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Patricia Brennan Demuth: Where Is the Great Wall?

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: More than two thousand years ago, with his land under constant attack from nomads, the First Emperor of China came up with a simple solution: build a wall to keep out enemies. It was a wall that kept growing and growing. But its construction came at a huge cost: it is believed that more than a million Chinese died building it, earning the wall its nickname — the longest cemetery on earth. Through…

Patricia Brennan Demuth: Who Is Bill Gates?

Скачать книгу (размер 529 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 105) Аннотация: Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. In this Who Was...? biography, children will learn of Gates' childhood passion for computer technology, which led him to revolutionize personal computers. Through the success of his now-world-famous software company, Microsoft, Bill Gates became one of the wealthiest…