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The stowaway : a young man's extraordinary adventure to Antarctica / by Shapiro, Laurie Gwen,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-223) and index.The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York's Lower East Side who stowed away on the Roaring Twenties' most remarkable feat of science and daring: an expedition to Antarctica. It was 1928: a time of illicit booze, of Gatsby and Babe Ruth, of freewheeling fun... The night before the expedition's flagship launched, Billy Gawronski--a skinny, first generation New York City high schooler desperate to escape a dreary future in the family upholstery business--jumped into the Hudson River and snuck aboard. Could he get away with it? From the grimy streets of New York's Lower East Side to the rowdy dance halls of sultry Francophone Tahiti, all the way to Antarctica's blinding white and deadly freeze, Laurie Gwen Shapiro's The Stowaway takes you on the unforgettable voyage of a gutsy young stowaway who became an international celebrity, a mascot for an up-by-your bootstraps age.
Subjects: Travel writing.; Biographies.; Gawronski, Billy, 1910-1981; Adventure and adventurers; Ocean travel; Stowaways; Teenage boys;
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Life of Pi [videorecording] / by Tabu,1970 Nov. 4-; Belur, Gautam.; Danna, Mychael.; Depardieu, Gérard,1948-; Hussain, Adil.; Khan, Irrfan,1962-; Lee, Ang,1954-; Martel, Yann.Life of Pi.Videorecording.; Sharma, Suraj,1994-; Spall, Rafe,1983-; Tandon, Ayush.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Camera, Claudio Miranda ; editor, Tim Squyres ; production designer, David Gropman ; music, Mychael Danna.Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Rafe Spall, Gérard Depardieu, Gautam Belur, Ayush Tandon.Possessing encyclopedia-like intelligence, unusual zookeeper's son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Martel, Yann.; Bengal tiger; Feature films.; Human-animal relationships; Ocean travel; Orphans; Shipwreck survival; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Zoo animals;
© c2013., Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment,
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The water cycle / by Jakab, Cheryl.;
Earth's natural cycles -- Water -- The water cycle -- Rain -- Rivers and oceans -- Water vapor -- Clouds -- Frozen water -- The balance of nature -- People and water -- Water conservation -- Saving water -- Living with nature.Describes how water moves through the environment in a never-ending cycle and the importance of this cycle on the balance of nature.
Subjects: Hydrologic cycle;
© 2008., Smart Apple Media,
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In ascension / by MacInnes, Martin,author.;
"An astonishing novel about a young microbiologist investigating an unfathomable deep vent in the ocean floor, leading her on a journey that will encompass the full trajectory of the cosmos and the passage of a single human life. Leigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as an escape from her unhappy home life and volatile father. Enchanted by the undersea world of her childhood, she excels in marine biology, traveling the globe to study ancient organisms. When a trench is discovered in the Atlantic Ocean, Leigh joins the exploration team, hoping to find evidence of Earth's first life forms--what she instead finds calls into question everything we know about our own beginnings. Her discovery leads Leigh to the Mojave Desert and an ambitious new space agency. Drawn deeper into the agency's work, she learns that the Atlantic trench is only one of several related phenomena from across the world, each piece linking up to suggest a pattern beyond human understanding. Leigh knows that to continue working with the agency will mean leaving behind her declining mother and her younger sister, and faces an impossible choice: to remain with her family, or to embark on a journey across the breadth of the cosmos. Exploring and celebrating the natural world with wonder and reverence, In Ascension is a compassionate, deeply inquisitive epic that reaches outward to confront the greatest questions of existence, looks inward to illuminate the smallest details of the human heart, and shows how--no matter how far away we might be and how much we have lost hope--we will always attempt to return to the people and places we call home"--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Novels.; Discoveries in science; Evolution (Biology); Life on other planets; Marine biologists; Women scientists;
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Tonight on the Titanic / by Osborne, Mary Pope.; Murdocca, Sal.;
The magic tree house transports Jack and Annie to the deck of the Titanic to find a mysterious gift that will free a small dog from a magic spell."RL: 2.2, 006-009"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Jack (Fictitious character from Osborne); Annie (Fictitious character from Osborne); Titanic (Steamship); Shipwrecks; Shipwreck survival; Time travel; Magic;
© c1999., Random House,
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The crayons love our planet / by Daywalt, Drew.; Jeffers, Oliver.;
The hilarious Crayons are back in this celebration of our planet and their contributions to it - white ice caps, green trees, blue oceans and skies, brown soil and even wheat!
Subjects: Picture books.; Color; Crayons; Environmentalism;
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Summer fun with Molang [videorecording] / by NCircle Entertainment,distributor.;
Summer is here! Molang and Piu Piu are ready to make the most of it. From deep-sea diving and discovering underwater wonders, to meeting new friends and travelling in an RV, our two friends will live a summer bursting with fun, surprises and friendship.G.DVD.
Subjects: Children's television programs.; Animated television programs.; Chicks; Friendship; Rabbits; Summer;
For private home use only.
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Sponges / by Sexton, Colleen A.,1967-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 23) and index."Simple text and full color photographs introduce beginning readers to sponges."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Sponges;
© 2010., Bellwether Media,
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Clive Cussler Desolation code [text (large print)] : a novel / by Brown, Graham,1969-author.; Cussler, Clive,creator.;
"When Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala investigate a mass stranding of aquatic life in the Indian Ocean, they accidentally uncover a much deeper mystery. A strange figure soon steals NUMA's findings, forcing a high-speed chase-someone really didn't want them examining those dead whales. But who, and why? A cryptic text through the NUMA satellite network makes things still stranger: these odd phrases and numbers look like NUMA codes. But who could be tantalizing the crew with such specific knowledge of their tech? Are they being helped by an old friend, or lured into a trap by a traitor who knows a little too much about NUMA's inner workings? Kurt, Joe, and even Max, the agency's supercomputer, will have to investigate like never before as they decrypt data, infiltrate a cult of cloned men, and prepare for a battle on two very different planes: one physical; one digital. The aquatic stranding was just the beginning of a sinister plan concocted by a mind more brilliant than any they've ever faced-the mind of a machine. A new, terrifying world order is being plotted. First marine ecosystems will be devastated, then the entire globe's ... Unless the NUMA crew can stop this code of desolation"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Austin, Kurt (Fictitious character); National Underwater and Marine Agency; Artificial intelligence; Environmental disasters; Marine ecology; Whales;
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The border : a journey around Russia : through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, and the Northeast Passage / by Fatland, Erika,1983-author.; Dickson, Kari,translator.; translation of:Fatland, Erika,1983-Grensen.English.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Imperial, communist or autocratic, Russia has been--and remains--a towering and intimidating neighbour. Whether it is North Korea in the Far East through the former Soviet republics in Asia and the Caucasus, or countries on the Caspian Ocean and the Black Sea. What would it be like to traverse the entirety of the Russian periphery to examine its effects on those closest to her? An astute and brilliant combination of lyric travel writing and modern history, The Border is a book about Russia without its author ever entering Russia itself. Fatland gets to the heart of what it has meant to be the neighbour of that mighty, expanding empire throughout history. As we follow Fatland on her journey, we experience the colourful, exciting, tragic and often unbelievable histories of these bordering nations along with their cultures, their people, their landscapes. Sharply observed and wholly absorbing, The Border is a surprising new way to understand a broad part our world.
Subjects: Travel writing.; Fatland, Erika, 1983-;
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