Central Kansas Library System

"As the two of them walk through the busy town, Grandpa shares the favorite places he and his own grandpa went together ... and Little Jake keeps guessing where they are going. The movies? The baseball park? The beach? 'Not this time, ' says Grandpa, and has Jake close his eyes before going into ... the library"--

Every time it is invaded the City gets a new name, but to the natives in is the Nameless City, and they survive by not letting themselves get involved--but now the fate of the City rests in the hands of Rat, a native, and Kaidu, one of the Dao, the latest occupiers, and the two must somehow work together if the City is to survive.

Briefly presents historical facts about civilization's most famous ancient cities of which only the ruins remain today.

"Explore soaring skyscrapers, elegant cathedrals and bustling shopping streets -- from New York to Paris, and Sydney to Shanghai. Life the flaps to see inside some of the greatest cities in the world."--Page 4 of cover.

"Ancient civilisations in Vietnam, the lost cities of the Amazon, the cities and towns of humankind have fought for space against the overwhelming power of nature. We think we've mastered it, but discoveries across the world show abandoned cities, their proud buildings now flooded, overtaken by the forests, nature taking back what once was its own, with the slow, relentlessness of time. But there are modern places too, towns built by corrupt local...

"Illustrates the major systems that lie beneath a city to help it function, including sewer, gas, electrical, and more"--