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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 42
Lexile measure
1230L
Language
English
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Ishmael narrates the monomaniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on the albino sperm whale Moby Dick, which on a previous voyage destroyed Ahab's ship and severed his leg at the knee.
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Paw enforcement volume 8
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English
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"Police officer Megan Luz and her K-9 partner in crime, Brigit, are on all fours as they try to solve their latest Lone Star mystery. The weather is beautiful, work is slow, and her canine colleague could use a walk. What better day for Megan to take Brigit to the Fort Worth Zoo, where they can let loose and witness the law and order of nature unfold? But what begins as a fun field trip turns serious when a pair of rare hyacinth macaws named Fabiana...
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English
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Reawakening an American Dream reveals the hidden secrets first-time millionaires have used to gain abundance or achieve financial freedom.
Until now, all so called "get rich experts" tout their own style of one-size-fits-all techniques. Their opinions are based on a single idea created through a personal filter, the very subjectivity of which decreases the odds of success for others. The truth is, no single formula for obtaining financial prosperity...
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English
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Perfect for bedtime or naptime, this mindful story is sure to soothe your little one to sleep
Little Sloth doesn't like to be rushed. When the parrots squawk and flap about the jungle, Little Sloth simply hangs out, noticing the wonders of nature unfold...and eventually, his patience is rewarded when he is the only one to witness the most wonderful event of the year! The adorable Baby Animal Tales series features cute photographic animals combined...
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English
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Thermodynamics is a text for graduate and post graduate students. The focus is on macroscopic thermodynamics-discussions of modeling and molecular situations are integrated throughout Underpinning this text is the knowledge that while thermodynamics describes natural phenomena, those descriptions are the products of creative, systematic minds. Nature unfolds without reference to human concepts of energy, entropy, or fugacity. Natural complexity can...
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English
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From climbing trees and making dens, to building sandcastles and pond-dipping, many of the activities we associate with a happy childhood take place outdoors. And yet, the reality for many contemporary children is very different. The studies tell us that we are raising a generation who are so alienated from nature that they can't identify the commonest birds or plants, they don't know where their food comes from, they are shuttled between home, school...
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English
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Magick Teachings: Initiation Into Magical Theories is an occult discussion on the important magical theories that you should know as a magical practitioner. Knowledge is power, and it is most important in the craft of magic to acquire the right knowledge as it will allow you to exercise real and authentic magical power. Many books have been written about magic, and yet most of these books do not have any foundation on the true teachings of the Craft...
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English
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Embark on a captivating journey through the hidden gems and vibrant landscapes of the Balkans with "Discovering Albania: A Comprehensive Travel Guide." This meticulously crafted guidebook is your key to unlocking the secrets of one of Europe's most enchanting destinations, where ancient history meets modern charm.Unveiling the Balkan Gem:Albania, often overlooked but never overshadowed, beckons with a tapestry of diverse experiences waiting to be...
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English
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Embark on an enchanting journey through the heart of Europe with "Discovering Czechia: A Traveler's Guide" by acclaimed author William Jones. Immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of Czechia, a land where history whispers through ancient castles, nature unfolds in breathtaking landscapes, and culture resonates in the melodies of classical music. This meticulously crafted guide is not just a handbook; it's an invitation to explore the soul-stirring...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
159 pages
Language
English
Description
Your Freshman is Off to College offers a handy month-by month guide for parents as the first year of college naturally unfolds. This book, dealing with serious topics, reflects a fun, informative look at the first year for parents of new college students, making “tongue-in-cheek” connections between a child’s first months of life to this newest important stage of development - freshman year. Early Praise for Your Freshman is Off to College “As...
Publisher
Distributed by Maxwell's Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (20 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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"Tells the story of the cycle of nature unfolding in a backyard pumpkin patch... Life in the pumpkin garden is captured across the seasons with time-lapse photography and animations of seeds sprouting, flowers opening, bees buzzing, pumpkins growing, and jack-o-lanterns glowing. You'll never look at pumpkins the same way again"--Container.
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English
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Unfolding Nature: Being in the Implicate Order, is a journey through the scientific and philosophical strands of a realm that transcends our everyday awareness, yet paradoxically gives rise to it at the same time. The implicate order, as a hypothesis, resolves many difficulties: discontinuous movement in the quantum realm; the famous and vexing wave-particle duality; nonlocality as a coherent phenomenon; it gives us a general architecture of matter,...
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English
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Nature's Year in the Kawarthas is an almanac of key events occurring in the natural world over the course of a year in the Kawartha Lakes district – and in cottage country in general. Covering all areas of our flora and fauna as well as weather and the night sky, the book is a month-by-month chronicle of the mileposts of the passing seasons. From the raucous Spring Peeper chorus of April … through the sweet scent of milkweed blossoms in July …...
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English
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Exploring the Living Universe and Intelligent Powers in Nature and Humans, author Edi Bilimoria heralds the new science of consciousness and offers the readers a roadmap and necessary tools to achieve future growth. Presented in three volumes, plus volume IV contains references, resources & further reading, they reveal the unity of the Eastern and Western branches of our perineal wisdom. Bilimoria shows how science seeks truth using a synthesis of...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
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"Natural and man-made disasters have the power to destroy thousands of lives very quickly. Both as they unfold and in the aftermath, these forces of nature astonish the rest of the world with their incredible devastation and magnitude. In this collection of ten well-known catastrophes ... Brenda Guiberson explores the causes and effects, as well as the local and global reverberations of these calamitous events."--barnesandnoble.com
16) Forming Game
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 6 min.) : digital, stereo., sound, color
Language
English
Description
Instructions: Open box. Unfold board. To begin play, place any shape on the board and interact with it with your hands. A series of forms will unfold. They may seem familiar or suggest a hidden order. Try to influence the shapes, or sit back and let them arise naturally. Do not be concerned with winning. Forming Game is played for creative fun. The result of several months of interplay between animation filmmaker Malcolm Sutherland and composer and...
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English
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Debut author Amanda Henke shines a funny, fact-filled, and heartwarming spotlight on one of nature's most overlooked and misunderstood creatures - the loveable (but not-so-huggable) Porcupine! There are no books about the most underrated, majestic forest creature of all time porcupines! But there are loads about bunnies. Can't Porcupine have just this one book to herself? What is it with these attention-seeking, book-hogging carrot crunchers?! So...
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English
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"An air force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the same doomed American chestnut. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies, and is sent back to life by creatures of air and light. A hearing- and speech-impaired scientist discovers that trees are communicating with one another. These four,...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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In the heart of the Antarctic Peninsula there's a unique British post office surrounded by jaw-dropping scenery including 3,000 Gentoo penguins. You will see their four-month drama unfold against the backdrop of their lives primarily, cruise ships with enthusiastic tourists to photograph the penguins, and buy postcards to send to friends and family around the world from the Penguin Post Office.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
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Classic Bradbury, this collection of tales offers images that are as keen as a tattooist's needle and as colorful as the inks that stain the body. Featuring a new Introduction, The Illustrated Man presents 18 startling visions of humankind's destiny, unfolding across a canvas of decorated skin. He was a riot of rockets and fountains and people, in such intricate detail and color that you could bear the voiced murmuring, small and muted, from the...
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