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Havana : a subtropical delirium / by Kurlansky, Mark,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Kurlansky, Mark.; Americans;
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Ancient Celts : archeology unlocks the secrets of America's past / by Green, Jen.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 60), Internet addresses and index.An examination of the archaeological techniques and findings that have provided a window into what life was like for the Celts, including social customs, religious practices and more.LSC
Subjects: Celtic antiquities; Celts; Civilization, Celtic; Excavations (Archaeology);
© c2008., National Geographic,
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The march [videorecording] : the story of the greatest march in American history / by Akomfrah, John.; Baez, Joan.; Belafonte, Harry,1927-; Jones, Clarence B.; Mudd, Roger,1928-; Washington, Denzel,1954-; Winfrey, Oprah.; PBS Distribution (Firm); Smoking Dogs Films.;
Producers: Lina Gopaul, David Lawson; director, John Akomfrah.Featuring: Harry Belafonte, Joan Baez, Clarence B. Jones, Roger Mudd, and Oprah Winfrey.Witness the compelling and dramatic story of the 1963 March on Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King gave his stirring "I Have a Dream" speech. This watershed event in the Civil Rights Movement helped change the face of America. Recounts the events when 250,000 people came together to form the largest demonstration the young American democracy had ever seen.E.DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen, stereo.
Subjects: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.; March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.); African Americans; Civil rights demonstrations; Documentary television programs.;
© c2013., PBS Distribution,
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What's the big idea? : inventions that changed life on earth forever / by Becker, Helaine,1961-; Attoe, Steve.;
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Subjects: Inventions; Inventions; Technological innovations; Technology; Technology and civilization;
© c2009., Owlkids Books,
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The golden road : how ancient India transformed the world / by Dalrymple, William,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."For a millennium and a half, India was a confident exporter of its diverse civilization, creating around it a vast empire of ideas. Indian art, religions, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics and mythology blazed a trail across the world, along a Golden Road that stretched from the Red Sea to the Pacific. In The Golden Road, William Dalrymple draws from a lifetime of scholarship to highlight India's oft-forgotten position as the heart of ancient Eurasia. For the first time, he gives a name to this spread of Indian ideas that transformed the world. From the largest Hindu temple in the world at Angkor Wat to the Buddhism of China, from the trade that helped fund the Roman Empire to the creation of the numerals we use today (including zero), India transformed the culture and technology of its ancient world -- and our world today as we know it"--
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Elderflora : a modern history of ancient trees / by Farmer, Jared,1974-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes."The epic story of the planet's oldest trees and the making of the modern world. Humans have always revered long-lived trees. But as historian Jared Farmer reveals in Elderflora, our veneration took a modern turn in the eighteenth century, when naturalists embarked on a quest to locate and precisely date the oldest living things on earth. The new science of tree time prompted travelers to visit ancient specimens and conservationists to protect sacred groves. Exploitation accompanied sanctification, as old-growth forests succumbed to imperial expansion and the industrial revolution. Taking us from Lebanon to New Zealand to California, Farmer surveys the complex history of the world's oldest trees, including voices of Indigenous peoples, religious figures, and contemporary scientists who study elderflora in crisis. In a changing climate, a long future is still possible, Farmer shows, but only if we give care to young things that might grow old."--
Subjects: Civilization, Modern.; Climatic changes.; Dendrochronology.; Forests and forestry.; Human ecology.; Landscape assessment.; Longevity.; Time perception.; Trees.;
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Fraggle Rock. [videorecording] / by Henson, Jim.; Jim Henson Company,publisher.; Vivendi Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Beginnings -- We love you Wembley -- Boober's dream -- Red's club -- Mokey and the minstrels -- Gobo's discovery.The Muppet Performers: Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitemire, Kathryn Mullen, Karen Prell, Richard Hunt, with Gerry Parkes as Doc.Dance your cares away with this collection of 6 episodes highlighting everyone's favorite fun-loving furry creatures - Fraggles! Get to know Gobo, Red, Boober, Wembly and Mokey as they explore outer space, dodge the Gorgs and learn about themselves and the world around them in this silly compilation.G.DVD ; full screen presentation ; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Children's television programs.; Civilization, Subterranean; Friendship; Imaginary places; Puppet television programs.; Video recordings for children.;
For private home use only.
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The story of more : how we got to climate change and where to go from here / by Jahren, Hope,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Hope Jahren is an award-winning geobiologist, a brilliant writer, and one of the seven billion people with whom we share this earth. The Story of More is her impassioned open letter to humanity as we stand at the crossroads of survival and extinction. Jahren celebrates the long history of our enterprising spirit--which has tamed wild crops, cured diseases, and sent us to the moon--but also shows how that spirit has created excesses that are quickly warming our planet to dangerous levels. In short, highly readable chapters, she takes us through the science behind the key inventions--from electric power to large-scale farming and automobiles--that, even as they help us, release untenable amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. She explains the current and projected consequences of greenhouse gases--from superstorms to rising sea levels--and shares the science-based tools that could help us fight back. At once an explainer on the mechanisms of warming and a capsule history of human development, The Story of More illuminates the link between our consumption habits and our endangered earth. It is the essential pocket primer on climate change that will leave an indelible impact on everyone who reads it."--
Subjects: Global warming.; Greenhouse gases; Climatic changes.; Technological innovations.; Consumption (Economics); Civilization, Modern;
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Odessa / by Hill, Jonathan,author,artist.; Hill, Jonathan,illustrator.;
"Eight years ago an earthquake-the Big One-hit along the Cascadia fault line, toppling cities and changing landscapes all up and down the west coast of the United States. Life as we know it changed forever. But for Vietnamese American Virginia Crane, life changed shortly after the earthquake, when her mother left and never came back. Ginny has gotten used to a life without her mother, helping her father take care of her two younger brothers, Wes and Harry. But when a mysterious package arrives for her eighteenth birthday, her life is shaken up yet again. For the first time, Ginny wants something more than to survive. And it might be a selfish desire, but she's determined to find out what happened to her mother-even if it means leaving her family behind."--Ages 13-16.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Vietnamese Americans; Teenage girls; Mothers and daughters; Missing persons; Regression (Civilization);
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Ancient Aztec : archaeology unlocks the secrets of Mexico's past / by Cooke, Tim.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 60), Internet addresses and index.An examination of how ancient treasures help scientists piece together the puzzle of Mexico's past.LSC
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology); Aztecs;
© c2007., National Geographic,
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