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[by] John Palfrey

Libraries today are more important than ever. More than just book repositories, libraries can become bulwarks against some of the most crucial challenges of our age: unequal access to education, jobs, and information. In BiblioTech, educator and technology expert John Palfrey argues that anyone seeking to participate in the 21st century needs to understand how to find and use the vast stores of information available online. And libraries, which play a crucial role in making these skills and information available, are at risk. In order to survive our rapidly modernizing world and dwindling government funding, libraries must make the transition to a digital future as soon as possible—by digitizing print material and ensuring that born-digital material is publicly available online. Not all of these changes will be easy for libraries to implement. But as Palfrey boldly argues, these modifications are vital if we hope to save libraries and, through them, the American democratic ideal. Publisher

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Arthur C. Clarke and Michael Kube-McDowell

In the middle of the 21st century, a team of scientists develops the ultimate protective weapon-a device that causes all nitrate-based bombs and explosives nearby to detonate automatically. It seems like a benevolent invention-one that will protect mankind against weapons of mass destruction. But as the scientists struggle to ensure their invention is used only for peaceful purposes, it becomes increasingly clear that even protective weaponry comes with its own moral trade-offs. Dr. Jeffrey Horton, the device's lead inventor, must fight to keep the weapon out of violent hands-and soon finds that not even those with the best intentions can be trusted. This riveting story of action, suspense, and science is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat-and turning the page.

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A. E. van Vogt

The Silkie -- A living spaceship, impervious to heat and cold, virtually indestructible and capable of travelling at supersonic speeds. The Silkie -- Similar to a human being, but not the same. Highly intelligent. The Silkie -- Able to live under the oceans with the ease of a dolphin and the speed of a shark. The Silkie -- A modern angel or a computerized demon? The Silkie -- A friend of Earth, or a pitiless, alien destroyer?

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Frederik Pohl

The overcrowded Earth isn't room enough for Evesham Giyt, a solitary and brilliant computer hacker who yearns for the long-gone frontiers of the past. Chasing stories of unspoiled beauty and endless possibility, he takes a leap across the stars to the rugged colony world of Tupelo and soon finds himself a respected member of the community and mayor of the colony's human population. Humanity isn't the first race to colonize Tupelo: as mayor, Giyt is part of a council of races trying to peacefully coexist despite wildly disparate cultures and traditions. But as Giyt learns to like his alien neighbors, he begins to realize that his fellow humans may have other plans for Tupelo, plans that don't include peace but do include lots of dead aliens. It will be up to Giyt to crack the human conspiracy and carve out a future for all of Tupelo...before it gets him killed!

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Eric T Reynolds

Tales from the ruins of Earth: visit the ruins of Meso-America, ancient Greece, Egypt, even legendary Atlantis. These stories are set in or about ruins of Earth. Ruins have fascinated us for centuries. The concept of ruins hearkens back to the Romantic movement of the early nineteenth century. Some ruins are safe to enter. Some present challenges. And others you shouldn't go near.

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Erzsi Palko, Erzsi Palko

A stunning meditation through a native forest where our beloved ʻōhiʻa trees remain a beating heart, ***Under the ʻŌhiʻa Tree*** asks its readers of all ages to pause and consider: “What do you hear? What do you see?” This invitation frames a visual and textual narrative bursting with the thrum of our native forest birds, insects, and plants. Both an exploration of wonder and a joyful appreciation of the precious ecosystem of our native forests, this picture book by artist Erzsi Palko is the loving work resulting from years of studying plants and meeting native forest species while adventuring with her pup, Ohia. Each page is filled with hidden creatures nestling in the trunks and under leaves that you will come to know fondly as you return to this book time and again. Readers will be left inspired and awe-struck by our incredible ʻōhiʻa tree and the miracle of the remaining native species that thrive around them—especially our remaining native forest birds.

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Chris Miller

Winner of the Financial Times Business Book of the Year. An epic account of how the tiny semiconductor microchip became the world's scarcest and most strategically vital resource, shaping the global balance of power.

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Paul Biran, Octav Cornea, Egor Shelukhin

We introduce new metrics on spaces of Lagrangian submanifolds, not necessarily in a fixed Hamiltonian isotopy class. Our metrics arise from measurements involving Lagrangian cobordisms. We also show that splitting Lagrangians through cobordism has an energy cost and, from this cost being smaller than certain explicit bounds, we deduce some forms of rigidity of Lagrangian intersections. We also fit these constructions in the more general algebraic setting of triangulated categories, independent of Lagrangian cobordism. As a main technical tool, we develop aspects of the theory of (weakly) filtered A∞-categories.

