WHERE IS THE WHITE HOUSE ? (Hết hàng)
Tác giả: Megan Stine, David Groff
Thể loại: Cooking - Science - Social - Economic (ISBN: 9780448483559 | Giá: 105,000 đ)
The history of the White House, first completed in 1799, reflects the history of America itself. It was the dream of George Washington to have an elegant "presidential mansion" in the capital city that was named after him. Yet he is the only president who never got to live there. All the rest have made their mark--for better or worse--on the house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Megan Stine explains how the White House came to be and offers young readers intriguing glimpses into the lives of the ...

WHERE IS THE TAJ MAHAL ? (Hết hàng)
Tác giả: Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler, David Groff, John Hinderliter
Thể loại: Cooking - Science - Social - Economic (ISBN: 9780399542145 | Giá: 105,000 đ)
The Taj may look like a palace but it's actually a tomb and a lasting testament to one of the world's great love stories. In 1612, Mogul emperor Shah Jahan married Mumtaz Mahal. It had been love at first sight and for nineteen years they were so inseparable that Mumtaz even accompanied Shah Jahan to battlefields. When she died suddenly giving birth to their fourteenth child, the emperor set about building a magnificent memorial to his wife. Everything about the Taj was perfectly planned, from ...

WHO WAS GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER? (Hết hàng)
Author: Jim Gigliotti - Stephen Marchesi - Nancy Harrison
Thể loại: Children books (ISBN: 9780448483122 | Giá: 96,000 đ)
Born in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washingtoni Carver to succeed. Slaves were not allowed to be educated. After the Civil War, Carver enrolled in classes and proved to be a star student. He became the first black student at Iowa State Agricultural College and later its first black professor. He went on to the Tuskegee Institute where he specialized in botany (the study of plants) and developed techniques to grow crops better. His work with vegetables, especially peanuts, made him ...

WHO WAS JACQUELINE KENNEDY? (WHO WAS...?) (Hết hàng)
Author: Bonnie Bader
Thể loại: Children books (ISBN: 9780448486987 | Giá: 105,000 đ)
Private and bookish, Jackie Kennedy found herself thrust into the world spotlight as the young and glamorous wife of the President John F. Kennedy. As First Lady she restored the once neglected rooms of the White House to their former glory, and through her charm and elegance became a style icon whose influence is still felt even today. Kids will be fascinated to read about a First Family whose youth, intelligence, and good looks captivated America in the early 1960s.   Minh Khai ...

WHO WAS NIKOLA TESLA? (WHO WAS...?) (Hết hàng)
Author: Jim Gigliotti
Thể loại: Children books (ISBN: 9780448488592 | Giá: 105,000 đ)
When Nikola Tesla arrived in the United States in 1884, he didn't have much money, but he did have a letter of introduction to renowned inventor Thomas Edison. The working relationship between the two men was short lived, though, and the two scientist-inventors became harsh competitors. One of the most influential scientists of all time, Nikola Tesla is celebrated for his experiments in electricity, X-rays, remote controls, and wireless communications. His invention of the Tesla coil was ...

THE ILIAD (Hết hàng)
Author: Homer. Translated by: W.H.D Rouse. With a new afterword by: Adam Nicolson
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction (ISBN: 9780451474346 | Giá: 121,000 đ)
THE WORLD S GREATEST WAR NOVEL Humans and gods wrestling with towering emotions. Men fighting to the death amid devastation and destruction. Perhaps the Western world s first and best storyteller, Homer draws the reader in with bated breath. His masterful tale contains some of the most famous episodes in all of literature: the curse on the prophet Cassandra; the siege of Troy; the battle between Hector and Achilles; the face that launched a thousand ships; and of course, the deception of the ...

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (Hết hàng)
Author: Jules Verne
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction (ISBN: 9780451531698 | Giá: 104,000 đ)
Journey into the deep. This extraordinary voyage into the depths unknown aboard the legendary submarine "Nautilus"--commanded by the brilliant, tragic Captain Nemo-explores both the limitless possibilities of science and the twisted labyrinth of the human mind.   Minh Khai bookstore would like to ...

UNCLE TOM'S CABIN : OR, LIFE AMONG THE LOWLY (Hết hàng)
Author: Professor Harriet Beecher Stowe - Darryl Pickney
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction (ISBN: 9780451530806 | Giá: 104,000 đ)

THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (Hết hàng)
Author: James Fenimore Cooper - Richard Hutson
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction (ISBN: 9780451417862 | Giá: 99,000 đ)
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS one of the world s great adventure stories, dramatizes how the birth of American culture was intertwined with that of Native Americans. In 1757, as the English and the French war over American territory, the frontier scout Hawkeye Natty Bumppo risks his life to escort two sisters through hostile Huron country. Hawkeye enlists the aid of his Mohican friends Chingachgook and Uncas, and together they battle deception, brutality, and death in a thrilling story of loyalty, ...