geographical myths

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geographical myths

Legends or lies?

2006
Describes several legends that have intrigued people for centuries including the lost city of Atlantis, the stories of King Arthur, and the search for the city of El Dorado.

Un Lun Dun

2007
Twelve-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba discover an entrance to a strange world where they encounter killer giraffes, animated umbrellas, ghost children, and flying double-decker buses.

A dictionary of mythical places

1975
An alphabetically arranged, cross-referenced dictionary of mythical, legendary, and famous literary places briefly describing the origin, location, and major characteristics of each place.

Atlantis and other lost cities

2006
Provides background information about lost cities and civilizations, presents the stories of Atlantis, El Dorado, and Camelot in graphic novel form, and includes a brief debate on whether such cities exist.

Atlantis found

1999
Dirk Pitt races to save the future of the world when he is assigned by the U.S. National Underwater and Marine Agency to find the link between the 1858 discovery of an aged wreck full of crates of antiquities, and two modern-day incidents that claimed the lives of a team of anthropologists and almost sank a NUMA vessel.

Where was Atlantis?

1999
Discusses the legend of the lost civilization of Atlantis and whether it may have been based on a real place.

The extraordinary adventures of ordinary Basil

2006
Twelve-year-old Basil meets an eccentric professor with a flying boat and sets off on a journey into the clouds, where they find a floating city filled with otherworldly inventions and ideas.

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