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Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson chronicles the story of Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and the discovery of CRISPR gene editing, a tool with the power to cure devastating genetic diseases or engineer human evolution.

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R.K. Singal & M. Tabatabaian

This book is designed for students and professionals who specialize in energy technologies and power plant engineering. It covers the mathematics and physics of both current conversion, such as solar cells, fuel cells, MHD, thermoelectric, and thermionic power generation, but also discusses emerging conversion technologies such as solar thermal, nuclear fusion, and hydrogen energy. Written in simple language, illustrated by diagrams, mathematical analysis.

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Merlin Sheldrake

When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Sheldrake provides an exhilarating journey into this hidden realm.

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John J Bimson

"Christianity has often been accused of being 'anthropocentric,' of putting humanity at the centre of its perspective - thus endorsing human exploitation of the environment. Yet God's words in the book of Job offer a quite different perspective - one where creation is centred on God, and humanity is comparatively marginal. It is a theocentric vision which Christians need to recapture"--Page 4 of cover.

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Savannah Shange

"Savannah Shange's PROGRESSIVE DYSTOPIA is an activist ethnography of Robeson Justice Academy, a progressive Black and Brown school in San Francisco, which despite its commitments to social justice ends up replicating anti-Blackness. Black students are more likely to be punished, and progressive 'wins' at the school can come at a cost to Black San Francisco residents. Shange worked at the school for seven years. Moving through different registers-- Black English, neighborhood dialects, academic prose, and ethnography-- the book attends to the tensions between coalition, anti-blackness, and the state, theorizing events at the school in the context of the long afterlives of slavery"--

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Jason Aaron, Robbie Thompson, writers

Celebrate the Marvel Legacy as we enter a brave new era! It begins at the dawn of the human race, and ends with a child's prayer! In between, empires fall, mysteries brew, secrets are revealed, quests are undertaken and legends are forged! And it all leads up to the dramatic return you've been waiting for - and one you've been dreading!

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Steve Jenkins

Through illustrations, infographics, facts, and figures, readers will see how big each animal is compared to humans, where it lives on the globe, and just how putrid it can be!

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writer, Gerry Duggan

Deadpool has killed the Marvel Universe -- more than once. Now it's time for the MU to return the favor. With a $20 million bounty on Wade Wilson's head, every no-good dirtbag in the game is gonna be gunning for him. But after the year he's had? That's just the way he wants it. Soon it won't just be enemies after him, but everyone. And self-deprecation, self-defeat and self-destruction all combine as Deadpool dives deeper and deeper into despicability. He's gone from criminal to outcast to celebrity and back to criminal, but now every bad decision he's ever made along the way is going to come back to haunt him as Captain America leads the biggest heroes of the Marvel Universe to take him down. Hard. Be there for the end of an era!

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Chris Ferrie

The ABC's of Physics introduces a new physics concept for every letter of the alphabet, all the way from Atom to Zero-point energy.

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Chani Lynn Feener

"Delaney's entire world is thrown into chaos after she is mistaken for Lissa Olena, an alien princess hiding out on Earth in order to escape an arranged marriage. Kidnapped by the princess's head bodyguard, Ruckus, and imprisoned in an alien palace, Delaney is forced to impersonate the princess until Olena can be found. If she fails, it will lead to an alien war and the eventual enslavement of the entire human race. No pressure or anything. Factor in Trystan--the princess's terrifying betrothed who is intent on unraveling all her secrets--and her own growing feelings for Ruckus, and Delaney is in way over her head"--Jacket.

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Eric Van Lustbader

Red Rover, the blackest of black ops teams, is finished -- betrayed on a mission to capture and interrogate a mysterious Saudi deep in Pakistan. One of the team was killed, the remaining two barely escaped alive. Now, the unit has been shut down and Greg Whitman and Felix Orteno are left adrift, wondering what went wrong. Into their midst comes Charlize Daou, a brilliant, wildly talented arms expert, who becomes the reason -- and supplies the means -- to resurrect their mission. Disobeying orders, they secretly set out to find the Saudi -- the first step in a perilous journey that will lead them to the dark heart of a terrifying conspiracy that threatens to change the balance of power across the globe.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and bestselling author Neil deGrasse Tyson, who breaks down the cosmic fundamentals into quick, delightful insights.

