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[2018] | First edition. | W.W. Norton & Company | xiv, 576 pages ; 25 cm | English | Available at another branch
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[2018] | Unabridged. | Random House Audio | 15 audio discs (18 hr., 39 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available at another branch
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2018 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Books on Tape | English | Available Online
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In this fascinating foray into the centuries-old relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer-researcher Avis Lang examine how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war. "The overlap is strong, and the knowledge flows in both directions," say the authors, because astrophysicists and military planners care about many of the same things: multi-spectral detection,...
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[2017] | Penguin Books | xiii, 235 pages ; 21 cm. | English | It's Here
Overton High - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available 612 Cas |
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2017 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Available Online
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2017 | OverDrive | Penguin Publishing Group | English | Available Online
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2017 | Penguin Publishing Group | English | Available Online
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"A gleefully gruesome look at the actual science behind the most outlandish, cartoonish, and impossible deaths you can imagine What would happen if you took a swim outside a deep-sea submarine wearing only a swimsuit? How long could you last if you stood on the surface of the sun? How far could you actually get in digging a hole to China? Paul Doherty, senior staff scientist at San Francisco's famed Exploratorium Museum, and writer Cody Cassidy explore...
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2011 | 1st ed. | Delacorte Press | 189 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm. | English | It's Here
Overton High - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available 394.12 ZIM |
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2011 | OverDrive | Random House Children's Books | English | Available Online
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2011 | Random House Children's Books | English | Available Online
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Shares the author's adventures and experiences gained while traveling the world in search of highly unusual meals.
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[2020] | MackinVIA | Workman Publishing | 1 online resource (472 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps | English | Available Online
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Presents information, photographs, and maps to places and events considered curious, unusual, and obscure around the world, from the glowworm caves of New Zealand to China's ethnic Mosuo, a matriarchal society of women who control their families, property, and households.
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2008 | Boston Mills Press | 336 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm. | English | It's Here
Overton High - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available 782.42 HUD |
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How, where, when, and why the best-named bands got their names; with notes on band name origins, genres, the best album titles, and names-still-available.
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[2014] | First edition. | Rosen Publishing | pages cm. | English | It's Here
Overton High - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available 612.8 STR |
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2019 | First edition. | Crown Books for Young Readers | 218 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm | English | Available at another branch
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"A humorous look at how famous people got caught, including Joan of Arc, Blackbeard, Al Capone, and more! From the award-winning team that brought you How They Croaked and How They Choked. Outlaw, assassin, art thief, and spy, these fourteen troublemakers and crooks--including Blackbeard the pirate, Typhoid Mary, and gangster Al Capone--have given the good guys a run for their money throughout the ages. Some were crooked, some were deadly, and some...
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c2005 | 1st ed. | W.W. Norton | ix, 276 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. | English | It's Here
Overton High - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available 510 BUR |
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[2016] | First edition. | Infamous | 115 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. | English | Available at another branch
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2003, c1997 | 1st Mariner Books ed. | Houghton Mifflin | xii, 162 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. | English | It's Here
Overton High - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available 423 GOR |
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Uses imaginative examples to illustrate the meaning of words from abrogate, brouhaha, and cachinnate to susurration, truculence, and voluble.
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c2003 | 1st ed. | HarperCollins | xxi, 678 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. | English | It's Here
Overton High - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available 973 DAV |
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p2011 | 20th anniv. ed., rev., updated, expanded, abridged. | Distributed by Recorded Books | 5 sound discs (6 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available at another branch
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Using wit, humor and candor the author takes listeners on a rollicking ride through 600 years of American history.
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2006 | Rev. ed. | 95 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm. | It's Here
Overton High - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available 745.5 WIL | |
1999 | 79 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 x 23 cm. | Available at another branch
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A funny and useful book with 18 duct tape projects.
