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1) Oceania
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Explore the beautiful and diverse islands of Oceania! This social studies book covers the islands of the South Pacific, including Australia, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia. The South Pacific Ocean is home to thousands of islands, and each one is unique. This teacher-approved book provides students with the chance to understand the lives of people from Oceania, including the history of indigenous peoples in the region. The book incorporates the...
2) Oceania
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Did you know Oceania is Earth's smallest continent? Or that because of its remote location, many of the animals that live there don't exist anywhere else in the world! Discover extreme facts about South America in this fun and kooky book.
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Desiring to go to New Guinea began 8 years before the actual trip. It started with an article in the periodical, "The Messenger." The missionaries and local people start praying that God would send me to minister. At that time, I didn't know where the nation was located. This is a true story of determination, passion and child-like faith. It will challenge you to keep moving in difficult places in your life. The trip from Vancouver, Washington to...
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It's 2072 and the Netherlands and Germany are the world's dominant powers. Seventeen-year-old Millie Esmond lives in Dutch-ruled Oceania and is destined to become a farmer like her parents, providing food for the wealthy Dutch. But after stabbing a police officer in self-defense, her life takes an unexpected turn. She must leave her family behind and live in Amsterdam under the watchful eye of her Dutch grandmother and the ever-present Government.As...
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When a Seattle couple and their 5-year-old daughter embark on a luxury cruise to the South Pacific, it's their dream vacation. Or, is it their biggest nightmare?
When a terrorist cell hijacks the ship, the passengers must do everything it takes to survive. "Hijacked in Oceania" is a suspenseful thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat with each page.
In the story, a young mother and her 5 year old child manage against all odds to escape...
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This unique full-colored book presents all cathedrals, one by one, from different Christian denominations, located on continent of Australia and Oceania-Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Assyrian churches.
Beside more than 200 illustrations and photos of almost all cathedrals on the continent, facts and descriptions about them, readers will find facts about hierarchy and territorial organization of particular churches on...
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SUMMARY IN SPANISH:
Pascual el dragÓn viaja a OceanÍa y descubre cÓmo contribuir a salvar el planeta Tierra. Con la ayuda de un montÓn de animales y otros amigos, consigue solucionar el problema con el plÁstico y convertir la Tierra en un lugar mÁs sostenible.
Un libro infantil interactivo en espaÑol, en el que el propio dragoncito cuenta la historia y, de vez en cuando, hace preguntas al niÑo.
Este es el sexto tÍtulo de la colecciÓn...
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Exotic Destinations 101 volume 4
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From the wide-open plains of the desert in Australia to the lush tropical islands dotted around the Pacific, the variety of landscapes found in Oceania is truly jaw-dropping.
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In a sense, Oceania can be considered a microcosm of World Christianity. Within this region are many of the same observable trends on the global level that impact Christian life, faith, and witness. The geography of Oceania--the "liquid continent"--is unique. Christianity arrived in Australia and New Zealand in the late eighteenth century via British colonial powers. Indigenous Aboriginal peoples, Torres Strait Islanders, and Māori peoples were dispossessed...
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This unique dinosaur title will take readers to the continent of Australia to discover some rock formations that held important dinosaur discoveries. Readers will learn about each dinosaur, from when it lived to what it ate, and other cool facts! Complete with great photographs and page explaining the different dino groups! This little book is packed with lots of content. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids...
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Esta Historia del siglo XX ofrece un panorama razonado de los procesos que conducen al presente y ayudan a entenderlo. María Dolores Béjar se propone captar los hilos entrecruzados del espacio mundial en el que los países centrales se vinculan con una periferia de múltiples singularidades.
Su punto de partida es "la era del imperialismo", a fines del siglo XIX: la expansión de las metrópolis, el reparto colonial de Asia, África y Oceanía y...
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Who wants to go Australia and Oceania? I know I do! In this geography book for kids, you won't just learn about the landmarks in both regions of the Earth. Instead, you will also learn about the unique animal life that live in Australia and Oceania. This is one interesting read that you would be happy to add in your book collection.
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In the year 2000, United Nations world leaders set out eight targets, the UN Millennium Development Goals, for achieving improved standards of living at the micro level in poorer nations around the globe, by the year 2015. The papers in this collection present fine-detailed ethnographic studies of cultures in Africa and Oceania, with a focus primarily on MDG 3, targeted to "promote gender equality and empower women" and MDG 5, targeted to "improve...
16) Global Renewal Christianity: Asia and Oceania Spirit-Empowered Movements: Past, Present, and Future
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The growth of Spirit-empowered Christianity has been nothing short of phenomenal. From a handful of believers in the early twentieth century to a global movement today numbering over 600 million people in almost every culture and denomination, those who embrace the Holy Spirit and His gifts are now the fastest growing religious group in the world.
This book is an authoritative collection from more than two dozen leaders in and scholars of the Spirit-empowered...
17) Fatal Depth
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THE MISSION: Sink an unsinkable warsub.
It seems futile.
It's a vessel created to start --- and end --- wars: a dreadnought.
At over four hundred meters long with a crew of six hundred, it's the largest submarine in the world.
Sixty-eight torpedo tubes. Twenty nuclear ballistic missiles with one hundred and sixty warheads. Mines. Grapples. A revolutionary propulsion system.
And a brand new weapon: The Tsunami Plow.
The warsub has just...
18) The Savage Deeps
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War has come to the darkest depths of the deepest oceans.
Mayor Truman McClusky of Trieste City is at war with the world's superpowers. Laying claim to the resources of the ocean and its floor is the only way to survive in a world where Global Warming and rising sea levels ravage the surface. But when a Trieste City spy ends up dead - his body beaten beyond recognition - Mac realizes that his city is in mortal danger. The occupying force in Trieste...
19) The War Beneath
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Living and working underwater can be a dangerous thing. First the bulkheads sweat, then there's a trickle of water . . .
. . . and then in an instant you're gone. The only thing left is a bloody pulp in the dark water and crushed bone fragments on the seafloor.
And you can't bolt to the surface in an emergency. . . . The bends will get you.
But that's not the worst. When you're living underwater and also working as a spy for your city, that?s when...
20) Shadow of War
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In the world's undersea realms, the superpowers are pressing. Climate change is ravaging the surface nations, and their militaries are surging into the oceans to seek out new resources to sustain their exploding populations. Now Truman McClusky, mayor of the underwater city, Trieste, must gather a team of operatives and travel the world to steal the most unique and deadly weapon ever invented for use underwater. War is looming, and to win a war, one...
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