Spilsbury, 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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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: From land, boat, and sky. Above and below the water. From the point of view of the animals and people who are found there, we will show these rivers as they have never been seen before, highlighting each river's very own unique atmosphere and character so that each episode will have its own mood. This series will find new perspectives to cover these amazing waterways. Using the latest in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV RIVBright, Michael
Summary: Take a trip around the world to discover the busy animals active during the day, and the magical creatures that come out at night in twelve unique habitats in this extensive exploration of the natural world. This book's fun flip-book format gives readers two books in one. Beginning with the daytime, children can explore the biodiversity of a huge range of landscapes. Readers can then flip the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Words & Pictures, an imprint of Quarto Group 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577 BRIStott, Nicole
Summary: "When NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott first saw the Earth from space, she was filled with awe. Our shared home was a brilliant blue marble, with a razor thin atmosphere protecting billions of people, including everyone she loved. She realized that we are allbound together on this fragile planet. When she came back to earth, she knew she had to share this vision to help protect it. Stott knows the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STOTT, NICOLE STOSummary: "Northern Michigan is undergoing unprecedented changes in land use, climate, resource extraction, and species distributions. For the last hundred years, the University of Michigan Biological Station has monitored these environmental transformations. Stretching 10,000 acres along Burt and Douglas Lakes in the northern Lower Peninsula and 3,200 acres on Sugar Island near Sault Ste. Marie,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 578.09774 CHA1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 578.09774 CHA
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Nature NadelhofferMoore, Andrew
Summary: No longer the Motor City of boom-time industry, the city of Detroit has fallen into an incredible state of dilapidation since the decline of the American auto industry after the Second World War. Today, whole sections of the city resemble a war zone, its once-spectacular architectural grandeur reduced to vacant ruins. In Detroit Disassembled, photographer Andrew Moore records a territory in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Damiani Editore 2010
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 770 MOOPeterson, Rolf Olin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Park Service, Dept. of the Interior : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] 1978
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 599.74442 PETSummary: In the first episode of Voyage to Kure, Jean-Michel Cousteau and his team of 20 experienced divers and scientists travel for six weeks aboard the Searcher to the farthest edge of the Northwestern Hawaiian islands, to the remote Kure Atoll. Along the way, they stop to explore reefs and islands teeming with life and to meet the researchers and scientists working to protect these fragile ecosystems.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Burton, P. Jeffrey.
Summary: A fun and playful Thanksgiving twist on the favorite nursery rhyme “The Itsy Bitsy Spider”!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2016
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE BOARD BURSummary: In the second part of this documentary, the Cousteau team examines the rusting wreck of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor, lying more than 200 feet below the Carolina coast, and explores a flourishing natural city under the sea, coexisting with a man-made oil rig.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Peterson, Christy
Summary: Containing 97 percent of Earth's water supply, the ocean plays a huge role in regulating global temperatures, supporting plant and animal life, and contributing to the livelihoods of millions of people. But in spite of all this, the ocean remains drastically unexplored, and the details of its impact on human lives aren't fully understood. Scientists from around the world are realizing that to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2020
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Summary: "Isle Royale, "the big island" of this book, is a wilderness national park in Lake Superior and home to a unique and fascinating ecosystem of animals, most notably the iconic wolf and majestic moose"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.499 MAYKaminski, Leah
Summary: Discover Grand Traverse Bay takes readers to the water's edge, where they will learn about the bay's atmosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. Lake Michigan's Grand Traverse Bay area is home to year-round fishing, fruit orchards, and many animal species. Readers can explore the bay's unique underwater bluffs and riverbeds, formed by fast-moving glaciers. Colorful maps, diagrams, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577 KAMCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977.464 KAMStewart, Melissa
Summary: "When a whale passes away, its body sinks to the ocean floor and becomes an energy-rich food source for organisms living in the deep sea"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.7 STESummary: Rouge River Revived describes the river’s history from pre-European times into the 21st century. Chapters cover topics such as Native American life on the Rouge; indigenous flora and fauna over time; the river’s role in the founding of local cities; its key involvement in Detroit’s urban development and intensive industrialization; and the dramatic clean-up arising from citizen concern and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.433 ROUMorales, Yuyi.
Summary: At the end of a long day, Mother Sky helps her playful daughter, LIttle Night, to get ready for bed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Square Fish, an imprint of Macmillan 2016
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH MORSummary: Called "the rainforests of the sea," the world's coral reefs are home to millions of species. But these underwater ecosystems are in grave danger. This program travels to Chumbe Island Coral Park, Zanzibar; Mafia Island Marine Park, Tanzania; and Ras Mohammed National Park, Egypt, to study the fragile ecology and amazing biodiversity of coral reefs-and the impacts of tourism, pollution,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Buckey, A. W.
Summary: "Describes gig jobs in social media. Explores the history of gig jobs in social media, what it is like to work gig jobs in social media, the pros and cons of gig work compared to a traditional career, and the future of gig work in social media"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: BrightPoint Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 302.23 BUCBuckey, A. W.
Summary: "Explores gig jobs in transportation and delivery, including the history of gig work, working a gig job in transportation and delivery, the pros and cons of gig work in transportation and delivery, and the future of the industry"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bright Point Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 338.023 BUCWood, Gillen D'Arcy
Summary: "A history of the first race to Antarctica that weaves the great polar discoveries of the nineteenth century with scientific breakthroughs of the modern era. Antarctica, the ice kingdom hosting the South Pole, looms large in the human imagination. The secrets of this vast frozen desert have long tempted explorers, but its brutal climate and glacial shores notoriously resist human intrusion....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.89 WOOSummary: Peruvian leaders will stop at nothing to keep their respective goals intact. President Alan Garcia begins aggressively extracting oil, minerals, and gas from untouched indigenous Amazonian land. He is quickly met with fierce opposition from the indigenous leader Alberto Pizango. Alberto's passionate speeches against Garcia prove a powerful rallying cry from those of his supporters. When Garcia...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHEMillard, Candice
Summary: For millennia the location of the Nile River's headwaters was shrouded in mystery. Expeditions to find it were stymied by a giant labyrinthine swamp. In the 19th century Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke were sent by the Royal Geographical Society to claim the prize for England. From the start the two men clashed. They would endure tremendous hardships, illness, and constant setbacks. Two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 916.2043 MILMillard, Candice
Summary: "For millennia the location of the Nile River's headwaters was shrouded in mystery. In the nineteenth century, there was a frenzy of interest in ancient Egypt. At the same time, European powers sent off waves of explorations intended to map the unknown corners of the globe--and extend their colonial empires. Two British men--Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke--were sent by the Royal...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House Audio 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA 916.204 MILSummary: The inspiration for Darwin's theory of evolution, the Galápagos Islands are a living laboratory, a geological conveyor belt that has given birth to and seen the death of many species of plants and animals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007