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Author
Publisher
Focus Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages.
Language
English
Description
To address the climate emergency, changes are needed across society. Thankfully, scientists and engineers have already developed most of the solutions needed to mitigate and adapt to the crisis.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
viii, 332 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
We are approaching a critical threshold in the history of our species. Everything is about to change. Soon you will live surrounded by AIs. They will organise your life, operate your business, and run core government services. You will live in a world of DNA printers and quantum computers, engineered pathogens and autonomous weapons, robot assistants and abundant energy. None of us are prepared. As co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind,...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
121 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Humans live longer now than they ever have in their more than three hundred thousand years of existence on earth. And most (if not all) of the advances that have permitted the human lifespan to double have happened in living memory. Extra Life looks at vaccines, seat belts, pesticides, and more, and how each of our scientific advancements have prolonged human life. This book is a deep dive into the sciences--perfect for younger readers who enjoy...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the award-winning, bestselling author of No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, and This Changes Everything, a revelatory analysis of the collapsed meanings, blurred identities, and uncertain realities of the mirror world.Over the past twenty-five years, Naomi Klein has charted and documented our politics and culture with a series of trenchant bestselling books laying bare the effects of branding, austerity, and climate profiteering on our societies and...
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
We are in the midst of a new space race that pairs billionaire space barons with governments in an effort to exploit the cosmos for human gain. While Elon Musk and SpaceX work to establish a human presence on Mars, Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin work toward mining operations on the moon, missions to asteroids to extract resources, and millions of people living in rotating near-Earth satellite dwellings. Despite the differences in their visions, these...
Author
Publisher
Parenting Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xi, 196 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
We have always known that reading aloud is an important way to bond with your baby and develop language skills.
Now neuroscience research is showing us the long-term benefit that reading aloud has for children, all the way into adulthood. Author Rekha S. Rajan was part of current research that shows individuals who were read to more frequently as children had a measurably healthier brain in old age.
This innovative and accessible book incorporates...
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A girl and her dog are back in this follow-up to the bestselling The Most Magnificent Thing. Usually, the girl is an idea machine -- sometimes her brain is so full of ideas that her hands can't keep up. But today feels different. She seems to have everything she needs to get to work ... but she doesn't know what to make! She searches high and low for an idea. She and her dog go for a walk, they brainstorm, they research, they dig through the entire...
9) Trail of the lost: the relentless search to bring home the missing hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
As a park ranger with the National Park Service's law enforcement team, Andrea Lankford led search and rescue missions in some of the most beautiful (and dangerous) landscapes across America, from Yosemite to the Grand Canyon. But though she had the support of the agency, Andrea grew frustrated with the service's bureaucratic idiosyncrasies, and left the force after twelve years. Two decades later, however, she stumbles across a mystery that pulls...
10) Super Soakers
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
""Engaging images accompany information about Super Soakers. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--
Author
Publisher
Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Birds and planes don't always get along. What can we do to help? Enter the world of forensic ornithology in this investigative nonfiction title created with the Smithsonian Institution and the Division of Birds at the National Museum of Natural History. Discover the fascinating work of leading ornithologists-"bird detectives" who use science and technology to solve bird strikes and other bird mysteries. They examine evidence from clues like feathers...
Author
Series
Publisher
The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While scrolling through TikTok or Instagram can simply be an enjoyable way to pass the time, research is finding social media can have serious mental health consequences. Young people likely have firsthand experience with issues such as feelings of missing out (FOMO), social media addiction, and insecurity. This intriguing title tackles these and other concerns social media can cause. It features explainatory text that breaks down problems that
...Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
415 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The bestselling, award-winning author of The Power delivers a dazzling tour de force where a handful of friends plot a daring heist to save the world from the tech giants whose greed threatens life as we know it. When Martha Einkorn fled her father's isolated compound in Oregon, she never expected to find herself working for a powerful social media mogul hell-bent on controlling everything. Now, she's surrounded by mega-rich companies designing private...
Author
Series
The Questioneers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After Rosie Revere's Uncle Ned gets carried away wearing his famous helium pants, Ada and her friends must find a way to get him down before he floats too far away.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Sky gazers experience a total solar eclipse in this descriptive picture book about the wonders of this phenomenon.
What happens during a solar eclipse?
The sun vanishes. Light becomes dark. Day animals sleep and night animals wake. The moon takes over the sky. People stop what they're doing and together, they look up.
The whole world changes for a few beautiful minutes.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
352 pages : 8 pages of photographs; 65 illustrations; 1 map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Documents the efforts of three scientists to observe the rare total solar eclipse of 1878, citing how the ambitions of James Craig Watson, Maria Mitchell, and Thomas Edison helped America's early pursuits as a scientific superpower.