You Wouldn't Want to be an Inca Mummy!

You Wouldn't Want to be an Inca Mummy!

Author: Colin Hynson

Publisher: Children's Press(CT)

Published: 2007-09-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780531187449

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Introduces what life was like for the ruler of the Incas, discussing the control of the empire, the royal household, religious customs, and the mummification and worship of the deceased ruler as a god.


Mummies and Murder (XBooks: Strange)

Mummies and Murder (XBooks: Strange)

Author: N. B. Grace

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2020-08-25

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 053113668X

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Where did the mummy come from? What happened to the person that became the mummy? Find out all this and more! a High-interest topics, real stories, engaging design and astonishing photos are the building blocks of the XBooks, a new series of books designed to engage and motivate reluctant and enthusiastic readers alike. With topics based in science, history, and social studies, these action-packed books will help students unlock the power and pleasure of reading... and always ask for more! When a mummy is discovered in Denmark, museum experts are brought in to determine the body's origin. With many clues and facts, scientists try to discover why this ancient man was murdered.


Gotcha Again for Guys!

Gotcha Again for Guys!

Author: Kathleen A. Baxter

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2010-10-19

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 159884377X

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Here's help in selecting current, nonfiction books that will get boys excited about reading. Enticing boys to read is still a hot topic. With chapters like "Disasters and Mysteries," "Gross and Disgusting," "Machines and the Military," and "Prehistoric Creatures," Gotcha Again for Guys!: More Nonfiction Books to Get Boys Excited about Reading is a treasure trove of recent nonfiction books that will interest boys in grades 3-8. This sixth entry in Baxter and Kochel's Gotcha series covers books published between 2007 and 2009, with a few oldies-but-goodies also included. The book is organized into 12 thematic chapters, each of which offers booktalks for a select number of titles, followed by a list of other high-interest, well-reviewed titles that correspond with the chapter's topic. Features new to this volume include numerous booklists to be copied and saved, as well as profiles of new and innovative nonfiction authors writing for this age group. In addition, the book features interviews with seven male authors of nonfiction books for boys.


#06 Wrapped Up in You

#06 Wrapped Up in You

Author: Dan Jolley

Publisher: Graphic Universe ™

Published: 2012-10-01

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1467700460

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Staci Glass feels cursed-whenever there's a crisis, she's stuck in the middle. Now her best friend, Faith, has a new hobby, and against her better judgment, Staci conjures up the courage to go along. They join a trio of wannabe witches for a magical ceremony in an Incan history exhibit. Their chanting is loud enough to raise the dead, it seems. Why else would a shriveled-up mummy go missing-and a mysterious Incan prince suddenly appear? Prince Pachacutec-or "Chuck"-is a man with a past. He died tragically five hundred years ago, but that's all ancient history as far as Staci is concerned. He is everything she could want-kind, charming, and drop-dead gorgeous. But the witches aren't willing to live and let live. Will Staci fight for Chuck? Or do the witches have a point when they say reanimated corpses make bad boyfriends?


Mummification

Mummification

Author: Alix Wood

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2013-08-01

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1433995883

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Mummification was a complicated process. In Egypt, brains were dragged with a hook through the body’s nose, and organs were put in jars to bury alongside the body! Why would anyone want to do that? Many civilizations believed in an afterlife and thought that a body should remain in a good condition to travel there. Egyptians were well known for their mummies, but many other civilizations practiced the art, too. China, South America, Italy, and the Canary Islands all have mummies. Some mummies happened naturally, such as in extreme cold places or peat bogs. Some more modern famous people have been preserved, such as Russian premier Vladimir Lenin and the philosopher Jeremy Bentham, who still sits in a chair on display at a University in London, England! This fascinating book gives readers a compelling look at the science and historical contexts behind mummification, and shows them through detailed photographs and creative illustrations the world of mummies up close!


Home Learning Year by Year, Revised and Updated

Home Learning Year by Year, Revised and Updated

Author: Rebecca Rupp

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2020-01-21

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13: 0525576975

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A comprehensive guide to designing homeschool curriculum, from one of the country’s foremost homeschooling experts—now revised and updated! Homeschooling can be a tremendous gift to your children—a personalized educational experience tailored to each kid’s interests, abilities, and learning styles. But what to teach, and when, and how? Especially for first-time homeschoolers, the prospect of tackling an annual curriculum can be daunting. In Home Learning Year by Year, Rebecca Rupp presents comprehensive plans from preschool through high school, covering integral subjects for each grade, with lists of topics commonly presented at each level, recommended resource and reading lists, and suggestions for creative alternative options and approaches. Included, along with all the educational basics, are techniques and resources for teaching everything from philosophy to engineering, as well as suggestions for dealing with such sensitive topics as sex education. Now revised throughout with all-new updates featuring the most effective and up-to-date methods and reading guides to homeschool your child at all ages, Home Learning Year by Year continues to be the definitive book for the homeschooling parent.


Peru

Peru

Author: Anna Cavallo

Publisher: Lerner Publications

Published: 2011-08-01

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 0761379797

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Pack your bags! We’re headed to Peru. On this whirlwind tour, you’ll learn all about the country’s landscape, culture, people, and more. We’ll explore Peru’s seacoast, the jagged peaks of the Andes Mountains, and dense rain forests. We’ll discover an ancient city, taste a special meal called a pachamanca, and learn about the Festival of the Sun, a special weeklong celebration. A special section introduces Peru’s capital, language, population, and flag. Hop on board and take a fun-filled look at your world!


The Three Hostages

The Three Hostages

Author: John Buchan

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2015-04-24

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 1473373646

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The fourth of the five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan. Here we find our hero Richard Hannay living a quiet life in the countryside with a wife and young child but his past comes back to haunt him and he once more must face up to an arch-enemy.


The Ice Maiden

The Ice Maiden

Author: Johan Reinhard

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 0792268385

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This book takes armchair adventurers and archaeological enthusiasts not only to the excavation, but back through Peruvian history as it revisits the 1995 discovery of the mummy of a 14-year-old who died or was sacrificed some 530 years ago.


Sevastopol

Sevastopol

Author: Emilio Fraia

Publisher: New Directions Publishing

Published: 2021-06-01

Total Pages: 69

ISBN-13: 0811230929

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Three subtly connected stories converge in this chimerical debut, showcasing a powerful new Brazilian voice Three subtly connected stories converge in this chimerical debut, each burrowing into a turning point in a person’s life: a young woman gives a melancholy account of her obsession with climbing Mount Everest; a Peruvian-Brazilian vanishes into the forest after staying in a musty, semi-abandoned inn in the haunted depths of the Brazilian countryside; a young playwright embarks on the production of a play about the city of Sevastopol and a Russian painter portraying Crimean War soldiers. Inspired by Tolstoy’s The Sevastopol Sketches, Emilio Fraia masterfully weaves together these stories of yearning and loss, obsession and madness, failure and the desire to persist, in a restrained manner reminiscent of Anton Chekhov, Roberto Bolano, and Rachel Cusk.