Trethewey, Laura
Summary: "The dramatic and action-packed story of the last mysterious place on earth--the world's seafloor--and the deep-sea divers, ocean mappers, marine biologists, entrepreneurs, and adventurers involved in the historic push to chart it, as well as the opportunities, challenges, and perils this exploration holds now and for the future"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperWave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: Introduces readers to topographic maps and how to use them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 912.01 MAUFurgang, Kathy
Summary: You are planning a huge bike trip, so how can you find out where the mountains and flat lands are? Zoom in on a topographic map to find out. This graphic-heavy and instructive book introduces the reader to the basics of using topographic maps. They are introduced to the way elevations and contours of the land are shown on maps, and how to read the details shown on these maps. A follow-up...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing, LLC 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 912 FURCasey, Susan
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets For all of human history, the deep ocean has been a source of wonder and terror, an unknown realm that evoked a singular, compelling question: What's down there? Unable to answer this for centuries, people believed the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2023
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Summary: A mixed-format picture book biography of STEM pioneer Marie Tharp describes the conventions of the early 20th century that challenged her pursuit of an Earth Sciences degree and her histort-shaping first scientific charting of the Atlantic Ocean floor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 THAKeating, Jess
Summary: From a young age, Marie Tharp loved watching the world. She loved solving problems. And she loved pushing the limits of what girls and women were expected to do and be. In the mid-twentieth century, women were not welcome in the sciences, but Marie was tenacious. She got a job in a laboratory at Cambridge University, New York. But then she faced another barrior: women were not allowed on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB THARP KEABurleigh, Robert.
Summary: Presents the life of the scientist responsible for the first map of the ocean floor, describing her experiences with sexism and her pioneering work which led to the confirmation of the theory of continental drift.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 THAFelt, Hali.
Summary: "Until Marie Tharp's ground-breaking work in the 1950s, the floor of the ocean was a mystery--then, as now, we knew less about the ocean than we did about outer space. In a time when women in the scientific community were routinely dismissed, Marie's work changed our understanding of the earth's geologic evolution. While her partner, Bruce Heezen, went on expeditions to collect soundings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THARP, MARIE FELDeLorme (Firm)
Summary: Shows public lands, including parks, forests, recreation and hunting areas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DeLorme 2006
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 912.774 MICContents: Plat book of Newaygo County, Michigan ([1900]) -- Farm plat book (1955) -- Farm plat book with index to owners (1962) -- Tri-annual atlas & plat book (1965) -- Triennial atlas & plat book (1968, 1971) -- Atlas & plat book (1974, 1977) -- Land atlas & plat book (1980) -- Land atlas and plat book (1982) -- Land atlas, plat book and sportsman's guide (1983, 1986, 1988) -- Land atlas, plat book,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockford Map Publishers 1900
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1 available in Genealogy Atlas Stand, Call number: R GEN 912 PLAT Newaygo 2010-11Summary: As the SSRN Seaview's ongoing mission continues, her crew boldly defends the free world from the enemies of mankind, battling sinister foreign powers, deadly sea creatures, deranged scientists bent on world domination, and the immiment threat of nuclear doomsday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV VOYSummary: The story focuses on the riotous confusion created when a Russian submarine gets stuck on a New England sandbar and the landing crew goes ashore for help-only to be mistaken for an invasion force by the over-imaginative townspeople.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY RUSReed, W. Craig.
Summary: "The world came close to annihilation during the Cold War--a sobering fact known to few besides the warriors engaged in the forty-six-year conflict. In this riveting new history, former U.S. Navy diver and fast-attack submariner W. Craig Reed provides a thrilling narrative of the tense underwater dramas and covert espionage operations that brought the United States and the former U.S.S.R. to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359.93 REESummary: American soldiers try to hold off Japan's invasion of the Philippines; after surrendering to Japan, an American army colonel organizes a Filipino guerrilla force; follows an elite group of soliders trained for anti-guerilla warfare in Vietnam; the crew of an American submarine head to Tokyo Bay to prepare for the Doolittle air raid.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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Summary: The untold story of a covert submarine espionage operation against the Soviet Union during the Cold War, as experienced by the commanding officer of an active submarine. Few individuals outside the intelligence and submarine communities then knew anything about these top-secret missions, now known as the U.S. Navy's "silent service." Cloaking itself in virtual invisibility to avoid detection,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359.93 SASSportsman's Connection (Firm)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sportsman's Connection 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: O Ref 912.77 Northern 2008Sewell, Kenneth (Kenneth R.)
Summary: This book reads like a Tom Clancy novel, but it is all true. Today our greatest fear is that terrorists may someday acquire a nuclear weapon and use it against us. In fact, they have already tried. In 1968 a Soviet submarine sank off Hawaii, hundreds of miles closer to American shores than it should have been. Evidence strongly suggests that the sub sank while attempting to fire a nuclear...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359.93 SEWContents: Plat book of Sanilac County, [1940?] -- Farm plat book, [1959] -- Triennial atlas & plat book, [1969], [1972] -- Atlas & plat book, 1974, 1976 -- Land atlas & plat book, 1978, 1980 -- Land atlas and plat book, 1982, 1984 -- Land atlas, plat book and business directory, 1987 -- Land atlas & plat book, 1992, 1994, 1996 -- Plat & directory book, [2000] -- Land atlas & plat book (2002, 2004, 2007).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockford Map Publishers 1940
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1 available in Genealogy Atlas Stand, Call number: R GEN 912 PLAT Sanilac 2013Contents: Plat book, [1958], [1961], [1967], [1970] -- Atlas & plat book, 1973, 1975 -- Land atlas & plat book, 1978 -- Land atlas and plat book, 1981, [1983], [1986] -- Land atlas, plat book, sportsman's guide, [1989], 1993, 1996 -- plat & directory book, [2000].
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockford Map Publishers 1958
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1 available in Reference Desk, Call number: R DESK 912 LEE 202012 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 912 LEE-1961
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Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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Lance, Rachel
Summary: "A story about a woman scientist's journey to discover a submarine"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 LANBond, Larry.
Summary: Former Naval pilot Jerry Mitchell's new career as a nuclear engineer has been riddled with difficulty. His first mission, aboard the USS Memphis, put him in the crosshairs of a volatile international dispute, but his heroic actions earned him an instant promotion. Now a navigator on the USS Seawolf, one of the U.S. Navy's most capable nuclear attack submarines, Mitchell will find his skills...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BONSummary: The submarine, first introduced to America's fleet in 1900, is today a 300-foot-long, 30-foot-wide vessel filled with some of the world's most sophisticated technology and courageous, skilled, all-volunteer personnel. In each submarine, over 100 crew members work together for months at a time to protect U.S. interests around the world. Written by an outstanding team, United States Submarines...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barnes & Noble Books 2004