The Mystery of the Periodic Table
10 best books like The Mystery of the Periodic Table (Benjamin Wiker): Going Solo, Black Ships Before Troy, George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War, Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud, In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown, Penny from Heaven, Belle Prater's Boy, The Story of the Greeks, The Book of Lost Things, The Wanderings of Odysseus
Going Solo
| Author | Roald Dahl |
| ISBN | 0141311428 |
Here is the action-packed sequel to Boy, a tale of Dahl's exploits as a World War II pilot. Told with the same irresistible appeal that has made Roald Dahl one the world's best-loved writers, Going Solo brings you directly into the action...
| Author | Rosemary Sutcliff |
| ISBN | 0711215227 |
George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War
| Author | Thomas B. Allen |
| ISBN | 1426300417 |
Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud
| Author | Philip Yancey |
| ISBN | 0310517818 |
Philip Yancey has a gift for articulating the knotty issues of faith. In Disappointment with God, he poses three questions that Christians...
In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown
| Author | Nathaniel Philbrick |
| ISBN | 0525426760 |
Here is the story of the remarkable year leading up to the siege of Yorktown. It sets Washington against his traitorous nemesis Benedict Arnold and...
| Author | Jennifer L. Holm |
| Author | Ruth White |
| ISBN | 0440413729 |
When Belle Prater disappears, Belle’s boy, Woodrow, comes to live with his grandparents in Coal Station, Virginia. Woodrow’s cousin Gypsy is the town beauty, but she has hidden sorrows and secrets of her own. She wonders how Woodrow can accept...
| Author | Hélène A. Guerber |
It's a straightforward chronological history of Greece, with
authors and philosophers basically getting a passing mention.
The early history is by its own admission mythological and the
only myths covered...
| Author | Cynthia Voigt |
| ISBN | 0307976815 |
| Author | Rosemary Sutcliff |
| ISBN | 0711218463 |
The long siege is ended. Troy lies in ashes. The black ships of the Greek war-host set sail for home but for King Odysseus of Ithaca, the return voyage holds...
| Author | Jeanne Bendick |
| ISBN | 1883937124 |
| Author | Robert Cwiklik |
| ISBN | 0812039211 |
| Author | Judith Berry Griffin |
| ISBN | 0698119568 |
| Author | Susan Wise Bauer |
| ISBN | 0972860339 |
Now more than ever, other countries and customs affect our everyday lives—and our children need to learn about the people who live all around the world. Susan Wise Bauer has provided...
| Author | Carolyn Reeder |
| ISBN | 0689855508 |
| Author | Kathryn Lasky |
| ISBN | 0316515264 |
This colorfully illustrated biography of the Greek philosopher and scientist Eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globe's circumference,...
| Author | Lawrence O. Richards |
| ISBN | 0849935830 |
Directions for reading the reviews on this book:
1. Find a long scarf.
2. Tie it around your jaw in a knot - or a bow - on top of your head.
3. Put down your coffee,...
King of the Mound: My Summer with Satchel Paige
| Author | Wes Tooke |
| ISBN | 1442433469 |
Nick was going to be a star baseball player, no doubt about it. People for miles around talked about the twelve-year-old boy with the golden arm. And then Nick is diagnosed with polio - a life-threatening...
What Went Wrong With Mrs Milliard's Mech?
| Author | I.H. Laking |
Mrs Milliard is on the verge of financial ruin. With a business deal about to expire unless her mechanical baker remembers his secret recipe, Mrs Milliard turns...
What Were the Roaring Twenties?
| Author | Michele Mortlock |
| ISBN | 1524786381 |
It was the bees' knees, the cat's meow. If you're not familiar with 1920s slang, all the more reason to read this fascinating look at that wild,...