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CAREERS
Green Ways of Getting Around: Careers in Transportation
Moves readers toward careers in "green" transportation, including travel by air, sea, and land, and even in more “extreme” environments, such as outer space and under water. This book explores mass transit and automotive transportation, highlighting fuel-powered vehicles, such as buses, planes, and boats, which carry with them their own pros and cons as being fuel-efficient and ecologically sound. Also included: using “pedal power,” pedestrian-friendly venues, concepts that promote walkability and sustainable mass transit, and powering transportation with alternative energy sources.
Legally Green: Careers in Environmental Law
Opportunities in environmental law are explored. Jobs include working for public service or governmental agencies and environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) as environmental investigators, officers, inspectors, and policy advisors. Careers in this field also include working as attorneys and legal support staff for law firms that offer services related to environmental law, and for corporations that need to keep on top of compliance and other regulatory issues as a part of doing their daily business. Opportunities also exist in education, law enforcement, and even politics.
Touring, Trekking, and Traveling Green: Careers in Ecotourism
Explores the many careers open to people in the fast-growing field of ecotourism. From being an ecotour leader or naturalist to managing a wildlife eco-lodge, working as a travel agent certified in ecotourism, or teaching on-the-ground tour guides and college students interested in making a living helping others enjoy nature, the opportunities for people seeking work in ecotourism are many - and growing fast. Other jobs associated with ecotourism include working in public relations or marketing ecotourism destinations, writing guidebooks, and helping visitors understand and appreciate nature as an interpreter for agencies such as the U.S. National Park Service and Parks Canada. Also of note: the challenges and responsibilities that jobs in ecotourism present to people who wish to make use of the environment for fun and
profit without harming the ecological health of our planet.
Re-greening the Environment: Careers in Clean-up, Remediation, and Restoration
Covers the wide range of careers in environmental clean-up, remediation, and renewal. The response to two massive oil spills in recent years - the Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska in 1989 and the current Deepwater Horizon/BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico - are explored. The types of jobs and careers that are associated with preventing and correcting disasters such as these include environmental scientist, hydrogeologist, enforcing clean-up regulations, and monitoring and testing waterways, soil, and groundwater for harmful pollutants. Also, the reuse and rehabbing of older commercial or industrial buildings presents opportunities in planning, designing, rebuilding, reclaiming, and restoring the natural habitats associated with these sites.
ENGLISH
Romeo and Juliet - The graphic novel: original text version
A bitter feud between the Montagues and the Capulets keeps the city of Verona, Italy, in a state of constant unrest. Despite the enmity, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall passionately in love. Enlisting the help of Friar Laurence, the young lovers wed in secret, hoping that their marriage will finally unite the two families. But things go terribly, tragically wrong.
FICTION
The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers - Book 2: A King's Ransom
After seven members of their family are kidnapped by an organization called the Vespers, Dan and Amy Cahill must race against time to track down an ancient map to pay as ransom to bring the hostages home.
The Apothecary
Follows a fourteen-year-old American girl whose life unexpectedly transforms when she moves to London in 1952 and gets swept up in a race to save the world from nuclear war.
The Arrival
In this wordless graphic novel, a man leaves his homeland and sets off for a new country, where he must build a new life for himself and his family.
Ascension
In 1976, as retiring high-wire artist Salvo Ursari makes the perilous journey across the taut wire strung between the twin towers of the World Trade Center, the story of his life unfolds.
Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick
Perry's parents insist that he take Gobi, their quiet, Lithuanian exchange student, to senior prom but after an incident at the dance he learns that Gobi is actually a trained assassin who needs him as a henchman, behind the wheel of his father's precious Jaguar, on a mission in Manhattan.
Beige
Katy, a quiet French Canadian teenager, reluctantly leaves Montréal to spend time with her estranged father, an aging Los Angeles punk rock legend.
Betwixt
Three alienated teenagers are drawn to a strange outdoor concert in the woods outside of Seattle, where they discover that they possess magical powers and that their destinies are intertwined.
Beyonders: A World Without Heroes
Fourteen-year-old Jason Walker is transported to a strange world called Lyrian, where he joins Rachel, who was also drawn there from our world, and a few rebels, to piece together the Word that can destroy the malicious wizard emperor, Surroth.
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
Follows one young man (Michael Oher) from his impoverished childhood with a crack-addicted mother, through his discovery of the sport of football, to his rise to become one of the most successful, highly-paid players in the NFL.
Blindspot: A Graphic Novel
Dean and his friends have turned the woods behind their housing development into an area of operations for their army fantasy and spend hours lost in episodes of intrigue and danger. A scary encounter with a homeless man in the woods one night, however, changes everything.
