Debbink, Andrea
Summary: "A middle-grade guide to environmental stewardship and protecting diverse creatures"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 590 DEBShelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Summary: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has endured in the popular imagination for two hundred years. Begun as a ghost story by an intellectually and socially precocious eighteen-year-old author during a cold and rainy summer on the shores of Lake Geneva, the dramatic tale of Victor Frankenstein and his stitched-together creature can been read as the ultimate parable of scientific hubris. Victor, "the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The MIT Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHESummary: Explains what to do in a medical emergency, offering the latest information and instruction in CPR, the treatment of sports injuries, what to do and expect in an emergency room, and when to call for help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Reference 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.02 AMETate, Leigh
Summary: "Whether you're looking for a farm-to-table solution that provides fresh meat and dairy products today, or a long-term plan that will feed you and your family after the collapse of civilization--or both!--this all-in-one preparedness guide is for you. It teaches sustainable animal husbandry skills that allow you to build and operate your own small-scale ranch anywhere from a backyard to a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ulysses Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636 TATShepard, Mark
Summary: Helps farmers capture water in areas they want to, and avoid having water flow immediately to the low point.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acres U.S.A. 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 631.7 SHEMarcus, Amy Dockser
Summary: "Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Amy Dockser Marcus shows what happened when a group of parents joined forces with doctors and researchers to try to save children's lives. Parents whose children had been diagnosed with the rare and fatal genetic condition Niemann-Pick Type C disease recognized there would never be a treatment in time to save their children if things stayed the same, so the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 MARDawkins, Richard
Summary: Famous for his radical new vision of Darwinism, Richard Dawkins paints a colorful, richly textured canvas of his early life from innocent child to charismatic world-famous scientist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DAWKINS, RICHARD DAWSummary: A knowledge of graphing is essential to visualizing data-and sometimes leads to free nachos. Moving beyond the relative frequency histogram, this program studies the distribution curve and the stem-and-leaf display. Then, after distinguishing between statistics and parameters, the program thoroughly investigates measures of central tendency: the mean of samples and populations, the median, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: DSM-5 is used by health professionals, social workers and forensic and legal specialists to diagnose and classify mental disorders. The criteria are intended to facilitate an objective assessment of symptom presentations in a variety of clinical settings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Psychiatric Association 2013
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 616.89 DIABryant-Davis, Thema
Summary: "An antiracist society starts with you. That's the message in this powerful-yet practical-handbook. Using evidence-based interventions and exercises, two psychologists and experts in race, identity, equity, and inclusion empower readers to make their own personal contribution to creating an antiracist society. By shifting thought patterns and behaviors to cultivate an antiracist mindset,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 BRYAnt, Adam.
Contents: Friend or foe -- Something girls -- Place in the country -- Desperate but not serious -- Here comes the grump -- Hello, I love you -- Goody two shoes -- Crackpot history and the right to lie -- Made of money -- Cajun twisters -- Try this for sighs -- Man called Marco.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SONY 1982
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ANTLourie, Peter.
Summary: Highlights the work scientists are doing to protect the manatee, an endangered species.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Rothfeld, Glenn S.
Contents: The thyroid butterfly : delicate and elusive -- Why you feel the way you do -- The metabolic matrix of your endocrine system -- Thyroid function and dysfunction -- Metamorphosis : a good diagnosis can transform your life -- Traditional and alternative thyroid testing methods -- Thyroid conditions : living out of balance -- Hypothyroidism : low and out of balance -- Hyperthyroidism : high and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media Corporation 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.44 ROTShostak, G. Seth.
Contents: News that would change the world -- Inklings of ET -- Why would anyone believe they're out there? -- Could they be here? -- Turning ears to the skies -- Eureka -- Beyond gray and hairless.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.8 SHOBurleigh, Nina.
Summary: "Two centuries ago, only the most reckless Europeans dared traverse the Middle East. Its history and peoples were the subject of myth and speculation--and no region aroused greater interest than Egypt. It was not until 1798, when an unlikely band of scientific explorers traveled from Paris to the Nile Valley, that Westerners received their first real glimpse of what lay beyond the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 962.03 BURSummary: Genetic science holds the keys to life itself. How should this knowledge be used? Enhanced by outstanding 3-D computer animations and microscopic imaging, this engaging program featuring Dr. Cary Fowler, author of Shattering: Food, Politics, and the Loss of Genetic Diversity, takes a balanced look at the biotechnological revolution. Among the numerous topics surveyed are genetic engineering,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Mayntz, Melissa
Summary: "From tiny hummingbirds to powerful eagles and everything in between-our planet is home to many beautifully feathered friends! This bird book for kids is packed with tons of cool facts, colorful photos, and fun activities that offer a fascinating peek into their lives. All about birds!-Learn what makes birds special, including their nests, their babies, how they travel, and what they eat. 35...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Hannibal, Mary Ellen
Summary: "Award-winning writer Mary Ellen Hannibal has long reported on scientists' efforts to protect vanishing species, but it was only through citizen science that she found she could take action herself. As she wades into tide pools, spots hawks, and scours mountains, she discovers the power of heroic volunteers who are helping scientists measure-- and even slow-- today's unprecedented mass...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Th Experiment, LLC 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577 HANFièvre, M. J. (Michèle-Jessica)
Summary: Black people beyond the token names everyone knows have been accomplishing remarkable things in every discipline: arts, sciences, politics, religion, sports, and more. Meet an entire alphabet of black inventors and scientists from the person who developed the traffic signal to the woman who helped pioneer modern computing for NASA.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dragonfruit 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 FIEMontgomery, Sy
Summary: Looks at the work of renowned octopus scientist Jennifer Mather and a team of researchers on the island of Moorea, near Tahiti in the South Pacific, where they work to learn more about octopuses and their behavior.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This multi-section program addresses classical social theory, examining the origins of sociology through the efforts of Marx and Comte to build a holistic science of society; positivism, through a case study of students using surveys to do research on education; interpretivism, through a parallel case study in which students use interviews to carry out their research; and realism, comparing it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: A Meridian Production.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Shaywitz, Sally E.
Summary: "From one of the world's leading experts on reading and dyslexia comes the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and practical book yet to help one understand, identify, and overcome the reading problems that plague American children today. For the one in every five children who has dyslexia and the millions of others who struggle to read at their own grade levels--as well as for their parents,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A dream may be the most difficult human experience to quantify-but dreaming is an excellent topic for building qualitative research skills. This program illustrates experiments, designed and conducted by students, that revolve around sleep and dreams. In the process, it provides thorough insight into the issues relevant to collecting and utilizing qualitative data. Viewers are shown how to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006