הספרים של הוצאת FRANKLIN WATTS
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Forget about blood, bones, and corpses! There’s no telling what you’ll uncover if you dare to investigate some of the world’s most fascinating unsolved mysteries - from Bigfoot to lost civilizations to UFOs and more!...
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Talk about courage under fire. The soldiers at Hamburger Hill fought for eight straight days to capture a tiny piece of Vietnam’s countryside that chewed up soldiers like chopped meat. No wonder 19-year-old Patrick Power was frightened. Wouldn’t you be?...
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What do the airplane, currency, movies, and the telescope have in common? They are all inventions that shaped our world. Imagine what life would be like without them!...
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THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY....
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"We were just talking... and the next second, we’re in a world war." That’s how a U.S. seaman remembers December 7, 194 -- a Sunday morning that began like any other and ended with 2,403 Americans dead, thousands more wounded, and the nation at war....
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Loyalty meant nothing to Vlad Dracula, a Transylvanian prince whoÂ’d sacrifice anything to stay in power. He ruled with a thirst for blood so terrible that the most famous vampire in literature was named after him....
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He was loved by British Revolutionary War loyalists and hated by American patriots. What made King George III so mad? He hoped to restore glory to the British crown. Instead he plunged two countries into a seven-year bloodbath and died plagued by insanity and failure....
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Grigory Rasputin was a poor peasant from Siberia who claimed he could heal the sick and predict the future. Some people worshipped him. Others wanted him dead. No wonder the story of his life and death is stranger than fiction....
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THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A thorough and riveting biography of the British sculptor. Beginning with Moore's birth, the reader is taken on a journey through the trials and tribulations of one of early twentieth- centur...
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From property forfeiture to public flogging to burning at the stake, persecution and torture were all in a day’s work for Tomás de Torquemada-- a monk without mercy for anyone who broke the laws of the Church....
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Discusses the theories of ancient Greek philosopher-scientists such as Ptolemy, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, and Aristotle, and describes scientific discoveries and their applications in ancient Greece....
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The Forensic Files subset examines the forensic sciences behind the most fascinating solved and unsolved cases, from autopsies to facial reconstruction, and more....
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Got a warm heart and a weak stomach? Then you probably wouldn't want to be a servant in a medieval castle, where the rooms are always stone cold - unless it's your castle - and the next revolt could leave you mopping up a bloody mess and piles of dead bodies....
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Never was a warrior as feared as the ruthless barbarian Attila the Hun. He cut a path of destruction so wide, he was nicknamed the "Scourge of God." Fifteen hundred years after his death, his name still conjures up visions of savagery!...
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THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY....
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Never was a warrior as feared as the ruthless barbarian Attila the Hun. He cut a path of destruction so wide, he was nicknamed the "Scourge of God." Fifteen hundred years after his death, his name still conjures up visions of savagery!...
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Rights? What rights? If you believe in equal rights for women - including the right to vote - you wouldn't want to be a suffragist! You could wind up in a filthy jail cell, on a diet of bread and water and sentenced to silence, just for speaking your mind....
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Three days of brutal combat come to life through the eyes of Joshua Chamberlain, whose heroic actions helped secure the Union victory, and 15-year-old Tillie Pierce, who tended the wounded in a nearby farmhouse, in this epic recounting of the Civil War’s bloodiest battle....
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After 18 years of marriage to a prince who despised her, Catherine the Great shoved her husband aside and seized RussiaÂ’s throne for herself. Then she took on Turkish sultans and European kings. Never underestimate the power of a woman scorned!...
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Newly arrived teenaged immigrants describe their experiences in America, recount traditions of their native countries, and present short stories, poems, recipes, and artwork. Also provides interviews with native born American teenagers who share their family histories....
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Hate tight squeezes and cold, wet spaces? Then forget about traveling on the first submarine. If you don't get stuck sliding down the hatch, you'll still wind up wading through ankle-deep water in ridiculously cramped quarters. And if you don't pump fast enough, that would could reach your neck - or...
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