| 1. |  | Hiroshima
from Topeka Bindery
Price: $16.35
Customer Review:
This is a book I would recommend for anyone to read. By reading the book you get a personal perspective on the ones affected by the bombing. This edition has an additional chapter, written years later, where the author gives an update on the people in the book. Very good read! | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Red Scarf Girl (rack): A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
from HarperTeen
Price: $7.99
Customer Review:
The book "Red Scarf Girl" is an in-depth, moving memoir about a twelve year-old girl named Ji-li who was living her life to the fullest until the Cultural Revolution. "...I felt like the luckiest girl in the world" (17) Ji-li says. Then one day, China's leader, Chairman Mao, launched the Revolution,... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Ancient China (DK Eyewitness Books)
from DK CHILDREN
Price: $10.87
Customer Review:
The institutional review coming with this page says: "Grade 5-10-Done in typical "Eyewitness" format, this volume touches upon such topics as Chinese history, the first emperor, inventions, health and medicine, waterways, food and drink, clothing, the Silk Road, and arts and crafts. Material from as... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | Words of Gandhi (Newmarket Words Of...)
from Topeka Bindery
Price: $22.20
Customer Review:
This book is short and sweet (the quotes are spaced out on the pages and they include photographs). This was informative of areas Ghandi does not talk of much in his autobiography, especially his views on non-violence. Inspiring quotes that get you thinking. | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Mesopotamia (DK Eyewitness Books)
from DK CHILDREN
Price: $10.87
Customer Review:
I bought this book as a supplement for home schooling. We have been studying Mesopotamia, but it was difficult to sort out all of the different civilizations that arose in the area. This book helps to clarify that. I also understand so much more about the region and all of its magnificent... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | Japan ABCs: A Book About the People and Places of Japan (Country Abcs)
from Picture Window Books
Price: $7.95
Customer Review:
This is a wonderful book to help children learn about Australia. It's beautifully illustrated too! | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 7. | ![]() | The Endless Steppe; Growing Up In Siberia,
from Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
Customer Review:
terrific book, just the reality type show we need instead of bimbos and druggies. this touches on the real things of life. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun
from HarperCollins
Price: $8.99
Customer Review:
Beginning as the "giant dragons puffing smoke" descended upon the fishing village of Shimoda, this book chronologically follows Commodore Matthew Perry's expedition and subsequent opening of Japan for trade with the United States. This volume, which appears to have been extremely well-researched,... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Japan the Land (Lands, Peoples, and Cultures)
from Crabtree Publishing Company
Price: $8.95
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| 10. |  | Russia ABCs: A Book About the People and Places of Russia (Country Abcs)
from Picture Window Books
Price: $7.95
Customer Review:
Frankly, I was amazed at the variety and amount of information that is presented in "Russia ABCs," a children's information book.
On the first page of the text, the reader learns:
Privyet! (pree-VYET)--hi in Russian
Russia is the biggest country in the world, crossing two... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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