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Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A vibrant history of the modern conservation movement-told through the lives and ideas of the people who built it. In the late nineteenth century, as humans came to realize that our rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving other animal species to extinction, a movement to protect and conserve them was born. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the movement's history: from early battles to save...
Author
Series
Seekers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three young bears of different species--one black, one polar, and one grizzly--travel on a perilous quest to the Northern Lights, escorting a shape-shifting grizzly cub whose destiny will affect them all.
Author
Series
All souls trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 35
Language
English
Description
Witch and Yale historian Diana Bishop discovers an enchanted manuscript, attracting the attention of 1,500-year-old vampire Matthew Clairmont. The orphaned daughter of two powerful witches, Bishop prefers intellect, but relies on magic when her discovery of a palimpsest documenting the origin of supernatural species releases an assortment of undead who threaten, stalk, and harass her.
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
119 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Join one friendly mutt on a journey to discover the secret origin of dogs, and how genetics and evolution shape species.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last 91 kakapo parrots on earth. Originally this bird numbered in the millions before humans brought predators to the islands. Now on the isolated island refuge, a team of scientists is trying to restore the kakapo population.
Author
Series
Wayfarers volume 3
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hundreds of years ago, the last humans on Earth boarded the Exodus Fleet in search of a new home among the stars. After centuries spent wandering empty space, their descendants were eventually accepted by the well-established species that govern the Milky Way. But that was long ago. Today, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, the birthplace of many, yet a place few outsiders have ever visited. While the Exodans take great pride in their original community...
Author
Publisher
Harrison House
Pub. Date
c1977
Physical Desc
182 p., 119 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 38 cm.
Language
English
Description
Upwards of seven hundred different species and varieties, comprising all that are known to exist on this continent, are represented on the one hundred and nineteen crayon plates, artistically drawn and colored from nature by Theodore Jasper, A.M.M.D., including a letter press devoted to giving a popular account of their habits and characteristics, based on standard authorities, and the most eminent writers on ornithology of the day.
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The American Buffalo delves into over 10,000 years of North American history, exploring the evolution and significance of buffalo to Native American people on the Great Plains and highlighting the near-extinction of the American buffalo, driven by factors such as the buffalo robe trade, westward expansion, diseases, and drought. The second episode follows a diverse group, including Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Goodnight, in their efforts to rescue...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
270 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Is Italian olive oil really Italian, or are we dipping our bread in lamp oil? Why are we masochistically drawn to foods that can hurt us, like hot peppers? Far from being a classic American dish, is apple pie actually . . . English? "As a species, we're hardwired to obsess over food," Matt Siegel explains as he sets out "to uncover the hidden side of everything we put in our mouths." Siegel also probes subjects ranging from the myths--and realities--of...
Author
Series
Stormlight Archive volume 3.5
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Tor Edition.
Physical Desc
293 p.
Language
English
Description
"When a ghost ship is discovered, its crew presumed dead after trying to reach the storm-shrouded island Akinah, Navani Kholin must send an expedition to make sure the island hasn't fallen into enemy hands. Knights Radiant who fly too near find their Stormlight suddenly drained, so the voyage must be by sea. Shipowner Rysn Ftori lost the use of her legs but gained the companionship of Chiri-Chiri, a Stormlight-ingesting winged larkin, a species once...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
English
Description
In this book, the author continues to explore the question of what should we have for dinner? Our food choices today may determine not only our health, but our survival as a species. He brings wide attention to to the little-known but vitally important dimensions of food and agriculture in America and is transforming the way Americans think about the politics, perils, and pleasures of eating.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.
13) Sons of thunder
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Slash and Pecos match wits with the wiliest opponent they've ever had--a wickedly smart woman who can't be caught--in their wildest western adventure yet. . . . It sounds like an easy job: track down the lady friend of notorious outlaw Duke Winter and bring her in for questioning. There's just one problem: Slash and Pecos have never met a woman like Miss Fannie Diamond, a glamorous showgirl who's prettier than a French poodle, slicker than a Dodge...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tired of living on a failing farm and suffering oppressive poverty, bored housewife Dellarobia Turnbow, on the way to meet a potential lover, is detoured by a miraculous event on the Appalachian mountainside that ignites a media and religious firestorm that changes her life forever.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Over the past several decades, globalization has homogenized what we eat, and done so ruthlessly. The numbers are stark: Of the roughly six thousand different plants once consumed by human beings, only nine remain major staples today. Just three of these—rice, wheat, and corn—now provide fifty percent of all our calories. Dig deeper and the trends are more worrisome still:
The source of much of the world’s food—seeds—is mostly in the control...