Boysen, Sarah Till
Summary: This fascinating book, written by a world authority on animal intelligence, brings together the cumulative research on the comparative intelligence levels of nonhuman "smart" species. Sally Boysen reveals how these intelligent animals communicate, learn behavior, show feelings and emotions and, for some species, how they use tools, count and sometimes pick up a foreign language.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.513 BOYAntill, Sara.
Summary: Explains why gratitude is important, the different ways readers can express their gratitude, and offers examples of people who were grateful in different situations.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 179.9 ANTBryson, Bill.
Summary: Bryson, author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes readers on a tour of his house, a rural English parsonage, showing how each room has figured in the evolution of private life.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2010
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Summary: The author describes his return to America after two decades of living abroad and his disconcerting reunion with his homeland as he discusses motels, tax-return instructions, and hardware stores.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.92 BRYBryson, Bill.
Summary: Bill Bryson recounts some of the strange experiences he had when he returned to the United States after living in Britain for twenty years.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.92 BRYBryson, Bill.
Summary: Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century--1951--in the middle of the United States--Des Moines, Iowa--in the middle of the largest generation in American history--the baby boomers. As one of the funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his all-American childhood for memoir gold. Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD 921 BrysonBryson, Bill.
Summary: William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition arranged around scant facts. With a steady hand and his trademark wit, Bill Bryson sorts through this colorful muddle to reveal the man himself.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 Shakespeare 2007Bryson, Bill.
Summary: Bryson shares his breath-taking adventures and the fascinating history of the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, as he travels slowly on foot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1998
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Summary: Bryson share his experiences hiking the Appalachian Trail with a childhood friend. The two encounter eccentric characters, a blizzard, getting lost, and rude yuppies along the way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishing Group 2010
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Summary: An astonishing journey revealing the awesome power of the natural world. Over the course of one single day, we track the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands to exotic jungles. Breakthroughs in filmmaking technology bring you up close with a cast of unforgettable characters. Told with humor, intimacy and a jaw-dropping sense of cinematic splendor.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Earth Films 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EARAntill, Sara.
Summary: Explains what grit is, why it is important, and names a few important people who achieved their goals because they had grit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2014
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Summary: The author takes readers on a tour of the land Down Under that goes far beyond packaged-tour routes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Travel BrysonBryson, Bill.
Summary: Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century--1951--in the middle of the United States--Des Moines, Iowa--in the middle of the largest generation in American history--the baby boomers. As one of the funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his all-American childhood for memoir gold. Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 BRYSON, BILL BRYBryson, Bill.
Summary: [In this book, the author] offers a playfully anecdotal account of the etymology of distinctive words and phrases that help to create a distinctly American English. -http://www.bookinprint.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1994
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Summary: Bryson offers a portrait of the Bard, presented in the style of a travelogue based on interviews with actors, the curator of Shakespeare's birthplace and academics.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM BRYHull, Sarah.
Summary: "Explore the amazing microscopic world of germs - bacteria, viruses, and other microbes. Discover how they can make you ill and how your body fights them off, as well as some of the useful things they do for us."--Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2020
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT STEM HullBryson, Bill.
Summary: From one of the most beloved authors of our time--more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone--a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home. "Houses aren't refuges from history. They are where history ends up." Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010
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Bryson, Bill.
Summary: "...A personal collection, built up over thirty years as a writer and editor in two countries" and "intended as a quick, concise guide to the problems of English spelling and usage." First published in the 1980s, Bryson's compilation has been updated and re-released, and includes definitions, guides to punctuation and grammar, and helpful conversion tables (Celsius to Fahrenheit; kilometers to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 423.1 BRYBryson, Bill.
Summary: Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century--1951--in the middle of the United States--Des Moines, Iowa--in the middle of the largest generation in American history--the baby boomers. As one of the funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his all-American childhood for memoir gold. Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4 BRYCopies Available at Fife Lake
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BRYSON, BILL BryBryson, Bill.
Summary: Bill Bryon backpacks across Europe, retracing the same steps he took 30 years earlier.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.04 BRYBryson, Bill.
Summary: "Before he returns to the United States after nearly two decades on British soil, Bryson decides to take a farewell jaunt through his adopted homeland. But his plans to neatly traverse the island by foot, bus, and train are soon thwarted. On weekends, odd train and bus schedules leave him stranded in isolated communities with damp, moldering inns. And as a destination beckons above the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1999
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 914.1 BRYBryson, Bill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2015
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 914.2 BRYBryson, Bill.
Summary: A portrait of the Bard is presented in the style of a travelogue based on interviews with actors, the curator of Shakespeare's birthplace, and academics, in an account that also shares the author's recollections of his own adventures in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 BRYBryson, Bill.
Summary: William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of supposition arranged around scant facts. With his trademark wit, Bill Bryson sorts through this colorful muddle to reveal the man himself. Bryson documents the efforts of earlier scholars, and, emulating the style of his travelogues,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlas Books/HarperCollins 2007