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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
Earth is full of suffering and war until one little girl seeks Old Turtle, who tells her about a "broken truth" and how mending it will help her community to understand the common bond of all humanity.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
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Description
In The Climate Book, Greta Thunberg has gathered the wisdom of over one hundred experts - geophysicists, oceanographers and meteorologists; engineers, economists and mathematicians; historians, philosophers and indigenous leaders - to equip us all with the knowledge we need to combat climate disaster. Throughout, illuminating and often shocking grayscale charts, graphs, diagrams, photographs, and illustrations underscore their research and their arguments....
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
viii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Over four months, 32 states, and 13,000 miles in a rented motor home, Denizet-Lewis and his canine companion attempt to pay tribute to the most powerful interspecies bond there is, in the country with the highest rate of dog ownership in the world. On the way, Denizet-Lewis--known for his deeply reported dispatches from far corners of American life--meets an irresistible cast of dogs and dog-obsessed humans.
5) Enna burning
Author
Series
Books of Bayern volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
317 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
Enna hopes that her new knowledge of how to wield fire will help protect her good friend Isi--the Princess Anidori--and all of Bayern against their enemies, but the need to burn is uncontrollable and puts Enna and her loved ones in grave danger.
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
British comedian legend Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine travel from the Amazon's steamy jungles to New Zealand's icy mountain tops seeking some of the most remarkable and endangered creatures of Earth. Entertaining and informative with a unique insight into the fascinating world that we are in danger of losing.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
186 pages : color illustrations ; 21cm
Description
"From the smallest piece of plastic in the oceans to the largest glacier at the north or south pole, scientists can see the effects of climate change. And it is all caused by burning fossil fuels-coal, oil, and natural gas-that release carbon dioxide intoour atmosphere. Fossil fuels are the fuels for the world's industry. They are the world's greatest achievement but they are also the fuel for our world's biggest problem: climate change. There is...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xxviii, 171 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"The average American spends ninety percent of their time indoors, and children are no exception. Today, kids can spend up to seven hours per day looking at screens. Not only does this phenomenon have consequences for our kids' physical and mental health,it calls into question their ability to understand and engage with anything beyond the built environment. We can talk about environmental stewardship, but until more people make meaningful contact...
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"Since the dawn of human history, birds have stirred our imagination, inspiring and challenging our ideas about science, faith, art, and philosophy. We have worshipped birds as gods, hunted them for sustenance, adorned ourselves with their feathers, studied their wings to engineer flight, and, more recently, attempted to protect them. In Birds and Us, award-winning writer and ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes us on a dazzling epic journey through our...
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm
Description
Presents information about how human activity may threaten different species of North American frogs, and outlines steps that people can take to provide an environment in which frogs can thrive.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (165 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer this question. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? Diamond dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible...
13) Dreams
Series
Criterion collection volume 842
Formats
Description
Unfolding in a series of mythic vignettes, this late work by Akira Kurosawa brings eight of the beloved director's own nighttime visions, informed by tales from Japanese folklore, to cinematic life.
Author
Publisher
Harpercollins
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
329 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
Description
In this informational, inspirational work, Charles, the Prince of Wales, describes his views on climate change for the first time, presenting a compelling case that the solution to this problem lies in our ability to regain our balance with nature.
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
xi, 256 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
"Author Kostigen reveals the vital missing link in today's environmental crisis: how we as individuals are connected to the endangered zones of the planet. Despite the recent prominence of 'green' issues in the news, the direct relationship between our actions and the earth is too often ignored. But the seemingly insignificant things we do every day have the power to literally alter the landscape in the ongoing battle to resuscitate the planet. Kostigen...
17) River secrets
Author
Series
Books of Bayern volume 3
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
290 p. : maps ; 21 cm.
Description
Young Razo travels from Bayern to Tira at war's end as part of a diplomatic corps, but mysterious events in the Tiran capital fuel simmering suspicions and anger, and Razo must spy out who is responsible before it is too late and he becomes trapped in an enemy land.
18) The 11th hour
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the indelible footprint that humans have left on this planet, and the catastrophic effects of environmental neglect and abuse, and calls for restorative action through a reshaping of human activity.
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Description
A squirrel in the garden. A rat in the wall. A pigeon on the street. Humans have spent so much of our history drawing a hard line between human spaces and wild places. When animals pop up where we don't expect or want them, we respond with fear, rage, or simple annoyance. It's no longer an animal. It's a pest. At the intersection of science, history, and narrative journalism, Pests is not a simple call to look closer at our urban ecosystem. It's not...
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Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
203 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
A spellbinding novel that places one family's tragedies against the uncontainable life force of the land itself. Near a village high in the Pyrenees, Domènec wanders across a ridge, fancying himself more a poet than a farmer, to "reel off his verses over on this side of the mountain." He gathers black chanterelles and attends to a troubled cow. And then storm clouds swell, full of electrifying power. Reckless, gleeful, they release their bolts of...
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