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Davies, Monika

Summary: "With wind speeds that can reach more than 150 miles (241 km) per hour, full-blown hurricanes can uproot giant trees, cause major power outages, and inundate areas with immense amounts of rain. This engaging text, enhanced with captivating photos, will educate readers on the science behind how hurricanes form and why they can be so dangerous. Readers will also gain life-saving knowledge on ways...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.55 DAV

Gish, Melissa

Summary: "A detailed chronology of developmental milestones drives this life study of monkeys, including their habitats, physical features, and conservation measures taken to protect these primates"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.8 GIS

Summary: "They are a mass migration of thousands, yet each one travels alone. Solito, Solita (Alone, Alone) is an urgent collection of oral histories that tells--in their own words--the story of young refugees fleeing countries in Central America and traveling for hundreds of miles to seek safety and protection in the United States. Fifteen narrators describe why they fled their homes, what happened on...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.9 SOL

Gish, Melissa

Summary: "Una cronología detallada de los hitos del desarrollo impulsa este estudio de vida de las jirafas, incluidos sus hábitats, características físicas y medidas de conservación tomadas para proteger a estos imponentes animales terrestres." --

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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education and Creative Paperbacks 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.638 GIS

Gish, Melissa

Summary: "A detailed chronology of developmental milestones drives this life study of swans, including their habitats, physical features, and conservation measures taken to protect these long-necked water birds."--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education 2020

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Gish, Melissa

Summary: "A detailed chronology of developmental milestones drives this life study of lions, including their habitats, physical features, and conservation measures taken to protect these roaring big cats."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.757 GIS

Stone, Lynn M.

Summary: Describes the Coast Guard cutters and explains their function in the Navy.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke 2006

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 623.826 STO

Summary: The men and women in Invisible Hands reveal the human rights abuses occurring behind the scenes of the global economy. These narrators--including phone manufacturers in China, copper miners in Zambia, garment workers in Bangladesh, and farmers around the world--reveal the secret history of the things we buy, including lives and communities devastated by low wages, environmental degradation, and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: McSweeney's 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323 INV

Heitkamp, Kristina Lyn

Summary: Energy is everywhere. Introduce young readers to mechanical energy with this visually engaging text. Mechanical energy is defined through accessible language, explaining basic concepts such as potential and kinetic energy. Learn how mechanical energy has been harnessed in inventive ways over the course of history. Readers discover different sources of mechanical energy and how it can be...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 531 HEI

Emery, B. Frank.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Old Forts and Historic Memorial Association 1999

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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 977.401 EME

Krasner, Barbara

Summary: An overview of Native American tribes located in the Southwest, including the Apache, Hopi, Navajo, Pima, Pueblo, Quechan, Tohon O'Odham and Zuni.

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.2 KRA

Yasuda, Anita

Summary: "Introduces the main native nations of the United States' northwestern coast, including the Tlingit, Nuu-chah-nulth, Makah, Haida, Chinook, Nisga'a, Puyallup, and Tsimshian nations. The nations' historical significance, cultural highlights, and contemporary life are all examined through respectful text and well-chosen photos. Additional features to enhance comprehension include informative...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.5 YAS

Krasner, Barbara

Summary: "Introduces the main native nations of the northeastern United States, including the Abenaki, Haudenosaunee, Lenape, Nattagansett, Ojibwe, Pequot, Powhatan, and Wampanoag nations. The nations' historical significance, cultural highlights, and contemporary life are all examined through respectful text and well-chosen photos. Additional features to enhance comprehension include informative...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974 KRA

Naber, Therese

Summary: "Introduces the main native nations of the southeastern United States, including the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Muscogee (Creek), Choctaw, Siminole, Catawba, and Chitimacha nations, as well as the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana. The nations' historical significance, cultural highlights, and contemporary life are all examined through respectful text and well-chosen photos. Additional features...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975 NAB

Summary: The seventeen oral histories collected here are stories of surviving the storm and its long aftermath as people waited for relief and aid that rarely arrived. The book offers a multivocal peoples' history of disaster that fosters a greater understanding of the failures of governmental disaster response and the correlating perseverance of the people impacted by these failures, highlighting the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2021

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Krasner, Barbara

Summary: Introduces the Native Nations of the Great Basin and Plateau, including historical details and highlights from contemporary culture and economic life. The tribes covered in this title are Nez Percé, Yakama, Shoshone-Bannock, Ute, Paiute, Washoe, and Klamath. --Provided by the publisher.

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979 KRA

Powell, Marie

Summary: "Introduces the main native nations of the arctic and subarctic regions, including the Inuit, Yup'ik, Unangan, Northern Athabaskan, Innu, Cree, Ojibwe, and Atikamekw nations. The nations' historical significance, cultural highlights, and contemporary life are all examined through respectful text and well-chosen photos. Additional features to enhance comprehension include informative sidebars,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970 POW

Yasuda, Anita

Summary: An overview of the Native American tribes of the Great Plains, including the Crow, Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Comanche, Arapaho, Sioux, Mandan and Pawnee.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978 YAS

Downing, Elliot Rowland

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 1922

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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 508 DOW

Grundset, Eric.

Contents: Developing a South Carolina and Tennessee research strategy -- Major research centers in North Carolina and Tennessee and elsewhere with pertinent Revolutionary War collections -- Geographical factors affecting research in North Carolina and Tennessee -- Pre-revolutionary events in the Province of North Carolina -- General histories of the American Revolution in North Carolina and Tennessee --...

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Publisher / Publication Date: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution 2016

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3756 GRU

Grundset, Eric

Contents: Developing a Massachusetts and Maine research strategy -- Major research centers in Massachusetts and Maine and elsewhere -- Geographical factors: affecting research in Massachusetts and Maine -- Pre-revolutionary events in the province of Massachusetts -- General histories of the American Revolution in Massachusetts -- General revolutionary war sources -- The government of massachusetts as a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.374 Grundset

Grundset, Eric

Summary: Rhode Island in the American Revolution: A Source Guide for Genealogists and Historians provides detailed information on the availability of manuscript and archival material that exists for the Ocean State for the period of the Revolutionary War along with listings of historical and genealogical studies that have been published and which supplement the original sources.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3745 Grundset

Grundset, Eric

Summary: Virginia in the American Revolution: A Source Guide for Genealogists and Historians provides detailed information on the availability of manuscript and archival material that exists for the state for the period of the Revolutionary War along with listings of historical and genealogical studies that have been published and which supplement the original sources.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3755 Grundset

Grundset, Eric.

Contents: Developing a New York State research strategy -- Major research centers in New York State and elsewhere with Revolutionary War collections -- Geographical factors affecting research in New York State suggested sources for New York georgraphy to help determine place of residence of individuals -- Pre-revolutionary events in the province of New York -- General histories of the American Revolution...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3747 Grundset

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