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101) Ronaldo
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"The story of the "ultimate footballer" Cristiano Ronaldo covers the star's youth in Madeira, Portugal, through the 2014 World Cup"--
105) Silence: a novel
Author
Series
Formats
Description
"Shusaku Endo's classic novel of enduring faith in dangerous times "Silence I regard as a masterpiece, a lucid and elegant drama."-The New York Times Book Review. Seventeenth-century Japan: Two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to a country hostile to their religion, where feudal lords force the faithful to publicly renounce their beliefs. Eventually captured and forced to watch their Japanese Christian brothers lay down their lives for their faith,...
106) Amerigo Vespucci
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines the life of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, discussing his childhood and youth, his travels to Spain, his voyage on behalf of King Ferdinand V, his development of a navigation system, his further expeditions, and his final years
107) Ferdinand Magellan
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
An introduction to the life of sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who found a passage for ships to sail west from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Take a dream cruise around the world's most dramatic coastlines to more than 20 countries. The stunning landscapes of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton; the beauty of the Caribbean; the Mayan ruins; the Panama Canal; Big Sur's coastline; Alaska's wilderness. Norway's fjords; Scotland's lochs and glens; the Rhine's castles and medieval cities; France's rivers; Lisbon's contrasts; Gibraltar's caves; Greece's beaches; The Nile. Chile's wild coast; Easter Island...
112) Azul
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Azul was designed by the world famous, award winning game author Michael Riesling. Azul captures the beautiful aesthetics of Moorish art in a contemporary board game. Players compete as artisans decorating the walls of the royal Palace of Dvora. By carefully drafting the correct Quantity and style of tiles, the most clever of artisans plan ahead to maximize the beauty of their work (not to mention their scores!) while ensuring they wasted no supplies...