Money
Examines, in text and photographs, the symbolic and material meaning of money, from shekels, shells, and beads to gold, silver, checks, and credit cards.
332.4
year: 2016
copies: 53
call number/section: 332.4
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Rocks And Minerals
This guide, illustrated with more than 80 color photographs, helps the reader identify a wide selection of rocks and minerals and provides information on how they were formed and on some of their more important uses.
552
year: 2004
copies: 68
call number/section: 552
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Insect
Examines the wonders of the insect world through macrophotography and 3-D graphics that reveal the importance of these creatures.
595.7
year: 2023
copies: 53
call number/section: 595.7
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Cat
Presents a photographic introduction to cats, explaining what they are, tracing the history of cats, examining their physical characteristics and behaviors, and looking at different types of cats.
599.75
year: 2022
copies: 68
call number/section: 599.75
lexile: 1210
Explorer
Presents a concise history of early expeditions and explorers around the world including the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Vikings, and Chinese, as well as the discovery of the Americas and the North and South Poles.
910
year: 2012
copies: 96
call number/section: 910
lexile: 1100
Dog
Two former Army Rangers are paired against their will on the road trip of a lifetime.
636.7
year: 2022
copies: 72
call number/section: 636.7
lexile: 1240
subjects: dogs, canidae, dog breeds, working dogs, pets, wolves, foxes, jackals, dog family (mammals), animals
Invention
Presents an illustrated guide to the most noteworthy and significant inventions since the prehistory of man, in chronological order, and includes information on stone tools, the wheel, lighting, the steam engine, the telephone, flight, and the silicon ship.
609
year: 2013
copies: 88
call number/section: 609
lexile: 1080
Castle
Tal, a Chosen of the Orange Order, has fallen into an unknown world of warriors, iceships, and magic while trying to steal a powerful sunstone to save his family, and joins with Milla, a violent icecarl, in an effort to get back to his home in the now hostile castle.
623
year: 2010
copies: 138
call number/section: 623
lexile: 1180
subjects: castles, fortification, good and evil, magic, fantasy, architecture, medieval, civilization, medieval, video recordings for the hearing impaired
Ancient Rome
See how gladiators fought against each other and animals, follow the timeline of the Roman Empire, meet the emperors, and visit the forum to understand the daily lives of people in Rome.
937
year: 2016
copies: 127
call number/section: 937
lexile: 1070
subjects: rome, handicraft, technology, toy and movable books, rome-social life and customs, rome-antiquities
Flying Machine
Contains several illustrated photographs that chronicle the history of aviation from man's first attempts to fly including Leonardo da Vinci's drawings of flying machines, airships and balloons, and powered flight throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
629.13
year: 2004
copies: 43
call number/section: 629.13
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Arctic & Antarctic
Illustrations and text explore the frozen landscapes of the polar regions, and provide information about the flora and fauna that survive in the hostile conditions.
508.31
year: 2012
copies: 70
call number/section: 508.31
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Ocean
Discusses the many different environments and animals of our oceans.
551.46
year: 2014
copies: 64
call number/section: 551.46
lexile: 1160
Weather
An illustrated introduction to how the weather works, discussing air currents, the science of weather, forecasting, the power of the sun, frost and ice, clouds, thunder and lightning, snow, wind, storms, weather in different regions, extreme weather, and other topics.
551.5
year: 9120
copies: 114
call number/section: 551.5
lexile: 1220
Train
Traces the development of railways from the first Babylonian rutways to the electromagnetic, driverless trains of the twentieth century, and describes how trains are built and operated.
625.1
year: 2022
copies: 73
call number/section: 625.1
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Ancient Greece
Presents full-color illustrated photographs and drawings depicting the history, culture, people, places, and events of ancient Greece including the Persian Wars, philosophers, Alexander the Great, and much more.
938
year: 2023
copies: 103
call number/section: 938
lexile: 1050