Shefveland, Michelle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jasc Software 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.593 SHEBolte, Mari.
Summary: "Lively text and step-by-step instructions show how to complete various watercolor art projects"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Pr Inc 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 751.422 BOLFeinstein, John.
Summary: Eighth-grade sports reporters Susan Carol and Stevie reunite at the U.S. Open tennis championships where they investigate the mysterious disappearance of a top Russian player.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yearling 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FEIJanaway, Christopher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 193 JANHenry, April.
Summary: "Teen Portland Search and Rescue team member Nick Walker becomes a prime suspect in a murder"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2015
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Summary: In a far corner of space, on the very borders between humanity’s Polity worlds and the kingdom of the vicious crab-like prador, is an immediate threat to all sentient life: an accretion disc, a solar system designed by the long-dead Jain race and swarming with living technology powerful enough to destroy entire civilizations. Neither the Polity or the prador want the other in full control of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Night Shade Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ASHHenry, April.
Summary: While helping the Portland County Sheriff's Search and Rescue to seek a missing autistic man, teens Alexis, Nick, and Ruby find, instead, a body and join forces to find the girl's murderer, forming an unlikely friendship, as well.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt & Co 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HENSummary: Japan in the modern age: a people existing between the protection of the kami and the geological dangers of earthquake. This program covers the cataclysmic events of the 20th century-the devastating earthquake of 1923, the rise of militarism, the accession of Emperor Hirohito, the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere, the Pacific War, Hiroshima, and the American occupation of Japan-but its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Grant, H. Roger
Summary: Looks at the impact and importance of railroads and railroad travel on cities and towns throughout the United States, from 1830 through 1930.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Indiana University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385.0973 GRAHinds, Kathryn
Summary: Examines the history, culture, religion, society, and achievements of the Italian city of Venice, from its founding to its surrender to Napoleon at the end of the eighteenth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Benchmark Books 2002
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Summary: Discusses how and why the Renaissance began in Italy, the cultural and intellectual achievements of the Italian Renaissance, and the lasting effects of these achievements on Western civilization.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Benchmark Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 945.05 SCHWood, John
Summary: "Modern medicine is such a marvel that it's hard to imagine how deadly it was to live in the past. Sometimes it was hard to stay alive, especially in the care of an ancient doctor. Readers will learn about deadly diseases such as the many plagues that killed off millions in the Middle Ages. They'll discover just how little people knew about the spread of illness and its prevention. Historical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: 616.07 WOOSummary: The history of Japan past and present is the story of the kami, the supernatural, not quite godlike spirits who underlie the Japanese-ness of Japan-who created the Japanese islands at the beginning of time and remain today the ones responsible for health and luck, for success in childbirth and business, for the proper functioning of silicon chips and the uniqueness and unity of the Japanese....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The fine loess soil of the Yellow River basin quickly established that region as the home of China's earliest recorded dynasty. This program focuses primarily on Bronze Age China and the contributions of the Yin (or Shang) dynasty, with a tangential emphasis on the reign of the Qins. Commentary by Tang Jigen, of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and other experts; archival film of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Carpenter, Kenneth
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Publisher / Publication Date: Indiana University Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 567.91 CARGrant, H. Roger
Summary: "In Transportation and the American People, renowned historian H. Roger Grant tells the story of American transportation from its slow, uncomfortable, and often dangerous beginnings to the speed and comfort of travel today. Early advances like stagecoaches and canals allowed traders, business, and industry to expand across the nation, setting the stage for modern developments like...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Transport GrantWood, John
Summary: "Certain disasters have left such an indelible mark on history that people never tire of learning about them and wanting to discover more details. That's true of the dreadful disasters in this captivating book, which describes what happened in a sensitive and accessible way. As riveted readers learn about history's biggest catastrophes, they'll feel like they're on the scene, including the deck...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020
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Summary: "Military history is a source of fascination for many young historians, but war is a truly gruesome part of history. From knights in suits of armor to the flying aces of the world wars, this eye-opening volume offers a comprehensive look at one part of humankind's nasty past. Readers examine the evolution of warfare. Along with riveting facts about deadly weapons and military maneuvers, readers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355.0202 WOOSummary: Were Egypt's pyramids really built by slaves to be the tombs of the pharaohs? Most scholars believed so-until the excavation of a workers' village and the tomb of High Priest Kai led to some startling conclusions. In this program, Zahi Hawass, of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, and renowned anthropologist Azza Saary el-Din provide support for the "public works" theory of the late...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Coote, Roger.
Summary: Explores the family life, clothing, warfare, and religious beliefs of Anglo-Saxons through photographs of artifacts and ancient books.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomson Learning 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 942.01 COOLittlefield, Holly
Summary: Recounts the experiences of abandoned, orphaned, or homeless children from city orphanages in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who were sent out by the trainload to find families that would adopt them or take them as workers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 362.734 LittlPickels, Dwayne E.
Summary: Examines the history of Scotland's clans by establishing their origins, probing the highpoints of their heyday, considering alignments among them, and identifying their mottoes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.15 PICScarre, Christopher.
Summary: Discusses the ancient Minoan civilization of Knossos, Crete, as manifested by the excavations of that city by the archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2003