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The quickening : creation and community at the ends of the Earth / by Rush, Elizabeth A.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."An astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change, and motherhood from the author of Rising, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. In 2019, fifty-seven scientists and crew set out onboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer. Their destination: Thwaites Glacier. Their goal: to learn as much as possible about this mysterious place, never before visited by humans, and believed to be both rapidly deteriorating and capable of making a catastrophic impact on global sea-level rise. In The Quickening, Elizabeth Rush documents their voyage, offering the sublime--seeing an iceberg for the first time; the staggering waves of the Drake Passage; the torqued, unfamiliar contours of Thwaites--alongside the workaday moments of this groundbreaking expedition. A ping-pong tournament at sea. Long hours in the lab. All the effort that goes into caring for and protecting human life in a place that is inhospitable to it. Along the way, she takes readers on a personal journey around a more intimate question: What does it mean to bring a child into the world at this time of radical change? What emerges is a new kind of Antarctica story, one preoccupied not with flag planting but with the collective and challenging work of imagining a better future. With understanding the language of a continent where humans have only been present for two centuries. With the contributions and concerns of women, who were largely excluded from voyages until the last few decades, and of crew members of color, whose labor has often gone unrecognized. The Quickening teems with their voices--with the colorful stories and personalities of Rush's shipmates--in a thrilling chorus. Urgent and brave, absorbing and vulnerable, The Quickening is another essential book from Elizabeth Rush."--
Subjects: Climatic changes.; Explorers; Motherhood.; Nature; Women and the environment.;
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What if there were no bees? : a book about the grassland ecosystem / by Slade, Suzanne.; Schwartz, Carol,1954-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 23) and index.LSC
Subjects: Bees; Bees; Pollination by insects; Pollination by insects.; Agricultural ecology; Agricultural ecology;
© c2011., Picture Window Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Toukiden. [electronic resource]. by Sony Computer Entertainment.;
Game.Open world, multi-player hunting action! The next installment of the best demon-slaying game! Fight to save the world from demons through real time battles in a huge open world environment. Experience deep new story lines, arm for battle with new weapons, and defeat newly designed demons.ESRB Content Rating: T, Teen (alcohol reference, blood and gore, mild language, mild suggestive themes, partial nudity, violence).Blu-ray disc compatible with Playstation 4 console ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p ; Playstation Network compatible ; 2-4 player online multiplayer with voice (paid subscription and broadband internet connection required) ; online play optional ; 19 GB storage required ; remote play enabled.
Subjects: Toukiden 2 (Game); Demonology; Computer adventure games; Computer games.; Video games.; Playstation 4 (Video game console);
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Into the weeds [videorecording] / by Baichwal, Jennifer,film director.; Film Movement (Firm),publisher.;
Dewayne "Lee" Johnson.Does the most widely used weed killer in the world cause cancer? Into the Weeds: Dewayne "Lee" Johnson vs. Monsanto Company follows the story of groundskeeper Lee Johnson and his fight for justice against agrichemical giant Monsanto (now Bayer, which bought the company in 2018), the manufacturer of the weed killer, Roundup. In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a branch of the World Health Organization, classified glyphosate - the active ingredient in Roundup as "probably carcinogenic to humans." A year later, Lee Johnson filed a lawsuit claiming that Ranger Pro, a commercial-grade variant of Roundup, was a substantial contributing factor in causing his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Johnsons was the first 'bellwether' case in a mass tort against Monsanto involving tens of thousands of plaintiffs. Blending interviews, trial footage, news coverage, and verite, the film follows the progression of this groundbreaking trial, while also telescoping out to understand both the ubiquity of use and its global repercussions.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 5.1 surround sound, 2.0 stereophonic.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Personal narratives.; Monsanto Chemical Company; Agricultural chemicals industry; Agricultural chemicals industry; Cancer; Glyphosate; Lymphomas; Glyphosate; Herbicides; Herbicides; Trials (Products liability); Tort liability of corporations;
For private home use only.
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The GutSMART protocol : revitalize your health, boost your energy, and lose weight in just 14 days with your personalized gut-healing plan / by Pedre, Vincent,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In The GutSMART Protocol, "America's Gut Doctor" Vincent Pedre, MD, author of Happy Gut, outlines the latest science-based knowledge on the gut, the microbiome, and the way the environment impacts our health, then translates the research into actionable and easy-to-apply advice for how to eat (and more!)"--
Subjects: Diet therapy.; Gastrointestinal system; Inflammation; Weight loss.;
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Compost science for gardeners : simple methods for nutrient rich soil / by Pavlis, Robert,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Compost Science for Gardeners demystifies the full range of composting methods and helps readers determine or select the best technique for their situation. This comprehensive, plain-language, science-based book covers everything from the inputs required to the beneficial impacts on the environment and soil health."--
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Compost tea.; Compost; Compost.; Garden soils.; Gardening; Gardening.; Organic fertilizers.;
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Theodore Boone : the activist / by Grisham, John,author.;
Aspiring lawyer Theodore Boone takes the stand to protect his political and environmental freedoms in the fourth installment of the series.BRO-copy20131003-097/jps-items.
Subjects: Legal stories.; Courts; Political activists; Legal stories.; Courts; Political activists;
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Move : the forces uprooting us / by Khanna, Parag,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In the 60,000 years since people began colonizing the continents, a continuous feature of human civilization has been mobility. History is replete with seismic global events--pandemics and plagues, wars and genocides. Each time, after a great catastrophe, our innate impulse toward physical security compels us to move. The map of humanity isn't settled--not now, not ever. The filled-with-crises 21st century promises to contain the most dangerous and extensive experiment humanity has ever run on itself: As climates change, pandemics arrive, and economies rise and fall, which places will people leave and where will they resettle? Which countries will accept or reject them? How will the billions alive today, and the billions coming, paint the next map of human geography? Until now, the study of human geography and migration has been like a weather forecast. Move delivers an authoritative look at the "climate" of migration, the deep trends that will shape the grand economic and security scenarios of the future. For readers, it will be a chance to identify their location on humanity's next map"--
Subjects: Climatic changes; Emigration and immigration; Human beings; Human geography.; Migration, Internal;
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All the colors we are : the story of how we get our skin color = Todos los colores de nuestra piel : la historia de por qué tenemos diferentes colores de piel / by Kissinger, Katie,1951-; Bohnhoff, Chris.;
Explains, in simple terms, the reasons for skin color, how it is determined by heredity, and how various environmental factors affect it.LSC
Subjects: Skin; Human skin color; Melanins;
© c2014., Redleaf Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Eat a little better : great flavor, good health, better world / by Kass, Sam,1980-author.; Pick, Aubrie,photographer.;
Sam Kass, former chef to the Obamas and White House food policy advisor, makes it easier to do a little better for your diet--and the environment--every day, through smart ways to think about shopping, setting up your kitchen so the healthy stuff comes to hand most naturally, and through delicious, simple recipes.
Subjects: Cookbooks.; Cooking.; Nutrition.; Health.;
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