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The ghosts of heaven / by Sedgwick, Marcus.;
Four linked stories of discovery and survival begin with a Paleolithic-era girl who makes the first written signs, continue with Anna, who people call a witch, then a mad twentieth-century poet who watches the ocean knowing the horrors it hides, and concluding with an astronaut on the first spaceship from Earth sent to colonize another world.
Subjects: Short stories.; Space and time;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Curious George / by Rey, H. A.(Hans Augusto),1898-1977.;
In this, the original book about the curious monkey, George is taken from the jungle by the man in the yellow hat to live in a new home, but - oh, what happened! Though trying to be good, George is still very curious and takes a swim in the ocean, escapes from jail, and goes for a flying ride on a bunch of balloons.
Subjects: Picture books.; Curious George (Fictitious character); Monkeys;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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No journey too far : a novel / by Turansky, Carrie,author.;
"A family separated, a missing sweetheart, a hidden trunk, and a journey across the ocean all in the name of love--the epic saga of the McAlisters continues in the riveting sequel to No Ocean Too Wide . In 1909, Grace McAlister set sail for Canada as one of the thousands of British Home Children taken from their families and their homeland. Though she is fortunate enough to be adopted by wealthy parents, the secrets of her past are kept hidden for ten years until someone from her long-buried childhood arrives on her doorstep. With this new connection to her birth family, will she be brave enough to leave her sheltered life in Toronto and uncover the truth? After enduring hardship as an indentured British Home Child, Garth McAlister left Canada to serve in World War I. His sweetheart, Emma Lafferty, promised to wait for his return, but after three long years apart, her letters suddenly stopped. When Garth arrives home from the war to unexpected news, he is determined to return to Canada once more on a daunting mission to find the two women he refuses to abandon--his long-lost sister and his mysteriously missing sweetheart."--
Subjects: Religious fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; British; Brothers and sisters; Forced migration; Home children (Canadian immigrants); Betrothal; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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47 meters down. [videorecording] / by Foxx, Corinne,actor.; Harris, James,1982-film producer.; Lane, Mark(Motion picture producer),film producer.; Nélisse, Sophie,actor.; Riera, Ernest,screenwriter.; Roberts, Johannes,screenwriter,film director.; Stallone, Sistine,actor.; Tju, Brianne,actor.; Dimension Films (1990- ),production company.; Fyzz Facility (Firm),production company.; Videoville Showtime,publisher.;
Sophie Nélisse, Corine Foxx, Biranne Tju, Sistine Stallone, Davi Santos.Four teen girls diving in a ruined underwater city quickly find themselves in a watery hell as their fun outing turns into heart-stopping fear when they learn they are not alone in the submerged caves. As they swim deeper into the claustrophobic labyrinth of caves they enter the territory of the deadliest shark species in the ocean.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13; for creature related violence and terror, some bloody images and brief rude gestures.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Horror films.; Feature films.; Marine caves; Deep diving; Sharks; Shark attacks; Survival; Teenage girls;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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To speak for the trees : my life's journey from ancient Celtic wisdom to a healing vision of the forest / by Beresford-Kroeger, Diana,1944-author.;
"Canadian botanist, biochemist and visionary Diana Beresford-Kroeger's startling insights into the hidden life of trees have already sparked a quiet revolution in how we understand our relationship to forests. Now, in a captivating account of how her life led her to these illuminating and crucial ideas, she shows us how forests can not only heal us but save the planet. When Diana Beresford-Kroeger-- whose father was a member of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy and whose mother was an O'Donoghue, one of the stronghold families who carried on the ancient Celtic traditions-- was orphaned as a child, she could have been sent to the Magdalene Laundries. Instead, the O'Donoghue elders, most of them scholars and freehold farmers in the Lisheens valley in County Cork, took her under their wing. Diana became the last ward under the Brehon Law. Over the course of three summers, she was taught the ways of the Celtic triad of mind, body and soul. This included the philosophy of healing, the laws of the trees, Brehon wisdom and the Ogham alphabet, all of it rooted in a vision of nature that saw trees and forests as fundamental to human survival and spirituality. Already a precociously gifted scholar, Diana found that her grounding in the ancient ways led her to fresh scientific concepts. Out of that huge and holistic vision have come the observations that put her at the forefront of her field: the discovery of mother trees at the heart of a forest; the fact that trees are a living library, have a chemical language and communicate in a quantum world; the major idea that trees heal living creatures through the aerosols they release and that they carry a great wealth of natural antibiotics and other healing substances; and, perhaps most significantly, that planting trees can actively regulate the atmosphere and the oceans, and even stabilize our climate. This book is not only the story of a remarkable scientist and her ideas, it harvests all of her powerful knowledge about why trees matter, and why trees are a viable, achievable solution to climate change. Diana eloquently shows us that if we can understand the intricate ways in which the health and welfare of every living creature is connected to the global forest, and strengthen those connections, we will still have time to mend the self-destructive ways that are leading to drastic fires, droughts and floods."