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1) The appeal
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
When a judge returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste in a small Mississippi town, the company's billionaire owner seeks to influence the appeal process by using his money to "buy" a seat on the state Supreme Court.
3) Hella
Author
Publisher
Daw Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
441 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Hella is a planet where everything is oversized--especially the ambitions of the colonists. The trees are mile-high, the dinosaur herds are huge, and the weather is extreme--so extreme, the colonists have to migrate twice a year to escape the blistering heat of summer and the atmosphere-freezing cold of winter. Kyle is a neuro-atypical young man, emotionally challenged, but with an implant that gives him real-time access to the colony's computer network,...
Publisher
Findaway World
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 tablet computer ; 20 x 13 x 2 cm + 1 USB cord + 1 AC adapter + 1 bumper + 1 portfolio case
Language
English
Description
"Develop the power of positive choices. Read about historical figures. See why it's important to take care of the environment. Learn multiple languages."--Container insert.
Author
Publisher
Mango Media
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
191 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Reconnect With Your Inner Wild
From wild harvesting, finding your own paths and reading hiking guides, to just stepping outside and appreciating nature, Re-Wild brings you 50 practices to bringing nature home. Book a stay here!
Beginner’s hiking guide to pro wild harvesting. Divided by levels of difficulty, this nature guide book gives swaths of practical advice. From simple things like how to feel at home in nature and learning fun nature facts...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 242 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The workplace is a magnet for clutter and mess. Who hasn't felt drained by wasteful meetings, disorganized papers, endless emails, and unnecessary tasks? These are the modern-day hazards of working, and they can slowly drain the joy from work, limit our chances of career progress, and undermine our well-being. There is another way. In Joy at Work, bestselling author and Netflix star Marie Kondo and Rice University business professor Scott Sonenshein...
Author
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
xxix, 365 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"An essential resource for any working woman, What Works for Women at Work is a comprehensive and insightful guide for mastering office politics as a woman. Authored by Joan C. Williams, one of the nation's most-cited experts on women and work, and her daughter, writer Rachel Dempsey, this unique book offers a multi-generational perspective into the realities of today's workplace. Often women receive messages that they have only themselves to blame...
10) A river
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Gazing at the river outside her window, a child imagines all the places the river could take her from the city all the way to the ocean, and dreams of all that she would see.
Author
Series
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Award—winning novelist William Deverell is back with a new Arthur Beauchamp legal thriller.
Lawyer Arthur Beauchamp is facing the most explosive trial of his career: the defence of seven boisterous environmentalists accused of sabotaging an Ontario plant that pumps out a pesticide that has led to the mass death of honeybees. The story zigzags between Toronto, where the trial takes place, and Arthur's West Coast island home, where he finds himself...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 224 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Why human beings have a powerful and fundamental need--mental, spiritual, and physical--for the natural world; the profound impact it has on our consciousness and ability to heal our soul and bring solace to the heart, and the new cutting-edge scientificevidence proving nature as nurturer. In Losing Eden, Lucy Jones interweaves her deeply personal story of recovery from addiction and depression, with that of discovering the natural world and how...
13) Life in space
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that the first American astronaut who went to space didn't have a bathroom, so he had to pee in his spacesuit? And did you know that astronauts living in space strap down their sleeping bags and food trays so they don't float away? Life in space is pretty different from life on Earth, and scientists are working on ways for us to spend even more time in space! Discover extreme facts about life in space with this fun and kooky book"--
Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
For readers of John Grisham and William Deverell comes a political thriller ripped from today's headlines. Lawyer and environmental activist David R. Boyd writes a riveting thriller about the psychological toll of a humanitarian crisis. Filled with tension and courtroom drama, Thirst for Justice will have you questioning what you believe about right versus wrong.
Michael MacDougall is a talented trauma surgeon whose life in Seattle is slowly unraveling....
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books, a division of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition ;
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Earth has a problem: there's too much carbon in the air. Luckily, the Earth also has amazing powers to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere--like the power of kelp, mangroves, and dirt. Although these powers alone cannot get us out of the climate crisis we're facing, the Earth has another important power: the power of people! People have the power to change, protect, innovate, and invent.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"H Is for Hawk meets Joan Didion in the Pyrocene in this arresting combination of memoir, natural history, and literary inquiry that chronicles one woman's experience of life in Northern California during the worst fire season on record. Told in luminous, perceptive prose, The Last Fire Season is a deeply incisive inquiry into what it really means-now-to live in relationship to the elements of the natural world. When Manjula Martin moved from the...