Lowenfels, Jeff
Summary: Improved drought tolerance, resistance to disease, and increased fruiting are just a few of the ways mycorrhizal fungi can enhance plant performance. Bestselling author Jeff Lowenfels clearly explains how beneficial fungi can make or bread a plant's success, and how to best optimize the advantages. Applicable to all types of cultivation - from agriculture to horticulture and ornamental...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2017
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Summary: Publisher's description: Easing the Teasing is a crucial reference for parents and educators who want to help teasing victims acquire the coping skills necessary to manage these painful incidents. Easing the Teasing provides elementary and junior high school kids with a repertoire of strategies to deflect and discourage teasing--including positive self-talk; ignoring; visualization; reframing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Contemporary Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 FREYong, Ed.
Summary: This book lets us peer into the world of microbes -- not as germs to be eradicated, but as invaluable parts of our lives -- allowing us to see how ubiquitous and vital microbes are: they sculpt our organs, defend us from disease, break down our food, educate our immune systems, guide our behavior, bombard our genomes with their genes, and grant us incredible abilities. While much of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 579 YONGreene, Jamal
Summary: "An eminent constitutional scholar reveals how the explosion of rights is dividing America, and shows how we can build a better system of justice"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.7308 GRECovey, Stephen R.
Summary: A collection of stories that exemplify people living to their best, often through adversity and challenge, offers an inspiring and life-changing resource.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rutledge Hill Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170.44 COVDunn, Rob R
Summary: A natural history of the wilderness in our homes, from the microbes in our showers to the crickets in our basements Even when the floors are sparkling clean and the house seems silent, our domestic domain is wild beyond imagination. In Never Home Alone, biologist Rob Dunn introduces us to the nearly 200,000 species living with us in our own homes, from the Egyptian meal moths in our cupboards...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 570 DUNDickmann, Nancy
Summary: Symptoms and treatments for diabetes and how this condition affects people's daily lives. Diabetes affects how the body turns food into energy. Read this book to find out the causes, symptoms, and treatments for this condition, and how people living with diabetes can enjoy happy, healthy lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brown Bear Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 618.92 DICPincott, J. (Jena)
Summary: "Wits Guts Gritis inspired by the many what-if questions acclaimed science writer and mother of two Jena Pincott asked herself as research on how the invisible forces that shape our minds and health has emerged and grown over the past decade. What if we identify the microbes that support stress resilience, find ways to expose our kids to them, and then test them? What if we reintroduce the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The food experiments in this book will lead you through the steps you must take to reach successful conclusions based on scientific results.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2008
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 507.8 ScholMorton, Mark Steven
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwood Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5941 COOLowrey, Jim
Summary: A brief description of some of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche's students, activites, and teachings from 1968-1973, by a member of the Pygmy Farm, a hippie commune in Boulder, Colorado.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Horse 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 LOWChomet, Natalie
Summary: Young readers learn about body shaming and how to cope with negative body image.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 306.4 Chomet 2018Wood, Alix
Summary: This book teaches young readers about soil's origins and makeup, as well as the nutrients it provides for growing things. Color illustrations and photographs, a glossary, a bibliography, a list of useful websites, and hands-on activities and projects are also provided.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2022
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Summary: This book examines the causes and symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), looks at the everyday realities of people with OCD, and explores the management and treatment options available today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press, Inc. 2019
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Summary: "This book is for anyone who wants to learn how to respond to difficult people with more clarity and wisdom. It will help you explore your reactions, break free from knee-jerk response patterns and find out how these people can become useful teachers in life--troublesome Buddhas. In this book Mark Westmoquette draws on personal experiences of profound tragedy. He stresses that the only way to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watkins 2021
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Summary: Loved Ones with Autism covers the basics of autism, what people with autism might experience, loving someone with autism, and showing love for others and yourself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Disability McClainCognevich, Christie
Summary: "Teens today are dealing with stress at an unprecedented level, but they are not alone. This valuable resource offers practical coping strategies, useful resources, and insight from fellow teenagers to help young adults recognize and manage stress factors in their lives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 155.9 COGRoy, Arundhati.
Summary: In early 2010, Roy traveled into the forests of Central India, homeland to millions of indigenous people, dreamland to some of the world's biggest mining corporations. The result is this... report from the heart of an unfolding revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 954.137 ROYNichols, Michael.
Summary: Join Nick Nichols as he takes you deep into the heart of the African jungle to explore the lives and behaviors of gorillas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.884 NICPope, Kristen
Summary: Through narrative nonfiction text, readers discover how American and Nile crocodiles hunt, where they call home, and how they raise their young.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J597.98 POPClark, Neil
Summary: Provides instructions using such simple shapes as a square, circle, rectangle, and triangle for drawing a variety of aliens, spaceships, and imaginary planets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 743.8 CLAShaffer, Jody Jensen
Summary: Through narrative nonfiction text, readers discover how hyenas hunt, where they call home, and how they raise their young.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J599.74 SHABlackburn, Julia.
Contents: The record sleeve -- The cardboard box -- The facts of childhood -- Freddie Green: 'I'm in your corner, girl!' -- Christine Scott: 'She never bothered with nobody.' -- Skinny 'Rim' Davenport: 'All the old-timers are dead.' -- Mary 'Pony' Kane: 'Around where the happenin's was.' -- Wee Wee Hill: 'I was her stepfather.' -- The pursuit of happiness -- Billie comes to Harlem -- Elmer Snowden:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOLIDAY, BILLIE BLAGay, Kathlyn
Contents: Death in your life -- When someone close dies -- Vigils -- Living with deadly diseases -- End-of-life decisions and care -- Euthanasia : mercy killing or murder? -- Suicide survival and loss -- Funerals, burials, and memorials -- Cultural and religious beliefs about death -- Legal matters -- When pets and service animals die -- Living your life -- Appendix -- Further reading -- Glossary --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2017