Felt, Hali.
Summary: "Until Marie Tharp's ground-breaking work in the 1950s, the floor of the ocean was a mystery--then, as now, we knew less about the ocean than we did about outer space. In a time when women in the scientific community were routinely dismissed, Marie's work changed our understanding of the earth's geologic evolution. While her partner, Bruce Heezen, went on expeditions to collect soundings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THARP, MARIE FELLongmire, Sylvia.
Summary: "When confronted with the challenges of border security and illegal immigration, government officials are fond of saying that our borders have never been as safe and secure as they are now. But ranchers in the borderlands of Arizona and Texas fear for their lands, their cattle, their homes, and sometimes their lives due to the human and drug smuggling traffic that regularly crosses their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.28 LONWhitman, Walt
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.3 WHIWhitman, Walt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.3 WHIBogdanich, Walt
Summary: McKinsey & Company is the most prestigious consulting company in the world, earning billions of dollars in fees from major corporations and governments who turn to it to maximize their profits and enhance efficiency. Bogdanich and Forsythe shows that often McKinsey's advice boils down to major cost-cutting, including layoffs and maintenance reductions, to drive up short-term profits, thereby...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 001.068 BOGDisney, Walt
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E DISWhitman, Walt
Summary: A collection of poetry, letters, and prose by Walt Whitman that were inspired by the Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 1995
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Contents: Leaves of grass (1855) -- Leaves of grass (1891-92) -- Complete prose works (1892) : Specimen days. Collect. Notes left over. Pieces in early youth. November boughs. Good-bye my fancy. Memoranda -- Supplementary prose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States 1982
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gramercy Books 1992
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.3 WHIWhitman, Walt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Page & CO. 1921
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.3 WHIWait, Lea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WAISalt, Rachel
Summary: "An exploration of the ways in which we use and dispose of plastic and how our dependence on plastic is negatively impacting our planet. The text concludes with a call to action for readers to help change the current rates of plastic use."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.72 SALSalt, Zelda
Summary: In this book, readers discover the most fascinating facts about respiration, the structure of the lungs, and even some of the seemingly gross processes that happen in their body!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.2 SALWald, Chelsea
Summary: Presents a lively, informative, and humorous deep dive into the future of the toilet-from creative uses for harvested "biosolids," to the bold engineers dedicated to bringing safe sanitation to the billions of people worldwide living without it
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 696 WALWald, Elijah.
Summary: How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll rejects the conventional pieties of mainstream jazz and rock history. Rather than concentrating on those traditionally favored styles, the book traces the evolution of popular music through developing tastes, trends and technologies--including the role of records, radio, jukeboxes and television--to give a fuller, more balanced account of the broad...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.64 WALWald, Elijah.
Summary: Robert Johnson's story presents a fascinating paradox: Why did this genius of the Delta blues excite so little interest when his records were first released in the 1930s? And how did this brilliant but obscure musician come to be hailed long after his death as the most important artist in early blues and a founding father of rock 'n' roll? Elijah Wald provides the first thorough examination of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHNSON, ROBERT WALLongacre, John.
Summary: A book for the novice or the experienced Backgammon player.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bell Pub. Co. 1980
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 795.1 LONWhitman, Walt 1819-1892
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Publisher / Publication Date: David R. Godine 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.3 WHIWalz, Jason
Summary: In a world where aliens have taken over Earth, abducted every human they deemed useful, and abandoned the rest, twins Sam and Wyatt struggle to start a revolution of the unwanteds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2018
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2 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 LASBerry, Joy Wilt.
Summary: Explains the reasons for whining, encourages the use of more positive ways to get attention, and suggests ways to break the whining habit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Joy Berry Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 155.4 BERBurton, Walt.
Summary: A photographic tribute to the Wright brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk features images of the brothers and their aircraft as well as such memorabilia and souvenirs as vintage postcards, posters, stereopticon images, and toys.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 629.13 BURKelly, Walt.
Contents: v. 3. April 1945-June 1946.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 KELKelly, Walt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eclipse Books 1990