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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);

Ten trips : the new reality of psychedelics / by Mitchell, Andy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The more we learn about psychedelics, the less we seem to understand them. In this engrossing, sometimes hilarious, always dramatic chronicle, a neuropsychologist deflates the hype, explores the limitless possibilities, and reveals a much-needed perspective about psychedelics, giving us a scientist's first-person experiment with ten different compounds in ten different settings.
Subjects: Hallucinogenic drugs.; Hallucinogenic drugs; Hallucinogenic drugs; Hallucinogenic drugs;

Losing Earth : a recent history / by Rich, Nathaniel,1980-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."By 1979, we knew nearly everything we understand today about climate change--including how to stop it. Over the next decade, a handful of scientists, politicians, and strategists, led by two unlikely heroes, risked their careers in a desperate, escalating campaign to convince the world to act before it was too late. This is their story"--
Subjects: Global warming; Global environmental change; Carbon dioxide; Petroleum industry and trade;

Enigma / by Coulter, Catherine,author.;
"The highly anticipated twenty-first FBI thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter presents Agents Savich and Sherlock with two baffling mysteries. Working with Agent Cam Wittier (Insidious) and New York-based former Special Forces agent Jack Cabot, they must race against the clock to catch an international criminal and solve the enigma of the man called John Doe. When Agent Dillon Savich saves Kara Moody from a seemingly crazy man, he doesn't realize he will soon be facing a scientist who wants to live forever and is using "John Doe" to help him. But when the scientist, Lister Maddox, loses him, he ups the stakes and targets another to take his experiments to the next level. It's a race against time literally as Savich and Sherlock rush to stop him and save both present and future victims of his experiments. In the meantime, Cam Wittier and Jack Cabot must track a violent criminal through the Daniel Boone National Forest. When he escapes through a daring rescue, the agents have to find out who set his escape in motion and how it all ties into the murder of Mia Prevost, the girlfriend of the president's Chief of Staff's only son, Saxton Hainny."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Murder; Savich, Dillon (Fictitious character); Sherlock, Lacey (Fictitious character);

A botanist's guide to society and secrets / by Khavari, Kate,author.;
London, 1923. Returning from Paris, botanical researcher Saffron Everleigh finds that her former love interest Alexander Ashton's brother, Adrian, is being investigated for murder. A Russian scientist working for the English government has been poisoned, and expired in Adrian's train compartment. Alexander asks Saffron to put in a good word for Adrian with Inspector Green. Despite her unresolved feelings for Alexander, Saffron begins to unravel mysteries surrounding the dead scientist. As if a murder case weren't enough, her best friend Elizabeth's war-hero brother, Nick, arrives in town and takes an immediate interest in Saffron. Saffron learns Alexander has been keeping secrets from her, including a connection to Nick, who Saffron and Elizabeth begin to suspect is more than he seems. When another scientist is found dead, Saffron agrees to go undercover at the government laboratory. Risking her career and her safety, she learns there are many more interested parties and dangerous secrets to uncover than she'd realized. But some secrets, Saffron will find, are better left undiscovered.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; University College, London; Man-woman relationships; Murder; Poisoning; Secrecy; Women botanists;

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. [videorecording] / by Amell, Stephen,1981-; Arnett, Will.; Fisher, Noel,1984-; Fox, Megan,1986-; Garrett, Brad,1960-; Howard, Jeremy,1981-; Linney, Laura.; Perry, Tyler,1963-; Ploszek, Pete.; Shalhoub, Tony,1953-; Tee, Brian.; Williams, Gary Anthony,1966-; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm); Paramount Pictures Corporation,publisher.;
Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Tyler Perry, Laura Linney, Stephen Amell, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Brad Garrett, Tony Shalhoub, Gary Anthony Williams, Brian Tee.After super villain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady, to unleash a diabolical plan to take over the world. As the Turtles prepare to take on Shredder and his new crew, they find themselves facing an even greater evil with similar intentions: the notorious Krang.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Brothers; Good and evil; Ninja; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Fictitious characters); Turtles;
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. [videorecording] / by Amell, Stephen,1981-; Arnett, Will.; Fisher, Noel,1984-; Fox, Megan,1986-; Garrett, Brad,1960-; Howard, Jeremy,1981-; Linney, Laura.; Perry, Tyler,1963-; Ploszek, Pete.; Shalhoub, Tony,1953-; Tee, Brian.; Williams, Gary Anthony,1966-; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm); Paramount Pictures Corporation,publisher.;
Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Tyler Perry, Laura Linney, Stephen Amell, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Brad Garrett, Tony Shalhoub, Gary Anthony Williams, Brian Tee.After super villain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady, to unleash a diabolical plan to take over the world. As the Turtles prepare to take on Shredder and his new crew, they find themselves facing an even greater evil with similar intentions: the notorious Krang.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format ; Dolby Atmos, Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Brothers; Good and evil; Ninja; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Fictitious characters); Turtles;
For private home use only.

Dinosaurs / by Ball, Nate.; Hargis, Wes.;
"Ever head to the museum and wish you could go back in time to see how big dinosaurs really were? Or think about what dinosaurs ate and where they lived? Or want to know why dinosaurs disappeared from the earth? Follow Nate and his diverse team of intrepid scientists as they travel back across the millennia to return a lost baby dinosaur to its rightful time and place. Along the way they learn all about the world's earliest birds, dig up prehistoric fossils, examine ancient landscapes, and discover what caused the dinosaurs' mass extinction in this brand-new adventure from everyone's favorite fun-loving scientist and Emmy-Award winning PBS star, Nate Ball."--Jacket.Ages 4-8.LSC
Subjects: Dinosaurs;

Enigma [sound recording] / by Coulter, Catherine,author.; Raudman, Renée,narrator.; Andrews, MacLeod,narrator.; Brilliance Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Renee Raudman and MacLeod Andrews."The highly anticipated twenty-first FBI thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter presents Agents Savich and Sherlock with two baffling mysteries. Working with Agent Cam Wittier (Insidious) and New York-based former Special Forces agent Jack Cabot, they must race against the clock to catch an international criminal and solve the enigma of the man called John Doe. When Agent Dillon Savich saves Kara Moody from a seemingly crazy man, he doesn't realize he will soon be facing a scientist who wants to live forever and is using "John Doe" to help him. But when the scientist, Lister Maddox, loses him, he ups the stakes and targets another to take his experiments to the next level. It's a race against time literally as Savich and Sherlock rush to stop him and save both present and future victims of his experiments. In the meantime, Cam Wittier and Jack Cabot must track a violent criminal through the Daniel Boone National Forest. When he escapes through a daring rescue, the agents have to find out who set his escape in motion and how it all ties into the murder of Mia Prevost, the girlfriend of the president's Chief of Staff's only son, Saxton Hainny."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Murder; Savich, Dillon (Fictitious character); Sherlock, Lacey (Fictitious character);

Crisis in the red zone : the story of the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, and of the outbreaks to come / by Preston, Richard,1954-author.;
The 2013-2014 Ebola epidemic was the deadliest ever, but the outbreaks continue. 'Crisis in the Red Zone' is a gripping account of the doctors and scientists fighting to protect us and is an urgent wake-up call about the future of emerging viruses. Soon to be a National Geographic original miniseries airing May 27-30, 2019.
Subjects: Ebola virus disease; Epidemics; Ebola virus disease; Epidemics; Ebola virus disease; Epidemics;

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