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Introduces the main series within the Reader Collection geared to adults who are beginning to read in English. The Reader Collection is located in the Curriculum Lab on the third floor.
Describes the work of Richard Hansen, an archaeologist who is trying to learn more about Mayan civilization from the ruins around the ancient city of El Mirador.
A group of people has developed an efficient, healthy way to cook using the sun. Solar cooking is good for the environment and is also extremely helpful to people in certain countries.
Flora Salonik, a woman who lives in a tiny village with the Dorobo people of East Africa, must decide if she can let go of her previous life in the city.
Orangutans are animals that are similar to humans in many ways. One similarity is their ability to communicate through language. This ability is being studied in a program at a zoo in Washington D.C. - back cover.