Goldberg, Lee
Summary: "A catastrophic wildfire scorches the Santa Monica Mountains, exposing the charred remains of a woman who disappeared years ago. The investigation is assigned to Eve Ronin, the youngest homicide detective in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, a position that forces her to prove herself again and again. This time, though, she has much more to prove. Bones don't lie, and these have a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC GOLLeet, Karen M.
Summary: "Describes fun, gross prank ideas in a step-by-step format"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 818.6 LEEVentura, Marne.
Summary: "Lists fun brain teasers with a fun, gross theme"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 793.73 VENEves, Rosalyn (Rosalyn C.)
Summary: In this first book in a fantasy trilogy, social prestige is derived from a trifecta of blood, money, and magic. However, one girl has the ability to break the spell that holds the social order in place. Sent from England to her family's once powerful but now oppressed native Hungary, Anna Arden finds herself in the company of nobles, revolutionaries, and Romani. She must choose to either deny...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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Summary: "Portraying the United States from the Great War to the Great Depression, The Crisis of the Old Order covers the Jazz Age and the rise and fall of the cult of business. For a season, prosperity seemed permanent, but the illusion came to an end when Wall Street crashed in October 1929. Public trust in the wisdom of business leadership crashed too. With a dramatist's eye for vivid detail and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.917 SCH VOL 2Padma, T. V.
Summary: This book describes Philip Currie's rediscovery of Barnum Brown's fossil field in western Canada's badlands and his discoveries of Albertosaurus fossils.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Pub. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Dino PadmaStone, Lynn M.
Summary: A brief introduction to the physical characteristics, temperament, uses, and breeding history of the labrador retriever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Pub. 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.7527 STOStone, Lynn M.
Summary: Looks at the history, physical characteristics, and behavior of Shetland sheepdogs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Pub. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.737 STOEdgar, Sherra G
Summary: Examines large animal veterinarians, including what they do on a typical day, what the grossest parts of the job are, and what technology they use to stay safe and make the job less gross.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636 EDGKay, Edward
Summary: In this meticulously researched exploration of the science and history of germs, an award-winning comedy writer blends a ton of solid information with humor, cool fun facts and disgusting details to make learning fun.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 579.3 KAYMiller, Mirella S
Summary: Examines compost center operators, including what they do on a typical day, what the grossest parts of the job are, and what technology they use to stay safe and make the job less gross.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 631.8 MILStone, Lynn M.
Summary: A brief introduction to the physical characteristics, temperament, uses, and breeding history of the golden retriever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Pub. 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.7527 STOFriedman, Stanton T.
Summary: Presents an investigation into UFO phenomena, discussing the explanations offered by various scientists, military organizations, and aviators for UFO sightings and evaluating the probability of alien life forms visiting Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Pub. 2012
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Summary: Explores some repulsive aspects of the human body with a focus the body's healing process, and provides facts and information on bleeding, clots, scabs, scars, and other related topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J617.1 LEWBraun, Eric
Summary: "Shares awesome, disgusting, and unusual facts about school through conversational text and creative images"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rabbit Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 371.01 BRAGitlin, Marty.
Summary: This entertaining volume reveals some of the grossest practices in hygiene, dining, fashion, and medicine of Medieval Europe. Serfs often smelled bad, and they bathed and relieved themselves in streams filled with garbage. Wealthier individuals who had bathrooms produced waste that was sent down chutes into the castle moat. Peasants and nobles commonly consumed animal parts that today we would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. 2016
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Summary: Bloody sacrifices, disgusting diets, and shocking religious rituals are some of the gruesome aspects of the totally gross history of Mesoamerica. Concise and entertaining, this text covers some of the more nauseating facts about pre-Columbian Mesoamerica (the region spanning Central America). The gruesome details about the Mesoamerican diet, religion, and medicine will shock readers. But beyond...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing's Rosen Central 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972 MERBaptiste, Tracey
Summary: Presents disgusting ancient Egyptian medicinal practices, culinary delicacies, and battle practices, including the dirty details of what really happens to bodies as they are prepared for mummification. --Publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing 2015
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Summary: Describes how Indians have relied on the sugar maple tree for food and tells how an Anishinabe Indian in Minnesota continues his people's traditions by teaching students to tap the trees and make maple sugar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 633.64 WITLewis, Ann Margaret.
Summary: Presents an overview of the mysteries surrounding the fabled civilization and island of Atlantis, including Plato's story, strange theories, and archaeological fact.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Pub. Group 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 001.94 LEWStone, Lynn M.
Summary: A brief introduction to the physical characteristics, temperament, uses, and breeding history of the Siberian huskies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Pub. 2005
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Summary: A unique overview of the fashion and dress, diet, hygiene, medicine, and other cultural aspects of the ancient Chinese. This entertaining yet informative book details practices that may seem peculiar to today's students, while respectfully contextualizing another culture and time, especially one as ancient, rich, and foundational as that of ancient China. Readers are drawn in by the sometimes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 931 CULBorgert-Spaniol, Megan
Summary: "Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to the fruit group. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 641.34 BORDonovan, Sandra
Summary: Provides pictures and information on how to keep your mouth healthy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2010