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"Ramsay can feel his brain changing--and his body, too. He's becoming something other than himself. Maybe even something other than human. As he sets out to discover who did this to him, and why, his transformation threatens everything: his family, his job, even his freedom. Because the truth of what's happened to him is more disturbing than he could possibly imagine. His DNA has been rewritten with a genetic-engineering breakthrough beyond anything...
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Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
272 p., [56] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
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The ubiquitous fungi are little known and vastly underappreciated. Yet, without them we wouldn’t have bread, alcohol, cheese, tofu, or the unique flavors of mushrooms, morels, and truffles. We can’t survive without fungi. The Kingdom Fungi provides a comprehensive look at the biology, structure, and morphological diversity of these necessary organisms. It sheds light on their ecologically important roles in nature, their fascinating relationships...
Publisher
Institute for Responsible Technology
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 170 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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This seminal documentary provides compelling evidence to help explain the deteriorating health of Americans, especially among children, and offers a recipe for protecting ourselves and our future.
Publisher
Yes! Books
Pub. Date
c2008
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1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 sound disc ((ca. 74 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
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English
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DVD: Monsanto Company is the world's leader in agricultural chemicals, seed and genetically modified crops, as well as being one of the most controversial companies in industrial history. This film uses hitherto unpublished documents and testimonies of victims, scientists and politicians to expose Monsanto's lack of care in protecting the environment and the health of those exposed to their products. Shows how the company promoted such products as...
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Publisher
The Dial Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
312 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Nobel laureate Liam Connor is found dead at the bottom of one of Ithaca, New York's famous gorges, his research collaborator, Cornell professor of nanoscience Jake Sterling, refuses to believe it was suicide. Why would one of the world's most eminent biologists, a eighty-six-year old man in good health who survived some of the darkest days of the Second World War, have chosen to throw himself off a bridge? And who was the mysterious woman caught...
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Pub. Date
2010
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English
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Jenny Lowe, a primatologist studying chimpanzees, is running for her life with the child of a murdered fellow scientist after a civil war explodes. Jenny grabbing the notebooks of the primatologist who's been killed. She brings the girl to Chicago to await the discovery of her relatives. The girl is fifteen and lovely, her name is Lucy. Realizing that the child has no living relatives, Jenny begins to care for her as her own. When she reads the notebooks...
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Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2005
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1 videodisc (24 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Is genetic engineering safe: It may be too soon to tell, but that doesn't' stop Bill Nye from exploring the benefits and risks. Students will hear from traditional wheat breeders, from researchers who analyze organic and pesticide-free crops, and from corporations engaged in genetic engineering.
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Series
Jurassic Park volume 1
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
1993
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IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 20
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xi, 399 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
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An account of the attempt, through a hair-raising twenty-four hours on a remote jungle island, to avert a global emergency--a crisis triggered by today's rush to commercialize genetic engineering.
Series
Ironweed film club volume no. 53
Publisher
Ironweed Film Club
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (2 hrs. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
David vs Monsanto: Imagine that a storm blows across your garden -- and that now, without your knowledge and without your consent, foreign and genetically-manipulated seeds are in your vegetable patch which you have nourished and maintained for many years. A few days later, representatives of a multi-national corporate group pay you a visit at home, demand that you surrender your vegetables and file a criminal complaint against your requesting a fine...
10) The troop
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip — a tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story around a roaring bonfire. The boys are a tight-knit crew. There’s Kent, one of the most popular kids in school; Ephraim and Max, also well liked and easygoing; then there’s Newt the nerd and Shelley the odd duck. For the most part, they all get along and are happy...
11) The antidote
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271 pages
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English
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Can genetically modified seeds provide the antidote for climate change?
A geneticist has developed plants that could stem the tide of climate change, but when grad student Lila finds him murdered, she flees the scene with the seeds. To escape the killer, she hitches a ride with an eccentric duo and a secret payload that could land them all in prison. Chased by ruthless thieves, the three must rely on their wits, uncover the mystery of these potent...
Publisher
Ironweed Film Club
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documents the trend of unlabeled genetically-modified foods which have become increasingly prevalent in grocery stores. Unravels the complex web of market and political forces that are changing the nature of what we eat. Explores organic and sustainable agriculture as alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture.
13) Borne: a novel
Author
Series
Borne novels volume 1
Language
English
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Description
In a ruined, nameless city of the future, a woman named Rachel, who makes her living as a scavenger, finds a small green lump of a creature she names ''Borne'' entangled in the fur of Mord, a gigantic, despotic bear. Mord once prowled the corridors of the biotech organization known as the Company, which lies at the outskirts of the city, until he was experimented on, grew large, learned to fly and broke free. Driven insane by his torture at the hands...
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