Mather, Cam
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aztext Press 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 MATNordvig, Mathias
Summary: What is more awesome than the hammer-wielding thunder-god, Thor; the Queen of Asgard and all-knowing goddess, Frigg; or the gigantic sea serpent, Jormungand? Norse Mythology for Kids transports you into the Nordic lands where extraordinary creatures like giants, dwarfs, elves, and monsters walked among fearless gods and goddesses. Featuring timeless stories from such countries as Iceland,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2020
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC NORFriedman, Matti
Summary: "Describes the author's harrowing experiences manning a remote Israeli outpost with a regiment of other young soldiers, during a small, unnamed war in the late 1990s that foreshadowed other unwinnable conflicts in the Middle East,"--NoveList.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRIEDMAN, MATTI FRIPathak, Jay
Summary: "What if Jesus meant that we should love our actual neighbors? When Jesus was asked to sum up everything into one command, he said to love God with everything we have and to love our neighbors as ourselves. Most of us have turned this simple idea of loving our neighbors into a nice saying, putting it on bumper stickers and refrigerator magnets and then going on with our lives without actually...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Baker Books 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248 PATMontgomery, Sy
Summary: Looks at the work of renowned octopus scientist Jennifer Mather and a team of researchers on the island of Moorea, near Tahiti in the South Pacific, where they work to learn more about octopuses and their behavior.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 594.56 MONMahan, John.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 1991
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508.774 MAH1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 508.774 MAH
Rumer, Masha
Summary: "A candid portrait of the realities, challenges, and joys many contemporary immigrants confront while raising a new generation of Americans"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 RUMFriedman, Matti
Summary: The little-known story of Leonard Cohen’s concert tour to the front lines of the Yom Kippur War, including never-before-seen selections from an unfinished manuscript by Cohen and rare photographs. In October 1973, the poet and singer Leonard Cohen—thirty-nine years old, famous, unhappy, and at a creative dead end—traveled from his home on the Greek island of Hydra to the chaos and bloodshed of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COHEN, LEONARD FRISahai, Supriya
Summary: "This brand-new series highlights some of the major contributions women have made in the world of science. Did you know that the technology behind cell phones was based on an idea developed during World War II by the Hollywood star Heddy Lamar to prevent the enemy intercepting radio messages? The computer and other electronic devices have changed life dramatically over the last 70 years-and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SAHLatham, Irene
Summary: "Upbeat rhyming verse and colorful illustrations of a diverse group of students invite readers to "be a bridge" by taking actions that foster inclusivity, respect, and connection"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LATLatham, Donna.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nomad Press 2011
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 577.34 LATLatham, Mark
Summary: With bright, dynamic imagery and gripping text, this book asks the intriguing question, What if there was more to the ghostly fable than meets the eye? What if Washington Irving's legend of Sleepy Hollow was based on fact? And what if the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow was not unique, but merely one of a strange line of malevolent spirits sighted across the world, bringing misfortune to all...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 133.1 LATTekulsky, Mathew
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Common Press 1999
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 639.97 TEKMathez, Edmond A.
Summary: Based around the exhibits presented at the American Museum of Natural History's Hall of Planet Earth, this book describes the science of how the earth works, from its core out to the far reaches of the atmosphere. From the scorching center of Earth's core to the outer limits of its atmosphere, from the gradual process of erosion that carved the Grand Canyon to the earth-shaking fury of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 550 MATPollitt, Katha
Summary: Forty years after the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, "abortion" is still a word that is said with outright hostility by many, despite the fact that one in three American women will have terminated at least one pregnancy by menopause. Even those who support a woman's right to an abortion often qualify their support by saying abortion is a "bad thing," an "agonizing decision," making the medical...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304 POLLatham, Donna
Summary: Biology is the study of life, and life is all around you. You can find life thriving in the city and in the country, teeming in ecosystems around the planet--in deserts, oceans, and even the Arctic. Backyard Biology: Discover the Life Cycles and Adaptations Outside Your Door with Hands-On Science Activities introduces readers ages 9 to 12 to the amazing world of life science right outside their...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nomad Press 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 570.78 LATLatham, Caroline.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1989
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 LATManthei, R. J.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pearson/Prentice Hall 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.314 MANNapoli, Donna Jo
Summary: The story of Wangari Maathai, who in 1977 founded the Green Belt Movement, an African grassroots organization, and in 2004 was the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2010
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Latham, Donna.
Summary: Introduces waste and recycling, examines the effectiveness of recycling, and uses projects to investigate the world of trash.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nomad Press 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.728 LATLatham, Irene
Summary: Chronicles the story of the last Africans brought illegally to the United States on the Clotilda in 1860.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LATCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LATLatham, Irene
Summary: Alaa loves Aleppo, but when war comes his neighbors flee to safety, leaving their many pets behind. Alaa decides to stay -- he can make a difference by driving an ambulance, carrying the sick and wounded to safety. One day he hears hungry cats calling out to him on his way home. They are lonely and scared, just like him. He feeds and pets them to let them know they are loved. The next day more...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam, G.P. Putnam's Sons 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LATHilal, Maha
Summary: In this powerful book, Dr. Maha Hilal tells the story of two decades of the War on Terror, through both an overview of the policies created under its umbrella and the lived realities of Muslim Americans who have experienced hate and discrimination as a result.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadleaf Books 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.697 HILGessen, Masha
Summary: "On April 15, 2013, two homemade bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston marathon, killing three people and wounding more than 264 others. In the ensuing manhunt, Tamerlan Tsarnaev died, and his younger brother Dzhokhar was captured and ultimately charged on thirty federal counts. Yet long after the bombings and the terror they sowed, after all the testimony and debate, what we still...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2015