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Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A kaleidoscopic journey into the world of nature's most tantalizing flower, and the lives it has inspired. The epitome of floral beauty, orchids have long fostered works of art, tales of adventure, and scientific discovery. Tenacious plant hunters have traversed continents to collect rare specimens; naturalists and shoguns have marveled at orchids' seductive architecture; royalty and the smart set have adorned themselves with their allure. In Orchid...
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The native American author describes how he was raised in the ancestral ways of the Sioux during the time when the tribe was in its last days, becoming a successful hunter and warrior before leaving to attend the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books, Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Every year millions of museum visitors marvel at the skeletons of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures discovered by John Bell Hatcher. The life of the "King of Collectors" is every bit as fascinating as the mighty bones and fossils he unearthed. Hatcher helped discover and mount much of the Carnegie Museum's world famous, 150 million-year-old skeleton of Diplodocus, a slender-necked, long-tailed, plant-eater whose skeleton has captivated our...
Author
Series
Duke undone volume 2
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A runaway bride dumps a duke and rewrites her own love story in this enchanting Victorian historical romance. Pretty and pampered, Lavinia Yardley always dreamed of becoming a duchess. But family disgrace forces her into marriage with the most vile duke in England, and she finds herself desperate for a way out. When a rustic stranger mistakes her for globe-trotting botanist Muriel Pendrake at a train station, Lavinia has a split second to decide...
Author
Publisher
Tick Tock
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
What if dinosaurs weren't wiped out 65 million years ago? Could we share Earth with the biggest creatures ever to have breathed? Take an extraordinary journey across oceans, skies and land to find out if dinosaurs could live in our world.
Author
Publisher
Living Ready, an imprint of F+W Media Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Learn. Practice. Prepare. Survive. Survival situations can happen when least expected. The best defense is knowledge and confidence in the skills that will keep you alive- whether it's for a few hours, days or long term. 365 Essential Survival Skills comprises the best knowledge, tips and tricks available in the world today, and each skill is explained in fun, easy-to-learn ways that any student--greenhorn or seasoned--will pick up with a little...
Author
Series
Harley Merlin volume 11
Publisher
Nightlight Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"At least, Finch can't help but feel that way, since Erebus transported him to the Mapmakers' Monastery with little to no instructions. Now, he's stranded on some Greek island until he can learn how to draw maps to places he thought only existed in legends, like El Dorado and Shangri-La. Only the worthiest of magicals can attain such a rare skill. The weak are weeded out through nearly impossible tests that involve mind-bending poisons, weird plants,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Dr. Emeran Mayer, executive director of the Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience at UCLA, offers a cutting-edge view into this developing science, showing us the full impact and complexity of how the brain, but, and microbiome -- the community of microorganisms that lives inside the digestive tract -- communicate with one another... When this communication channel is out of whack, major health problems can crop up in both...
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A volume of nonfiction writings and essays by the National Book Critics Circle finalist draws on twenty-five years of work and includes pieces that reflect on subjects ranging from jazz and the British-dole queue to haute couture and hotel sex.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Rocket into the outer limits with the one and only Dandy! This dreamy space case and his to-die-for pompadour jet across the galaxy in search of aliens no one has ever laid eyes on. Capturing rare species may pay the bills, baby, but Dandy would rather kick back and enjoy the scenery at the nearest Boobies. Joined by his misfit sidekicks - a rundown vacuum cleaner robot called QT and Meow the alien space cat - Dandy boldly goes where no daper don...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The timeless journey of Irwin Allen's Lost In Space follows the heart-racing, cliff-hanging adventures of Prof. John Robinson and his family aboard the Jupiter 2, along with Robot B9 and the delightfully devious Dr. Zachary Smith. This massive seventeen-disc set contains all 83 episodes fully remastered. It's out-of-this-world fun for everyone!
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters, or avoiding predators. On the other hand, human groups have produced ingenious technologies, sophisticated languages, and complex institutions that have permitted us to successfully expand into a vast range of diverse environments. What has enabled us to dominate the...
Author
Publisher
Emons Verlag GmbH
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
San Francisco: the home of hills and valleys, of dreamers and trailblazers, of hippies and hipsters. From the gold rush to the Golden Gate, the City by the Bay has always basked in the glow of its colourful and celebrated history and world-renowned landmarks. But for those who live and love on this compact seven-mile by seven-mile metropolis, San Francisco is a treasure trove of unusual neighbourhood sights and places that sparkle with the allure...
Author
Publisher
Hermes House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Ever since giant fossils were discovered in the western world more than 200 years ago, dinosaurs or "terrible lizards" as they were named, have captured the public imagination. New discoveries and excavations continue to make dinosaurs an endless subject of fascination, and each new find has added or confirmed a different dimension to our understanding of the world of prehistoric creatures. This seminal book brings together every important dinosaur...
80) Food for thought
Series
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The food chain mystery: Follow the flow of energy through the food chain from the sun to producers, consumers, and decomposers. Vivid animations using a linear food chain and an energy pyramid show how energy passes through the food chain. Other concepts include photosynthesis, predator-prey relationships, herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores.
To catch the red fox: Little Scientist helps children develop scientific reasoning by exploring the world...