Dummer, John.
Summary: We sat and stared balefully at the walnut buffet. A rich customer had complained it was "making strange noises in the night." It was around midnight and we strained our ears to hear, hardly daring to breathe. And there it was—a kind of crunch, crunch, crunching sound.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Summersdale 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Dummer 2012Kummer, Corby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chapters Pub. 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.877 KUMSpiro, Ruth
Summary: "Accurate enough for experts, yet simple enough for baby, this clever board book explores the science of taste."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2020
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Summary: Big, brainy science for the littlest listeners. Baby loves the five senses! Accurate enough for experts, yet simple enough for baby, this clever board book explores the science of sound and hearing. Beautiful, visually stimulating illustrations complement age-appropriate language to encourage baby's sense of wonder. Parents and caregivers may learn a thing or two as well.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc. 2019
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Summary: "Baby discovers the science behind spinning a dreidel on Hanukkah, exploring angular momentum, torque, friction, and gravity"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays, Call number: BOARD SPISpiro, Ruth
Summary: "Acurate enough for experts, yet simple enough for baby, this clever board book explores the careers in science a baby can aspire to: Aerospace Engineer, Astronomer, Chemist, Environmental Scientist, Meteorologist, Software Engineer, Sound Engineer, Structural Engineer, Theoretical Physicist, Zoologist"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2019
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Summary: "Accurate enough for experts, yet simple enough for baby, this clever board book explores the science of smell."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: Authorhouse 2010
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Summary: Accurate enough to satisfy an expert, yet simple enough for baby, this clever board book explores the ups and downs of gravity. When baby drops food from a high chair, why does it fall? Beautiful, visually stimulating illustrations complement age-appropriate language to encourage baby's sense of wonder. Parents and caregivers may learn a thing or two, as well!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2018
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Summary: This fun-filled look at several scientific careers introduces Baby to different science fields and the everyday heroes who work in them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021
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Summary: Explores the science behind the sense of sight, and technical advances that can help people with impaired vision.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2019
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Summary: "A simple, fact-filled introduction for the smallest activists on how to participate in a democracy by making your voice heard and voting"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2020
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Summary: "Accurate enough to satisfy an expert, yet simple enough for baby, this clever board book explores the science of global warming and shows how we can use green energy to help combat climate change."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2018
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Summary: "The next two books in the Baby Loves series tackle the first law of thermodynamics (energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can change forms) and Schrödinger's Cat, the famous thought experiment involving quantum theory (quantum physics states that a particle can exist in multiple places at once). Accurate enough to satisfy an expert and simple enough for the rest of us to comprehend,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: "Our world culture is founded on the belief that consciousness is derived from matter, giving rise to the materialistic assumption that informs almost every aspect of our lives as is the root cause of the suffering within individuals, the conflicts between communities and nations, and the degradation of our environment. The Nature of Consciousness exposes the fallacy of this belief and suggests...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sahaja Publications 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128.2 SPIMichaud-Skog, Summer
Summary: "In the tradition of Workman's Every Body Yoga, we're bringing a proud, plus-sized, body-positive attitude to the world of hiking and outdoor recreation. Summer Michaud-Skog, founder of the Fat Girls Hiking community, offers a book brimming with heartfeltstories, practical advice, personal profiles of FGH community members, and trail reviews. It all serves to spread the Fat Girls Hiking message...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.51 MICAmano, Shiro.
Summary: Stunned by the cryptic words spoken by Namine, Roxas desperately tries to uncover the true connection to his dream-self, Sora.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 KINHommer, Ed.
Summary: Ed Hommer discusses his life as an air pilot and mountaineer, how he and a fellow mountain climber survived for four nights with no supplies after their plane crashed on Mount McKinley, his recovery from the episode, life as an amputee, and recent climb of Mount McKinley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 HOMSommers, Sam.
Summary: An exploration of the unconscious forces that influence life reveals the unrecognized power of context in everyday situations while sharing recommendations for using contextual insights to reshape how one sees the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 SOMSommer, William
Summary: Over the last year, as the Covid-19 pandemic spread worldwide, so too did the pro-Trump cabal known as QAnon. Following internet clues from a mysterious figure named "Q" - who has claimed to be a high-level government insider with a Q-level clearance - Will Sommer explains the genesis of QAnon, his experience covering its members online and in the real world, Q's lies and how they are spread,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2021
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Summary: In this eye-opening and entertaining work of popular science in the spirit of The Mosquito, Entangled Life, and The Book of Eels, a leading behavioural ecologist transforms our understanding of wasps, exploring these much-maligned insects' secret world, their incredible diversity and complex social lives, and revealing how they hold our fragile ecosystem in balance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 595.79 SUMSzpiro, George
Summary: The author takes the general reader on a tour of the mathematical puzzles and paradoxes inherent in voting systems, such as the Alabama Paradox, in which an increase in the number of seats in the Congress could actually lead to a reduced number of representatives for a state, and the Condorcet Paradox, which demonstrates that the winner of elections featuring more than two candidates does not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2010
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Contents: Fit for a king -- What flies know and ants don't -- The forensic engineer -- An Oscar for the best script -- Geometry without Euclid -- From Copenhagen and Hamburg to Black Mountain, North Carolina -- What the conjecture is really all about -- Dead ends and a mysterious disease -- Voyage to higher dimensions -- Inquisition, West Coast style -- Watching things go "pop" -- The cigar surgeon --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2007