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Helen Papagiannis

Augmented reality (AR) blurs the boundary between the physical and digital worlds. In AR's current exploration phase, innovators are beginning to create compelling and contextually rich applications that enhance a user's everyday experiences. In this book, Dr. Helen Papagiannis, a world leading expert in the field, introduces you to AR: how it's evolving, where the opportunities are, and where it's headed.

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Lian Tanner

While Gwin, a Fetcher, and her family defy the Devouts by sharing song and story, the Oyster's crew and the Sunkers continue fighting to bring light back to the dark world.

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Wallace H. Tucker

On July 23, 1999, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the most powerful X-ray telescope ever built, was launched aboard the space shuttle Columbia. Since then, Chandra has given us a view of the universe that is largely hidden from telescopes sensitive only to visible light. In Chandra's Cosmos, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Chandra science spokesperson Wallace H. Tucker uses a series of short, connected stories to describe the telescope's exploration of the hot, high-energy face of the universe. The book is organized in three parts: "The Big," covering the cosmic web, dark energy, dark matter, and massive clusters of galaxies; "The Bad," exploring neutron stars, stellar black holes, and supermassive black holes; and "The Beautiful," discussing stars, exoplanets, and life.

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Wu yue[Zhu

Ta zai tong yi tian shi qu le zui bao gui de liang yang-- tian cai da ti qin shao nü de cheng hao, he ta de fu qin.Shi ba sui, ta zhao dao ta, mu du le bei ju fa sheng de xi jia zhang zi.Xiang ban shi nian, chou pi qi de mei shao nian reng jiu hen gu zhi: "ni gao qing chu! ni xing shang, wo xing xi, shei ta ma shi ni di di? "ta shi ta ren sheng zhong de wu dian, ye shi ta jin you de nian tou.Dan ta bu zhi dao, zhei shi bu shi ai.Zhi dao wei le ta, ta qiang wen le yi ge mo sheng nan ren.Zhi dao bei qiang wen de nan ren kai chu tiao jian: "san ge yue de nü peng you shen fen, zuo wei ni dui wo de bu chang.San ge yue zhi hou, wo hui dui wai tou lu"bei ke yi wang ji de zi wo, si hu su xing guo lai.

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Kunal Pimparkhede

"Provides an in-depth explanation of the C and C++ programming languages along with the fundamentals of object oriented programming paradigm"--

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Robert Venditti, writer

"Hal Jordan is about to go from the head of the Green Lantern Corps to an army of one. Jordan's long, illustrious--and tumultuous--tenure with the Corps takes several hairpin turns. At lightspeed. Toward a black hole. In a blender! For starters, the Green Lantern Corps has disappeared, and now Sinestro's own Corps enforces his uniquely brutal brand of law and order in the universe. As a result, Jordan has no ring to sling, or Sector 2814 (a.k.a. Earth) to protect"--

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Frank Tieri, Jimmy Palmiotti

"With mischief afoot and tricks to be had, Harley Quinn and her Gang of Harleys are loose and no one is safe! Battling villians or saving civilians, which side are they on, only the Harleys know!"--

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Bill Nye and Gregory Mone

Jack, his genius siblings, and inventor Hank Witherspoon go to Hawaii and help technology billionaire Ashley Hawking find out who is sabotaging her revolutionary electric plant that harvests energy from the deep ocean. Includes facts about the deep ocean, the scientific process, and green power, as well as instructions for an experiment.

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Bryan Thomas Schmidt

Presents a collection of short stories set in such fan-favorite universes as "Ender's Game," "Dune," and the "Honor Harrington" universe. Space opera: an introduction / by Robert Silverberg -- Fleet school: Renegat / by Orson Scott Card -- Dune: The waters of Kanly / by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson -- Legion of the damned: The good shepherd / by William C. Dietz -- The game of rat and dragons / by Cordwainer Smith -- Miles Vorkosigan: The borders of infinity / by Lois McMaster Bujold -- Vatta's war: All in a day's work / by Elizabeth Moon -- Lightship chronicles: The last day of training / by Dave Bara -- Skolian empire: The wages of honor / by Catherine Asaro -- Binti / by Nnedi Okorafor -- Codominium: Reflex / by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle -- How to be a barbarian in the late 25th century / by Jean Johnson -- Stark and the star kings / by Leigh Brackett and Edmond Hamilton -- Imperium imposter / by Jody Lynn Nye -- Red: Region five / by Linda Nagata -- Revelation space: Night passage / by Alastair Reynolds -- Duel on Syrtis / by Poul Anderson -- Starbridge: Twilight world / by A.C. Crispin -- Virtues of war: Twenty excellent reasons / by Bennett R. Coles -- The ship who sang / by Anne McCaffrey -- Caine Riordon: A taste of ashes / by Charles E. Gannon -- The iron star / by Robert Silverberg -- Lt. Leary: Cadet cruise / by David Drake -- The lost fleet: Shore patrol / by Jack Campbell -- Honorverse: Our sacred honor / by David Weber.

