).".
• 00027575 description "Discusses the life of Jesse Jackson, including his involvement in the civil rights movement, his presidential campaigns, and his role as freelance diplomat and world humanitarian.".
• 00027575 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 40) and index.".
• 00027576 description "Examines some of the famous photographs taken of President Abraham Lincoln, discussing the circumstances under which they were taken and how these images were used.".
• 00027576 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 84) and index.".
• 00027577 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-404) and index.".
• 00027577 description "Machine generated contents note: PART ONE -- INTRODUCTION 1 -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE CONCEPT OF BALTIC STUDIES3 -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE ORIGINS AND MEANING OF THE TERM 'BALTIC' 6 -- CHAPTER 3 -- ENVIRONMENT14 -- CHAPIER 4 -- AMBER AND THE AMBER ROUTE23 -- PART TWO -- THE BALTIC TRIBES AND PEOPLES 37 -- CHAPTER I -- THE INDO-EUROPEAN URIIEIMATAND PROTO-LANGUAGE 39 -- 1.1. Difficulties in writing about prehistory39 -- 1.1.1. Archaeology41 -- 1.1.2. Physical anthropology43 -- 1.1,3, Language history 47 -- 1.2. The Kurgan theory (M. Gimbutas)57 -- 1.3, The Asiatic Urheimat hypotheses63 -- 1.4. Language tree and diffusionism66 -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE BALTIC URHEIMATAND PROTO-LANGUAGE70 -- 2.1, The question of Balto-Slavic unity70 -- 2.2. The Baltic proto-language74 -- 2.3. The archaic nature of the Baltic languages77 -- 2.4. The Baltic Urheimat 80 -- CHAPThFR 3 -- THE VENET(D) QUESTION 85 -- CHAPTER4 -- THE FIRST REFERENCES TO THE BALTS -- 4.1, The Budini101 -- 4.2. The Neuri102 -- 4.3. The Aestii or Aisti104 -- 4.4. The Velts107 -- 4.5. The Stavanoi107 -- 4.6. The Sudini108 -- 4.7. The Galindians and the Golyad's108 -- 4.8. The Boruski or Borusi111 -- CHAPTER 5 -- THE BALTIC TRIBES113 -- 5.1. Power relations in the Baltic region: The Viking period113 -- 5.2. The Couronians116 -- 5.3. Power relations in the Baltic region: the Slavic, Lithuanian, -- and German periods118 -- 5.4, The conquest of Livonia122 -- 5.5. Drangnach Osten126 -- 5.6. The East Balts128 -- 5.6.1, The Latvians;128 -- 5.6.2. The Leitis132 -- 5.6.3. The Lithuanians (Zemaitians and Aukataitians)-I138 -- 5.6.4. The Zemgalians142 -- 5,6.5. The Selonians,,145 -- 5.7. The West Balts147 -- 5.7.1. The Prussians147 -- 5.7.2. The latvingians158 -- CHAPTER 6 -- THE BALTIC PEOPLES164 -- 6.1. The Prussians164 -- 6.2. The Latvians167 -- 6.2.1. Kurzeme170 -- 6.2.2. The Duchy beygnd the Daugava,. 170 -- 6.2.3. Latgale172 -- 6.3. The Lithuanians176 -- 6.3.1. Lithuania Minor192 -- PART THREE -- BALTIC LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS 205 -- CHAPTERI -- COMMON BALTIC : 207 -- CHAPTER 2 -- WEST BALTIC LANGUAGES : : 209 -- 2.1. ThePrussianlanguage209 -- 2.2. The Jatvingian language216 -- AR 3 -- THE COURONIAN LANGUAGE 2, 217 -- CHAPTER 4 -- EAST BALTIC LANGUAGES219 -- 4.1. The Latvian language , ,, 219 -- 4.2. The Latgalian language224 -- 4.3. The Lithuanian language225 -- PART FOUR -- BALTIC MYTHOLOGY 231 -- CHAPTER I -- PREHISTORY, FOLKLORE, MYTHOLOGY233 -- CHAPMER 2 -- HOW FAR BACK DOES BALTIC ANTIQUITY REACH?253 -- CHAPTER 3 -- MYTHS AND SYSTEMS OF MYTHS267 -- CHAPTER 4 -- THE THEORY OF SOCIAL FORMATION271 -- CHAPTER 5 -- POLYDOXY, PROTOTHEISM, POLYTHEISM275 -- CHAPTER 6 -- SHAMANISM276 -- CHAPTER 7 -- BALTIC MYTHOLOGICAL SYSTEMS278 -- 7.1. Baltic prototheism - 278 -- 7.1.1. *Deivas279 -- 7.1.2. Prknas (Prkons)282 -- 7.2. Baltic polydoxy289 -- 7.2.1. Interprtatio chrisliana296 -- 7.2.2. Interpretatio classica (Romana, Graeca)304 -- 7.3. Baltic 'polytheism'307 -- 7.3.1. The Prussian 'gods' of reliable sources308 -- 7.3.2. The Lithuanian 'gods' of reliable sources309 -- 7.3.3. The Prussian 'Pantheon'312 -- 7.3.4. The Lithuanian 'pantheon'316 -- CHAPTER 8S -- BALTIC CULTS318 -- 8.1. Idols318 -- 8.2. Sanctuaries319 -- 8.2.1. Romova 3 320 -- 8.2.2. The sanctuary of Vilnius (The legends of Sventaragis and Gediminas) 321 -- 8.3. Priests 326 -- 8.3.1. Sicco326 -- 8.3.2. The tuliss and the ligash327 -- 83.3. The sovij (an addition to the Malalas Chronicle)330 -- 8.3.4. Krive337 -- 8.3.5. Kunigas339 -- 8.3.6. Zynys, waidelott, Wisten, macifTjs340 PART FIVE -- CONCLUSION -- OWN AND ALIEN IN HISTORY 343 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY 357 -- INDEX 405.".
