Giles Laroche
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025]
Publication Date
2025
Language
English
Description
Would you be lonely living atop a steep, snowbound mountain or bored in a tiny island village? Could you find your way home through a dense jungle or a blinding desert sandstorm? Our planet has many places where everyday life is made difficult by severe climates, isolation, or natural forces such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. Yet in these secluded locations families learn how to band together and rely on each other, and this spirit of teamwork...
2) Lost cities
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Who lived in our world's ancient places? How did they survive? Travel back to the lost cities of Babylon, Karnak, Herculaneum, Mesa Verde, Angkor Wat, Great Zimbabwe, Easter Island (or Rapa Nui), Tenochtitlan, Machu Picchu, Fatehpur Sikri, Jamestown, Caughnawaga, and Akrotiri. See why these civilizations were lost--and how they were found! -back cover.