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Publisher
Britannica Educational Publishing, in association with Rosen Educational Services
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Explains the the complex biology behind thought and sensation in a way that is clear and comprehensive. Each part of the brain and its function is presented with diagrams and eye-catching images that help navigate the anatomy of the brain"--Provided by publisher.
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Language
English
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"Mariana Enriquez has been critically lauded for her unconventional and sociopolitical stories of the macabre: populated by unruly teenagers, crooked witches, homeless ghosts, and hungry women, they walk the uneasy line between urban realism and horror. The stories in her next collection are as terrifying as they are socially conscious, and press into being the unspoken -- fetish, illness, the female body, the darkness of human history -- with unsettling...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"It's time for a field trip! Fly Guy and Buzz are going to the zoo to learn all about snakes. With straightforward text, humorous asides, and kid-friendly full-bleed photographs throughout, young readers will love learning about these slithery creatures."--
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Developed as an adjunct to the exhibition Dive Deep: Eric Fischl and the Process of Painting, this 35-minute film is a co-production with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia. It is comprised of excerpts from interviews conducted by PAFA Director Harry Philbrick and Associate Curator Jodi Throckmorton of the San Jose Museum of Art in California at Fischl's Long Island and New York City studios. The film charts the course...
7) Buried
Author
Series
Agent Sayer Altair novels volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Senior Special Agent Sayer Altair studies the minds of psychopaths. But even she didn't expect to uncover a killer within the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Rooting him out and exposing internal corruption got her a bullet wound and six months of desk duty. Now, she's finally back in the field, called in when an off-duty FBI agent and his cadaver dog fall into a sinkhole filled with human bones. Found deep in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park,...
8) I've decided to live 120 years: the ancient secret to longevity, vitality, and life transformation
Author
Publisher
Best Life Media
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"For most of our lives, we work hard, reaching for success, until we are faced with retirement. If you retire at age 65, you may think you have about 20 more years to relax and enjoy your life. But what if you had more time? What if you had another 40 or 50 years to live? Would it make a difference in how you lived? Ilchi Lee stresses that you can extend your life way beyond what most of us have accepted as our biological age limit, even up to 120...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A healthy Earth requires healthy children. Yet nearly one-fourth of the world's children are stunted physically and mentally due to a lack of food or nutrients. These children do not die but endure a lifetime of diminished potential. During the past thirty years, says Sharman Russell, we have seen a revolution in how we treat these sick children and in how-with a new understanding of the human body and approach to nutrition, and new ways to reach...
10) Blind sight
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Series
Language
English
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Description
The extraordinary new Mallory novel from one of the most acclaimed crime writers in America. A blind child and a Catholic nun disappear from a city sidewalk in plain sight of onlookers. There, then gone vanished in seconds. Those who witnessed the event still cannot believe it happened. It was all too real. Detective Kathy Mallory and the NYPD s Special Crimes Unit enter the investigation when the nun s body is found with three other corpses in varying...
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Examines issues challenging today's young men in the areas of education, mental health, sexuality, and leadership, outlining a comprehensive blueprint for parents, teachers, and policymakers to help boys lead purpose-driven lives.
Author
Series
Violet hour trilogy (Rebecca Roque) volume 1
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Cia lived in a house of secrets until she was five, when her father literally burned it all down. The price of his clandestine operation? Cia's entire family, and her leg. So, when her best friend Alice says she has a secret too, Cia wants nothing to do with it--even if it could shed light on her family's dark past. But Alice doesn't let go so easily, especially when her search for answers might help find Noah, the boy who broke...
Publisher
Autumn House Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This anthology amplifies and centers LGBTQIA+ voices and perspectives in a collection of contemporary nature poetry. Showcasing over two hundred queer writers from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, Queer Nature offers a new context for and expands upon the canon of nature poetry while also offering new lenses through which to view queerness and the natural world."--Publisher description.
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