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c2000 | Walker | ix, 337 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. | English | It's Here
Overton High - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available 530.11 BOD |
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[2015] | Adams Media | 128 pages : color illustrations ; 14 x 20 cm | English | It's Here
Overton High - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available 004.6 EMO |
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"If you think you're good at coming up with imaginative emoji combinations, think again! The Emoji-to-English Dictionary challenges you to step up your game with more than 100 phrases that will have you ROFL. This unique guide gives you the lowdown on the most hilarious and unexpected emoji phrases around. Divided by topic, each chapter translates dozens of emoji combinations into plain ol' English, so that you can quickly incorporate them into your...
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[2016] | 181 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. | English | It's Here
Overton High - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available 415.92 SHE |
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All her life, Eden Sher has suffered from dyscommunicatia (n. the inability to articulate a feeling through words.). Then, one day, she decided that, whenever she had an emotion for which she had no word, she would make one up. The result of this is The Emotionary, which lives at the intersection of incredibly funny and very useful. Chock full of words you always wanted/never knew you needed, often accompanied by illustrations of hilarious and all-too-familiar...
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2017 | OverDrive | Harmony/Rodale | English | Available Online
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2017 | Harmony/Rodale | English | Available Online
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In the New York Times bestseller Everything All at Once, Bill Nye shows you how thinking like a nerd is the key to changing yourself and the world around you.
Everyone has an inner nerd just waiting to be awakened by the right passion. In Everything All at Once, Bill Nye will help you find yours. With his call to arms, he wants you to examine every detail of the most difficult problems that look unsolvable—that...
Everyone has an inner nerd just waiting to be awakened by the right passion. In Everything All at Once, Bill Nye will help you find yours. With his call to arms, he wants you to examine every detail of the most difficult problems that look unsolvable—that...
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[2017] | First edition. | W.W. Norton & Company | xiii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm | English | It's Here
Overton High - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available 363.7 Dou |
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2017 | OverDrive | W. W. Norton & Company | English | Available Online
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2017 | W. W. Norton & Company | English | Available Online
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"Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty set out to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Here to Eternity is an immersive global journey that introduces compelling, powerful rituals almost entirely unknown in America. In rural Indonesia, she watches a man clean and dress his grandfather's mummified body, which has resided in the family home for two years. In La Paz, she meets Bolivian natitas (cigarette-smoking,...
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2016. | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. | Simon & Schuster | 353 pages ; 24 cm. | English | It's Here
Overton High - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available 153.98 WEI |
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[2016] | Unabridged. | Simon & Schuster | 12 audio discs (approximately 14.5 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available at another branch
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2016 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Simon & Schuster Audio | English | Available Online
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2016 | OverDrive | Simon & Schuster | English | Checked Out
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2016 | Simon & Schuster | English | Checked Out
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2016. | Large print edition. | Thorndike Press | 617 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. | English | Available at another branch
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Sharp and provocative, The Geography of Genius redefines the argument about how genius came to be. This reevaluation of the importance of culture in nurturing creativity is an informed romp through history that will surely jumpstart a national conversation.
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2018. | First edition. | Random House | xi, 201 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm | English | Available at another branch
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2018 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Available Online
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2018 | OverDrive | Random House Publishing Group | English | Available Online
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2018 | Random House Publishing Group | English | Available Online
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the creator and star of Hamilton and In the Heights, with beautiful illustrations by Jonny Sun, comes a book of affirmations to inspire readers at the beginning and end of each day.
“When the world is bringing you down, Gmorning, Gnight! will remind you that you are awesome.”—Booklist
Good morning. Do NOT get stuck in the...
“When the world is bringing you down, Gmorning, Gnight! will remind you that you are awesome.”—Booklist
Good morning. Do NOT get stuck in the...
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c2009 | 1st ed. | Harper | xiv, 301 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. | English | It's Here
Overton High - Teen Non-Fiction 1 available 158 Rub |
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c2009 | Harper | 1 bag (Black and yellow) ; 30 x 44 cm. + 10 books, discussion questions, author's biography, "Tips for starting a successful Book club" and instructions for Book Club in a Bag program. | English | Available at another branch
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A thoughtful and prescriptive work on happiness filled with practical advice, sharp insight, charm, and humor.