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Don Nardo has written many books for young people. He specializes in history and loves writing about ancient civilizations.
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Werken van Don Nardo

Ancient Greece (World History) (1994) 28 exemplaren
Egyptian Mythology (Mythology) (2001) 27 exemplaren
The Roman Empire (1994) 20 exemplaren
The Roman Republic (1994) 17 exemplaren
Readings on Hamlet (1998) — Redacteur — 16 exemplaren
Readings on the Canterbury Tales (1997) — Redacteur — 16 exemplaren
Readings on Homer (1997) — Redacteur — 15 exemplaren
Chernobyl (World Disasters) (1990) 13 exemplaren
The Importance of Walt Disney (2000) 13 exemplaren
Biomedical Ethics (Compact Research: Current Issues) (2007) — Auteur — 12 exemplaren
Atlantis (The Mystery Library) (2004) 12 exemplaren
Eyes on the Sky - Pluto (2002) 12 exemplaren
The Indian Wars (America's Wars) (1991) 12 exemplaren
The War of 1812 (America's Wars) (1991) 12 exemplaren
The Scopes Trial (1997) 12 exemplaren
Charles Darwin (1993) 12 exemplaren
The Trial of Joan of Arc (1997) 12 exemplaren
Readings on a Tale of Two Cities (1997) — Redacteur — 11 exemplaren
Krakatoa (World Disasters) (1990) 11 exemplaren
Medea (Literary Companion Series) (2000) — Redacteur — 11 exemplaren
Living in Ancient Egypt (Exploring Cultural History) (2004) — Redacteur — 11 exemplaren
The Trial of Socrates (1611) 11 exemplaren
Medusa (Monsters) (2004) 10 exemplaren
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) (2007) 10 exemplaren
The Vikings (World History) (2005) 9 exemplaren
Readings on Antigone (1999) — Redacteur — 9 exemplaren
Readings on Sophocles (1996) — Redacteur — 8 exemplaren
Ozone (Lucent Overview Series) (1991) 8 exemplaren
King Arthur (Heroes & Villains) (2003) 8 exemplaren
Readings on Romeo and Juliet (1997) — Redacteur — 8 exemplaren
Buddhism (World Religions) (2009) 7 exemplaren
Ancient India (World History) (2007) 7 exemplaren
Sculpture (Eye on Art) (2006) 7 exemplaren
Readings on Julius Caesar (1999) — Redacteur — 7 exemplaren
Mozart (Mysterious Deaths) (1997) 7 exemplaren
Readings on Frankenstein (2000) — Redacteur — 7 exemplaren
Architecture (Eye on Art) (2007) 7 exemplaren
Cyclops (Monsters) (2004) 6 exemplaren
Biological Warfare (2006) 6 exemplaren
Eyes on the Sky - Neptune (2002) 6 exemplaren
Medieval Europe (World History) (2011) 5 exemplaren
Black Holes (Eyes on the Sky) (2002) 5 exemplaren
Readings on Othello (2000) — Redacteur — 5 exemplaren
Eyes on the Sky - The Moon (2003) 5 exemplaren
Ancient Rome (Daily Life) (2001) 5 exemplaren
The Trial of Galileo: Science versus the Inquisition (2004) — Auteur — 5 exemplaren
Heroes (Discovering Mythology) (2001) 5 exemplaren
Daily Life in Ancient Egypt (2015) 4 exemplaren
Voodoo : opposing viewpoints (1991) 4 exemplaren
Frank Lloyd Wright (Eye on Art) (2012) 4 exemplaren
Teen Guide to Mental Health (2019) 3 exemplaren
Ancient Egypt (Daily Life) (2002) 3 exemplaren
Life of a Roman gladiator (2003) 3 exemplaren
Cleopatra (Influential Women) (2016) 3 exemplaren
The Fall of Rome (2015) 3 exemplaren
Volcanoes (Extreme Threats) (2009) 3 exemplaren
Cloning (Science on the Edge) (2003) 3 exemplaren
Christianity (World Religions) (2009) 3 exemplaren
Sophocles (Literary Companion) (1997) 3 exemplaren
Ancient Egypt (World History) (2006) 3 exemplaren
U-X-L World Eras: 10 Volume set (2016) 2 exemplaren
Odysseus (2015) 2 exemplaren
Medical diagnosis (1993) 2 exemplaren
Being LGBTQ (Lgbtq Issues) (2020) 2 exemplaren
Ancient Greece (Daily Life) (2002) 2 exemplaren
Gravity : The Universal Force (1990) 2 exemplaren
Painting (Eye on Art) (2012) 2 exemplaren
Leonardo Da Vinci (Eye On Art) (2012) 2 exemplaren
The Battle of Saratoga (2008) 2 exemplaren
Eyes on the Sky - Asteroids (2002) 2 exemplaren
The Alamo (World History) (2012) 2 exemplaren
Exploring Norse Mythology (2023) 1 exemplaar
Stand Up for LGBTQ Rights (2021) 1 exemplaar
Gods of World Mythology (2021) 1 exemplaar
The Science of Vaccines (2021) 1 exemplaar
Exploring Chinese Mythology (2023) 1 exemplaar
Understanding Gender Identity (2021) 1 exemplaar
Great Jobs in Education (2019) 1 exemplaar
Jobs if you like animals (2022) 1 exemplaar
Extraterrestrial life (2004) 1 exemplaar
The big bang (2005) 1 exemplaar
Missiles (2013) 1 exemplaar
Helicopters (2013) 1 exemplaar
British mythology (2012) 1 exemplaar
Bernie Madoff (2011) — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Wrestling (History of Sports) (2001) 1 exemplaar
Frida Kahlo (Eye on Art) (2012) 1 exemplaar
American mythology (2012) 1 exemplaar
Oil Spills: Hot Topics (2011) 1 exemplaar
Vegan diets (2014) 1 exemplaar
King Arthur 1 exemplaar
How vaccines changed the world (2018) 1 exemplaar
The 1940's (2004) 1 exemplaar

