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Benoit, Peter Casilla, Robert Harmon, Mark Henríquez, Cristina Pascal, Janet B. Rajan, Rekha S.Pascal, Janet B.
Summary: "Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the worlds most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal!"--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.8 PASCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Places WhatBenoit, Peter
Summary: This book will tell you why people wanted the Panama Canal to be built and what difficulties were faced in the construction of the canal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.875 BENHenríquez, Cristina
Summary: "Dicen que la construcción del canal será la hazaña más grande en la historia de la ingeniería. Pero ¿quién va a construirlo? Para Francisco, un pescador lugareño que no tolera que las potencias extranjeras saqueen a pedazos su país, nada es más desagradable que la decisión de su hijo, Omar, de trabajar como excavador en la zona de perforación. Pero para Omar, cuya crianza fue tranquila y...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC HENHarmon, Mark
Summary: On December 16, 1989, when a young U.S. Marine is gunned down at a checkpoint in Panama City, Naval Investigative Service (NIS) Special Agent Rick Yell and his cadre of trusted agents deploy immediately to investigate the killing, and what they determine will decide the fate of two nations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Select 2024
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Summary: "A novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, following the intersecting lives of the local families fighting to protect their homeland, the West Indian laborers recruited to dig the waterway, and the white Americans who gained profit and glory for themselves"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 0000
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: BOOK CLUB KIT FIC HENHenríquez, Cristina
Summary: "A novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, following the intersecting lives of the local families fighting to protect their homeland, the West Indian laborers recruited to dig the waterway, and the white Americans who gained profit and glory for themselves"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HENCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HENRajan, Rekha S.
Summary: "This accessible nonfiction compendium explores the creation of 10 global landmarks, from the first spark of an idea to the final layer of paint. Acclaimed educator Rekha S. Rajan encourages readers to see themselves as the engineers, builders, architects, and more through interactive stories and a unique structure"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 624 RAJCasilla, Robert
Summary: "This bilingual picture book for kids recalls Major League Baseball pitcher Mariano Rivera's childhood in Panama, his fascination with playing ball-even if he had to make his glove out of cardboard-and his eventual signing with the New York Yankees, where he helped win five World Series"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Piñata Books/Arte Público Press 2023