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The mystery of the grinning gargoyle / by Warner, Gertrude Chandler,1890-1979.; VanArsdale, Anthony.;
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Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Boxcar children (Fictitious characters); Brothers and sisters; Orphans; Universities and colleges; Gargoyles;
© 2014., Albert Whitman,
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Rat city : overcrowding and urban derangement in the rodent universes of John B. Calhoun / by Adams, Jon,author.; Ramsden, Edmund,author.;
"How a landmark experiment in rat behavior changed the way we think about cities. In the decades following WWII, the American metropolis was in peril. Modern high rises hastily erected to replace slums became incubators of criminality, while civic unrest erupted across the nation. Enter John B. Calhoun, an ecologist employed by the National Institute of Mental Health to study the effects of overcrowding. Calhoun decided to focus his study on rats. From 1947 to 1977, Calhoun built a series of sprawling habitats in which a rat's every need was met -- except space. As the enclosures became ever more crowded, resident rats began to react to social stress, culminating in the terrifying world of Universe 25: a rodent habitat where escalating social disorder collapsed to violent extinction. Did a similar fate await our own teeming cities? Jon Adams and Edmund Ramsden's Rat City is the first book to tell the story of maverick scientist Calhoun and his now-viral experiments. Following the rats from the baiting pits of Victorian London to the laboratories of NIMH, and Calhoun from rural Tennessee to inner-city Baltimore, Rat City is an enthralling mix of dystopian science and urban history. Social design, housing infrastructure, a burgeoning current of racism in city planning: Calhoun influenced them all, and Rat City connects Calhoun's work to the politics of personal space, the looming threat of global overpopulation, and the eclipsing of environmental psychology by pharmaceutical psychiatry. As the "war on rats" continues to be waged around the world, and our post-pandemic society reevaluates the necessity of urban living, the riveting story of Rat City is more relevant than ever"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Calhoun, John B.; Ethologists; Human beings; Human ecology.; Overpopulation.; Rats; Rats; Urban ecology (Sociology);
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The birth of time : how we measured the age of the universe / by Gribbin, John R.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Cosmology; Cosmochronology.;
© c1999., Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
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The Great Ideas of Philosophy, 2nd Edition. by N., Daniel,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Daniel N. RobinsonOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2004.Apart from trade schools devoted to medicine and law, the university as we know it did not come into being until 12th-century Paris.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Education films.; Social sciences.; Philosophy and religion.; History, Ancient.; Instructional films.;
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Dark matter and the dinosaurs : the astounding interconnectedness of the universe / by Randall, Lisa,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A renowned particle physicist draws on original research into dark matter to illuminate the surprising connections between deep space and life on Earth.
Subjects: Cosmology.; Dark matter (Astronomy);
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What to consider if you're considering college : new rules for education and employment / by Coates, Kenneth,1956-; Morrison, William R.(William Robert),1942-;
Includes Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: High school students; Postsecondary education.; Education, Higher; Education, Higher.; Universities and colleges; High school students;
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Asylum / by Roux, Madeleine,1985-author.;
Three teens at a summer program for gifted students uncover shocking secrets in the sanatorium-turned-dorm where they're staying--secrets that link them all to the asylum's dark past.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Supernatural; Universities and colleges; Mental illness; Haunted places; Psychiatric hospitals; Ability; Mystery and detective stories.;
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Wonders of life : exploring the most extraordinary force in the universe / by Cox, Brian,1968-; Cohen, Andrew,science broadcaster.; Science Channel (Television network);
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Subjects: Life (Biology); Evolution (Biology);
© c2013., HarperCollinsPublishers,
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Loveless / by Oseman, Alice.;
Includes Internet addresses.LSC
Subjects: University of Durham; Asexual people; Teenage girls; College students; Friendship; Identity (Psychology); Self-acceptance;
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Groundskeeping / by Cole, Lee,1990-author.;
"A love story set in the foothills of Appalachia about two very different people--Owen, from Kentucky, and Alma, the daughter of Bosnian immigrants--navigating the entanglements of class and identify in an America coming apart at the seams"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Authors; Bosnian Americans; Man-woman relationships; Presidents; Private universities and colleges;
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