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BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 Juvenile literature California, Gulf of (Mexico) Description and travel Cooking Mexico, Gulf of Feature films Gulf of Mexico Marine invertebrates Mexico California, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Nass el Ghiwan (Musical group) Ricketts, Edward Flanders 1897-1948 Travel Mexico California, Gulf ofDavis, Jack E.
Summary: Significant beyond tragic oil spills and hurricanes, the Gulf has historically been one of the world's most bounteous marine environments, supporting human life for millennia. Based on the premise that nature lies at the center of human existence, Davis takes readers on a compelling and, at times, wrenching journey from the Florida Keys to the Texas Rio Grande, along marshy shorelines and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976 DAVSummary: In March 1940, a journey taken by John Steinbeck and his friend, marine biologist Ed Ricketts, down the coast of California, expanded from a trip meant to document the creatures that inhabit the shallow water and tide pools on the margins of the Sea of Cortez into a large philosophical exploration of mankind's relationship to the natural world. This documentary considers how that journey can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Janson Media 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The ultimate guide for visitors and locals looking to spend time in Northwest Florida’s Gulf of Mexico. This guidebook provides detailed descriptions and illustrations of beaches, shipwrecks, shore-accessible dive and snorkel reefs, and the top surfing sites in the area. Detailed descriptions and map art. With the help of Reef Smart’s unique 3D-mapping technology, learn all you need to know...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mango Publishing Group 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.59 FLORIDA REESteinbeck, John
Summary: This exciting day-by-day account of Steinbeck's trip to the Gulf of California with biologist Ed Ricketts, drawn from the longer Sea of Cortez, is a wonderful combination of science, philosophy, and high-spirited adventure. Annotation. In 1940, Steinbeck and his friend, biologist Ed Ricketts, ventured into the Gulf of California to search for marine invertebrates along the beaches. This...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508.3164 SteinSummary: Touki bouki: "A vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. ... two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape plan is beset by complications both concrete and mystical"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MARTougias, Mike
Summary: "A riveting WWII account of survival at sea-Book 4 in the True Rescue series from Michael J. Tougias, the author of the New York Times bestseller The Finest Hours."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Hall, Rachel Howzell
Summary: "It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. Delighted by a surprise invitation, Miriam Macy sails off to a luxurious private island off the coast of Mexico, with six strangers--an ex-cop, a chef, a financial advisor, a nurse, a lawyer, a young widow. Surrounded by miles of open water in the gloriously green Sea of Cortez, Miriam is shocked to discover that she and the rest of her companions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Steinbeck, John
Summary: This second volume in The Library of America's authoritative edition of John Steinbeck features his acknowledged masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath. Written in an incredibly compressed five-month period, the novel had an electrifying impact upon publication in 1939, unleashing a political storm with its vision of America's dispossessed struggling for survival. It continues to exert a powerful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States 1996
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1 available in Adult, Call number: SC STEINFarrell, Courtney.
Summary: Explains the causes behind the BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill; the effect on workers, animals, and the environment; and what is being done to help the Gulf Coast recover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.7382 FARJacobs, Daniel
Summary: Blowout is the first comprehensive account of the legal, economic, and environmental consequences of the April 2010 blowout at a BP well in the Gulf of Mexico. The accident destroyed the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and killed eleven people. The resulting offshore oil discharge, the largest ever in the United States, polluted much of the Gulf for months, wreaking havoc on its inhabitants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brookings Institution Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.8 JACSummary: On April 20, 2010, communities throughout the Gulf Coast of the United States were devastated by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon, a state-of-the-art offshore oil rig operated by BP in the Gulf of Mexico. In this documentary film, the director travels to small towns and major cities in Alabama, Louisiana and Texas to explore the fallout of the disaster on the people of the region.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GREKey, Watt
Summary: When a dive off the coast of Alabama goes horribly wrong, twelve-year-old Julie and one of her father's scuba clients struggle to survive after reaching an abandoned oil rig.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KEYMorgan, Nina.
Summary: Covers the geography, climate, resources, and history of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico regions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomson Learning 1996
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 917.2 MORWynne, Kate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rhode Island Sea Grant, University of Rhode Island 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.5 WYNArtist Not Provided
Summary: Follows environmental scientists, activists, undercover investigators, and others who are fighting to save the habitat of the critically endangered vaquita porpoise from destruction by Mexican drug cartels and Chinese traffickers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Allied Vaughn 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SEAWaterman, Jonathan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 797.1224 WATLandau, Elaine.
Summary: Presents facts about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that began on April 20, 2010.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.7382 LANWhite, Randy Wayne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 WHISnow, Constance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 SNOEarle, Steve.
Contents: Waitin' on the sky -- Little emperor -- The Gulf of Mexico -- Molly-O -- God is God -- Meet me in the alleyway -- Every part of me -- Lonely are the free -- Heaven or Hell (feat. Allison Moorer) -- I am a wanderer -- This city.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New West 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY EARSkaggs, Ricky
Contents: How mountain girls can love -- Toy heart -- Bluegrass breakdown -- Darling Corey -- The way it is -- The dreaded spoon -- Gulf of Mexico fishing boat blues -- Sally Jo -- Little Maggie -- White wheeled limousine -- Cluck ol' hen.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY SKAJenkins, Peter
Summary: The author describes his experiences during the two years he spent walking across the United States, from Alfred, New York, to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 JENBlack, Clint.
Contents: Put yourself in my shoes (3:15) -- The Gulf of Mexico (2:42) --One more payment (2:16) -- Where are you now (3:09) -- The old man (3:02) --This nightlife (3:08) -- Loving blind (3:57) -- A heart like mine (3:03) -- The goodnight-loving (3:37).
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Publisher / Publication Date: RCA 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY BLAMikoley, Kate.
Summary: "Latin America is home to both the amazing Amazon rain forest and areas of desert where rain has never been recorded. Readers will learn about the varied landscapes of Latin America, from the Atacama Desert to the brilliant Caribbean coasts to the awesome Andes Mountains. In learning about major cities, such as Mexico City, readers will discover the ways people have changed the Earth to fit...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2021