Chisholm, Jane
Summary: "Timelines of World History outlines the most significant landmarks and turning points in the history of the world: wars and revolutions, ground-breaking inventions and discoveries, artistic movements, and the rise and fall of great empires--from the earliest settlements over 10,000 years ago, right up to the end of the 20th century."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Publishing 2016
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Summary: "'Stranger danger' is a phrase many readers have most likely heard before, but what steps should they take prior to and after encountering a dangerous situation? This volume helps readers to identify an unsafe situation, both in-person and online, and the crucial ways they can take action to protect themselves. Young readers discover age-appropriate methods of understanding that the world...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 613.6 WOOAmery, Heather
Summary: Presents 1,000 common Spanish words accompanied by drawings. Contains a pronunciation guide and English translation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Publishing 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 AME SPANISHWoolley, Benjamin.
Summary: Four centuries ago, a group of men--led by a one-armed ex-pirate, an epileptic aristocrat, a reprobate cleric and a government spy--left London aboard a fleet of three ships to start a new life in America. They arrived in Virginia in the spring of 1607 and set about trying to create a settlement on a tiny island in the James River. Despite their shortcomings, and against the odds, they built...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.54251 WOOWoolley, Katie
Summary: The many activities we complete throughout the day allow us to achieve our goals, but it's not uncommon to work up a sweat in the process. This volume explores the importance of keeping clean, both for readers' health and the courtesy of those around them, as well as many helpful tips to ensure hygiene is completed properly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 613 WOOWhaples, Robert
Summary: Presents lectures on economic issues in the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330 MODWoolley, Katie
Summary: Food is fuel, and ensuring readers understand the food that best fits their bodily needs to keep them happy and healthy is made possible by the information in this volume. With visually-appealing illustrations, age-appropriate advice, and helpful activities, readers learn the various ways they can explore their taste palettes under the umbrella of health and wellness so they can grow their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Powerkids Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 613.2 WOOWoolley, Katie
Summary: Making sure a body is healthy through eating well and exercise is important, but making sure a mind is equally as healthy holds incredible importance for young people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Powerkids Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.89 WOOWoolley, Samuel
Summary: "Despite all the attention paid to it, the problem of online disinformation is only getting worse. Social media may well play a role in the 2020 presidential election and other major political events. But that doesn't begin to describe what future propaganda will look like. As Samuel Woolley shows, we will soon be navigating new technologies such as human-like automated voice systems, machine...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 WOOAmery, Heather
Summary: One thousand Chinese words in simplified Chinese characters and pinyin accompanied by an illustration and as part of a larger central picture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2014
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J CHINESE 495.1 AMEChisholm, Jane
Summary: A gorgeously illustrated guide to the history of the world, from wars and revolutions to ground-breaking inventions, discoveries and artistic movements. With over 3,500 key dates from the Stone Age to the year 2000, organised geographically so readers can compare what was happening in different parts of the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Publishing 2016
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT History ChisholmWoolley, Katie
Summary: Properly fueling one's body is crucial, and the other important step is moving around and exercising! The importance of physical activity for young readers is explained through engaging illustrations, achievable steps, enjoyable activities, and advice on developing helpful habits that will last a lifetime. Whether it's playing a sport or taking their dog for a walk, readers learn the many ways...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 613.7 WOOWoolley, Katie
Summary: Perhaps one of the biggest keys to a person's well-being, properly resting and having a good night's sleep recharges a body's batteries in order to live each day to its fullest potential.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 613.79 WOOAlexander, Stephon
Summary: "Where does great physics come from? As a young graduate student, cosmologist Stephon Alexander had a life-changing lesson in the subject. When asked by the legendary theoretical physicist Christopher Isham why he had attended graduate school, Alexander answered: "To become a better physicist." He could hardly have anticipated Isham's response: "Then stop reading those physics books." Instead,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 ALEAlexander, Stephon
Summary: "A theoretical physicist and jazz musician combines his two loves to present a new theory of the universe: sound as the link between Einstein's relativity with quantum mechanics,"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books, a member of Perseus Books Group 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523 ALEWoodley, Randy
Summary: Randy Woodley, an activist, scholar, and Cherokee descendant, guides us on a one-hundred-day journey to reconnect with the land around us, with the people native to that land, and with ourselves. Meditations, epigraphs, and ideas for reflection and action help us become rooted in our relationship with creation and Creator.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadleaf Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 202.12 WOOWhooley, Karen
Summary: This collection of how-to projects will take a crafty kid's imagination to the next level. Building on a base interest of crocheting, this book will show kids the basics and beyond!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 746.434 WHOPaelissier, Staephan
Summary: "The timely, powerful memoir of a man unjustly charged with a crime for helping his relatives, refugees from Syria. For trying to save his in-laws, who were fleeing certain death in Syria, Staephan Paelissier was threatened with fifteen years in prison bythe Greek justice system, which accused him of human smuggling. His crime? Having gone to search for the parents, brother, and sister of his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PAELISSIER, STAEPHAN, PAESteffen, Randy
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Publisher / Publication Date: Western Horseman 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.2 STESteichen, Edward
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 770.92 STEWilkes, Stephany
Summary: "In Raw Material, Stephany Wilkes tells not only her own story, but also that of American wool. What begins as a knitter's search for local yarn becomes a dirty, unlikely, and irresistible side job. Wilkes become a certified sheep shearer and wool classer, working at the very first step in the textile supply chain, ultimately leaving her high-tech job for a new way of life considered long dead...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oregon State University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILKES, STEPHANY WILTalty, Stephan
Summary: Beginning in the summer of 1903, an insidious crime wave filled New York City, and then the entire country, with fear. The children of Italian immigrants were kidnapped, and dozens of innocent victims were gunned down. Bombs tore apart tenement buildings. Judges, senators, Rockefellers, and society matrons were threatened with gruesome deaths. The perpetrators seemed both omnipresent and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 TALTalty, Stephan.
Summary: Describes the life of Juan Pujol, a poultry farmer who opposed the Nazis and concocted a series of staggering lies that lead to his becoming one of Germany's most valued spies, while actually acting as a double-agent for the Allies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5 PUJOL, JUAN TALGooley, Tristan
Summary: "A guide to uncovering the mysteries of weather using close observation-decoding the ever-shifting alchemy of heat, water, and air to understand how it shapes our cities, woods, and hills"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2021