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1) Guts
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"Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going...
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In this inspiring, empowering book, Shetty draws on his time as a monk to show us how we can clear the roadblocks to our potential and power. Combining ancient wisdom and his own rich experiences in the ashram, Think Like a Monk reveals how to overcome negative thoughts and habits, and access the calm and purpose that lie within all of us. He transforms abstract lessons into advice and exercises we can all apply to reduce stress, improve relationships,...
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"As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T.H. White's tortured masterpiece, The Goshawk, which describes White's struggle to train a hawk as a spiritual contest. When her father dies and she is knocked sideways by grief, she becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She buys Mabel ... on a Scottish quayside and takes her home to Cambridge....
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
400 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Martha Stewart is Americas go-to source for the best answers to nearly every question. As an authority on the many worlds upon which shes built her domestic empire, she can advise on everything from creating a cutting garden and setting the table to playing classic lawn games or building a campfire. Whether its organizing, celebrating, cleaning, decorating, or any number of other life skills, these are the time-tested, Martha-approved strategies for...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
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40 pages : illustrations ; cm
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An introduction to light and how it helps us to see profiles different kinds of light, including sunlight, firelight and electric light, and provides interactive experiments readers can perform at school or at home.
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National Geographic Children's Books
Pub. Date
2017.
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48 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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"Kids will burst with excitement as they learn all about the science and wonder of volcanoes in this new National Geographic Kids Reader. The Level 3 text provides accessible, yet wide-ranging information for fluent readers. Plus, the book includes 100 fun facts for quick and quirky information on all kinds of volcanoes, all around the world--and even some that are out of this world! The Facts Readers series bridges the gap between short, digestible...
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Ripley Publishing, a Jim Pattison Company
Pub. Date
2019.
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255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm.
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Features strange stories, feats, and oddities from all over the world, including a cat with twenty-eight toes and a man who lived in a sand castle.
8) New Zealand
Series
Best of travel volume 2
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Distributed by Questar
Pub. Date
c2010
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1 videodisc (79 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Get a crash course in Maori bone carving, brave whitewater rapids on river boards, get a hot-air balloon view of the land used to film The Lord of the Rings, kayak along the North Island coast, visit the site local tribes signed a treaty with Europeans, and more. Includes special features.
9) Fire trucks
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to fire trucks. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
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Neon
Pub. Date
2019.
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1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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John Chester chronicles the eight-year quest he and Molly Chester went on when they traded city living for 200 acres of barren farmland and a dream to harvest in harmony with nature. Through dogged perseverance and embracing the opportunity provided by nature's conflicts, the Chesters unlock and uncover a biodiverse design for living that exists far beyond their farm, its seasons, and our wildest imagination.
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"A New York Times Bestselling AuthorTwo-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly.Far more than a couple of unschooled Dayton bicycle mechanics who happened to hit on success, Wilbur and Orville Wright were men of exceptional courage and determination, and of far-ranging intellectual interests and ceaseless curiosity. David McCullough draws...
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First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2018]
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1 DVD (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The true story of the woman who inspired the best selling book. This is a documentary that goes out to the island, visits the Lone Woman's campsite and cave, includes an interview with now deceased author Scott O'Dell, and visually captures the adventure that she experienced all those years ago.
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
384 pages
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"Moved by his mother's death and his Irish Catholic family's complicated history with the church, Timothy Egan decided to follow in the footsteps of centuries of seekers to force a reckoning with his own beliefs. He embarked on a thousand-mile pilgrimage through the theological cradle of Christianity, exploring one of the biggest stories of our time: the collapse of religion in the world that it created. Egan sets out along the Via Francigena, once...
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BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
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306 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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"Registered dietitian Diana Rodgers and former research biochemist and New York Times bestselling author Robb Wolf explore the quandaries we face in raising and eating animals-focusing on the largest (and most maligned) of farmed animals, the cow, debunking common misconceptions with science-based findings, and arguing unequivocally that meat (done right) should have a place on the table."--
15) Thanksgiving
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Briefly discusses the history and customs connected to the celebration of Thanksgiving in the United States.
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This modern edition of "Twas the night before Christmas," features four different homes and families, each on Christmas Eve, that reflect the diverse world we live in, lush landscapes and charming scenes capture the wonder and magic of Christmas. What do these four homes share? The excitement and anticipation of the most splendid night of the year. In this tale, the illustrator reminds us that no matter where we live, all children share the same wish...
18) Wild Hawaii
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
©2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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From its hot molten core to the mega sized waves battering its coast, Hawaii is an untamed and very wild bit of paradise that continues to transform itself and challenge expectations.
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"Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure...
20) Eat the sun
Publisher
Sorcher Films
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Is it possible to stare directly into the sun and not eat food? Provided is a documentary that focuses on a young man's journey into the little known world of sun gazing, an ancient practice of looking directly into the sun for long periods of time. With the help of the Internet, this practice is gathering global momentum. Modern day sun gazers claim a multitude of health benefits such as better eyesight, increased vitality, weight loss, and for some,...
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