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English
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"How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway? Guided by Katy Hessel, art historian and founder of @thegreatwomenartists, discover the glittering paintings by Sofonisba Anguissola of the Renaissance, the radical work of Harriet Powers in the nineteenth-century United States and the artist who really invented the "readymade." Explore the Dutch...
Author
Publisher
Human Kinetics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
x, 229 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This book, written by a front-of-the-pack distance runner who is also a sport psychologist and coach, uses case studies of elite and average runners and detailed guidance (including exercises, worksheets, etc.) to help the reader develop and foster the mental training skills required for success in ultrarunning"--
Publisher
DK/Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm + 1 folded paper chess board, 2 sheets of chess pieces.
Language
English
Description
"Whether you're a complete beginner or a more experienced player looking to improve your game, this step-by-step guide will help you play like a champion. Plan your moves with amazing 3-D illustrations. Discover tactics and strategies that will add firepower to your attack and strengthen your defense. Learn tips and techniques to improve your skills and solve the toughest of chess challenges. Includes practice chessboard and press-out pieces, so you...
Author
Publisher
VeloPress
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xiii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The majority of endurance athletes suffer from some kind of gut problem during training and competition. Symptoms like nausea, cramping, bloating, side stitches, and the need to defecate can negatively impact an athlete’s performance. Why are gut problems so common during exercise? And what can athletes do to prevent and manage gut symptoms that occur during training and competition?
The Athlete’s Gut makes sense of the complicated gastrointestinal...
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Series
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
159 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Part of the bestselling Jedi Path series by Daniel Wallace, Star Wars®: Smuggler's Guide reveals previously untold stories of the galaxy's underworld. Recovered from a strongbox on the Millennium Falcon, this guide started as a simple logbook with a piece of valuable information.
Author
Publisher
Bower House
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xii, 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"All My Rivers Are Gone celebrates a great American landscape, mourns its loss, and challenges us to undo the damage and forever prevent such mindless destruction in the future"
Author
Publisher
Astra House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
336 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A wide ranging, philosophical, and sensual account of early deep sea exploration and its afterlives, The Bathysphere Book begins with the first ever voyage to the deep ocean in 1930 and expands to explore the adventures and entanglements of its all-too-human participants at a time when the world still felt entirely new.
In the summer of 1930, aboard a ship floating near the Atlantic island of Nonsuch, marine biologist Gloria Hollister sat on a crate,...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
212 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Sheila Heti collected half a million words from a decade's worth of journals, put them in a spreadsheet, and sorted them alphabetically. She spent the next ten years cutting and refining, and was left with 60,000 words of brilliance and mayhem, joy and sorrow. These are her alphabetical diaries.
10) Enough
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Language
English
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"Cassidy Hutchinson's desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American history. Now, she provides a riveting account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman thrust into the middle of a national crisis, where she risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington. Her life took a dramatic turn on January 6th, 2021, when, at twenty-four, she found herself in one...
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen small but mighty sharks battle it out in a huge fight! Who will be the small shark champion? This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts 16 small but savage sharks. Readers will learn about each shark's unique features, behavior, and more. Then, compare and contrast the battling animals before finally discovering the winner"--
12) The river
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (74 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An exploration of the timeless relationship between human civilization and Earth’s rivers. Spanning six continents, this visual and musical tour-de-force is by turns celebratory, cautionary, and ultimately hopeful that we are beginning to understand rivers in all their complexity and fragility. Narrated by Oscar Nominee Willem Dafoe. With music by the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Radiohead.
13) Diwali
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Series
Publisher
Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the Hindu holiday, discussing the ways in which it is celebrated and why it is important.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Leah Myers may be the last member of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe in her family line, due to her tribe's strict blood quantum laws. In this unflinching and intimate memoir, Myers excavates the stories of four generations of women in order to leave a record of her family. Beginning with her great-grandmother, the last full-blooded Native member in their lineage, she connects each woman with her totem to construct her family's totem pole: protective...
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Language
English
Formats
Description
"The author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work offers a philosophy for pursuing meaningful accomplishment while avoiding overload. History's most creative and impactful philosophers, scientists, artists, and writers mastered the art of producing valuable work with staying power. In this book, Cal Newport harnesses the wisdom of these traditional knowledge workers to transform modern jobs. Drawing from research on the habits and mindsets of a varied...
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
ix, 109 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Dive into the world's most exciting science project--the great outdoors! Covering everything from plants and trees to rocks and weather, this amazing book has real outdoor science experiments for kids, to immerse you in the wonders of science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Discover STEAM outdoors--Learn how the scientific method can help you unlock the secrets of the natural world. Make nature your laboratory--Conduct 30 cool experiments...
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
40 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of twenty poems written in tribute to well-known poets from around the world.
Newbery Medalist and a Caldecott Honoree offer a glorious, lyrical ode to poets who have sparked a sense of wonder. Out of gratitude for the poet's art form, Newbery Award-winning author and poet Kwame Alexander, along with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth, present original poems that pay homage to twenty famed poets who have made the authors'...
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Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
121 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With their signature sounds, athletic tongues, and bulging eyes, there's a lot to love about frogs! But did you know that they soak up air and even liquid through their skin? Or that they use their eyes to swallow food? From tiny tadpoles in water to boisterous bullfrogs on land, the life cycle of these amphibious acrobats is one of the coolest examples of metamorphosis around. So pull up a lily pad and dive in, because the frog facts in this book...
19) Good night, baby
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"Babies from all over the world get ready for bed, and say 'good night' in fifteen of the world's most spoken languges"--
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
119 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Meet the visionary physicists, chemists, engineers, and entertainers (as well as mice, bears, tortoises, and more) who took rockets from illuminations in the sky to the most powerful vehicles ever known. You'll also find out how using a gyroscope, swinging on a swing set, and spraying water from a garden hose are the keys to understanding space travel"--Back cover.
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