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Author
Publisher
Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"One of the most significant works on our evolutionary ancestry since Richard Leakey's paradigm-shattering Origins, The First Signs is the first-ever exploration of the little-known geometric images that accompany most cave art around the world--the first indications of symbolic meaning, intelligence, and language. Imagine yourself as a caveman or woman. The place: Europe. The time: 25,000 years ago, the last Ice Age. In reality, you live in an open-air...
64) Wannabe Farms
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Interlaced, illustrated, rhyming stories introduce Wannabe Farms, where the animals like to wonder and dream, plot and scheme, but must learn the power of adjusted expectations.
68) Racehorses
Author
Publisher
A+, Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Racehorses are fast, strong Thoroughbreds. Some race in short, speedy sprints, while others leap over high fences and deep ditches in exciting steeplechases. Racehorses tells you all about these thrilling horses. It describes the different types of racehorces and shows them in action. It also explains the different events that racehorces compete in, including some of the world's most famous horse-racing events"-Back cover.
69) Myrrh
Author
Series
Ceremonies of the horsemen volume 1
Publisher
Dog Ear Publishing
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Willie (War), Frank (Famine), Petey (Pestilence), and Dave (Death) would like you to know that the Apocalypse began in 90 A.D., just as St. John watched and took it all down; all visible signs of it were then buried beneath human history so that none would notice until it was too late. With the centuries' passage, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse aren't the mindless gargantuans they were. They've learned to think, to reason, even to dream. They...
72) Backtrail
Author
Series
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Ridge Parkman thinks he has it all sorted out. Hang up the Colt, turn in the badge, marry the woman, and move to Missouri to breed horses. Then an assignment comes along with his name all over it. Parkman nearly dies on the western slopes of the Rockies after a bloody shootout with a fellow marshal gone rogue. While recuperating in a remote mining town, a kind, rough-edged woman convinces him that he'd make a fine husband, and that it's time to give...
Author
Publisher
Bushel & Peck Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Did you know that the Very Hungry Caterpillar was originally just a fat worm named Willi? Or that the author of Charlotte's Web hatched real spiders on top of his dresser? In The Stories Behind the Stories, you'll hear the incredible behind-the-scenes tales of twenty-nine beloved children's classics. Discover the childhood inspiration behind Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the original name of Curious George, the mysterious origin of Mother Goose,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Parachute Press/DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Discover everything there is to know about all kinds of farms, from the powerful John Deere machines that work the fields to the amazing animals that live there. Did you know? Combines can harvest enough wheat in 9 seconds to make 70 loaves of bread! Why do pigs roll in the mud? They do it to cool off! The spots on a Holstein cow are like fingerprints--no two cows have the same pattern. Jam-packed with colorful photos and incredible facts from the...
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
This book is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets, a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in which African American poets have participated. Black poets have a long tradition of incorporating treatments of the natural world into their work, but it is often read as political, historical, or protest poetry, anything but nature poetry. This is particularly true when the definition of what constitutes...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kuperard
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A land of mountains, hills, and fertile plains, Romania is a tourist destination waiting to be discovered. Despite some unflattering headlines in the Western media, it is a rich and complex country: a place whose cities are home to beautiful parks and vibrant cultural scenes; whose people welcome guests warmly into their homes, sharing the best of whatever they have, and party into the night, suffused by Latin joie de vivre. Since the violent collapse...
Author
Series
But why? volume 2
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From the creators of the popular podcast But Why comes a new series for curious kids answering their most peculiar questions! Complete with real-life photos and hilarious illustrations, this book will keep young readers engaged and entertained as they dive into the pages and the deep blue sea!"--
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Thicker than water: A faded photograph leads powerful attorney Natalie Jones to the bittersweet secrets of her father's past--where horses run free, families are bound by honor, and true love really exists.
Ordinary miracles: A troubled teen who has bounced from one foster home to another goes to live with a judge who's struggling with the disarray of her own life; together they rediscover the joy and miracle of being alive.
Angel in the family:...