Reynolds, Emma
Summary: Emma Reynolds shines a spotlight on sixteen incredible youth activists from around the world who are fighting to protect the planet and all life on Earth. From Autumn Peltier campaigning for clean water to Edgar Edmund Tarimo turning plastic waste into building materials-and many more-these inspiring true stories highlight the importance of taking charge and creating change. Beautifully...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 REYSummary: Explores a half-century of U.S. foreign policy from World War II to the Iraq War, revealing how, as Dwight Eisenhower had warned in his 1961 Farewell Address, political and corporate interests have become alarmingly entangled in the business of war. On a deeper level, what emerges is a portrait of a nation in transition--drifting dangerously far from her founding principles toward a more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHYHolub, Joan
Summary: Learn all about big leaders who love and protect the Earth in this engaging and inspiring board book perfect for environmentalists-in-training! Now even the youngest readers can learn all about important people who help protect and take care of our Earth! Highlighting ten memorable environmentalists who paved the way, parents and little ones alike will love this discovery primer full of fun,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Siman & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD HOLSummary: A filmmaker follows conceptual artist David Greg Harth during the final year of his quixotic, two-decade quest to fill a Bible with celebrity signatures; an art project that turned into an all-consuming obsession.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC BOOSummary: "Introduction to the human body and how it works using simple text, question and answer format, illustrations and photos. Features include puzzles and games, fun facts, a resource list, and an index"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc., a Scott Fetzer Company 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612 MYSummary: Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds, worshipped and treasured since the dawn of humankind. Seed: The Untold Story follows passionate seed keepers protecting our 12,000 year-old food legacy. In the last century, 94 percent of our seed varieties have disappeared. As biotech chemical companies control the majority of our seeds, farmers, scientists, lawyers, and indigenous seed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SEEMichelle, Shihan
Summary: "A feminist-forward guide to setting boundaries, assessing safety, and defusing violence using the self offense strategy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2024
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Summary: "Prize-winning essays on our changing place in the natural world by the best-selling author of Moby-Duck. Writing in the grand American tradition of Annie Dillard and Barry Lopez, Donovan Hohn is an "adventurous, inquisitive, and brightly illuminating writer" (New York Times). Since the publication of Moby-Duck a decade ago, Hohn has been widely hailed for his prize-winning essays on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 HOHBohn, Yvonne.
Summary: Three obstetrician/gyncecologists who are also mothers themselves offer a comprehensive guide to pregnancy, childbirth, and dealing with newborns, including complications, high-risk pregnancies, and other situations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Lifelong 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.2 BOHCerny, Johni.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ancestry Inc. 1985
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1 CernyHohn, Donovan.
Summary: When the author heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea, he figured he would inerview a few oceanographers, talk to a few beachcombers, and read up on Arctic science and geography. But questions can be like ocean currents: wade in too far, and they carry you away. His accidental odyssey pulls him into the secretive world of shipping conglomerates, the daring work of Arctic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.46 HOHWolfrom, Joen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: C & T Pub. 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 WOLZohn, Ethan
Summary: Real-life pro soccer player, Ethan Zohn, explains what it is like to play soccer in Africa, focusing on the culture and geography of the country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nomad Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Sports ZohnMohn, Reinhard
Summary: A legendary entrepreneur and father of the global media giant Bertelsmann offers penetrating insights into his motives, beliefs, and hopes as one of the world's foremost businesspeople.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 174 MOHAdaf, Shimon
Summary: Cycle of poems composed after Adaf's sister's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alice James Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 492.4 ADAJehn, George.
Summary: Final Destination: Disaster informs the public, for the very first time, of what actually precipitated the controversial sale of Eastern Air Lines--at one time the second largest airline in the free world--to Frank Lorenzo's Texas Air Corporation, which led to its certain demise. This unbelievable story is written by an eighteen-year veteran Eastern pilot who was intimately involved in many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 629 JENCerny, Johni.
Contents: v. 1. Baden, Bavaria, Wuerttemberg -- v. 2. Saxon States, Silesia, Schleswig-Holstein, Westphalia ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1900
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.343 GUIShuman, Michael.
Summary: Defenders of globalization, free markets, and free trade insist there's no alternative to mega-stores like Wal-Mart; Michael Shuman begs to differ. In The Small-Mart Revolution, Shuman makes a compelling case for his alternative business model, one in which communities reap the benefits of "going local" in four key spending categories: goods, services, energy, and finance. He argues that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.642 SHUEdelman, Shimon.
Summary: Draws on philosophy, literature, and brain science to explain why the pursuit of happiness is a more complicated effort than understood by most people, sharing insights into how to apply scientific methods for increasing one's chances of achieving happiness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 EDESchiman, Stella.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Robinwood Press 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.463 SCH1 available in Genealogy, Call number: NEL RM 977.4635 Schiman
Shogan, Robert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chilton Books 1964
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.434 SHOShubin, Neil
Summary: "The author of the best-selling Your Inner Fish now gives us a lively and accessible account of the great transformations in the history of life, that enable us to further understand whether our presence on this planet is an accident or inevitable. The great transformations in the history of life brought about whole scale shifts in how animals live and how their bodies are organized: the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.8 SHUEbadi, Shirin
Summary: "For several years the Iranian government tried everything to silence Shirin Ebadi: They arrested her, bugged her phones, attacked her home, shadowed her everywhere she went, seized her office, and nailed a death threat to her front door. But nothing could stop Ebadi from her work as a human rights lawyer defending women, children, and the persecuted in Iran. After several years of harrassment...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016