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561) See how small
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"One late autumn evening in a Texas town, two strangers walk into an ice cream shop shortly before closing time. They bind up the three teenage girls who are working the counter, set fire to the shop, and disappear. SEE HOW SMALL tells the stories of the survivors--family, witnesses, and suspects--who must endure in the wake of atrocity. Justice remains elusive in their world, human connection tenuous. Hovering above the aftermath of their deaths...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 242
Publisher
Library Of America
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Publisher
Taunton Press
Pub. Date
1989
Language
English
Description
By watching Tom Law you'll learn how to square up and secure an opening window in minutes, set and seal an insulated glass unit in a custom-built frame, shim and plumb a prehung exterior door so it won't sag, size an interior door blank to fit within a site-built frame, make a simple template to align and rout hinge mortises. Learn how to eliminate drafts and to prevent sticking.
Author
Series
U.S. Geological Survey professional paper volume 1806
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This publication summarizes the evolution of the internal plumbing of Kilauea Volcano on the Island of Hawai'i from the first documented eruption in 1790 to the explosive eruption of March 2008 in Halema'uma'u Crater ...
572) The hole
Publisher
Big World Pictures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Two residents of a quickly crumbling building refuse to leave their homes in spite of a virus that has forced the evacuation of the area. As rain pours down relentlessly, a single man is stuck with an unfinished plumbing job and a hole in his floor, resulting in a very odd relationship with the woman who lives below him.
Author
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
History is made not only by kings, queens, presidents, and generals, but equally by inventors and the technological powers they unleash. This course explores the inventions that have changed the world from prehistoric times to the 21st century. Along with recounting famous inventions such as the steam engine, airplane, atomic bomb and computer chip, these lectures explore a number of surprising innovations, including beer, pagodas, indoor plumbing...
576) The war years
Author
Publisher
[Self-published]
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"These are accounts from the FDNY’s War Years by Captain Bob Farrell (Captain, Ladder 31, retired). Ladder 31, along with Engine Company 82, were among the busiest units in the city of New York from the late 1960s through the 1970s. Captain Bob Farrell is the real deal and among the many stalwarts of those 'War Years.' He is the recipient of numerous FDNY medals and awards, including the James Gordon Bennett Medal, the highest medal given out by...
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Like the bestselling Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas, this book is a brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas, one that provides a vivid, complex look at the multi-faceted nature of New Orleans, a city replete with contradictions. More than twenty essays assemble a chorus of vibrant voices, including geographers, scholars of sugar and bananas, the city's remarkable musicians, prison activists, environmentalists, Arab and Native voices,...
579) Bambi
Publisher
Disney DVD ; distr. by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Story of a deer, tracing his life from birth through the loss of his mother, to his adulthood and fathering of his own fawns.
Author
Publisher
Bonanza Books
Pub. Date
1984, c1971
Language
English
Description
Bruce Lancaster starts his story with an examination of colonial society and the origins of the quarrel with England. He details the ensuing battles and military campaigns from Lexington and Concord to the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, as well as the tense political and social situation of the new nation. The American Heritage History of the American Revolution details the birth of America with insight and depth.