--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Beresford-Kroeger, Diana, 1944-; Botanists; Biochemists; Celts; Forest ecology.; Forests and forestry; Trees; Trees;
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Eco-pirate [videorecording] : the story of Paul Watson / by Dolman, Trish.; Moore, Patrick.; Weyler, Rex,1947-; Entertainment One (Firm); Telefilm Canada.;
Edited by Brendan Woollard ; music by Micahel Brook.Paul Watson, Patrick Moore, Rex Weyler.Filmmaker Trish Dolman tells the incredible true life story of controversial marine activist Paul Watson, who patrols the icy waters of Antarctica's Southern Ocean on a mission to stop Japanese whalers and other lawless poachers. A devoted member of Greenpeace in the early days of the organization, Watson went on to fight the slaughter of baby harp seals in Canada as the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Though his aggressive tactics made Watson more than his fair share of enemies, he never backed down in his fight to protect the creatures of the ocean. In addition to hearing Watson's story in his own words, we also hear from his many supporters and detractors.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Watson, Paul, 1950-; Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.; Animal rights activists; Biographical films.; Conservationists; Documentary films.; Whales; Whaling; Wildlife conservation.; Wildlife films.;
© c2011., Entertainment One,
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Misunderstood Shark : friends don't eat friends! / by Dyckman, Ame.; Magoon, Scott.;
Bob, host of Underwater World with Bob, is furious with Shark, not only because Shark ate him (admittedly bad manners), but because Shark will not even admit what he did; the ocean may not be big enough for both of them--unless Shark faces up to his bad behavior, stops sulking (and eating the animals on the program, and maybe barfing up his stomach) and apologizes. LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Sharks; Marine animals; Nature television programs;
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The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder / by Grann, David,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as "the prize of all the oceans," it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing 2500 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes. But then ... six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they had a very different story to tell. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes--they were mutineers. The first group responded with countercharges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous captain and his henchmen. It became clear that while stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-death--for whomever the court found guilty could hang. The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by one of our greatest nonfiction writers. Grann's recreation of the hidden world on a British warship rivals the work of Patrick O'Brian, his portrayal of the castaways' desperate straits stands up to the classics of survival writing such as The Endurance, and his account of the court martial has the savvy of a Scott Turow thriller. As always with Grann's work, the incredible twists of the narrative hold the reader spellbound. Most powerfully, he unearths the deeper meaning of the events, showing that it was not only the Wager's captain and crew who were on trial--it was the very idea of empire"--
Subjects: Wager (Ship); Mutiny; Shipwreck victims; Shipwreck victims; Shipwrecks;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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An earth-bot's solution to plastic pollution / by Ayto, Russell.;
Plastic pollution is a big problem in Neo's room, and Grandpa wants him to clean up, but Neo is having too much fun playing video games, saving his planet from aliens. When a seal, a penguin, and a turtle ask Neo to help them clean up the plastic pollution in the ocean, Neo realizes that he can help to save the planet for real, by using less plastic.LSC
Subjects: Plastic marine debris; Plastics; Waste minimization; Orderliness;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Good night octopus / by Gamble, Adam.; Jasper, Mark.; Stevenson, Harvey.;
Welcome to the kingdom of the octopus. Young marine biologists will thrill to put on their scuba gear for a close encounter with one the ocean's most unique creatures. This charming board book features fun and educational topics including habitat, intelligence, arms and suction cups, prey, laying eggs, squirting ink, having three hearts and blue blood, different species, and more.
Subjects: Board books.; Octopuses;
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