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Mira Grant

Seven years ago, the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a “mockumentary” bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Some have called it a hoax; others have called it a maritime tragedy. Now, a new crew has been assembled. But this time they’re not out to entertain. Some seek to validate their life’s work. Some seek the greatest hunt of all. Some seek the truth. But for the ambitious young scientist Victoria Stewart this is a voyage to uncover the fate of the sister she lost. Whatever the truth may be, it will only be found below the waves. But the secrets of the deep come with a price.

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John L. Ingraham

By unlocking the evolutionary information contained in cells, biologists have been able to construct the Tree of Life and show that its three main stems are dominated by microbes. Plants and animals constitute a small upper branch in one stem. Soon we may know how life began over 3.5 billion years ago. John Ingraham tells this story of discovery.--

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Cornelia Dean

Cornelia Dean draws on her 30 years as a science journalist with the New York Times to expose the flawed reasoning and knowledge gaps that handicap readers when they try to make sense of science. She calls attention to conflicts of interest in research and the price society pays when science journalism declines and funding dries up.--

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Jacob Chabot, writer

In case you've been living under a rock, Tsum Tsums are huge! Well, not literally (they're actually pretty tiny), but these seemingly cute and cuddly creatures are sweeping the globe! So what happens when these pint-sized piles of fur find their way into the Marvel Universe? COLLECTING: MARVEL TSUM TSUM 1-4.

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story & art Kohei Horikoshi

Midoriya has learned a few tricks from Gran Torino, but some things just have to be experienced to be understood. Even though he’s not ready, when the League of Villains attacks in the town of Hosu, Midoriya rushes to help Ida, who is engaged in a life-or-death struggle with Hero Killer Stain. Stain has some very particular ideas about heroes and their place in society—and he means to purge every hero he can find!

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Michael S. Walker

"A lucid introduction to the basics of quantum physics for the lay reader, showing how much the scientific understanding of reality has changed in the last century and how important this science is to technology, the economy, and modern life"--

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Cathryn Sill

This beginner's guide explores the major attributes of Seashores and showcases their remarkable diversity using examples from around the globe. In this addition to the About Habitats series, award-winning author Cathryn Sill uses simple, easy-to-understand language to teach children about seashores and what kinds of animals and plants live there. John Sill's detailed, full-color illustrations reflect the wide variety of seashore topography. A glossary and afterword provide further fascinating details about the wetlands to inspire readers to learn more.

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Greg Rucka

When the Kyber Temple on Jedha is assumed control by the Empire, Baze and Chirrut do what they can to secure the population of the Holy City with help of Saw Gerrera, who has a plan to bring down the Empire.

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Andrew DeYoung

This fast-paced, sharply written multiple-perspective science-fiction debut opens on a future Earth ravaged by solar radiation. Desperate for money to save his sick mother, seventeen-year-old Matthew agrees to participate in the Exo Project, a government plan to save the human race by flying across the galaxy in search of a habitable planet for resettlement.

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Simon Oliver, writer

"John Constantine is back in London, reuniting with old friends--and older enemies: There's Chas Chandler, his best mate; Mercury, the young psychic, the Earth elemental known as the Swamp Thing; and, of course, more demons and djinns than you can cast a curse at. If he's going to survive this hell-raising homecoming, Constantine will have to play fast and loose with the rules--and with the souls of everyone residing in the Old Smoke. Evil is a surprisingly common infection, but sometimes the cure is worse than the disease"--

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Stel Pavlou

While working in a mine on another planet, Daniel Coldstar finds a powerful relic that may help him escape from the masters who have stolen his memories.

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Paula Weston

"Eighteen-year-old Julianne De Marchi is different. She has an electrical undercurrent beneath her skin that stings and surges like a live wire. She can use it; to spark a fire, maybe even end a life; but she doesn't understand what it is. She can barely control it, especially when she's anxious. Ryan Walsh was on track for a stellar football career when his knee blew out. Now he's a soldier; part of an experimental privatised military unit that has identified Jules De Marchi as a threat. Is it because of the weird undercurrent she's tried so hard to hide? Or because of her mother Angie's history as an activist against bio-engineering and big business? It's no coincidence that Ryan and Jules are in the same place at the same time; he's under orders to follow her, after all. But then an explosive attack on a city building by an unknown enemy throws them together in the most violent and unexpected way." -- Provided by publisher.

