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On the origin of species / by Darwin, Charles,1809-1882.; Quammen, David,1948-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. xii) and index.LSC
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Natural selection.;
© 2008., Sterling Pub.,
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Birds, sex, and beauty : the extraordinary implications of Charles Darwin's strangest idea / by Ridley, Matt,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In all animals, mating is a deal. But few creatures behave as if sex is a simple transaction. Many treat it with reverence, suspicion, angst and violence. In the case of the Black Grouse, the bird at the centre of Matt Ridley's investigation, the males dance and sing for hours a day, for several exhausting months, in an exhausting and sometimes deadly ritual called a 'lek'. To prepare for the ordeal, they grow, preen and display fancy, twisted, bold-colored feathers. But why are males the eager sellers and females the discerning buyers? Why do increasingly baroque and bizarre males put themselves at risk of attack by circling hawks and rival birds? And why are these displays considered beautiful by humans at all?
Subjects: Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.; Birds; Evolution (Biology); Lek behavior.; Natural selection.;
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Vera. [videorecording] / by Blethyn, Brenda,1946-actor.; television adaptation of (work):Cleeves, Ann.Vera Stanhope series.; Doughty, Kenny,1975-actor.; Morrison, Jon,actor.; Jones, Riley,actor.; Childs, Jamie,television director.; Hooper, Louise,television director.; Jones, Lee Haven,television director.; Hayes, John,television director.; Acorn Media (Firm),publisher.; ITV Studios,production company.; RLJ Entertainment,film distributor.;
Brenda Blethyn, Kenny Doughty, Jon Morrison, Riley Jones.Includes four all-new, feature-length mysteries. From the death of a woman found on the Northumberland cliffs to the body of a fisherman pulled out of the sea, these cases prove to be some of the most difficult and emotional in Vera's career.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Cleeves, Ann.; Criminal investigation; Criminal investigation; Stanhope, Vera (Fictitious character); Women detectives; Women detectives;
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Orphan black. [videorecording] / by Maslany, Tatiana,actor.; Bruce, Dylan,1980-actor.; Gavaris, Jordan,1989-actor.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),publisher.;
Producer, Claire Welland ; writers, Graeme Manson, Karen Walton, Alex levin Will Pascoe, Tony Elliott ; directors, John Fawcett, David Frazee, Grant Harvey, TJ Scott, Brett Sullivan, Ken Girotti.Tatiana Maslany, Dylan Bruce, Jordan Gavaris, Kevin Hanchard, Maria Doyle Kennedy.Sarah is on the run from a bad relationship when a lookalike stranger commits suicide right in front of her. Sarah sees a solution to all her problems by assuming the dead woman's identity and clearing out her bank account. Instead, she stumbles into a thriller mystery, and uncovers an earth-shattering secret: she is a clone. She learns there are more like her, genetically identical individuals, nurtured in wildly different circumstances, and someone is trying to kill them off, one by one.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Science fiction television programs.; Human cloning; Murder;
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Evolution : join us on an exhilarating journey from the origins of life to the present day / by Darwin, Sarah.; Sadowski, Eva-Maria .; Baumert, Olga .;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Let real-life scientists Sarah Darwin and Eva Maria Sadowski [presents] facts of evolution: what it is and how it works. Dive into the history of life on Earth and learn about the theory of natural selection that Sarah's great-great-grandfather, Charles Darwin, and naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace came up with together"--Amazon.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Evolution (Biology);
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Inside in : X-rays of nature's hidden world / by Schutten, Jan Paul,1970-; Riet, Arie van 't,1947-; Watkinson, Laura.;
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Subjects: Animals; Animals; Radiography;
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20 incredible tales [videorecording] / by PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; PBS for Kids,production company.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company,broadcaster.;
It's a bird ... It's a plane ... It's your favorite PBS KIDS friends! In this action-packed collection, watch as Oscar and Dr. O save the day when all of Odd Squad comes down with a case of the jinx, Sheep becomes WordWorld's first superhero and saves the day with the letter S, and lots more! Join these PBS KIDS characters as they jump to the rescue and have several superhero adventures along the way.G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Stereo.
Subjects: Children's television programs.; Animated television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Arthur (Fictitious character : Brown); Caillou (Fictitious character); Dinosaurs; Friendship; Superheroes; WordGirl (Fictitious character);
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Earthly materials : journeys through our bodies' emissions, excretions, and disintegrations / by Wood, Cutter,author.;
"To live, our bodies must continuously shed materials. Stop urinating, stop defecating, stop expelling breath, and death is near. While we often think of these materials as embarrassing waste products, they serve far more complex functions. The color of our mucus, the volume of our flatus, the rhythm of our breath: taken together, these materials tell a story of the human that produced them. Moreover, the exchange, elimination, and frequent disguise of our effluence has been elemental to the development of human civilization, and our lives today are still governed by a host of laws and superstitions and social mores about the materials our bodies leave behind. In each of twelve discrete chapters, Earthly Materials tells a story about one of the materials the human body sheds--from breath and urine to vomit and tears. Sometimes the questions examined are historical: What have we physically done with all the urine produced in our cities? Sometimes they approach the matter through a philosophical lens: Is it ever logical to cry? Sometimes they explore recent scientific discoveries: How is mucus forcing us to reconsider our understanding of natural selection? But they always offer a window into how we negotiate our place in the world and how we get along with one another."--
Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Human anatomy; Human body; Human physiology;
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Just a little bit spooky! [videorecording] / by PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company.;
Originally broadcast on television.It's time to enjoy some slightly spooky sights and haunted happenings with your friends from PBS KIDS! Join Daniel Tiger and his friends for Dress Up Day and the annual main street parade. Then, when Alma, Rafia and Lucas are in charge of the Haunted Hallway, Alma takes the spookiness a little too far. And the Kratt Brothers need to put their new dual cobra powers to the ultimate test, and much, much more!G.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Animated television programs.; Children's television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Halloween costumes; Halloween; Holidays;
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A new green day / by Portis, Antoinette.;
"Evocative riddles and bold imagery take readers on a tour of the sites and sounds of nature"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Nature stories.;
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