Barrett, Andrea.
Summary: Detached from the rest of the country on the eve of World War I, the tuberculosis-stricken residents of an Adirondack lakeside sanatorium are housed in accordance with their economic status and languish in their isolation before an enterprising patient initiates a weekly discussion group.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BARBarrett, Andrea.
Summary: One novella and seven stories dealing with science and set in the 19th Century. In The Behavior of the Hawkweeds, the spirit of Mendel, the discoverer of the laws of heredity, haunts a geneticist of whose work Mendel disapproves, in Birds with No Feet, Darwin's theory of evolution provides a zoologist with consolation for his personal misfortunes, while in The English Pupil, Linnaeus, who...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARBarrett, Andrea.
Summary: An expedition by sea to the Arctic in 1885 to search for the explorer, John Franklin. The protagonists are two men from Philadelphia, the dynamic but foolhardy organizer and his companion, a naturalist who considers himself a loser. The loser lives, the dynamo dies. By the author of Ship Fever.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARBarrett, Andrea.
Summary: In 1885 Erasmus Darwin Wells embarks on an expedition to the Arctic to search for the explorer, John Franklin. Erasmus' fears of failure seem to be realized when the voyage threatens to turn violent.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1999
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BARBarrett, Andrea.
Summary: During the summer of 1908, twelve-year-old Constantine Boyd is witness to an explosion of home-spun investigation--from experiments with cave-dwelling fish without eyes to scientifically bred crops to motorized bicycles and the flight of an early aeroplane. In 1920, a popular science writer and young widow tries, immediately after the bloodbath of the First World War, to explain the new theory...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARBarrett, Andrea.
Summary: One novella and seven stories dealing with science and set in the 19th Century. In The Behavior of the Hawkweeds, the spirit of Mendel, the discoverer of the laws of heredity, haunts a geneticist of whose work Mendel disapproves, in Birds with No Feet, Darwin's theory of evolution provides a zoologist with consolation for his personal misfortunes, while in The English Pupil, Linnaeus, who...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARSummary: Targets the favorite body parts to train: belly, butt, thighs, with 10-minute workouts for each. Pilates mat exercises tone, firm, and re-shape your body. Focuses on precise breathing techniques to get in touch with your body's core.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 CRUSummary: Start with a cardio that blends dance and low impact with standing Pilates-inspired moves to challenge your aerobic fitness, improve your posture, and put you more in touch with the power of your "core". Then hit the floor to tighten and tone your favorite body parts.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 CRUBarnet, Andrea
Summary: This is the story of four visionaries who profoundly shaped the world we live in today. Together, these women showed what one person speaking truth to power can do. With a keen eye for historical detail, Andrea Barnet traces the arc of each woman's career and explores how their work collectively changed the course of history. Consummate outsiders, each prevailed against powerful and mostly male...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018