Anderson, AnnMarie
Summary: "In another installment of The Magic School Bus Rides Again Branches series, Keesha will do whatever it takes to nail her space camp application. In her efforts to get the perfect picture on the class outer space field trip, she accidentally disrupts satellites in orbit!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.43 DANHirsch, Rebecca E
Summary: "Find out the latest discoveries in space vehicles with animated 3D models that bring space alive in augmented reality."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.44 HIRDickson, Paul.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 629.46 DICDickson, Paul.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.46 DICSummary: Examines America's reaction to humankind's first space satellite 50 years ago and how it brought us closer to nuclear annihilation. Americans feared that the rocket that had launched Sputnik could deliver a nuclear bomb to our shores. Near panic resulted. Using recently declassified footage, this film uncovers how President Eisenhower and Premier Khrushchev averted global disaster. Includes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Varied Directions International 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FEVDeVorkin, David H.
Summary: "To celebrate NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and its 25 years of accomplishments, let The Hubble Cosmos fill your mind with big ideas, brilliant imagery, and a new understanding of the universe in which we live. Relive key moments in the monumental Hubble story, from launch through major new instrumentation to the promise of discoveries to come. With more than 150 photographs including Hubble...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2015
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Summary: "A down-and-out so-and-so gets more than she bargained for when new technologies developed for use in space allow an anthropologist a new perspective on earth's ancient histories and new ways of coping with those"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 930.1 PARRankin, Ian
Summary: In Europe, the Americans are pulling out their troops in a tide of isolationism. Britain, torn between loyalties to America and the continent, is caught in the middle. Across the pond, a space shuttle crashes on landing, killing all but one of the crew on board: A British citizen named Mike Dreyfuss, who will become vilified by the US press and protesters. Halfway across the world, at English...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RANBuckley, James
Summary: Home is a long way from home! There are no refrigerators in space - think about it! Life on the International Space Station is well, another, way of life: you wake up in a sleeping bag tied to the wall; open a food package which keeps your meals from floating away, and then maybe go to work...walking in space! (And the toilet? That's a story!) A lively reader about the daily life on the ISS. --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR RED BUCSummary: Steve attemps to relocate a hugh crocodile to save him from poachers. But what Steve doesn't know is that the big croc has swallowed a top-secret U.S. satellite beacon... making them both targets of the U.S. special agents assigned to retrieve the beacon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: DVD Family Crocodile 2002Summary: In this episode of The Big Picture, the U.S. Army’s television series, the Army satellites Explorer I and Explorer III are revealed for the first time. This documentary depicts the drama of the crucial 84 days before launching Explorer I, beginning on the morning of November 8, 1957, at Huntsville, Alabama, when a sudden meeting was called by Major General John B. Medaris with his staff, which...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Coulter, Catherine
Summary: "Galactus, France's answer to SpaceX, has just launched a communications satellite into orbit, but the payload actually harbors a frightening weapon: a nuclear-triggered electromagnetic pulse (EMP). When the satellite is in position, Galactus's second-in-command, Dr. Nevaeh Patel, will have the power to lay waste to the world with the EMP. A former astronaut, Patel believes she is following the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC COUCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC COUCrichton, Michael
Summary: "A military space probe, sent to collect extraterrestrial organisms from the upper atmosphere, is knocked out of orbit and falls to Earth. Twelve miles from the crash site, an inexplicable and deadly phenomenon terrorizes the residents of a sleepy desert town in Arizona, leaving only two survivors: an elderly addict and a newborn infant. The United States government is forced to mobilize...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CRISummary: After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong. The system built to protect the Earth is attacking it, and it's a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GEOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GEO RATED PG-13Chochois, Héloïse
Summary: "A graphic novel exploring amputation, revealing details about famous amputees throughout history, the invention of the tourniquet, phantom limb syndrome, types of prostheses, and transhumanist technologies"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Pennsylvania State University Press, Graphic Mundi 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.5 CHOSummary: With help from a professional nutritionist and the wide-ranging opinions of everyday consumers, this program investigates the factors that determine which foods we love-and which foods we just can't stomach. Viewers learn about a variety of social, psychological, and biological influences. Specific topics include the concept of satiety-our bodies telling us whether we are hungry or full-as well...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Brown, David W.
Summary: A narrative chronicle of NASA's deep-space mission to Jupiter's ocean moon, Europa, discusses the remarkable work of scientists who overcame formidable hurdles in their effort to determine if organic life exists elsewhere in the solar system.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Custom House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.43 BROSummary: Whether the setting is a preschool, hospital, or retirement home, it's vital for those who plan meals and menus to understand the dietary requirements of particular age groups. This program explains the nutrients our bodies require for optimum health and how those requirements change throughout our lives. Overviewing the stages of the human life cycle, the video highlights the basic nutritional...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: In Augmented, Hugh Herr, a biophysicist working to create brain-controlled robotic limbs, shares his personal journey. At age 17, Herr's legs were amputated after a climbing accident. Frustrated by the crude prosthetic limbs he was given, Herr set out to remedy their design, leading him to a career as an inventor of innovative prosthetic devices. Now, Herr is teaming up with an injured climber...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AUGSummary: More and more consumers are turning to organics as fears escalate about genetically modified foods, chemical pesticides, and the antibiotics fed to animals. In this program, farmers and an inspector explain how organic crops and livestock are raised-and why produce, dairy and meat products, and processed foods certified as organic cost so much more than their non-organic counterparts. In...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2000
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Luna, Jonatha
Summary: "In this final arc, Alex and Ada struggle against the growing hatred for sentient robots and their human allies. Ada needs to find a balance between freedom and safety, while Alex's life becomes increasingly difficult with friends and family. Can they both survive what's around the corner?"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics 2015
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LUNVogt, Gregory.
Summary: Describes the moons of the solar system, including Earth's Moon and moons that orbit Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 523.9 VOGFelix, Rebecca
Summary: Readers will examine the history of artificial intelligence, leading scientists in the field, the Three Laws of robots, the singularity, Sophia the robot, and more before deciding for themselves!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019