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Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Internationally bestselling author and renowned scientist Tim Flannery and his daughter, scientist Emma Flannery, deliver an informative-yet-intimate portrait of the megalodon, an extinct shark and the largest predator of all time. When Tim Flannery wasa boy he found a fossilized tooth of the giant shark megalodon at a beach near his home in Australia. This remarkable find-the tooth was large enough to cover his palm-sparked an interest in paleontology...
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Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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A richly illustrated guide to the myths, histories, and science of the celestial bodies of our solar system, with stories and information about constellations, planets, comets, the northern lights, and more. Combining art, mythology, and science, What We See in the Stars gives readers a tour of the night sky through more than 100 magical pieces of original art, all accompanied by text that weaves related legends and lore with scientific facts. This...
2504) The city tree
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Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"In this enchanting and informative picture book with environmental themes, a newly planted sidewalk tree transforms the neighborhood as residents nurture it through the seasons. Vibrantly illustrated and with extensive backmatter, this is a lovely ode to how trees make cities—and communities—better. Perfect for fans of The Night Gardener and The Curious Garden. Dani lives on a city block carpeted with concrete—until a street...
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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"NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The most famous true crime novel of all time "chills the blood and exercises the intelligence" (The New York Review of Books)—and haunted its author long after he finished writing it. On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost...
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Publisher
Moon Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Fairies are a challenging subject, intertwining culture, folklore, and anecdotal accounts across centuries and millennia. Focusing primarily on the Celtic speaking cultures, with some material from adjacent cultures including Anglo-Saxon and Norse, A New Dictionary of Fairies has in-depth entries on a variety of fairies as well as subjects related to them, such as why we picture elves with pointed ears or where the idea of fairies being invisible...
2507) Hawaii
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Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Discover everything you need to know about traveling to Hawaii. Hawaii is the ultimate bucket list destination with plenty of outdoor adventures on offer, like surfing, hiking and snorkeling. Whether you want to admire Hawaii’s fiery volcanoes, explore its diverse coastlines, uncover history at Pearl Harbor or discover vibrant cities like Honolulu, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience the very best of Hawaii. The themes cover...
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Publisher
President's Council on Bioethics
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Memory research focuses on two sets of aspirations: The first, largely scientific and humanistic, is an effort to understand how human memory functions (physiologically and mechanically) and what memory is (existentially). The second aspiration, largely technological and medical, is to alter the workings of human memory-whether to cure memory diseases and failures like Alzheimer's or amnesia, to enhance normal memory function, or to change (by adding,...
2509) Buffalo flats
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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Based on true-life histories, Buffalo Flats shares the epic, coming of age story of Rebecca Leavitt as she searches for her identity in the Northwest Territories of Canada during the late 1800s. Seventeen-year-old Rebecca Leavitt has traveled by covered wagon from Utah to the Northwest Territories of Canada, where her father and brothers are now homesteading and establishing a new community with other Latter-Day Saints. Rebecca is old enough to...
2510) Emergency: stories
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In this long-awaited debut collection, Kathleen Alcott turns her skills as a stylist on the unfreedoms of American life--as well as the guilt that stalks those who survive them. Emergency roams from European cities to scorched California towns, drug-smeared motel rooms to polished dinner parties, taking taut, surprising portraits of addiction, love, misogyny, and sexual power. Confronting the hidden perils of class ascension, the women in these stories...
Author
Publisher
Medinform Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Companion volume to the bestselling Gut & Psychology Syndrome―the book that launched the GAPS diet―which has been translated into 22 languages and sold more than 300,000 copies. Since the publication of the first GAPS book, Gut and Psychology Syndrome, in 2004, the GAPS concept has become a global phenomenon. People all over the world have been using the GAPS Nutritional Protocol for healing from physical and mental illnesses. The first GAPS...
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Following one woman’s voyage across the Antarctic, this elegant debut confronts the dark history of the whaling industry and the mystery of one young whaler’s death against the backdrop of the vast Southern Oceans. “Urgent and moving.”٬٢٠١٤؛Publishers Weekly ★ Tracing the footsteps of Shackleton, Sandy Winterbottom embarked on an epic six-week tall-ship voyage from Uruguay to Antarctica. At the mid-way stop in South Georgia, her...
2513) The law of cavities
Author
Series
Izzy Newton and the S.M.A.R.T. Squad volume 3
Publisher
Under the Stars, National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The S.M.A.R.T. Squad is back to tackle more middle school mayhem with science, technology, engineering, math, and friendship! In this third book in the S.M.A.R.T. Squad series, best friends Izzy Newton, Allie Einstein, Marie Curie, Charlie Darwin, and Gina Carver set out on a mystery-filled outdoor adventure. Now that Izzy’s finally found her voice in public speaking class and become an ice hockey star, she’s determined to conquer her “dizzy-Izzy-ness”...
2514) S'more magic
Author
Series
Witches of Brooklyn volume 3
Publisher
RH Graphic, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
You can take a witch out of Brooklyn . . . and put her in the woods? As if learning magic wasn’t hard enough, now Effie has to go to SUMMER CAMP! The hit middle-grade graphic novel series continues with this new adventure that's filled to the brim with magic and mayhem! School’s out, and Effie is ready for SUMMER! Too bad she’s being sent off to the wilderness for boring old summer camp. Nothing says “exciting new adventure” like being...
Author
Publisher
Roost Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a time, kids learned the most amazing and unusual things. They learned how to shelter and clothe themselves, how to use a knife and hatchet, how build a fire, tie knots, and read a compass. They learned how to spend a comfortable night in the forest without a nylon tent from REI. The Young Adventurer's Guide will teach kids everything from how to walk like a fox and see like an owl to use the stars as their own personal GPS and even how...
2516) The morningside: a novel
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"From the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's Wife and Inland, a sweeping novel of mothers and daughters, displacement and belonging, and wondrous tales of a world both fallen and new "A multifaceted gift of a novel that only Téa Obreht could conjure onto paper." - Karen Russell, author of Orange World and Other Stories There's the world you can see. And then there's the one you can't. Welcome to the Morningside....
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Publisher
Lee and Low Books Incorporated
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Four neurodivergent kids, who face stressful moments throughout their day, use body movements, called stims, to self-regulate their emotions.
"When four neurodivergent kids face some stressful moments, they use body movements called stims to self-regulate their emotions. One boy tickles the space next to his face; a girl flutters her fingers by her ears; another boy kicks his feet like splashy flippers; another girl directs her hands like a conductor!...
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"From Dr. Martha Stout's influential work The Sociopath Next Door, we learned how to identify a sociopath. Now she tells us what to actually do about it. Using the many chilling and often heartbreaking emails and letters she has received over the years, Dr. Stout uncovers the psychology behind the sociopath's methods and provides concrete guidelines to help navigate these dangerous interactions"--
Author
Publisher
Routledge ,Taylor & Francis Group
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"A marvellous introduction to film-philosophy that opens up a genuine dialogue between philosophy and cinema. Through a brilliant exploration of Plato's Cave alongside A Clockwork Orange, Andersen shows how the attentive experience of watching movies can also be an exercise in philosophical thinking. Highly recommended for students, film scholars, and anyone passionate about the art of film." - Robert Sinnerbrink, Macquarie University, Australia
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