Summary: This 2016 follow-up to the 2006 documentary mini-series "Planet Earth" examines the natural features and wildlife found in various parts of the world, each of the six episodes corresponding to a different category of natural or man-made terrain (e.g., island, mountain, jungle, urban area, etc.).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD PLACopies Available at Woodmere
3 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV PLASummary: A stunning 11-part series that captures rare action, impossible locations, and intimate moments with our planet's best-loved, wildest, and most elusive creatures.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corporation 2007
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4 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV PLACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD PLASummary: Completing the Planet Earth trilogy, Planet Earth III explores the greatest habitats on our planet and the extraordinary animals that live in them. Filled with wonder and insight, Planet Earth III celebrates places and animals beyond our imagination. From the depths of the ocean to the most remote jungle, discover the planet's last great wild places and the astonishing strategies animals have...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "From the team behind the multi-award-winning The blue planet comes this epic series celebrating the earth as never before. Embracing the world's incredible landscapes and fascinating wildlife, Planet earth takes the defitive look at the diversity of our planet" (container).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508.22 DVD Planet 2007Summary: A stunning 11-part series that captures rare action, impossible locations, and intimate moments with our planet's best-loved, wildest, and most elusive creatures.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY E-TV PLACanning, Amanda
Summary: Explore the world's most thrilling snow adventures with the latest instalment in Lonely Planet's Epic series. From skiing British Columbia's Coast Mountains to ice-caving in Iceland and splitboarding the mountains of Hokkaido in Japan, this book contains 50 first-person stories plus a further 150 route ideas.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.2 CANRaatma, Lucia.
Summary: Readers will learn about penguin habitats in the Southern Hemisphere, what the birds eat, how they survive, and who watches over the penguin eggs before they hatch.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 598.47 RAACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.47 RAALatta, Sara L.
Summary: Read this book to learn about the history of constellations in different cultures and how astronomers use constellations today.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Dickinson, Terence.
Summary: A reference guide to the stars, galaxies, and planets that are visible in the night sky from North America and the Southern hemisphere. Includes star charts, diagrams, and photographs.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2006
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 520 DICSummary: Today's astronomers use more sophisticated "eyes" than stargazers of centuries past, but peering into the night sky remains the principal way of exploring the depths of space. This program features observatories and instruments that use state-of-the-art technology to provide glimpses of the distant cosmos. Journeying to Chile's Atacama Desert, home of the world's largest telescope, the film...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Schilling, Govert
Summary: "A visual guide to all 88 constellations in our night sky"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal 2019
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 523.8 SCHAbbott, R. Tucker (Robert Tucker)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Longmeadow Press 1993
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 594 ABBGates, S. James (Sylvester James)
Summary: "In 1916, a nearly unknown German-born theoretical physicist named Albert Einstein had developed his theory of relativity, but hadn't yet been able to prove it. The only way to do that was through the clear view and measurement of a solar eclipse. In Mayof 1919, one of the longest total solar eclipses of the 20th century was visible for almost seven minutes in the Southern Hemisphere"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.11 GATSummary: This program surveys some of the 88 official constellations, from Orion, to the North Star, to the little-known 13th zodiac sign.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008