McWhir, David
Summary: The ability to write the perfect CV for a job is crucial to anyone who wants to advance their career. Written by David McWhir, a leading expert on CVs as both a recruiter and a coach for candidates, this book quickly teaches you the insider secrets you need to know to in order write the CV that will get you the job you want. The highly motivational 'in a week' structure of the book provides...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Murray Learning 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650 MCWViets, Elaine
Summary: Working in a country club complaint department to deal with the griping of the rich and spoiled, Helen Hawthorne's ex-husband arrives back in her life aboard the yacht of his new lady, Marcella, known as the Black Widow for her string of dead spouses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Obsidian 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A mining operation in Colombia opened a window into an unknown period of the Earth's history where a world with giant creatures emerged. The biggest of them all was Titanoboa, a 43-foot snake, the largest that ever lived. New discoveries suggest that Titanoboa's rule was challenged by a giant crocodilian. Experiments reveal unmatched hunting prowess. So which one was the apex predator 58...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GRADobson, Joanne.
Summary: "In December 1941, patriotism and paranoia grip New York as the city mobilizes for war. Nurse Louise Hunter is outraged when the FBI arrests Masako Fumi, an avant-garde artist and newcomer to the city. Then Masako's art dealer is found dead in the gallery where he'd been closing down her show and Masako's troubles multiply. Louise hires a radical lawyer and enlists the help of her journalist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOBSummary: In 2011, a group of amateur historians made an incredible archaeological find: the bones of King Richard III, hunchbacked, with an arrow through the spine. Now, scientists are testing the bones to find out more about the king and also conducting fascinating experiments to determine whether Richard could have fought so ferociously in battle with such a severe deformity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD E-TV RESSummary: Using the latest tools in forensic science, computer modeling, and medical imaging, this doc examines what really caused the great Egyptian Empire to collapse 4,000 years ago and what that might tell researchers about today's world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EGYSummary: A team of archaeologists excavating the site of an early American colony discovers something surprising: the remains of a young woman, dating back to 1609, buried in the trash layer of a cellar. Now, 400 years later, a cellar excavation has uncovered numerous bone fragments, all belonging to this adolescent female. With the help of forensic anthropologists, the extraordinary and frightening...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JAMSummary: Leonardo da Vinci is well known for his inventions as well as his art. But new evidence shows that many of his ideas were realized long before he sketched them out in his notebooks, some even 1700 years before him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LEOCrawford, Alisa
Summary: America’s only authentic operational Dutch windmill, De Zwaan serves as Holland, Michigan’s iconic connection to the community’s roots. Believed to have been built in 1761, then moved to the village of Vinkel in North Brabant, The Netherlands, where it produced flour for eighty years, the windmill was dismantled, shipped to the United States, and reassembled in 1964. For more than a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: In-Depth Editions 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.41 CRAFreeman, Dianne
Summary: "For Frances Wynn, widow to the late Earl of Harleigh, life has a cosmopolitan flavor of late. No sooner has she sent her mother and daughter off on a shopping trip to Paris than she and her fiancé, George Hazleton, are socializing with visiting members of the Russian royal family. Yet amid this whirlwind, scandal also comes calling when Inspector Delaney turns up outside Frances's house with a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Freeman 2021Askew, Mike
Summary: Our world is made of shapes! Circles, squares, rectangles, and more they make up everything around us. This colorful book provides students with games and activities through which to learn the principles of basic shapes and how to work with them. Detailed illustrations and instructions lead readers through each activity, and tips and questions encourage them to think more about shapes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 516 ASKGraves, Sarah
Summary: "Jake and Ellie are taking a break from perfecting their chocolate pizza recipe to cater a housewarming party hosted by movie icon Ingrid Merryfield. Miss Merryfield is famous for her old-Hollywood glamour. Her new home, Cliff House, has a reputation too-for being haunted. But she isn't concerned, and some of her guests even try to summon a spirit during the party, using a Ouija board. What...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2022
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRAAskew, Mike
Summary: How tall are you? How big is your smile? How many ingredients do you need for your favorite recipe? Measuring things is important! This entertaining book shows students how to measure all sorts of things through fun and educational games and activities. Brightly colored illustrations help them follow along while easy instructions guide them through each activity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 530.8 ASKRobb, J. D.
Summary: When Paul Rogan sets off a bomb at his office, killing eleven people, no one can understand why. He was a loving husband and father, with everything to live for. Then his wife and daughter are found chained up in the family home, and everything becomes clear. Rogan had been given a horrifying choice-- set off the bomb, or see his loved ones suffer and die. Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Askew, Mike
Summary: Multiplying and dividing might sound difficult but this fun book aims to teach kids otherwise! In this colorful volume, students will learn about the basics of these mathematical operations through simple games and activities. Tips and questions will help them consider different aspects of math principles, while bright pictures make it easy to follow along through each fun activity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 513.2 ASKGould, Margee.
Summary: Introduces some common poisonous plants, including poison ivy, water hemlock, and deadly nightshade, and describes how they look, how dangerous they are, and how to avoid them in the wild.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 581.659 GOUGould, Margee.
Summary: Describes some of the world's largest plants, including such trees as the giant sequoia and the mountain ash and such flowers as the corpse flower and the Rafflesia arnoldii.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Rosen Pub. Group 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 581.41 GOUThomas, Isabel
Summary: Learn all about the water cycle and find out how water shapes our planet. Make a precipitation gauge or grow your own stalactite. Find out how important it is to conserve water and harness its energy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: QEB Publishing 2016
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Summary: Numbers and math can be fun! In this bright and cheerful book, young readers will learn basic math principles and facts through easy and entertaining games that teach about addition and subtraction. Thoughtful questions help students consider more about the principles in play, and helpful tips assist educators in guiding them to learn more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 513.2 ASKAusten, Amy
Summary: This book takes readers on a dive to explore the amazing underwater habitats and landforms of Earths oceans. Readers will take a journey from the deepest part of the oceanthe Mariana Trenchto the Mid-Ocean Ridge. Theyll explore colorful coral reefs, and learn how they form. Photographs and diagrams help illustrate important earth science facts and concepts, and truly transport the reader to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.4 AUSForshaw, Nick.
Summary: Unfold the fascinating world of dinosaurs on a six-foot-long timeline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: What on Earth Publishing 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Gould, Margee.
Summary: Examines the meat-eating capabilities of certain plants, describing how they trap their prey and including such examples as the pitcher plant, venus flytrap, bladderwort, and sundew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 583.75 GOUQuigley, Andrea
Summary: Offers an illustrated introduction to bees that explores what they are, their behavior, what they produce, and their cultural associations, with numerous activities, experiments, and crafts on the subject for readers to try.
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Publisher / Publication Date: QEB 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.7 QUIGould, Margee.
Summary: Describes the various ways in which certain plants use prickles, thorns, or needles to protect themselves, including such examples as a rose, cactus, honey locust, and the silk floss tree.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2012