Heemstra, Marjolijn van
Summary: "How seeing Earth through the eyes of an astronaut brings new wonder and meaning to life on our planet. One stifling summer night, the poet and journalist Marjolijn van Heemstra lay awake, unable to sleep-like so many of us feeling anxious and alienated, deeply exhausted yet restless. Amid the suffocating stream of daily obligations, the clamor of notifications and increasingly dismal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 839.314 HEEWickham, DeWayne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.929 WICBurnside, Duwayne.
Contents: Pressure -- Why you act like that -- Tribute -- Gotta' pretty woman -- She threw my clothes out -- Treatin' me so bad -- Bad luck city -- King -- Hard candy part II.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: B.C. Records 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES BURHicks, Dwayne
Summary: "Your stomach is the first stop on food's journey through your digestive system. It's where the body starts to break food down into the nutrients your body needs to survive. Readers will be amazed to learn that the inside of their stomach is filled with acid and microorganisms! Age-appropriate diagrams help readers comprehend potentially difficult topics. The text also includes information...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.3 HICHicks, Dwayne
Summary: "Your lungs are constantly at work exchanging carbon dioxide created by your body with fresh oxygen from the air. We couldn't live without lungs! Readers will learn about the process of respiration with manageable text and labeled diagrams. Other topics include the respiratory system, the diaphragm, and diseases of the lungs"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.2 HICSmith, Dwayne.
Summary: "A thriller about a Black society with a secret"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2014
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Summary: "This volume explores the basics of the human skeletal system and features numerous diagrams to help readers grasp potentially difficult topics"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.7 HICJohnson, Dwayne
Summary: Dominic Toretto's crew must join forces with their old enemy, assassin Deckard Shaw, when Dom is seduced back into the world of crime by a beautiful cyberterrorist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entert. 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie FateDehaene, Stanislas.
Summary: In this riveting investigation, Stanislas Dehaene provides an accessible account of the brain circuitry of reading and explores what he calls the "reading paradox": Our cortex is the product of millions of years of evolution in a world without writing, so how did it adapt to recognize words?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 418.4019 DEHHicks, Dwayne
Summary: "Your heart is a very busy machine! It beats all the time to ensure that all the other parts of your body get the blood and nutrients they need to function properly. Detailed diagrams help readers visualize the heart's structure and basic function. The book also discusses the role of the circulatory system, diseases of the heart, and more"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023
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Summary: "Your muscles can allow you to move-to run, jump, dance, and do much more. But how exactly do they work? Readers will discover the answer to this question and much more inside this book. The age-appropriate text is paired with clear, labeled diagrams to give readers a well-rounded approach to understanding the human musculature system. The text also includes information about muscle injuries...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.7 HICJohnson, Dwayne
Summary: The G.I. Joes are now fighting not only against Cobra, but also threats by the government which jeopardize their existence.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Video 2013
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Summary: As penpals for a high school English assignment, poetry-loving sophomore Jonathan and popular-athlete senior Adam explore their growing relationship through a series of letters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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Summary: "Your brain is a complex computer that controls everything you do. Your brain tells you when you're hurt and when you're feeling sick. It allows you to see, hear, and feel the word around you. Readers of this detailed but manageable guide will be amazed to learn about all the brain can do. The text also addresses the spinal cord and nerves. Labeled illustrations help make this a comprehensive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.8 HICJohnson, Dwayne
Summary: The gang returns to Jumanji to brave unexplored areas of the game to rescue one of their own.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2020
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Summary: Chicago fifth-grader Simon, an aspiring rapper who lacks self-confidence, uses his rhymes to help bring his community together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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Summary: "Eleven-year-old Simon Barnes dreams of becoming a world-famous rapper that everyone calls Notorious D.O.G. But for now, he's just a Chicago fifth grader who's small for his age and afraid to use his voice. Simon prefers to lay low at school and at home, even though he's constantly spitting rhymes in his head. But when his new teacher assigns the class an oral presentation on something that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "In today's technological society, with an unprecedented amount of information at our fingertips, learning plays a more central role than ever. In How We Learn, Stanislas Dehaene decodes its biological mechanisms, delving into the neuronal, synaptic, and molecular processes taking place in the brain. He explains why youth is such a sensitive period, during which brain plasticity is maximal, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 799.2 STAGist, Deeanne.
Summary: When Joe Denton faces losing half of his land because of his wife's death, he decides to buy a bride from the East to marry only in name but keep as a cook, but things get complicated when Mercer girl Anna Ivey refuses to marry him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2009
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Summary: "From the day she arrives at the Biltmore, Tillie Reese is dazzled by the riches of the Vanderbilts and by Mack Danvers, a mountain man turned footman. When Tillie is enlisted to help tame Mack's rugged behavior by tutoring him in the ways of refined society, the resulting sparks threaten Tillie's But the stakes rise even higher when Mack and Tillie become entangled in a cover-up at the town...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GISBlanton, DeAnne
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Publisher / Publication Date: Louisiana State University Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 BLAStarr, Dwaine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.2 STAGist, Deeanne.
Summary: "Set in 1640's Colonial Virginia, a marriage of convenience becomes most inconvenient when the bride proves more than the planter had bargained for"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers 2005