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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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In 1887, the social-climbing Cranstons voyage from New York to London, where they hope to find a husband for their awkward older daughter, secretly accompanied by Helena and her mouse siblings, for whom the journey is both terrifying and wondrous as they meet an array of titled humans despite their best efforts at remaining hidden.
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike? In Best Hikes Near and nbsp;San Diego and nbsp;authors and nbsp;Alexander and Lynn Goya detail the best hikes within an hour's drive of the greater Houston area perfect for the urban and suburbanite and nbsp;hard-pressed to find great outdoor activities close to home. and nbsp;Each featured hike includes detailed hike specs, a brief hike description, trailhead location, directional...
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Third edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (61 entries) : 134 images
Language
English
Description
This highly acclaimed atlas distills the vast science of climate change, providing a reliable and insightful guide to this rapidly growing field. Since the 2006 publication of the first edition, climate change has climbed even higher up the global agenda. This new edition reflects the latest developments in research and the impact of climate change, and in current efforts to mitigate and adapt to changes in the worlds weather.
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Series
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English
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"Universally acclaimed as the most stunningly gorgeous adventure comic strip of all time, Prince Valiant ran for 35 years under the virtuoso pen of its creator, Hal Foster. (Such was its popularity that today, decades after Foster's death, it continues to run under different hands.) The giant Sunday-funnies pages (Valiant ran only on Sundays) gave Foster a huge canvas upon which he was able to limn epic swordfights, stunning scenes of pomp and pageantry,...
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Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 20 x 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Alice Carver is traveling aboard the incredible Titanic with her mother to make a new home in the United States. Meanwhile, William Alexander III is aboard the ship as part of a vacation with his wealthy family. Explore the many features of the Titanic with these characters as they meet and search for fun aboard the ship, and discover what happened when the Titanic collided with an iceberg and began to sink."--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the crash of the Hindenburg airship in 1937, relaying the history of international airship flight and the events leading to the disaster, and explains what measures have been taken to make airship travel safer.
Publisher
Viz Video
Pub. Date
[2001-2003], ©2000
Edition
Standard format.
Physical Desc
9 DVDs (ca. 675 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
A high school girl, Kagome, travels back in time through a well in the garden and arrives at a time of civil war. She has a mysterious ball which makes evil spirits more powerful. She has to fight the evil spirits that want the ball, joining forces with Inuyasha, a half-man, half-spirit ally.
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
8 DVDs (ca. 1440 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 277 p. ; 20 cm.)
Language
English
Description
Course covers the making of our planet from the Big Bang, to the formation of the solar system, to the subsequent evolution of Earth. Travel to the center of our planet and out again, charting the geologic forces that churn beneath our feet to push the continents and seafloor.
Author
Publisher
Random House Inc
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
181 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"'The Motorcycle Diaries' is Che Guevara's diary of his journey to discover the continent of Latin America while still a medical student, setting out in 1952 on a vintage Norton motorcycle together with his friend Alberto Granado, a biochemist. It captures, arugably as much as any book ever written, the joy of one person's youthful belief in the possibilities of humankind tending toward justice, peace, and happiness. After the release in 2004 of the...
10) Being Ram Dass
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xiv, 409 pages, 64 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Professor Richard Alpert's star fell fast. To the dismay of his wealthy Boston family, he got fired from Harvard over experimental use of psychedelics with his psychology students. In 1967, he traveled to India to lick his wounds and find himself. And he did, at Neem Karoli Baba's ashram, in a direct encounter with unconditional, unlimited divine love. He returned to America as Baba Ram Dass, countercultural activist for expanded human consciousness....
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