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Lena the chicken : (but really a dinosaur!) / by Bailey, Linda,1948-; Steele, K-Fai.;
Lena lives in a chicken coop, and she looks a lot like a chicken. But deep down, she's convinced that she's a . . . DINOSAUR! She can feel it in her bones. Lena just doesn't understand the scaredy chickens in her family, and they don't understand her either, with her ferociousness and big ideas. The people on the farm are also baffled . . . except for little Madeline, who thinks Lena has PERSONALITY. And then, when a dastardly weasel turns up and threatens the coop, Lena's fearful family chickens out AGAIN. It's up to Lena to unleash her inner dinosaur like never before -- to save the coop and show this silly bunch of chickens how to stand up for themselves. And when Madeline's science fair project shows that chickens are the closest living relatives in the world to dinosaurs, Lena's family finally starts to see that -- holy hen house! -- they are all dinosaurs too!
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Picture books.; Chickens; Dinosaurs; Families; Friendship; Personality;
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Requiem for a River. by Patierno, Mary,film director.; Video Project (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Video Project in 2023.REQUIEM FOR A RIVER explores the New Mexico stretch of the Rio Grande — an iconic but endangered American waterway — in a time of climate crisis and calls for environmental justice. Through lyrical imagery and in-depth interviews with a diverse range of residents — Native, Latinx, Indo-Hispanics and Anglo — the film reveals the once-mighty river's role as a lifeline in the desert and asks whether the keys to a more sustainable, equitable future lie in New Mexico's pre-American past.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Science.; Social sciences.; Environmental sciences.; Human rights.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; Health.; Indigenous peoples.; Indians of North America.; Environmentalism.; Latin America.; Sustainability.; Climatic changes.; Environmental health.; Indigenous peoples--Civil rights.; Water.; Southern States.; Hispanic Americans.; New Mexico.;
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District of Second Chances. by Yao, Wynette,film director.; Video Project (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Video Project in 2024.A quest for redemption is unfolding in Washington, D.C. Thanks to the forward-looking Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act, also known as Second Chance legislation, three men who were sentenced to life in prison in their youth and young adulthood have the chance to be released back to their families and communities.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Criminal law.; Human rights.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; Crime.; United States--Politics and government.; Prisons.; Youth.; Washington (D.C.).;
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How to Power a City. by La Rosa, Melanie,film director.; New Day Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by New Day Films in 2024.HOW TO POWER A CITY explores the front lines of the clean energy revolution. From zeitgeist solar adopters to hurricane survival and communities fighting to keep the lights on, HOW TO POWER A CITY showcases a diverse group of people leading the way to our nation’s clean energy future. It is the first clean energy documentary that puts communities at the center and showcases local solutions in the US and Puerto Rico, while also highlighting women and people of color leading renewable energy projects.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Science.; Social sciences.; Environmental sciences.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Sustainability.; Communities.; Climatic changes.; Natural resources--Management.; Natural disasters.; Energy.; Renewable energy sources.; Electricity.;
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In Search of Resolution. by E., Robert,film director.; Video Project (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Video Project in 2023.Explores the continuing drama of nuclear weapons, and details the workings of the Non Proliferation Treaty Review Conference held at the UN in 2022 against the backdrop of the conflict in Ukraine, offering a rare and unique insight into the diplomatic underpinnings of de-nuclearization. The thoughts and ideas presented in this documentary are meant to stir audiences so as to understand the immense challenges humanity faces in the 21st century in the face of nuclear war.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; History, Military.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; History.;
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The Click Trap. by Porta, Peter,film director.; Video Project (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Video Project in 2024.Omnipresent in our daily experience, digital advertising has ballooned into a half-trillion dollar segment of the modern economy. THE CLICK TRAP reveals how the digital advertising industry, monopolized by only a handful of big tech and social media companies, is leading to catastrophic material harm, both on and offline.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Mass media.; Digital communications.; Business.; Science.; Economic development.; Marketing.; Computer science.; Documentary films.; Mass media and culture.; Current affairs.; Globalization.; Advertising.; Social media.; Capitalism.; Internet.; Privacy, Right of.; Computers.; Disinformation.;
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After Work. by Gandini, Erik,film director.; Chomsky, Noam,actor.; Video Project (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Noam ChomskyOriginally produced by Video Project in 2023.AFTER WORK is a global survey of contemporary trends in labor and leisure, contemplating the benefits and challenges of a potential "post-labor" society brought about by automation.Does work instill us with purpose, or inhibit us from living the lives we want? Will we be able to free ourselves from the belief that work is the centerpiece of our existence, or will we continue to work for the sake of working? And if we do stop, will we find renewed purpose, or succumb to a state of over-leisure?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Business.; Science.; Economic development.; Computer science.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; Technological innovations.; Globalization.; Labor.; Capitalism.; Work environment.;
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Spacebusters : race to the Moon / by Wilkinson, Philip,1955-;
"Young children can harness their reading superpowers as they blast off into space along with Apollo 11, to learn about the astronauts, the spacecraft, the science and the very first Moon walk"--
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Project Apollo (U.S.); Apollo 11 (Spacecraft); Space flight to the moon;
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The premonition : a pandemic story / by Lewis, Michael(Michael M.),author.;
"For those who could read between the lines, the censored news out of China was terrifying. But the president insisted there was nothing to worry about. Fortunately, we are still a nation of skeptics. Fortunately, there are those among us who study pandemics and are willing to look unflinchingly at worst-case scenarios. Michael Lewis's taut and brilliant nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against the wall of ignorance that was the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of COVID-19. The characters you will meet in these pages are as fascinating as they are unexpected. A thirteen-year-old girl's science project on transmission of an airborne pathogen develops into a very grown-up model of disease control. A local public-health officer uses her worm's-eye view to see what the CDC misses, and reveals great truths about American society. A secret team of dissenting doctors, nicknamed the Wolverines, has everything necessary to fight the pandemic: brilliant backgrounds, world-class labs, prior experience with the pandemic scares of bird flu and swine flu ... everything, that is, except official permission to implement their work. Michael Lewis is not shy about calling these people heroes for their refusal to follow directives that they know to be based on misinformation and bad science. Even the internet, as crucial as it is to their exchange of ideas, poses a risk to them. They never know for sure who else might be listening in"--
Subjects: COVID-19 (Disease); COVID-19 (Disease); Coronavirus infections;
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Brief answers to the big questions / by Hawking, Stephen,1942-2018,author.;
Stephen Hawking was recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration after defying his ALS diagnosis at age twenty-one. He is known for both his breakthroughs in theoretical physics as well as his ability to make complex concepts accessible for all, and was beloved for his mischievous sense of humor. At the time of his death, Hawking was working on a final project: a book compiling his answers to the "big" questions that he was so often posed--questions that ranged beyond his academic field. Within these pages, he provides his personal views on our biggest challenges as a human race, and where we, as a planet, are heading next. Each section will be introduced by a leading thinker offering his or her own insight into Professor Hawking's contribution to our understanding.
Subjects: Science; Philosophy and science.; Inquiry (Theory of knowledge);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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