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Hof, Wim Kern, Sim Notaro, Tig Powell, Tia Rim, Sujean Tam, Michelle Timm, Uwe Tims, Ricky. Tiu, Justine Wenders, WimSummary: The egg, life's perfect invention, nurtures and protects new life from the outside world. These remarkable structures are strong enough to withstand the full weight of an incubating parent and weak enough to allow a chick to break free. But how is an egg made and what is its purpose? From creation to hatching, join host David Attenborough as he reveals the wonder behind these miracles of nature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EGGTit, Tom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pinnacle Books 1977
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.8 GOOBirkhead, T. R
Summary: Traces the history of modern ornithology from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present and tells the stories of influential figures whose discoveries about birds have transformed the field of animal biology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Univ Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.09 BIRTIME.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 720.9 TIMEBirkhead, T. R.
Summary: Renowned ornithologist Tim Birkhead uses birds' eggs as wondrous portals into natural history, enlivened by the stories of naturalists and scientists, including Birkhead and his students, whose discoveries have advanced current scientific knowledge of reproduction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598 BIRStim, Richard.
Contents: Will you really retire? -- Start your planning (and dreaming) now -- Invest in your health -- Strengthen family ties -- Appreciate friends, old and new -- Develop lifelong interests and activities now -- Figure out your number -- Convert debt into retirement savings -- Where will the money come from? -- Growing and protecting retirement assets -- Working after retirement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2008
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 STICall number: 646.79 STI
Summary: Helen Macdonald's bestseller H Is for Hawk told the story of a grieving daughter who found healing in training a goshawk. The goshawk is one of Mother Nature's own fighter jets, capable of finding and killing its prey with the speed of a lightning bolt. Now Macdonald digs deeper into the world of these raptors by following a family in the wild while raising and training a new goshawk of her own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1952
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Publisher / Publication Date: Park Lane 1984
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 726.6 SWATam, Michelle
Summary: Offers a variety of family-friendly paleo recipes as well as strategies for stocking the pantry, feeding kids, maximizing flavor, and saving time in the kitchen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5638 TAMHim, Chanrithy
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.604 HIMLim, Louisa
Summary: "An award-winning journalist and longtime Hong Konger indelibly captures the place, its people, and the untold history they are claiming, just as it is being erased. Lim's deeply researched-and deeply personal-account casts often startling new light on key moments: the British takeover in 1842, the negotiations leading to its "return" to China in 1997, the current protests, and the future...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 LIMLim, Michael
Summary: The kingdom of fungi has survived all five major extinction events. They are the architects of the natural world, integral to all life. They sustain critical ecosystems, recycling nutrients and connecting plants across vast areas, and help to produce many staples of modern life, such as wine, chocolate, bread, detergent and penicillin. Today, in the face of urgent ecological, societal and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson Australia Pty Ltd 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 579.5 LIMNotaro, Tig
Summary: In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for a debilitating intestinal disease called C-diff, her mother unexpectedly died, she went through a breakup, and she was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer. Days after her diagnosis, Tig took her grief onstage, opening an unvarnished set with, "Good evening. Hello. I have cancer." The set went viral instantly and was later...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NOTARO, TIG NOTTimm, Uwe
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 833.914 TIMTims, Ricky.
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Publisher / Publication Date: C & T Pub. 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 TimsKern, Sim
Summary: "English teacher by day, Maddie Ryan spends her nights and weekends as the rhythm guitarist of Bunny Bloodlust, a queer punk band living in a warehouse-turned-venue called “The Lab” in Houston’s Eighth Ward. When Maddie learns that the Eighth Ward is to be sacrificed for a new electromagnetic hyperway out to the wealthy, white suburbs, she joins “Save the Eighth,” a Black-led organizing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2023
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Summary: A bird named Bob meets some new friends and learns that you cannot know if you like new things unless you try them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023
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Summary: A child wearing bunny ears learns of all the ways they are loved by the world. They wander through a welcoming world of sun, grass, and flowers, dancing to bird chirps, spying new friends in the clouds, and waving to waves. After hello-ing stars and giving a hello-there to the moon, the explorer finally returns to someone who loves them as deeply as all the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RIMTiu, Justine
Summary: Crochet Amigurumi for Every Occasion is filled with 21 patterns for projects that are easy to make and that you'll be proud to gift! Every detail of this book is carefully tailored to give crafters a frustration-free, start-to-finish experience, and each pattern is artfully photographed and accompanied by detailed instructions, tutorial photos, and supplementary videos. Forgot how to do a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weldon Owen 2022
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Summary: "The only definitive book authored by Wim Hof on his powerful method for realizing our physical and spiritual potential"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sounds True 2020
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Summary: "Weeknight suppers should be healthy and flavor-packed but also fast and simple. Weekends and celebrations, on the other hand, are the perfect excuse to craft elevated (but easy!) crowd-pleasers. This cookbook offers crazy-delicious recipes for all occasions, and every single one is free of grains, gluten, dairy, and refined sugar"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5638 TAMTam, Michelle
Summary: You know how it is: some days, you're fired up and ready to cook; other days, you dread the thought of making dinner. More often than not, you find yourself floating somewhere between inspiration and desperation. What's a crazy busy (but kind of lazy) home cook to do? The answer: pick up this book. Ready or Not makes healthy Paleo home cooking a breeze, no matter if there's time to prepare or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5638 TAMWenders, Wim
Summary: In 1979, Wim Wenders traveled to New York City to make a film with legendary director Nicholas Ray. As Ray lays dying of cancer, he reflects on his life and career. The resulting film tells a moving story both about friendship and a life in cinema.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2003