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Astrophysics for people in a hurry / by Tyson, Neil deGrasse,author.;
"The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist. What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson. But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in tasty chapters consumable anytime and anywhere in your busy day. While you wait for your morning coffee to brew, for the bus, the train, or a plane to arrive, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry will reveal just what you need to be fluent and ready for the next cosmic headlines: from the Big Bang to black holes, from quarks to quantum mechanics, and from the search for planets to the search for life in the universe"--
Subjects: Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Space and time.;
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A funny little bird / by Yerkes, Jennifer.;
A lonely, invisible bird adorns himself with brightly-colored feathers and flowers hoping to attract friends, but after catching the eye of a fox he runs so fast he loses his treasures and learns a lesson about friendship."Ages 4 and up"--P. [2] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Birds; Attention-seeking; Loneliness;
© c2013., Sourcebooks Jabberwocky,
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Father Brown. [videorecording] / by Blakley, Claudie,1974-actor.; Burton, John,1967-actor.; Carroll, Nancy,1974-actor.; Chambers, Tom,1977-actor.; Chesterton, G. K.(Gilbert Keith),1874-1936,creator.; Flowerday, Rachel(Screenwriter),creator.; Guner, Tahsin,1972-creator,screenwriter.; Maidens, John,television director.; Martinwood, Ruby-May,actor.; Williams, Mark,1959-actor.; BBC Studios,production company,publisher.;
Mark Williams, Sorcha Cusack, John Burton, Claudie Blakley, Tom Chambers, Ruby-May Martinwood, Nancy Carroll.Father Brown returns for a 12th series, derived from the classic short stories of G.K. Chesterton. One of the most quirky, genial, and lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction, the kindly cleric, with his large umbrella and numerous brown paper parcels, possesses a sharp intelligence, and limitless knowledge of men's evil. He works using intuition, shaped by his experiences as a priest and confessor.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Brown, Father (Fictitious character); Catholic Church; Criminal behavior; Criminal investigation;
For private home use only.
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Fair play : a game-changing solution for when you have too much to do (and more life to live) / by Rodsky, Eve,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A revolutionary, real-world solution to the problem of unpaid, invisible work that women have shouldered for too long--from a woman tapped by Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine as the expert on this topic for a new generation of women"--
Subjects: Child rearing.; Dual-career families.; Housekeeping.; Work and family.; Working mothers.;
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Night drive [graphic novel] / by Sala, Richard,author,illustrator.; Andra, Dana Marie,contributor.; Burbey, Mark,author.; Clowes, Daniel,writer of afterword.;
"Richard Sala's rare, long out-of-print self-published comic took him to the pages of Raw and from there to MTV, where the creation of "Invisible Hands" for MTV's Liquid Television secured him a place among our finest creators of idiosyncratic comics and art"--
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Parapsychology;
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As you were : a memoir / by Tromblay, David,author.;
"A coming-of-age tale--told from inside the shockwaves set off by the Indian boarding schools, exacerbated by a decade and a half spent inside the Armed Forces--exposing a series of inescapable prisons and invisible scars of attempted erasure."--Back cover.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Tromblay, David.; Indigenous men; Ojibwe;
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Dead Wednesday / by Spinelli, Jerry.;
When the school assigns each eighth-grader the name of a teenager who died in the past year as a lesson in mortality, Worm Tarnauer, who thrives on being invisible, doesn't count on Becca Finch, the seventeen-year-old car crash victim who changes everything.LSC
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Teenagers; Death; Mortality; Schools; Self-actualization (Psychology);
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Lila Greer, teacher of the year / by Beaty, Andrea.; Roberts, David,1970-;
When Lila, a worrier, moves to a new town, the what ifs only grow, and she feels alone and invisible until her teacher finds a creative and kind way to make Lila feel welcome and open to new experiences, a lesson that will stay with her long after second grade.
Subjects: Picture books.; Stories in rhyme.; Worry; Anxiety; Teachers; Kindness; Elementary schools; Schools;
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Wartorn 1861-2010 [videorecording] / by Alpert, Jon.; Gandolfini, James.; Kent, Ellen Goosenberg.; Nevins, Sheila.; O'Neill, Matthew.; Attaboy Films.; HBO Documentary Films.; HBO Entertainment (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm);
Editor, Geof Bartz, Adrew Morreale and Jay Sterrenberg.Beginning with the first documented cases from the Civil War, the film examines occurrences of PTSD through two World Wars and Vietnam, as well as more recent cases involving soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The stories are told through soldiers' revealing letters and journals; photographs and combat footage; first-person interviews with veterans of WWII, the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Iraqi Freedom; and interviews with family members of soldiers with PTSD.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Post-traumatic stress disorder.; Veterans; Veterans' families; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; War neuroses.;
© c2011., Home Box Office : Warner Home Video,
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The paw print puzzle / by Vulliamy, Clara.;
When Dot starts hearing strange noises at night she's convinced there must be something spooky afoot. But before they can prove there's a ghost on the loose, Dot and Beans have to follow Ace Detective Fred Fantastic's golden rule: Get Proof. Easier said than done when the suspect appears to be invisible.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Ghost stories.; Child detectives; Dogs; Friendship;
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