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It's a weird world out there... dazzle your friends with wacky facts and more from this mega new series.Did you know... A charging Triceratops could gore an enemy to death with its three terrifying horns.Dinosaur literally means "terrible lizard."The heart of a Sauropod dinosaur would probably have weighed a staggering one ton. A full-color, fun, and informative series, Secret Worlds offers a chance to get your teeth deep into a wide range of fascinating subjects from nature, history, and science.Every title has: Easy-to-read narrative text written by a specialist who combines expert knowledge with an entertaining and fresh style.Superb color photography that entices the reader into the subject world with close-up views and dramatic shots.Weird World feature boxes that reveal a wealth of wacky facts.Tried-and-tested websites to check out the latest info.A mega reference section with even more facts and figures for the enthusiast.Suitable for children aged ten and up -- as well as every other family member who is curious about the subject. ... Read more

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Useful for Adults
The book is nicely illustrated with photos of Pazyryk grave goods and mummies. It had a few major omissions. It starts talking about the Scythians but doesn't show a map of where the Scythians lived.

It also doesn't explain whether the Scythians were Asiatic like the Pazyryk probably were. An ancient felt painting of a Scythian that the book shows suggests that the Scythians were not Asiatic. So what is the connection between the Scythians and the Pazyryk? Why is the Scythian material included?

The photo of the tattoos on the 2500-year-old mummy was stunning. It was a glimpse into an alien world.

All the Fine Young Pazyryks
Could the first horse riders swooping around Siberia about 2,500 years ago have been the mythological half-horse half-human Centaurs? We call them Pazyryk for the burial mounds they left in the Ukok plateau. Some of these ANCIENT HORSEMEN OF SIBERIA were women, such as the mummy known as Leti: about 25 years old, she was a tall 5'6", buried in a fine headdress and well-preserved clothing; with elaborate shoulder, thumb and wrist tattoos, was she a medicine woman or one of the legendary Amazon warriors? This fascinating read is all the more precious because there is so little available in English on the Pazyryk, other than Olga Kharitidi's reference in ENTERING THE CIRCLE, Nova's SIBERIAN ICE MAIDEN video, and Sergei Rudenko's out-of-print masterpiece FROZEN TOMBS OF SIBERIA. Author Janet Buell similarly combines clues and facts in ICE MAIDEN OF THE ANDES, the mummy found by mountaineers Johan Reinhard and Miguel Zarate (DISCOVERING THE INCA ICE MAIDEN) and the subject of David Getz's FROZEN GIRL, Nova's FROZEN IN HEAVEN video, and Susan Vande Griek's A GIFT FOR AMPATO. ... Read more

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A practical approach to the earth sciences, Stone Age People helps kids reach a deeper understanding of historical peoples by participating in the activities that shaped their lives. Discover the past by hands-on projects, facts, photographs, costumes, and maps. A comprehensive look at this topic for children ages 8-11. ... Read more

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National Geographic Prehistoric Mammals takes you on a prehistoric journey through time to visit some of the most amazing creatures to ever walk the Earth.See how mammals evolved from the time of the dinosaurs to the days of early humans.Learn what they ate, where they roamed, and how they took over the world that the dinosaurs left behind.When dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago, another group of animals began to achieve world dominance: the mammals. During the reign of the dinosaurs, mammals kept a low profile. They had evolved at about the same time as the dinosaurs, but were tiny shrew-like animals. Then, at the end of the Mesozoic Era, with the dinosaurs out of the way, mammals began to take over. The Cenozoic Era, which immediately followed the Mesozoic and continues today, is also known as the Age of Mammals. Mammals grew more diverse, many of them becoming larger. And they grew more intelligent, culminating (we like to think) in the evolution of the human race.This book tells the story of prehistoric mammals, including early humans, and features more than 100 profiles. The profiles range from sabre-tooth cats and woolly mammoths to less well-known but no less interesting mammals such as the pig-like entelodonts. Humans are represented by the main species from Australopithecus to Homo sapiens. Each profile features a full reconstruction and other illustrations, describes how the species lived, and provides details of its habitat, fossil finds, when it lived, and much more.The fascinating creatures pop from the pages-from the wolf-like Andrewsarchus, the giant meat-eater whose teeth could crush bone, to the enormous ground sloth called Megatherium. Readers will be fascinated to learn which mammals became fully extinct and which ones evolved into the more familiar creatures we know today. And they'll be fascinated by the world their ancestors lived in, with these strange giant neighbors lurking right around the corner! ... Read more

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In the spring of 1945, 15-year-old Anne Frank died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. In 1947, Otto Frank published his daughter’s diary. To date, The Diary of a Young Girl has appeared in more than 50 different editions and has sold more than 20 million copies.

