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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
32, 32 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Explores what it means to belong in Mexico and in America, and doing what it takes to survive and thrive. Born in the US, Daniel's family moves back to Mexico when he is 9 years old. Despite looking like his peers, Daniel struggles with being accepted in his new environment. Daniel's story is presented in both English and Spanish, the two languages of Daniel's youth"--OCLC.
21162) Engineering Eden: the true story of a violent death, a trial, and the fight over controlling nature
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
x, 370 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The fascinating story of a trial that opened a window onto the century-long battle to control nature in the national parks. When twenty-five-year-old Harry Walker was killed by a bear in Yellowstone Park in 1972, the civil trial prompted by his death became a proxy for bigger questions about American wilderness management that had been boiling for a century. At immediate issue was whether the Park Service should have done more to keep bears away...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xi, 57 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 color map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Powerful and haunting, this depiction, detailed with full-color artwork, names those who were lynched and tortured in late May 1918 in Valdosta, Georgia, including one black woman, Mary Turner, who was eight months pregnant at the time.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The game: Three bored millionaires gather nine people at an old mansion to play "The Game"...if they can meet and conquer their fears then they'll receive a million dollars in cash. But all is not as it seems.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (56 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Language
English
Description
Monster a go-go: American astronaut Frank Douglas returns to Earth as a ten-foot-tall radioactive humanoid monster.
Author
Series
Magnificent Ms. Marvel volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Between her space adventure, her complicated feelings for Bruno and a looming family tragedy, Ms. Marvel really needs a break. Zoe and Nakia decide to get Kamala out of town for a while - but their chill road trip is about to be derailed ... by literal corporate zombies."--Provided by publisher
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
viii, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations., portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
London, 1858. Noteworthy for its broiling summer months and the related stench of the sewage-filled Thames River, the year is otherwise little remembered. Ashton reveals that thanks to significant, if unrecognized, turning points the months from May to August turned out to be a summer of consequence. She mines Victorian letters and gossip, diaries, court records, newspapers, and other contemporary sources to uncover historically crucial moments in...
21170) Zero gravity
Author
Series
Astronaut Academy volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
185 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Hakata Soy's past won't stay in the past! This former space hero is doing his best to keep his head down at Astronaut Academy. Things aren't going so great, though. The most popular girl in school has it in for him. His best friend won't return his calls. And his new roommate is a complete jock who only cares about Fireball. Hakata just wants to make a fresh start. But how will he find time to study Antigravity Gymnastics and Tactical Randomness...
21171) Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
78 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
From the ashes of the Galactic Empire a new order has arisen and the shadow of the dark side is once again falling over the universe. Only a few, led by Leia Organa, are ready to fight. Their only hope is to find Luke Skywalker, the last Jedi, who vanished long ago. But will a new generation of freedom fighters be able to find him?
21172) Olio
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
235 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Part fact, part fiction, Tyehimba Jess's much anticipated second book weaves sonnet, song, and narrative to examine the lives of mostly unrecorded African American performers directly before and after the Civil War up to World War I. Olio is an effort to understand how they met, resisted, complicated, co-opted, and sometimes defeated attempts to minstrelize them, "--Amazon.com.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (304 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This 3 movie, 3 DVD set is sure to please any Robin Williams fans.
Zathura: Danny twists the key of an old science fiction game. The game unleashes a localized meteor shower and wrenches Danny's house into orbit around a distant ringed planet. Besides Danny, his brother Walter and sister Lisa have to go along. Soon a defective robot, a rangy astronaut, and an alien spaceship enter the picture. The only way the kids can return their house to its proper...
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cloud Strife struggles with his past, and decides to live a solitary life, in a peaceful town with orphans. Then one ordinary day, Cloud receives a phone call for a job asking protection from a mysterious man named Kadaj.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
viii, 596 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The untold story of how George H. W. Bush faced a critical turning point of history-- the end of the Cold War-- based on unprecedented access to heretofore classified documents and dozens of interviews with key policymakers"--
"Based on unprecedented access to previously classified documents and dozens of interviews with key policymakers, here is the untold story of how George H. W. Bush faced a critical turning point of history, the end of the...
21178) The island of excess love
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Pen, Hex, Ash, Ez, and Venice are living on hard work, companionship, and dreams in the pink house by the sea until a foreboding ship arrives and all start having strange visions of destruction and violence then, trance-like, they head for the ship and their new battles, with Pen using Virgil's epic Aeneid as her guide.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xiv, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
This book clarifies and makes accessible critical aspects of the art that are currently understood and manifested by only a small number of high-level practitioners. Numerous step-by-step experiments are provided for readers to experience and perfect these critical tai chi aspects. This interdisciplinary book utilizes elementary physics, physiology, anatomy, psychology, and spirituality. It contains detailed analyses and explanations for achieving...
21180) Captain Marvel
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Captain Marvel is joined by Spider-Man and other superheroes to battle evil in all forms--including robots, Frost Giants and Venom.
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