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1) Beijing
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes physical aspects, history, and social life and customs of the capital of the People's Republic of China.
2) London
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, cultural composition, daily life, and points of interest of London.
3) Rome
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history, culture, daily life, food, people, sports, and points of interest of the city that was once the capital of the mighty Roman Empire.
6) Cape Town
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 x 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, culture, daily life, people, sports, and points of interest of the legislative capital of South Africa.
7) New Orleans
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, culture, daily life, people, and points of interest in the largest city in Louisiana.
8) Vienna
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, culture, daily life, people, sports, and points of interest in the capital and largest city in Austria.
9) Bangkok
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, culture, daily life, food, people, sports, and points of interest in the capital and largest city of Thailand.
10) Moscow
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, culture, daily life, food, sports, people, and points of interest in the capital of Russia.
11) Athens
Author
Series
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
12) London
Author
Series
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
13) Paris
Author
Series
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the history, people, daily life, and future of Paris.
Author
Series
Cities of the World volume 3
Language
English
Description
The beautiful island of Bali is full of volcanic mountains and crater lakes. On its fertile soil rice, tea and coconut are grown. The main elements of the landscape are the emerald green rice fields, the untarnished jungle and the steep cliffs. Let us take a visit to one of the National Parks and meet the friendly Balinese people. The religion of the island is a unique mixture of Buddhism and Hinduism.
Author
Series
Cities of the World volume 1
Language
English
Description
The United States offers uncountable sights to the visitor, from the White House and the Smithsonian in Washington through the skyscrapers of New York and the buildings of Chicago to the clay buildings of Santa Fe.
Author
Series
Cities of the World volume 2
Language
English
Description
Whoever visits the Greek capital takes a pilgrimage to the fountain of European culture. The city’s most famous building is the Acropolis, which is garlanded by the golden pillars of the Parthenon. The statues, reliefs and frieses of the Acropolis Museum and the Archeological Museum of Athens show us the classical beauty ideal and the perfect sense of proportion.
Author
Series
Cities of the World volume 4
Language
English
Description
Houses standing on piles in the water of the canals, the floating market and temples with their glistening mosaics are all living memories from the past, but the skyscrapers standing on the bank of Chao Phraya and the luxury cars speeding on the highway, are all forerunners of the new century.
Author
Series
Cities of the World volume 25
Language
English
Description
Cote d'Azur, the wonderful "blue bank" has been a symbol of the high life, being the millionaire's holiday resort for more than 100 years. Beautiful beaches, amazing landscapes, immense cultural relics and luxury are at their utmost.Menton is famous for its "lemon festival" and it also has the best climate. The tiny duchy of Monaco is hallmarked by Monte Carlo casinos and the Formula-1 Grand Prix, while the Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat peninsula has the...
Author
Series
Cities of the World volume 11
Language
English
Description
The islands of eternal spring are made up of various landscapes. One can find anything from the lush, green forests in the mountains to sand deserts.
Author
Series
Cities of the World volume 6
Language
English
Description
Bavaria is the largest German territory. It is a land dotted with little towns and villages. Wooden shells, high red tiled roofs with many skylights, old signboards, town walls, ancient churches, domes and steeples, narrow streets and riverbanks, huge green areas and many flowers take us to a wonderfully calm and merry world.
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