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story by Margaret Atwood

Genetic engineer Strig Feleedus, also known as Angel Catbird, and his band of half-cats head to Castle Catula to seek allies as the war between cats and rats escalates.

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Storm Dunlop and Wil Tirion

Fully updated to 2017, this is the ideal guide for beginning sky watchers. With monthly charts and other diagrams, it shows how the visible stars change from month to month and includes the many sky events that occur throughout they year. Includes sky activity charts and moon calendars; meteors (with dates of showers, including hourly rate of radiants); the planets; ecliptic charts; diagrams of interesting events; plus sky and constellation maps throughout.

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George M. Woodwell

A century of industrial development is the briefest of moments in the half billion years of the earth's evolution. And yet our current era has brought greater changes to the earth than any period in human history. The biosphere, the globe's life-giving envelope of air and climate, has been changed irreparably. In A World to Live In, the distinguished ecologist George Woodwell shows that the biosphere is now a global human protectorate and that its integrity of structure and function are tied closely to the human future. The earth is a living system, Woodwell explains, and its stability is threatened by human disruption. Industry dumps its waste globally and makes a profit from it, invading the global commons; corporate interests overpower weak or nonexistent governmental protection to plunder the planet. The fossil fuels industry offers the most dramatic example of environmental destruction, disseminating the heat-trapping gases that are now warming the earth and changing the climate forever. The assumption that we can continue to use fossil fuels and "adapt" to climate disruption, Woodwell argues, is a ticket to catastrophe. But Woodwell points the way toward a solution. We must respect the full range of life on earth -- not species alone, but their natural communities of plant and animal life that have built, and still maintain, the biosphere. We must recognize that the earth's living systems are our heritage and that the preservation of the integrity of a finite biosphere is a necessity and an inviolable human right. -- Provided by publisher.

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(ying)Jia er si. An de lie ya wen

Ben shu shi yi ben guan yu ai de hui ben.Tou guo chong man ai de xuan lü de shi yi wen zi,Xiao xiao xiong fa xian:yuan lai ai wu chu bu zai,Wu shi bu zai.Bu lun shi zai fu mu shen bian,Hai shi he peng you men wan shua,Ta dou neng gan shou dao tian tian de bei ai de gan jue,Jiu xiang ta ai chi de feng mi yi yang.

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Dawn Cusick

Shares facts about some of the animal kingdom's most disgusting habits, from blood-sweating mammals and nose-picking primates to blood-squirting reptiles and scavenging fish.

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Louise and Richard Spilsbury

Introduces some of the animals that call the ocean home, discussing how they find food, what kind of structures they build to live in, and the threats to their habitat.

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Robert O'Hara

"When I told my mother that a theater was putting on my play Bootycandy, her response was, 'What?! Bootycandy? These white folks are going to let you put on a play called Bootycandy?!? Are they crazy???' And my response was, 'Yes. Yes indeed.'"—Robert O'Hara Sutter is on an outrageous odyssey through his childhood home, his church, dive bars, motel rooms, and even nursing homes. The journey uncovers characters who are at once fascinating, zany, controversial, and even a bit smutty, painting a portrait of life as a societal outlier. Based on the author's personal experience, Bootycandy is a kaleidoscope of sketches that interconnects to portray growing up gay and black. This subversive, uproarious satire crashes headlong into the murky terrain of pain and pleasure and . . . BOOTYCANDY!

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Julie Murray

"Little readers will learn all about what librarians do, where they work, and why they are important in our communities. Very simple text combined with correlating and colorful images will both inform and strengthen reading skills. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--Provided by the publisher.

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Mu yuan zhu

Ben shu gao su du zhe bu yao bei ceng jing de ku nan he po mie suo da dao, Er shi zai jing li nei xie hou, Qu dong de sheng ming de yi yi. Yong yi ke cong rong de xin yin ling jiao bu, Rang zi ji zou de geng yuan. Wu lun shen me shi hou, Ni yao xiang xin mei hao de shi qing ji jiang fa sheng. Nu li dao wu neng wei li, Pin bo dao gan dong zi ji, Kua yue sheng huo wei ni she zhi de yi ge ge zhang ai, Ren he shi hou, Dou bu neng shu ji zi ji, Dou bu yao gu fu le ni ceng jing shou de ku.