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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When plucky penguin Pororo and his animal pals decide to be the world's greatest pirates, they discover a treasure map that brings them to a remote tropical island. There they meet marooned Captain Silver, who teaches them how to be good swashbucklers, but nasty Captain Dark shows up. too, and wants the riches for himself. To claim the gold guarded by the fierce sea monster Kraken, they must solve a series of magical puzzles. But how can they escape...
Pub. Date
[2014], c2012
Language
English
Description
Today, much of the planet's population lives in a British-shaped world. How did this clutch of islands off the coast of Europe come to dominate the globe? The British presents the history of the British Isles from Stonehenge to World War Two using gripping drama reconstruction, the latest CG, time-lapse and aerial footage. A Tale of Two Cities covers the London Exposition, Industrial Revolution urbanization issues, and Victorian social reforms inspired...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Spectacular giant statues evoke history and mystery on Easter Island, a place that has symbolized what humans can achieve and then destroy. Now everywhere you look on the island, home to about 6,000 residents, there are signs of coastal erosion and dangers of climate change. As part of our series Culture at Risk, Jeffrey Brown reports on efforts to document and preserve their heritage.
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Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 60
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When Geronimo's sister Thea gets into trouble while searching for treasure on Easter Island, he and his friends come to help.
Pub. Date
[2014], c2005
Language
English
Description
In Bermuda, David Wingate saved one of the rarest seabirds from extinction, the Bermuda Petrel, or Cahow and at the same time restored the habitat of Nonsuch Island to its pre-colonial native state in order to provide a safe haven for Cahow. This the story of how one man can save a species and how habitat can be restored.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Young Jim Hawkins is off on an incredible adventure to find pirates' treasure. But when the ship's cook and crew turn out to be dangerous pirates themselves, Jim must become a man and either confront the danger or risk losing his life.
13) Cuan Law
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The Aquateam sets sail on the Cuan Law trimaran through the British Virgin Islands. They dive the 100-year-old wreck of the Rhone, then explore the caves of Norman Island-which inspired the book Treasure Island.
Language
English
Description
Located well above the Arctic Circle, the site includes the mountainous Wrangel Island (2,937 square miles), Herald Island (4 square miles) and surrounding waters. Wrangel was not glaciated during the Quaternary Ice Age, resulting in exceptionally high levels of biodiversity for this region. The island boasts the world’s largest population of Pacific walrus and the highest density of ancestral polar bear dens. It is a major feeding ground for the...
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Series
Famous five books volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
It's Julian, Dick and Anne's first visit to Kirrin to meet their cousin George never call her Georgina! and her loyal dog Timmy. Exploring together, they discover the location of some ancient family treasure marked on a hidden map. They must work quickly to find it as they are not the only ones searching for it.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
As this companion docudrama to Kidnapped reveals, the true-life adventures of author Robert Louis Stevenson often outdid the escapades of his famous fictional creations. A sickly provincial middle-class boy, destined to follow in his family's engineering dynasty, Stevenson somehow managed to break free to live a life of travel and unbridled imagination. For much of his twenties he rebelled, living a Bohemian life across the world with a fascinating...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Entrusted with a real treasure map, Zane, along with his friends Kiko and Jack and his dog, Hip-Hop, arrives in Manhattan where he learns about the buried history of Black New Yorkers of centuries past, and the gold hidden in those stories, while eluding a vicious rival skateboard crew.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The very first Famous Five adventure, featuring Julian, Dick, Anne, not forgetting tomboy George and her beloved dog, Timmy! There's a shipwreck off Kirrin Island! But where is the treasure? The Famous Five are on the trail - looking for clues - but they're not alone! Someone else has got the same idea. Time is running out for the Famous Five, who will follow the clues and get to the treasure first?
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Language
English
Description
There are several dozen parks located within the desert southwest area of the US in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. They protect everything from historically significant rivers, urban memorial parks, battlefields, flint quarries, scenic lakes and mountains, wildlife, caverns, ancient cliff dwellings and cactus. This program features several dedicated National Park rangers, responsible for protecting our national parks and the history, natural resources,...
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