Harris, Nathaniel
Contents: How deserts form -- Sand, rock, and rubble -- Plants of the desert -- Creatures of the desert -- The desert in history -- The modern desert -- Wealth from the desert -- Spreading deserts.
Format: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: Fitzroy Dearborn 2003
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 910.0215 HARKrasner, Barbara
Summary: An overview of Native American tribes located in the Southwest, including the Apache, Hopi, Navajo, Pima, Pueblo, Quechan, Tohon O'Odham and Zuni.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.2 KRAFlowers, Charles.
Summary: Publisher's description: A century of remarkable scientific discovery "We learned that the continents are forever slipping and sliding around the globe, like clothing on a teenager, and the mountains are forever rising, the oceans widening, the volcanoes stoking their furnaces for the next blast. "Our bodies are a fever of change as our minds perpetually rewire themselves and our genes make...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 509.04 FLORau, Dana Meachen
Summary: Presents and introduction the the Southwestern states including Ariona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas and discusses different aspects of each state.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979 RAUWalton, Kathryn
Summary: "The American Southwest might have a history of cowboys and gunfights, but there's more to the region than that! With vast deserts spanning across much of the region with mountains cutting through, visitors to the Southwest will have plenty to see and do. Readers on this trip will discover the history of the American Southwest as well as the geography that makes the region what it is. With...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 917.9 WALFlowers of Hell (Musical group)
Contents: Opus 66 (Part 1) -- Blümchen -- Forest of noise -- The strength of string -- White out -- Darklands -- Pipe dreams -- The invocation -- Past tense -- Occasional tears
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Benbecula Records 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK FLOBanting, Erinn.
Summary: Learn about the plants and animals that have adapted to survive in the hottest (sometimes coldest) and driest environments on earth.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: AV2 by Weigl 2012
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Summary: Provides information on some amazing desert landscapes around the world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.41 CASCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 551.41 CASTrost, Heather
Contents: Frog and toad are friends -- Sandcastles -- The devil never sleeps -- Blue fish -- Black is the night -- You always gave me succour -- Despoina -- The debutante -- Your favorite color.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK TROHunter, Nick.
Contents: Sand and rock -- Where to start -- Who's going with you? -- Discovering the deserts -- Seeing the sights -- Interview with a desert expert -- The living desert -- Interview with a conservationist -- Human-made wonders -- Are the deserts changing? -- World map -- Timeline -- Fact file -- Glossary.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Six Organs of Admittance (Musical group)
Contents: Eighth cognition / All you've left -- Words for two -- Saint Cloud -- Procession of cherry blossom spirits -- Home -- School of the flower -- Thicker than a smokey -- Lisboa.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Drag City 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SixWaldron, Melanie
Summary: "Flowers carry out a vital job for all flowering plants, they enable plants to reproduce. This book provides readers with a complete and comprehensive understanding of the role of flowers, their structure and how they are brilliantly designed to do this job. Clear diagrams, engaging text, and stunning photographs are used to explain the parts of a flowering plant, the parts of a flower, how...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Introduction to wild flowers: What to look for -- Eastern forests: White, green & yellow flowers -- Pink, purple & red flowers -- How plants make seeds -- Grassland: White flowers -- Yellow flowers -- Pink, purple & orange flowers -- Blue & violet flowers -- Growing wild flowers -- Western forests: White & green flowers -- Yellow & orange flowers -- Pink & red flowers -- Blue & violet flowers...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: World Book 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Science WorldSpanier, Kristine
Summary: "In this book, early fluent readers learn about the Southwest, its location, history, demographics, geography, climate, and other defining features. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they learn about this region. A Take a Look! map highlights the region's location, while an additional infographic shows the region's top industries by state. Sidebars...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: pogo 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Echo and the Bunnymen
Contents: King of kings.--SuperMellowMan.--Hide & seek.--Make me shine.--It's alright.--Buried alive.--Flowers.--Everybody knows.--Life goes on.--An eternity turns.--Burn for me.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Cooking Vinyl/Spinart Records 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ECHOMarcovitz, Hal.
Summary: A biography of the conquistador whose quest for the Seven Cities of Gold led to the exploration of the American Southwest in 1540.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House 2000
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB CORONADO MARSummary: As in the case of coffee, sugar, and other cultivated products, the floral industry would collapse without a steady supply of cheap labor. This program goes inside the world of Colombia's flower growers, in particular those who work the hardest for the lowest pay. Profiling two women with varying experiences, the film reveals both the tenuous nature of life on the industry's bottom rung - Hilda...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Ha, Sng-nan
Summary: Ha Sng-nan's stories seem pleasant enough, yet there's something disturbing just below the surface, ready to permanently disrupt the characters' lives. Among the stories: a woman lends her neighbor a spatula, then starts having gaps in her memory; in a team-building retreat, tenants plan to kill their landlord after he raises the rent. They are ordinary individuals-- in an increasingly...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Open Letter 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "In Pianos and Flowers we are invited, through the medium of sepia images, to glimpse a world long departed. In these stories, inspired by long-lost photographs, the lives of the people in the frame are imagined and then explored, layer by layer. What must have it been like to be them? We hold our breath for them. Our heart beats faster for them. We look again at the photograph in a new light,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCCCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCCFlowers, Brandon
Contents: Dreams come true -- Can't deny my love -- I can change -- Still want you -- Between me and you -- Lonely town -- Diggin' up the heart -- Never get you right -- Untangled love -- The way it's always been.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Island 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK FLOHoyt, Susan Roark.
Contents: The lights of St. Joseph -- South Haven Pierhead lights -- Kalamazoo River light -- Holland Harbor light -- The Grand Haven lights -- Muskegon lights -- White River light station.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia Pub. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.155 HOYL'Amour, Louis
Summary: A collection of short stories depicting the struggles of frontiersmen to survive the harsh conditions of the American West and defeat deadly outlaws.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1983
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LAMShoumatoff, Alex.
Summary: Combines history, anthropology, natural science, and personal narrative to provide a portrait of the American Southwest, looking at the variety of people and experiences that populate the area, focusing on the struggle between different cultures for access to water, and examining many other aspects of the diverse region.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.9 SHOSummary: "This vast and inspiring western country – from ranch towns and raging rivers to sacred monuments and red rock canyons – stretches the American traveler’s definition of time and space."--Publisher's description.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wildsam Field Guides 2016