Koch, Falynn
Summary: In gloriously gross detail, you'll meet dangerous microscopic invaders like protozoa, fungi, viruses, and foreign bacteria - then see how our bodies work to fight back and defend us against future infections. We get to know the critters behind history's worst diseases. We delve into the biology and mechanisms of infections, diseases, and immunity, and also the incredible effect that technology...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 579 KOCSummary: Viewers experience events that unfold too slowly for human perception. They see the beauty, drama, and even humor of phenomena that occur in the flash of a microsecond.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Virgil Films 2015
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY E-TV MYSBuchanan, Greg
Summary: "A literary thriller from stunning new talent Greg Buchanan, Sixteen Horses is a story of enduring guilt, trauma, and punishment, set in a small seaside community the rest of the world has left behind. In Ilmarsh, England, local police detective Alec Nichols discovers sixteen horses' heads on a farm, each buried with a single eye facing the low winter sun. After Veterinary Forensics expert...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUCSummary: Drawing on documentary and archival footage, 3-D and 2-D animations, and high-tech imaging, this program investigates a variety of virological topics: the nature of pandemics as illustrated by the SARS outbreak in China; genetic sequencing of Spanish influenza from exhumed tissue of a century-old corpse; how animal viruses jump the species barrier; the dissection of live viruses in a biosafety...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: From SARS to the swine flu, viruses that threaten the developed world seem to be growing in ranks. Even as medical science rises to the challenge, our knowledge of viruses is filled with troubling gaps and bewildering realities. Starting on the virus front lines-the rainforests of central Africa-this program unlocks the truth about nature's greatest terror weapons. Viewers learn why HIV is such...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Quinlan, Heather
Summary: "Pandemics can come in waves--like tidal waves. They change societies. They disrupt life. They end lives. As far back as 3000 B.C.E. (the Bronze Age), plagues have stricken mankind. COVID-19 is just the latest example, but history shows that life continues. It shows that knowledge and social cooperation can save lives. Viruses are neither alive nor dead and are the closest thing we have to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Visible Ink Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.9 QUISpilsbury, Louise.
Summary: Look closely at a pond and discover a world of inhabitants! A close look at this microhabitat reveals an unbelievable variety of organisms. Vibrant photographs and detailed illustrations combine to make these books informative and engaging. A visual table of contents helps readers navigate the text, and informative labels make the photographs valuable sources of information.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Heinemann Library 2013
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Summary: "In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe came crashing down to Earth and nearly ended the human race. Accidental exposure to the particle--designated The Andromeda Strain--killed every resident of the town of Piedmont, Arizona, save for an elderly man and an infant boy. Over the next five days, a team of top scientists assigned to Project Wildfire worked valiantly to save the world from an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: SF WILSummary: In an escalating war between humans and microbes, catastrophic disease may have the edge. This program studies the ubiquitous threat posed by super viruses and describes scientific efforts to prepare for viral disease epidemics. Documenting the World Health Organization's response to the 2005 Angolan Marburg virus outbreak, the program examines strengths and weaknesses in the WHO...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This engaging program delves into the microscopic milieu that overlays life as human beings know it, illustrating the complex relationship between the microscopic and macroscopic worlds as the human host, with its billions of microbial allies and antagonists, journeys from the birth canal to the decomposition that follows death. Spectacular 3-D computer animation, case study footage, and expert...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Brosnan, Katie
Summary: Within our bodies hides an entire world of organisms called microbes. They digest our food and protect our immune systems, and without them, we would die. Through Katie Brosnan's personable illustrations, we follow the digestive process from the moment the food enters our mouths to the moment the waste leaves our bodies. Along the way we are introduced to a variety of microbes - good and bad -...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cicada Books 2019
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Summary: Looks at all the different microbes that inhabit the Earth and examines the varied jobs they do.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Pr 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 579 DAVEamer, Claire
Summary: Introduces six of the most common critters that live in and on the human body, describing how they impact health and what research is being done on how to use microbes to make people healthier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 579 EAMJenkins, Steve
Summary: "Explores the menagerie of tiny and unusual creatures found in our lawns and gardens, our food, our beds, our clothes, and even our eyelashes"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 579 JENKay, Edward
Summary: In this meticulously researched exploration of the science and history of germs, an award-winning comedy writer blends a ton of solid information with humor, cool fun facts and disgusting details to make learning fun.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 579.3 KAYBarton, Bethany
Summary: Entertaining, eye-opening and educational, this deep dive into the microscopic world of germs discusses the microbes in and on our bodies that help us survive, the ones that don't and everything in between.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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Summary: Min is a microbe. She is small. Very small. In fact, so small that you'd need to look through a microscope to see her. Or you can simply open this book and take Min on an adventure to amazing places she's never seen before -- like the icy glaciers of your tooth or the twisted, tangled jungle of your shirt. The perfect book for anyone who wants to take a closer look at the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E BENSpicer Rice, Eleanor
Summary: "Did you know that you're surrounded by microbes? They're on your body, in your body, and on every body! In fact, only about half of our bodies' cells are human cells--the rest are microbes. From the ways they help us digest our food to the ways they control critters and creatures (zombie flies, anyone?), microbes form an unseen jungle around us. Complete with zany, gross facts, hilarious and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MIT Kids Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A remote village in New Mexico is contaminated by a crashed satellite. Scientists fight the clock trying to analyze the lethal organism and discover a solution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: With millions dead of AIDS and millions more infected with HIV, Africa is in danger of becoming little more than a graveyard. In this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel and correspondent Dave Marash deliver three successive reports on the AIDS epidemic currently spinning out of control in Zimbabwe. Together they address the hardships of a society composed of mostly the very old and the very...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: When a crypt containing 200 extraordinarily preserved bodies was discovered in 1994 in the Hungarian town of Vac, it caught the interest of a scientist fighting tuberculosis on the other side of the globe. This program presents the fascinating story of Professor Mark Spigelman, an Australian surgeon turned archaeologist who is using ancient DNA to contend with the biggest bacterial killer in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Free radicals are an important weapon in the immune system, but they can also cause chemical reactions that lead to damage of fatty acids, DNA mutation, and protein destruction. This program examines how the most important radicals are created, and how they work. The relationship between chain reactions of radicals within the body and conditions such as arteriosclerosis is examined. How the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: What did the 2009 swine-origin H1N1 outbreak teach us about how to prepare for future pandemics? This program addresses the issue by traveling to viral hot spots around the world and interviewing high-ranking disease-prevention experts. Viewers learn about the basics of influenza microbiology, the factors that distinguish swine-origin H1N1 from a seasonal virus, its mechanisms for spreading,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This ABC News program focuses on the good works being done by two remarkable AIDS crusaders who have taken the AIDS pandemic in Africa to heart: singer/songwriter Alicia Keyes and human rights maverick Stephen Lewis. Keyes' position as spokesperson for Keep a Child Alive, a nonprofit organization providing life-saving medicines directly to African children and families with HIV/AIDS, is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006