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A Short History of Nearly Everything : 2.0. by Bryson, Bill.;
'A Short History of Nearly Everything: 2.0' is Bill Bryson's quest to understand everything that has happened in the history of the earth, from the Big Bang theory to the rise of civilization and beyond - revised to reflect the last two decades of scientific advancement.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: HISTORY / World; SCIENCE / Essays;
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Clear : a novel / by Davies, Carys,author.;
"John, an impoverished Scottish minister, has accepted a job evicting the lone remaining occupant of an island north of Scotland--Ivar, who has been living alone for decades, with only the animals and the sea for company. Though his wife, Mary, has serious misgivings about the errand, he decides to go anyway, setting in motion a chain of events that neither he nor Mary could have predicted. Shortly after John reaches the island, he falls down a cliff and is found, unconscious and badly injured, by Ivar who takes him home and tends to his wounds. The two men do not speak a common language, but as John builds a dictionary of Ivar's world, they learn to communicate and, as Ivar sees himself for the first time in decades reflected through the eyes of another person, they build a fragile, unusual connection. Unfolding in the 1840s in the final stages of the infamous Scottish Clearances--which saw whole communities of the rural poor driven off the land in a relentless program of forced evictions--this singular, beautiful, deeply surprising novel explores the differences and connections between us, the way history shapes our deepest convictions, and how the human spirit can survive despite all odds. Moving and unpredictable, sensitive and spellbinding, Clear is a profound and pleasurable read."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Eviction; Hermits; Interpersonal relations; Islands; Rural poor;
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The last cold place : a field season studying penguins in antarctica / by De Gracia, Naira,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Lab Girl meets Why Fish Don't Exist in this brilliant, fascinating memoir about a young scientist's experience studying penguins in Antarctica-a firsthand account of the beauty and brutality of this remote climate, the direct effects of climate change on animals, and the challenges of fieldwork. Naira de Gracia's The Last Cold Place offers a dramatic, captivating window into a once-in-a-lifetime experience: a season living and working in a remote outpost in Antarctica alongside seals, penguins, and a small crew of fellow field workers. In one of the most inhospitable environments in the world (for humans, anyway), Naira follows a generation of chinstrap penguins from their parents' return to shore to build nests from pebbles until the chicks themselves are old enough to head out to sea. In lively and entertaining anecdotes, Naira describes the life cycle of a funny, engaging colony of chinstrap penguins whose food source (krill, or small crustaceans) is powerfully affected by the changing ocean. Weaving together the history of Antarctic exploration with climate science, field observations, and her own personal journey of growth and reflection, The Last Cold Place illuminates the complex place that Antarctica holds in our cultural imagination-and offers a rare glimpse into life on this uninhabited continent"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Personal narratives.; De Gracia, Naira; Biologists; Biology; Climatic changes; Penguins; Scientific expeditions;
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Sea prayer / by Hosseini, Khaled,author.; Williams, Dan,illustrator.;
"The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed responds to the heartbreak of the current refugee crisis with this deeply moving, beautifully illustrated short work of fiction for people of all ages, all over the world. A short, powerful, illustrated book written by beloved novelist Khaled Hosseini in response to the current refugee crisis, Sea Prayer is composed in the form of a letter, from a father to his son, on the eve of their journey. Watching over his sleeping son, the father reflects on the dangerous sea-crossing that lies before them. It is also a vivid portrait of their life in Homs, Syria, before the war, and of that city's swift transformation from a home into a deadly war zone. Impelled to write this story by the haunting image of young Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy whose body washed up on the beach in Turkey in September 2015, Hosseini hopes to pay tribute to the millions of families, like Kurdi's, who have been splintered and forced from home by war and persecution, and he will donate author proceeds from this book to the UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) and The Khaled Hosseini Foundation to help fund lifesaving relief efforts to help refugees around the globe."--
Subjects: Epistolary fiction.; Fathers and sons;
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Foyle's war. [videorecording] / by Green, Jill.; Horowitz, Anthony,1955-; Howell, Anthony,1971-; Kane, David.; Kitchen, Michael,1948-; MacFarlane, Lars.; Orme, Stuart.; Powell, Tristram.; Richards, David.; Weeks, Honeysuckle,1979-; Acorn Media (Firm); Greenlit Productions.;
Disc 1. The Russian house / directed by Stuart Orme and David Richards ; produced by Lars MacFarlane ; executive producer, Jill Green ; written by Anthony Horowitz and David Kane.Disc 2. Killing time / directed by David Richards ; produced by Lars MacFarlane ; executive producer, Jill Green ; written by David Kane.Disc 3. The hide / directed by Stuart Orme ; produced by Lars MacFarlane ; executive producer, Jill Green ; written by Anthony Horowitz.Created by Anthony Horowitz.Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Honeysuckle Weeks.Michael Kitchen plays a veteran detective whose job on the home front in southern England is complicated by WWII raging over Europe.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Detectives; Foyle, Christopher (Fictitious character); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2010., Distributed by Acorn Media,
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Foyle's war. [videorecording] / by Green, Jill.; Horowitz, Anthony,1955-; Howell, Anthony,1971-; Chaplan, Michael.; Langton, Simon.; MacFarlane, Lars.; Orme, Stuart.; Powell, Tristram.; Richards, David.; Weeks, Honeysuckle,1979-; Acorn Media (Firm); Greenlit Productions.;
Disc 1. Plan of attack / directed by Tristram Powell and Simon Langton ; produced by Lars MacFarlane ; executive producer, Jill Green ; written by Anthony Horowitz and Michael Chaplan.Disc 2. Broken souls / directed by Tristram Powell and Simon Langton ; produced by Lars MacFarlane ; executive producer, Jill Green ; written by Anthony Horowitz and Michael Chaplan.Disc 3. All clear / directed by Tristram Powell and Simon Langton ; produced by Lars MacFarlane ; executive producer, Jill Green ; written by Anthony Horowitz and Michael Chaplan.Created by Anthony Horowitz.Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Honeysuckle Weeks.Michael Kitchen plays a veteran detective whose job on the home front in southern England is complicated by WWII raging over Europe.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Detectives; Foyle, Christopher (Fictitious character); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2007., Distributed by Acorn Media,
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Jan at camp / by Samatte, Sandra.; Grafenauer, Julian.;
Vowel sound short a.
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Readers (Publications); Indigenous peoples; Twins; Families;
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Duck and cub / by Samatte, Sandra.; Grafenauer, Julian.;
Vowel sound short u.
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Readers (Publications); Indigenous peoples; Twins; Families;
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Rhett and Jett / by Samatte, Sandra.; Grafenauer, Julian.;
Vowel sound short e.
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Readers (Publications); Indigenous peoples; Twins; Families;
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Tim and Robin / by Samatte, Sandra.; Grafenauer, Julian.;
Vowel sound short i.
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Readers (Publications); Indigenous peoples; Twins; Families;
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