Batty, Tim
Summary: "Often, when kids think about dinosaurs, they think huge prehistoric creatures shaking the ground as they walk, monstrous battles between animals that are thousands of pounds, and the fierce roars shown in the movies. But some dinosaurs were small, no bigger than a house pet! In this book, readers learn about 11 dinosaurs that didn't have size on their side, but found a way to survive ancient...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 567.9 BATBatty, Tim
Summary: "Most young readers have heard of Tyrannosaurus rex and know it was carnivorous, or meat eating. But they'll be surprised to learn about Spinosaurus. It was bigger, though scientists think it did mostly eat fish. In this volume, essential for all dinosaur buffs, readers are introduced to 11 kinds of meat-eating dinosaurs. The main text and list of vital statistics give all the most important...
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Summary: "The Diplodocus is one of the dinosaurs people can easily recognize: super-long neck, large body, four heavy legs. It was an herbivore--and it was one of many plant-eating dinosaurs! This book gives a brief introduction to 11 dinosaurs that primarily ate plants, including facts about these dino bodies that were specially adapted to plant eating and, in many cases, what plants they ate. Other...
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 567.9 BATSnyder, Scott
Summary: "Batman's city is burning. In the months since Commissioner Jim Gordon fell from grace, criminal empires have risen. Martial law has been declared. Arkham Asylum has been emptied. Bruce Wayne has been bankrupted. And Gotham City has been torn apart. Batman and his allies have fought their way up the food chain and put down a slew of madmen and masterminds. Yet each hard-earned victory and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2015
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BATSummary: The members of Delta Tau Chi fraternity offend the straight-arrow and up-tight people on campus in a comedy film which irreverently mocks college traditions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Home Video 1998
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ANISummary: Featuring an incredible array of the greatest musicians of the '70s and early '80s. It stands alone in the history of rock n roll as the first ever late-night live concert show on TV, capturing the spirit of a time when rock was exploding in so many new, exciting directions. For nine thrilling years, The Special brought audience the very best live music from every genre, rare performances right...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter Publishers 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 EatonHim, 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 HIMEaton, Jil
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Publisher / Publication Date: Breckling Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 EatonSwaan, Wim.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Park Lane 1984
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 726.6 SWAMilton, Jem
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 FLYKern, 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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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KERLim, 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 LIMTolentino, Jia
Summary: A writer at The New Yorker examines the fractures at the center of contemporary culture. In each essay, Tolentino writes about a cultural prism: the rise of the nightmare social internet; the advent of scamming as the definitive millennial ethos; the literary heroine's journey from brave to blank to bitter; and the punitive dream of optimization, which insists that everything, including our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.93 TOLJia, Zhangke
Summary: Looks at the history of Shanghai through the personal stories of eighteen people from all walks of life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2020
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Summary: Presents a personal account of the author's life inspired by Korean mythology and set against a backdrop of the nation's turbulent history, tracing five generations of her family while sharing her views on such topics as Japanese colonialism, the Korean War, and Cold War-era pogroms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.9 LEESummary: From master director Jia Zhang-Ke comes a vital document of Chinese society since 1949. Jia interviews three prominent authors, Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua, and Liang Hong, born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, respectively. In their stories, we hear of the dire circumstances they faced in their rural villages and small towns, and the substantial political effort undertaken to address it, from the social...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SWIDutta, Krishna.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.4485 DUTMcMillan, Dotty.
Summary: Includes how-to information for projects: scenic loaf pin ; rock purse or amulet ; faux cloisonne pendant ; antique crackle-tiled tray ; puff beads ; magic Natasha bead necklace ; faux etched glass beads ; china shard pins ; easy breezy bracelets ; happy face paperweight ; luminous tiles ; twinkle light sleeve ; kaleidoscope ;Chinese good luck lantern ; segmented bracelet ; blue mask ; chunky...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Publishing 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 731.42 MCMNutt, Amy Ellis.
Summary: "The Maines were a middle-class, hard-working, politically conservative New England couple whose lives felt complete when they adopted identical twin sons. As toddlers, Jonas was the son Kelly and Wayne Maines expected, but Wyatt was only interested in girls' clothes and toys. By age five, this conflict was tearing Wyatt--and the family--apart. Today, Wyatt is Nicole. She and Jonas are now...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 NUTButts, Edward
Summary: Traces the history of shipwrecks on the Great Lakes and the various myths and legends attributed to specific tragedies, revealing the violent conditions that have wrecked thousands of vessels since 1679, along with monster sightings in Lakes Ontario and Erie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2010
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: J 971.3 BUTLammèr, Jutta.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 1988