cities and towns

Traces the architectural growth and cultural development of Umm El Madayan, an imaginary Islamic city in North Africa, as it seeks to follow western economic models into the twenty-first century without losing sight of its age-old traditions.

In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, Tom and Hester hope that the ice city of Anchorage will reach the rumored haven of the Dead Continent--America--before the savage Hunstmen of Arkangel finds them.

Ren moves from the city to the small town of Bomont where he challenges the town's ban on rock music, partying, and dancing.

Takes the reader through a typical town in the Roman Empire, highlighting the different buildings and public areas, and describing how the people lived.

Showing readers how to put math to work in their day-to-day activities, this book describes how a student uses addition on his trip to the city for spring break.

Traces the development of a typical city from Stone Age camp to a great high-rise urban center of 2005.

Describes twenty-one major cities of the world at the time of their greatest prominence from ancient Thebes and Athens to modern Tokyo and New York.

Originally published: East Sussex, England : Wayland Publishers, 1994. Examines seven of the most prominent cities of World War II.

Describes the growth of immigration, labor, and technology in urban America through a series of graphic organizers.

Mary and Peter Jackson, the Carver family, and aging novelist John Marinville are on their way to different destinations, but first they must pass through the town of Desperation, Nevada and for some of them it will be the end of the road.