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Size : how it explains the world / by Smil, Vaclav,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."To answer the most important questions of our age, we must understand size. Neither bacteria nor empires are immune to its laws. Measuring it is challenging, especially where complex systems like economies are concerned, yet mastering it offers rich rewards: the rise of the West, for example, was a direct result of ever more accurate and standardized measurements. Using the interdisciplinary approach that has won him a wide readership, Smil draws upon history, earth science, psychology, art, and more to offer fresh insight into some of our biggest challenges, including income inequality, the spread of infectious disease, and the uneven impacts of climate change. Size explains the regularities--and peculiarities--of the key processes shaping life (from microbes to whales), the Earth (from asteroids to volcanic eruptions), technical advances (from architecture to transportation), and societies and economies (from cities to wages). This book about the big and the small, and the relationship between them, answers the big and small questions of human existence: What makes a human society too big? What about a human being? Which alternative energy sources have the best chance of scaling and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels? Why do tall people make more money? What makes a face beautiful? How about a cathedral? How can changing the size of your plates help you lose weight? The latest masterwork of "an ambitious and astonishing polymath who swings for fences" (Wired) Size is a mind-bending journey that turns the modern world on its head."--
Subjects: Size perception.; Stature.;
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Strawberry Shortcake : lost and found / by Jacobs, Lana.;
Reading level : 2
Subjects: Pets;
© c2012., Penguin,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Danger and other unknown risks [graphic novel] / by North, Ryan,1980-author.; Henderson, Erica,author,illustrator.;
Follows Marguerite de Pruitt and her canine pal, Daisy, as they embark on a journey to save the world.Ages 12 and up.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Humorous comics.; Adventure and adventurers; Dogs; Magic;
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Tacky's Christmas / by Lester, Helen.; Munsinger, Lynn.;
Goodly, Lovely, Angel, Neatly, Perfect, and Tacky are having a wonderful Christmas, complete with an unusual tree, when Tacky's odd behavior saves them from a group of hunters.LSC
Subjects: Christmas stories.; Tacky (Fictitious character : Lester); Penguins; Individuality; Christmas trees; Christmas music; Christmas;
© 2010., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
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No rules tonight [graphic novel] / by Kim, Hyun Sook,author.; Estrada, Ryan,1980-author,illustrator.;
Set in dictatorial South Korea in 1984, a group of teens experience a taste of freedom on a winter retreat with no parental supervision.Ages 12 and up.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Political comics.; Social issue comics.; Teenagers; Camps; Freedom; Friendship; Nineteen eighties; School camps; Totalitarianism;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Tellington Ttouch : caring for animals with heart and hands / by Tellington-Jones, Linda.; Taylor, Sybil.;
LSC
Subjects: Pets; Animal training.; Human-animal communication.; Pets; Pets.;
© 2008, c1992., Penguin,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dan in Green Gables [graphic novel] : a modern reimagining of Anne of Green Gables / by Terciero, Rey,author.; Aguirre, Claudia,illustrator.; Prescott, Lor,letterer.;
Abandoned to live with his grandparents in rural Tennessee, fifteen-year-old Dan adjusts to working on the farm, starting high school, and being queer in a conservative community.Ages 12 and up.
Subjects: Domestic comics.; Gay comics.; Graphic novels.; Queer comics.; School comics.; Bullying in schools; Country life; Farm life; Friendship; Gay high school students; Gay teenagers; Grandparent and child; High schools; Rural conditions; Sexual minorities;
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The son of the house / by Onyemelukwe-Onuobia, Cheluchi,1978-author.; Cleveland, Karen,author.;
"Celebrating the resilience of women as they navigate and transform what remains a man's world. In the city of Enugu in the 1970s, young Nwabulu dreams of becoming a typist as she endures her employers' endless chores. Although a housemaid since the age of ten, she is tall and beautiful and in love with a rich man's son. Educated and privileged, Julie is a modern woman. Living on her own, she is happy to collect the gold jewellery love-struck Eugene brings her, but has no intention of becoming his second wife. When dramatic events straight out of a movie force Nwabulu and Julie into a dank room years later, the two women relate the stories of their lives as they await their fate. Pulsing with vitality and intense human drama, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia's debut is set against four decades of vibrant Nigeria, and celebrates the resilience of women as they navigate and transform what remains a man's world."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Abused women; Kidnapping; Social classes; Women;
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Strawberry Shortcake : school friends / by Edelman, Lana; MJ Illustrations;
Reading level : 2
Subjects: Schools; Friendship;
© c2012., Penguin,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Where to hide a star / by Jeffers, Oliver.;
Once there was a boy who would often play hide-and-seek with his friends the star and the penguin. The star was always easy to find, but one day it went missing. So, the boy radioed the Martian for help and soon found himself on an exciting spaceship rescue mission to the North Pole! But there, he discovered that he wasn't the only one who had always dreamed of having a star as a friend... The out-of-this-world, long-awaited sequel to the much-loved Boy stories, loved all around the world - now introducing a brand-new character!
Subjects: Picture books.; Boys; Penguins; Stars; Extraterrestrial beings; Friendship;
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