Miller, Ron
Contents: Empire State Building -- Panama Canal -- Golden Gate Bridge -- Channel Tunnel -- Saturn V Rocket -- Three Gorges Dam -- Nanomachines -- Timeline -- Choose an eighth wonder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2010
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Summary: This book explores seven extraordinary creations of nature in Central and South America including Angel Falls, the Amazon River, Atacama Desert, Galapagos Islands, Montecristo Cloud Forest, Pos̀ Volcano, and the Andes Mountains.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2009
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Summary: Journeying to the ancient city of Babylon when Bhegad tracks down Marco, the companions face a daunting choice involving a dire trap and a long-lost figure from Jack's past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2013
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Summary: After Marco's betrayal, Jack McKinley and his friends must face their own demons and engage in a battle with foes long gone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2014
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Summary: Racing against time to unearth the last four Loculi, Jack and his friends prepare for battle against the seven ancient wonders as well as the Massa who have taken over the Karai Institute and convinced Marco to change sides.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC LERSummary: At the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, a submarine observes extraordinary life forms that thrive without heat or light. Organisms like these have raised expectations about Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. Patterns in Europa's surface ice suggest that, far below, aquatic life is possible. This program also assesses another compelling clue in the search for extraterrestrial biology: if bacteria...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Like Earth, most of the worlds that orbit the Sun are made of rock, but, geologically speaking, any kinship among the interplanetary legion largely ends there. Some of our neighbors are alive, as it were, while others are frozen artifacts of a long-vanished era. This program visits subjects in the solar kingdom that still show a pulse and examines the factors that have kept them active....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: From the fleeting moments of a solar eclipse to the battle between the solar wind and Earth's magnetic field to the hinterlands of space, in which our star is only a smudge of light this program showcases the beauty and vastness of the Sun's influence. In India, viewers experience a profound celestial divide when solar light and heat are completely shut off, if only for a few minutes. In...
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Summary: The pleasant order we see in our cosmic backyard was, ironically, carved from a chaotic cloud of gas. This program helps develop an understanding of that eons-long process and its ramifications. Studying Saturn’s rings, perhaps the brightest jewel to emerge from the ancient celestial maelstrom, the film points out echoes of early-solar-system physics in Oklahoma tornadoes and an Icelandic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Lerangis, Peter
Summary: Jack and his friends desperately search for the rest of the lost Loculi and confront the armies of Artemis in order to rescue Aly, who has been pulled back into Atlantis by King Uhla'ar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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Summary: Teens Jack, Marco, Aly, and Cass begin a quest to find seven pieces of Atlantis' power that were hidden long ago and that will, if returned to Atlantis, save them from certain death due to the genetic abnormality that also gives them superior abilities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2013
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1 available in JT Fantasy, Call number: JT Fantasy Lerangis 2013Summary: It's hard to believe that only a flimsy envelope of gas protects life on our planet. But, as this program shows, Earth isn't the only world wrapped in a tenuous, constantly shifting blanket and at one time, there may have been even more. A visit to Africa's Namib Desert helps illustrate what happened to poor Mercury when, early on, it was stripped of its atmosphere and fully exposed to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011