Smith, Patrick
Summary: For millions of people, travel by air is a confounding, uncomfortable, and even fearful experience. Patrick Smith, airline pilot and author of the popular website www.askthepilot.com, separates fact from fallacy and tells you everything you need to know.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.7 SMIPoliquin, Rachel
Summary: "A perfect STEM resource: This illustrated tour of our "leftover" body parts (like the appendix, or even goosebumps) introduces readers age 7-11 to the bizarre and fascinating science of evolution. Welcome to the weirdest museum you'll ever explore--the one inside your body. Did you know your amazing, incredible body is a walking, talking museum of evolution? In The Museum of Odd Body...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Kids 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J612 POLSummary: "In the vein of acclaimed popular-science bestsellers such as Atlas Obscura, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry, The Way Things Work, What If?, and Undeniable, the co-founders of the global science organization Nerd Nite bring readers a collection of wacky, yet fascinating STEM topics. For 20 years, Nerd Nite has delivered to live audiences around the world, the most interesting, fun, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Spencer, Lynn.
Summary: In this gripping moment-to-moment narrative, based on groundbreaking reporting, Lynn Spencer brings the inspiring true drama of the heroic response of American pilots and controllers on the morning of 9/11 vividly to life for the first time, taking us right inside the airliner cockpits and control towers, the fighter jets and the military battle cabs. She makes vital corrections to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 SPESummary: Dare to search for the Golden City! Assemble your expedition and lead it through the jungles of South America in this deck-building board game. You need to have a good plan, expert explorers, and the right equipment. Will you choose the Scout, the Photographer, or the Prop Plane? It is up to you and your team to find the best route through the wilderness and to win the race to El Dorado! Every...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ravensburger North America Inc. 2023
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1 available in Games, Call number: GAME QUEGreive, Bradley Trevor.
Summary: The deceptively simple, imaginative story line reflects a child's sensibility about the symptoms, causes, and cures for those times when children feel tired, grumpy, left out, or think that nothing ever goes as they planned. Even on days when Brussels sprouts are served at dinner ... a cherished toy must be shared ... a homework avalanche looms ... or a silly mistake is made in front of friends...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Pub. 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 152.4 GREMills, Andrea
Summary: "Every country profile is packed with photos, and each nation has a full-color map detailing its main cities, landscape features, and borders, and exactly where in the world it is. At-a-glance panels provide a quick reference to all the stats, and the easy-to-read text is full of fascinating, fun facts."--Provided by publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The object of this game of strategy and skulduggery is to be the pirate with the most stolen treasure when the deck is depleted. and one player is out of cards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gamewright 2019
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1 available in Games, Call number: GAME LOOPohlen, Jerome.
Summary: This zany travel guide presents a more peculiar state than the Iowa Tourism Office might like out-of-towners to imagine. Leaving out the traditional scenic trips to the Mississippi River bluffs and the Amana Colonies, this guide will take the adventurous traveler to the future birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk, the home of the "Lonely Goat Herder" marionettes from The Sound of Music, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.7 IOWA POHPerrakis, Athena
Summary: "Athena Perrakis is one of the world's leading experts on crystal wisdom and the founder of America's largest retailer of gemstones, Sage Goddess. In Crystalpedia, she collects the wisdom, history, and ancient powers of 182 of Earth's most sacred stones. She also shares how being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at thirty-eight set her on a path of self-healing, combining conventional medicine...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "The curious gnomes of Stottingham Shire have discovered the enchanting game of mini-golf. And now it's your turn to putt. Form sets, seek bonuses, and avoid hazards to achieve the lowest score. It's a tee-rific game you'll never fore-get!​ This is a completely redone version of Grandpa Beck's Golf, including new mechanics, brand new art, and more!"--Publisher website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grandpa Beck's Games 2019
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1 available in Games, Call number: GAME GNOSullenberger, Chesley
Summary: Airline pilot Captain "Sully" Sullenberger tells his life story, including his perspective on the emergency landing on the Hudson River that earned him the world's admiration, and offers insight on the essential qualities--leadership, responsibility and service--that he believes have been vital to his success.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SULLENBERGER, CHESLEY B SULBarfield, Mike
Summary: "Packed with comics, diagrams, and "secret diaries," this book is a wondrous, encyclopedic glance at a dizzying host of different things--from hearts to farts to coconuts--and makes a hilarious and informative guide for curious young readers. Join the hilarious exploration of "a day in the life" of nearly 100 things on Earth. Find out what exactly your tongue does all day long, how a Japanese...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 500 BARSummary: Travel game in which players attempt to be the first person to chart their 10 day trip around Asia by choosing game tiles the connect countries by car, airplane, and foot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Out of the Box 2007
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1 available in Games, Call number: GAME TENFreiberg, Kevin
Summary: Reveals the secrets of Southwest Airlines' success and describes the unusual and unexpected inner workings of one of America's biggest success stories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.7 FREBurgan, Michael
Summary: "Impress your friends and family with all these weird but true facts about everything rock and mineral"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Braga, Newton C.
Summary: Presents a collection of twenty-five step-by-step projects that introduce bionics, providing illustrations on how life forms can be enhanced with mechanical and electrical components, and including an electric fish, a bat ear, a lie detector, an electronic nerve stimulator, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 507 BRASummary: Learn the basics of electronics and modern alternative energy. Explore clean energy concepts, such as electric cars, windmills, and hand-generated power.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Elenco 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Preston, Douglas J.
Summary: "What's it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that's been sealed for thousands of years? What horrifying secret was found among the prehistoric ruins of the American Southwest? Who really was the infamous the Monster of Florence? Douglas Preston's journalistic explorations have taken him from the haunted country of Italy to the jungles of Honduras. He was granted exclusive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: GCP 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 930.1 PRERossi, Milo
Summary: "The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful features explanations of some of the most intriguing and entertaining facts from prehistory, ancient Egypt, the Industrial Revolution, and beyond. " -- Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wellfleet Press 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Keyes, Scott
Summary: The founder of Scott's Cheap Flights explains why we're searching for airfare all wrong, shares the strategies that have saved his two million newsletter subscribers a collective $500 million on airfare, and presents a bold new approach for how to see the world while never overpaying for flights again. When Scott Keyes booked flights to Italy for $130 roundtrip and Japan for $169 roundtrip, he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.McGee, William J.
Summary: An examination of the airline industry reveals how airline executives are cutting costs and exposes how the U.S. government has conspired to place corporate interests above the interests of consumers, workers, the nation's economy, and the environment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.70973 MCGIgnotofsky, Rachel
Summary: "With warm and heart-fluttering illustrations, discover the next nonfiction picture book about butterflies and moths from the creator of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023