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"The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet—from the QWERTY keyboard and Staphylococcus aureus to the Taco Bell breakfast menu—on a five-star scale. John Green’s gift for storytelling shines throughout this...
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2022.
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"The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pole from the Moon back to Earth? The hardest part is sticking the landing. Hoping to cool the atmosphere by opening everyone’s freezer door at the same time? Maybe it’s time for a brief introduction to thermodynamics. Want to know...
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Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2022.
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Español
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"In astrology, the position of the moon in our birth chart helps us understand how we relate to others, revealing wounds we drag since childhood and how we experience our first love--the love of a mother (or someone equivalent), the blueprint we will follow in all our bonds. There are twelve possible moon patterns, twelve unconscious fears that define the way we relate to others. Being aware of them, and of the planets they interact with, is imperative...
6) Giraffes
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Creative Education
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IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"A kindergarten-level introduction to giraffe, covering their growth process, behaviors, the habitats they call home."--
7) What if the Earth had two moons?: and nine other thought-provoking speculations on the solar system
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Think fast with A.J. and Andrea from My Weird School! Did you know that the biggest chocolate bar weighed over 12,000 pounds? Did you know that you can stop yourself from crying while chopping onions by holding a slice of bread in your mouth? Learn more weird-but-true food facts with A.J. and Andrea from Dan Gutman's bestselling My Weird School series. This highly illustrated series of nonfiction books features hundreds of hysterical facts, plus lots...
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Gallery Books
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2019.
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English
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A whip-smart and illuminating exploration of the worlds fascination with witches from podcast host and practicing witch Pam Grossman (The Witch Wave), who delves deeply into why witches have intrigued us for centuries and why theyre more relevant now than ever. When you think of a witch, what do you picture? Pointy black hat, maybe a broomstick. But witches in various guises have been with us for millennia. In Waking the Witch, Pam Grossman explores...
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2019.
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The world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and the #1 New York Times bestsellers What If? and Thing Explainer. For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally complex, excessive, and inadvisable that no one would ever try it. How To is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's full of highly impractical advice for everything...
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Twelve
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2019.
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English
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A social history of cheating and how American history -- through real estate, sports, finance, academics, and of course politics -- has had its unfair share of rigged results and widened the margins on its gray areas. Drawing from the intriguing (and sometimes unbelievable) true stories of the lives of everyday Americans, historian Julie M. Fenster traces the history of the weakening of our national ethics through the practice of cheating. From marital...
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William Morrow/HarperCollins Publishers
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[2013]
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English
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"A one-of-a-kind treasury of the most strange and fascinating knowledge and lore about animals. Largo tells us their most fascinating secrets and reveals fact after astonishing--and often hilarious--fact about their oddest behavior. Largo also looks at the beasts we created with our imaginations, as well as ones long gone."--
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