This photo essay is an invaluable resource for readers of Anne’s diary. It offers a portrait of the Frank family, including many never-before-published photographs. And it also provides an account of the events between 1929 and 1945 that forced the Franks into hiding and resulted in their discovery and imprisonment in concentration camps. With more than 250 photographs, this book helps readers to see what Anne saw and brings the turbulent events that shaped her world into sharper focus.
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Over 225 black and white photos, many never before published
This resource for fans of Frank's Diary is a photo essay of over 225 black and white photos, many never before published, compiled by the Anne Frank House for a travelling exhibition. Images in the book are dedicated to preserving the history of not only Frank but the Holocaust and how its issues affect contemporary life: images thus are gleaned from the extent of the war and its aftermath and detail not just Frank's life but the experiences of all sides. ... Read more

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Giant cave bears were creatures to be feared–and revered. Thousands of years ago, early humans painted images of them on cave walls. By the end of the ice age, the last of the cave bears had died out. The only things left were their bones–hundreds of thousands of bones–and eerie paintings in the caves they once inhabited.

Ice Age Cave Bear tells the story of these massive creatures in fascinating detail–what they looked like, where and how they lived, and what may have caused their extinction. Author Barbara Hehner takes us back to a time when the enormous bears lived alongside such ice age giants as mammoths, woolly rhinos, and cave lions–as well as Neanderthals and other early human beings. And she examines the question of whether or not ancient peoples actually worshipped the cave bear. ... Read more

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The feared and maybe revered Cave Bear of the Ice Age
I am a dinosaur person and have been ever since my Great Aunt Helen took me to the Peabody Museum at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut where they had the "brontosaurus" skeleton with the wrong head and the famous mural on the Age of Dinosaurs.There was also the display on prehistoric mammals, with its own mural, and pretty good skeletons of a sabertooth tiger and elk, but it was not the same.However, after reading "Clan of the Cave Bear" and the rest of the "Earth's Children" series by Jean M. Auel I do have much more respect for and interest in the "Ice Age Cave Bear: The Giant Beast that Terrified Ancient Humans" (the Peabody does not have a Cave Bear skeleton the last time I checked).In fact, Barabar Hehner comments indirectly on "Clan of the Cave Bear" in this book when she talks about how the theories that the Neanderthals worshipped the cave bear have been called into question (prominently on the back cover in fact).That is rather disappointing if true, but that is why fiction is often more entertaining than the truth.

This volume begins with what are knowledge of Cave Bears began, with the discovery of the Chauvet Cave in France where early humans painted images of the feared beasts on the walls.However, by the end of the ice age the last of the cave bears had died out and all that remains are hundreds of thousands of bones and the eerie cave paintings.This book goes into detail on what the cave bears looked like, where and how they lived, and examines the possible causes of their extinction.Most of the book is illustrated with paintings by Mark Hallett, the most interesting of which is the "actual size" painting of a cave bear's paw so young readers can compare its size with that of their own puny human hands.There is also a chart tracing the family tree of the bear family from Miacis to the American Black Bear of today.You will also find color photographs of cave bear skeletons as well as the paintings of the bears and the marks of claws on the walls of their caves.

The illustrations tend to overshadow the text at times, not just because of the size of Hallett's paintings but also because the type used for Hehner's text is a tad on the small size.Probably because she is working so much information into the text all about the size, behavior, dwellings, and extinction of the cave bear.Young students assigned to research this subject for class will find it useful for finding out information both about the cave bears and what encountering them would have been like for early humans.The back of the book includes a Glossary, Recommended Further Reading, Web Sites, and Index.The Ice Age Animals series also has volumes on the Mammoth and Sabertooth, also authored by Hehner, for those who enjoyed Manny and Deigo in the film "Ice Age." As for me, after this book, I still like Cave Bears best (after Dinosaurs).

With eye-catching, realistic illustrations
Mark Hallett provides eye-catching, realistic illustrations to accompany the dramatic story of massive giant cave bears who were feared thousands of years ago. Kids in grades 5-6 will find this slim-looking book anything but a simple reader: it's packed with information and smaller print than usual, but has a high interest level to keep kids excited about the prehistoric creatures. ... Read more

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very understable and easy to read
I think this is a book very interesting for all ages becacuse of its graphics and easy language, etc. I'd like to get information regarding this type of books.(would like to buy many)(in spanish) ... Read more