Naish, Darren

Summary: Dinosaurs: The Ultimate Guide to How They Lived taps into our enduring interest in dinosaurs, shedding new light on different dinosaur groups. Leading paleontology experts Darren Naish and Paul Barrett trace the evolution, anatomy, biology, ecology, behavior, and lifestyle of a variety of dinosaurs. They also remind us that dinosaurs are far from extinct: they present evidence supporting the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2016

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Cayne, Candis

Summary: "Trailblazing transgender actress, activist, and style icon Candis Cayne has spent a lifetime learning how to see herself for who she really is, and along the way has taught herself and others how to celebrate inner beauty as the perfect starting point for outer radiance. Drawing from her personal journey to self-acceptance and comprised of a unique combination of cross-barrier, body-positive...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2017

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Andes, Karen.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Pub. Group 1995

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Antin, Evan

Summary: "Star of Animal Planet's Evan Goes Wild and People magazine's "Pet Vet" Dr. Evan Antin takes readers beyond his viral Instagram posts right into the wild world with him. World Wild Vet is an up close and personal look at planet earth, in all its wild glory. But beyond the laugh-out-loud stories and dangerous encounters with some of our planet's most exotic creatures, it is a clarion call to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2020

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Kandis, Mags.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Interweave Press 2007

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Ruksenas, Algis

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Publisher / Publication Date: D. McKay Co. 1973

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Varoufakis, Yanis

Summary: "After being swept into power with the left-wing Syriza party, Varoufakis attempts to renegotiate Greece's relationship with the EU--and sparks a spectacular battle, with global implications. Varoufakis's new position sends him ricocheting between mass demonstrations in Athens, closed-door negotiations in drab EU and IMF offices, and furtive meetings with power brokers in Washington, D.C. He...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2017

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Naish, Darren

Summary: "Dive into prehistoric waters and discover extraordinary sea creatures who reigned supreme in the ocean for 150 million years"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2023

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Annin, Peter

Summary: "In 2000, a transformative climate-driven 'megadrought' swept over the Colorado River watershed. By the early 2020s, levels on the river's two largest reservoirs were hitting record lows and threatening the water supply for forty million people. Outside the West, water stocks are stressed even in states with bountiful rainfall such as Florida. From coast to coast, conventional measures to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2023

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Blais, Madeleine

Summary: "In the 1970s, Madeleine Blais' in-laws purchased a vacation house on Martha's Vineyard for the exorbitant sum of $80,000. 2.2 miles down a poorly marked, one lane dirt road, the house was better termed a shack--it had no electricity, no modern plumbing, the roof leaked, and mice had invaded the walls. It was perfect. Sitting on Tisbury Great Pond--well-stocked with oysters and crab for foraged...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2017

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Baxter, Angus

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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1994

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Giridharadas, Anand

Summary: An insider's groundbreaking investigation of the ways the global elite's efforts to "change the world" preserve the status quo.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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Gray, Tanis.

Summary: "Knit Local showcases 30 beautiful fashion, accessory, and home de;cor projects made with yarns manufactured and sold right here in North America. Expert knitter Tanis Gray stresses the wisdom of preserving local businesses, protecting the environment, and treating livestock humanely while tracing the journey of her yarns from sheep to skien." As informative as it is inspiring, this book is...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sixth & Spring Books 2011

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Anand, Anita

Summary: Follows the princess who, at the age of thirty-one, secretly went to India and returned as a revolutionary to fight for Indian Independence, the welfare of Indian soldiers in World War I, and, above all, women's suffrage.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015

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Gunn, Angus M. (Angus Macleod)

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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwood Press 2001

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Forman, Janis

Summary: Storytelling can be a lifelong and life sustaining habit of mind, a personal inheritance that connects us to our communities. It can also serve as an organizational inheritance -- a management tool that helps businesses to develop and thrive. For more than a decade, award-winning author Janis Forman has been helping executives to tell stories in service of their organizational objectives. In...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Sais, Peter

Summary: "Caldecott Honoree and Sibert Medalist Peter Sais honors a man who saved hundreds of children from the Nazis. In 1938, twenty-nine-year-old Nicholas Winton saved the lives of almost 700 children trapped in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia-a story he never told and that remained unknown until an unforgettable TV appearance in the 1980s reunited him with some of the children he saved. Czech-American...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company 2021

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Baxter, Angus

Summary: Guide to tracing your ancestors in every country in Europe.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1985

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Baxter, Angus

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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1994

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Whitlock, Janis

Summary: Parents who discover a teen's self-injurious behavior are gripped by uncertainty and flooded with questions - Why is my child doing this? Is this a suicide attempt? What did I do wrong? What can I do to stop it? And yet basic educational resources for parents with self-injuring children are sorely lacking. Healing after Self-Injury provides desperately-needed guidance to parents and others who...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2019

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Heaivilin, Annise Doring.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wallace-Homestead 1981

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Landis, Marilyn J.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2001

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