• 00027584 description "When wings start to appear on her back, eleven-year-old Linnet begins to understand some of her mother's strange behavior, but it isn't until she finds herself at a remote house in Montana with others who also have--or had--wings that she can really come to terms with her situation.".
• 00027592 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027593 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027594 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027595 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-176).".
• 00027596 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027597 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027598 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027599 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027600 description "Angel and her best friend try to find a way to get rid of the well-meaning, but disaster-prone family friend who has moved into Angel's bedroom.".
• 00027601 description "A new friendship with a boy who is both attractive and intelligent helps fifteen-year-old Sophie sort out her feelings about her younger brother Erhard, who died three years earlier, her self-centered older sister, and her distant father.".
• 00027603 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-342) and index.".
• 00027604 description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
• 00027605 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-226).".
• 00027606 description "Includes bibliographical references.".
• 00027607 description "A collection of variations on the familiar story of a boastful miller and the daughter he claims can spin straw into gold.".
• 00027611 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-342).".
• 00027613 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027614 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]) and index.".
• 00027615 description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
• 00027616 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-190) and index.".
• 00027617 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-122) and index.".
• 00027620 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. xxiii-xxvi) and index.".
• 00027622 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-225) and index.".
• 00027623 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-219) and indexes.".
• 00027624 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-300) and index.".
• 00027625 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027626 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-322).".
• 00027627 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-314) and index.".
• 00027628 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-235).".
• 00027629 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-256) and index.".
• 00027630 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027631 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-308) and index.".
• 00027632 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027633 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-258) and indexes.".
• 00027634 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-277) and index.".
• 00027635 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027637 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027638 description "Describes the eight different kinds of bears that live around the world, including their physical characteristics, their food and how they find it, their reproductive behavior, and the threats from human beings to their survival.".
• 00027638 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 46).".
• 00027640 description "Explores world-famous man-made structures of the ancient and modern world, discussing how they were built, why they are important, and how architecture may change in the future.".
• 00027641 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-407) and index.".
• 00027642 description "Includes bibliographical references ( p. [99]-106) and index.".
• 00027643 description "Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of various sea creatures, from familiar crabs to giant whales to tube worms.".
• 00027644 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [678]).".
• 00027645 description "Discusses the life of British mountain climber, George Mallory, the discovery of his body seventy-five years after his death, and the debate over whether Mallory was the first person to reach the top of Mount Everest.".
• 00027645 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 63) and index.".
• 00027646 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027648 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027649 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027651 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-404) and index.".
• 00027652 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 105) and index.".
• 00027654 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-306) and index.".
• 00027655 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-244) and index.".
• 00027656 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027657 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027659 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027660 description "Describes the events and motivations which led to Lincoln's famous speech, dedicating the Gettysburg cemetery to the fallen soldiers.".
• 00027660 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027661 description "While visiting his grandfather just before Christmas, Jack takes an amazing trip back to the time of the Aztecs and must solve a series of puzzles before finding his way back home.".
• 00027664 description "Discusses snow, how it is formed and used, and how people dress, live, travel, and play in it. Includes glossary.".
• 00027665 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 481-483).".
• 00027666 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027667 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• 00027668 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 250) and index.".
• 00027670 description "Includes bibliographical references.".
• 00027671 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-338) and index.".
• 00027672 description "As she waits for her baby to be born, a young African woman describes some of the sights and sounds of her Mali homeland as she creates a beautiful bogolan cloth for her child.".
• 00027674 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-191).".
• 00027676 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [454]-462) and index.".
• 00027680 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-168) and index.".
• 00027682 description "My last martini -- New mysteries of Paris -- The Tunisian notebook -- The brief confession of an unrepentant erotic -- The yellow palace -- A fair price -- The old days.".
• 00027686 description "Upset because he cannot reach and touch the colors of his first rainbow, Ned finds another rainbow that he can touch.".
• 00027687 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index.".
• 00027690 description "When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity help her family and neighbors survive.".
• 00027691 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-263) and index.".
• 00027692 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [378]-385) and index.".
• 00027694 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-385) and indexes.".
• 00027695 description "Includes bibliographical references(p. [241]-252) and index.".
• 00027697 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 168) and index.".
• 00027698 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-268) and index.".

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