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NARDO, Don
Geboortedatum
1947-02-22
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
Columbia, Missouri, USA
Woonplaatsen
Natick, Massachusetts, USA
New York, New York, USA
Mashpee, Massachusetts, USA
Opleiding
home schooled
Syracuse University
Worcester State College
Beroepen
historian
composer
writer
Korte biografie
Don Nardo is a historian and award-winning writer who specializes in the ancient world, especially the civilizations of Greece and Rome. He taught high school for eight years, while writing part-time, before devoting himself to his research and book-writing full time. In the past two decades, he has published nearly 200 volumes on diverse historical topics. And having earned numerous favorable reviews, he is widely recognized as the country's leading writer of historical works for young adults. Mr. Nardo also composes and arranges symphonic music and writes screenplays and teleplays.

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Serviceable, but way too teleological. The people, the locations, the theories, the schools, all that is good. But with every instance of an ancient Greek cosmological or physical hypothesis that has some superficial resemblance to what we moderns know and the originating philosopher gets an implied gold star for being "almost right".
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themulhern | Jun 10, 2023 |
A reasonably well-written book marred by poor editorial choices. Most appropriate for YA, where available, due to the sophistication of the writing. "Difficult" words, which are designated so more or less arbitrarily are glossed in many quotations with an ugly bracket system. The quotations are taken from translations of original sources and the works of more or less contemporary historians.

Presents the history of classical Greece as a gradually deepening conflict between the two cities of Sparta and Athens, with the Persian Wars as a fairly brief interruption. The conflict, presented this way, seems analogous to WWI, as a network of alliances dragged more and more allies into the war. As in WWI, the adversaries were evenly matched and had effective fighting forces, so the war dragged on and on, with great suffering over a deal of the Mediterranean. Eventually, exhausted, both formerly great powers were defeated by the Macedonian king, Philip.

Also covers the Athenian campaign in Egypt.
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themulhern | Apr 27, 2023 |
I never mind seeing Hades and Anubis in books like these, but I do wish their presence didn't mean the absence of the many, many other death deities or psychopomps from other cultures that I haven't yet encountered. I enjoyed learning a little more about Hel and discovering Yan Wang, Iku, and Ala, but I suppose further forays into other cultures' gods of death will have to wait until the next book I read on the subject.
 
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Werken
464
Leden
3,333
Populariteit
#7,667
Waardering
½ 3.6
Besprekingen
53
ISBNs
845
Talen
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