Woelfle, Gretchen
Summary: An introduction to windmills and their advantages as renewable energy providers, with activities for understanding some of the principles of wind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 1997
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 621.4 WOEMcCulloch, Gretchen
Summary: "A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language. Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structured by the shape of our apps and platforms, from the grammar of status updates to the protocols of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 302.23 MCCWitt, Gretchen Holt
Summary: A collection of cookie recipes from the Cookies for Kids' Cancer charity, which has raised millions of dollars to help fun pediatric cancer treatments. Includes tips for conducting bake sales.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.8 HOLKelley, True
Summary: "Where is Stonehenge? That's an easy question to answer. It sits on the Salisbury Plain in Southern England. But what is the meaning of these strange circles of stones? Was Stonehenge a religious site to honor the dead? Or a sacred place of healing? Or perhaps an astrological calendar? These are much harder questions to answer. However, in an engaging and easy-to-read account, True Kelley puts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHE BASKETRubin, Gretchen Craft.
Summary: A thoughtful and prescriptive work on happiness filled with practical advice, sharp insight, charm, and humor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 158 RUBKelley, True
Summary: "It was world-famous sculptor Gutzon Borglum's dream to carve sixty-foot-high likenesses of four presidents on a granite cliff in South Dakota. Does that sound like a wacky idea? Many at the time thought so. Borglum faced a lot of opposition and problems at every turn; the blasting and carving carried out through the years of the Great Depression when funding for anything was hard to come by....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an Imprint pf Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHERoe, Monica
Summary: Twelve-year-old Coral is excited to be going on an October elk hunt with her father in the Colorado mountains, but when he announces that he is getting remarried she is upset and angry with him--but when a big storm rolls in and her father is injured by his skittish horse she has to put aside her feelings and fears and concentrate on making it down the mountain safely.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ROEKelley, True.
Summary: "This biography tells the story of Abigail Adams and her role in America's Revolutionary War period"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET ADAMSRoe, Monica M.
Summary: Twelve-year-old Hailey has high expectations for her family's annual duck hunt, but between her excitable young dog Cocoa ruining several shots and a strained family dynamic she learns that wanting a certain outcome does not guarantee it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ROEKlebold, Sue
Summary: "The mother of one of the two shooters at Columbine High School draws on personal recollections, journal entries and video recordings to piece together what led to her son's unpredicted breakdown and share insights into how other families might recognize warning signs,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 373.788 KLEFliess, Sue
Summary: Maggie and her team of marine biologists dive into the ocean with a pod of humpback whales to record their songs and learn about how whales communicate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FLICoe, Alexis
Summary: "In a genre overdue for a shakeup, Alexis Coe takes a closer look at our first--and finds he's not quite the man we remember Young George Washington was raised by a struggling single mother, demanded military promotions, chased rich young women, caused aninternational incident, and never backed down--even when his dysentery got so bad he had to ride with a cushion on his saddle. But after he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B WASHINGTON COEAxe, Josh
Summary: Today, the ketogenic diet is the world's fastest growing diet, and with good reason. When practiced correctly, it has been proven to burn fat, reduce inflammation, fight cancer, balance hormones and gut bacteria, improve neurological diseases, and even increase lifespan. Unfortunately, many people remain unaware of several key factors that are crucial to the diet's success, setting them up for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 613.21 AXEEdwards, Roberta.
Summary: Explains the life and times of this ancient Egyptian ruler, covering the story of the tomb's discovery, as well as myths and stories of mummy curses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2006
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET TUTStuart-Smith, Sue
Summary: "The garden has always been a place of peace and perseverance, of nurture and reward. Using contemporary neuroscience, psychoanalysis, and compelling real-life stories, The Well-Gardened Mind investigates the remarkable effects of nature on our health and well-being."--Dust jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 615.851 STUReady, Dee.
Summary: Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and work of farmers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 630 REAReady, Dee.
Summary: Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and work of doctors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 610.69 REAReady, Dee.
Summary: Discusses the situations and events that led to the Boston Massacre, the precursor to the American Revolutionary War, including information on the colonies' relationship with Britain and the effects of the French and Indian War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2002