Summary: The revealing documentary of Earth explores the planet's most epic moments. From the first raindrops that turned it into a water world to the arrival of its most incredible inhabitants, us. But humans take a back seat in this narrative. Instead, Earth is placed center stage. We see what happened to our world before we even crawled from the mud, including massive bombardments from space, extreme...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD E-TV EARSummary: Learn all about the seven continents and their defining characteristics. What was Pangaea? What is a continental shelf? What countries comprise each continent? How can I easily remember all of the continents? The answers to all of these questions and more are covered in depth with exciting video and dynamic graphics that reinforce important concepts.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV GEOCurran, Bob.
Contents: Somewhere beyond the horizon -- Mythological places -- The otherworld -- The Garden of Eden -- Avalon -- Yggdrasil -- Hy-Brasil -- Sunken Lands -- Atlantis -- Lemuria and Mu -- Lyonesse -- Davy Jones's locker -- Vanished realms and cities -- Shangri-La -- The kingdom of Prester John -- El Dorado -- The Kingdom of Prince Madoc -- Hyperborea -- Irem : city of pillars -- Bimini and the fountain of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Page Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398 CURHowell, Izzi
Summary: A graphic nonfiction volume that describes Earth's continents and people.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910 HOWVanden Branden, Claire
Summary: "This book introduces readers to the climate, landforms, plants, animals, and people of Antarctica. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cody Koala, an imprint of Pop!, a division of Abdo 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 919.89 VANVanden Branden, Claire
Summary: "This book introduces readers to the climate, landforms, plants, animals, and people of South America. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cody Koala, an imprint of Pop!, a division of Abdo 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 918 VANDunn, Stephane
Summary: Years ago Nia lost her father to the violence plaguing her small Indiana city, but when the five-year-old boy she babysits for is killed in a drive-by shooting, she and her friends decide enough is enough and set out to find the murderer--never anticipating how close to home that investigation will lead.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinco Puntos Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DUNHancock, Graham.
Summary: "The evidence revealed in this book shows beyond reasonable doubt that an advanced civilization that flourished during the Ice Age was destroyed in the global cataclysms between 12,800 and 11,600 years ago. But there were survivors-- known to later cultures by names such as 'the Sages', 'the Magicians', 'the Shining Ones', and 'the Mystery Teachers of Heaven'. They travelled the world in their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2015
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Summary: "This book introduces readers to the climate, landforms, plants, animals, and people of Australia. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cody Koala, an imprint of Pop!, a division of Abdo 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 919.4 VANSummary: An inexperienced adventurer becomes the key to unraveling an ancient mystery when he joins up with a group of daredevil explorers to find the legendary lost empire of Atlantis
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 DISCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC DISNational Geographic Kids (Firm)
Summary: "Kids are naturally curious. They want to know all about everything around them, near and far. And the completely updated Beginner's World Atlas is the perfect tool to introduce them to the people, places, and animals of the world. We have combined our world-famous mapmaking skills and color photography with input from specialists in geography education to create an atlas designed for kids ages...
Format: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2022
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Summary: The traces of much of human history - and that which preceded it - lie beneath the ocean surface. This is fertile ground for speculation, even myth-making, but also a topic on which geologists and climatologists have increasingly focused on in recent decades. This is the first book to present the science of submergence in a popular format. Patrick Nunn sifts the fact from the fiction, using the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Sigma 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 001.94 NUNVanden Branden, Claire
Summary: "This book introduces readers to the climate, landforms, plants, animals, and people of Africa. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cody Koala, an imprint of Pop!, a division of Abdo 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 916 VANVanden Branden, Claire
Summary: "This book introduces readers to the climate, landforms, plants, animals, and people of North America. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cody Koala, an imprint of Pop!, a division of Abdo 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 917 VANJanovsky, Timothy
Summary: "Wren Roland has never been kissed, let alone been in love, but he wants that movie-perfect ending more than anything. Feeling nostalgic on the eve of his twenty-first birthday, he sends emails to all the boys he (ahem) loved before he came out. He didn't expect a response from Derick Haverford, Wren's #1 pre-coming-out-crush...but now that they're working together at their hometown's vintage...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Casablanca 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JANHowell, Izzi
Summary: A graphic nonfiction volume that describes Earth's landforms and geography of its continents.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2023
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Summary: "Introduction to Earth's continents using simple text, illustrations, and photos. Features include puzzles and games, fun facts, a resource list, and an index"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 550 RICAkahori, Satoru.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2005
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SORSummary: Presents the history, development, and decline of drive-in movie theaters. Features interviews and commentaries with actors, producers, critics, and others involved in the drive-in movie industry.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Janson Media 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DRIHead, David
Summary: On March 15, 1783, General George Washington addressed a group of angry officers in an effort to rescue the American Revolution from mutiny at the highest level. After the British surrender at Yorktown, the American Revolution still blazed on, and as peace was negotiated in Europe, grave problems surfaced at home. The government was broke, paying its debts with loans from France. Political...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.339 HEASummary: The art of preserving produce by canning and preserving has come full circle from grandmother's kitchen to a whole new generation now eager to learn it. This detailed guide to home preserving is perfect for novice canners and experts alike and offers more than 100 foolproof recipes across a wide range of categories, from sweet jams and jellies to savory jams, vegetables, condiments, pickles,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: America's Test Kitchen 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.4 FOOBerger, Karen
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mountaineers Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.51 BERBerger, Karen
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 BERSummary: Unable to purchase a $50,000 digital projector, a group of quirky film fanatics in rural Pennsylvania fight to keep a dying drive-in theater alive by screening only vintage 35mm film prints and working entirely for free. The film is an award-winning underdog story about The Mahoning Drive-in Theater.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MVD Visual 2019