The Collected John Carter of Mars: Volumes One, Two and Three
(Edgar Rice Burroughs' stories that inspired the movie John Carter)
John Carter, a Confederate veteran of the American Civil War, goes prospecting in Arizona immediately after the war's end. Having struck a rich vein of gold, he runs afoul of the Apaches. While attempting to evade pursuit by hiding in a sacred cave, he is mysteriously transported to Mars, called "Barsoom" by its inhabitants. Carter finds that he has great strength and superhuman agility in this new environment as a result of its lesser gravity. He soon falls in with a nomadic tribe of Green Martians, or Tharks, as the planet's warlike, six-limbed, green-skinned inhabitants are known. Thanks to his strength and martial prowess, Carter rises to a high position in the tribe and earns the respect and eventually the friendship of Tars Tarkas, one of the Thark chiefs. This series tells the story of his
adventures.
Conspiracy 365: Revenge
Cal's life is finally getting back to normal. He's living back at home with his mum and Gabbi, but the paparazzi still follow him everywhere. One night, Cal hosts a midnight movie marathon with his friends, which turns into a nightmare when they receive a mysterious message: You have 30 days. The hunt is on again!
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales (Illustrations by Chris Van Allsburg)
Renowned storytellers share tales inspired by the thought-provoking illustrations in Chris Van Allsburg's "The Mysteries of Harris Burdick," including Kate DiCamillo, Lois Lowry, Stephen King, and Jon Scieszka.
Darkness Rising - Book 1: The Gathering
In Maya's tiny Vancouver Island town, strange things are happening. The captain of the swim team drowns mysteriously in the middle of a calm lake, mountain lions start appearing around Maya's home, and her best friend, Daniel, starts getting negative vibes from certain people and things, and the new bad boy in town, Rafe, is interested in one special part of Maya's anatomy: Her paw-print birthmark.
Edgar & Ellen Nodyssey #1: Hot Air
When the founder of the town of Nod's Limbs returns after a two hundred year absence, trouble-making twins Edgar and Ellen attempt to discover who is trying to steal the secret that kept him alive all that time, while they also scheme to sabotage the town's mayoral election.
Edgar & Ellen Nodyssey #2: Tourist Trap
Devious twins Edgar and Ellen scheme to thwart the mayor's tourism initiative, which, if successful, would destroy the town junkyard--the twins' favorite playground, foraging spot, and home to their beloved carnivorous plant, Berenice.
Edgar & Ellen Nodyssey #3: Split Ends
Still in pursuit of the circus fugitives, mischievous twins Edgar and Ellen take separate paths as Ellen visits the unfriendly town of Lach Lufless and Edgar enters the forest home of Squatch the monster.
Eggs
Mourning the loss of his mother, nine-year-old David forms an unlikely friendship with independent, quirky thirteen-year-old Primrose, as the two help each other deal with what is missing in their lives.
Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep
Emily Windsnap is thrilled to arrive at her new home, a secret island near the Bermuda Triangle where humans and merfolk live together, and where being a girl who grows a tail as soon as she enters the water isn't a problem. Being Emily, she can't resist exploring forbidden places - and as a result, she inadvertently wakes the kraken, the legendary deep sea monster who has been asleep for two hundred years. Exciting adventure begins - not just for Emily, but for her old adversary Mandy Rushton, whose parents have taken her on a cruise and whose father thinks he can make his fortune if he catches a mermaid.
Enter Three Witches: A Story of Macbeth
When her father betrays the Scottish king and is hung as a traitor, Lady Mary's future is bleak after she loses her only true protector and ends up locked away in the tower by the powerful and deadly Lord and Lady Macbeth.
The Fault in Our Stars
Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.
A Field Guide to High School
Andie and her best friend Bess read through a manual Andie's Yale-bound sister wrote for her, which is filled with tips and tricks for excelling at Plumstead Country Day high school where Andie is about to be a freshman.
The Fire Thief Fights Back
Sam and his mother are swindling the people of Eden City with their medicine show. Everything is good until Prometheus crashes into their lives.
Found: The Missing - Book 1
When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time.
Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd
A collection of twenty-nine short stories about geeks by well-known authors of young adult literature.
Gifted 1: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Amanda Beeson is Queen Bee at Meadowbrook Middle School. If you're not friends with Amanda, you're nobody. But one morning gorgeous, popular Amanda looks in the mirror and sees a very different face staring back at her. The Queen Bee is about to get a taste of life in someone else's shoes.
Gifted 2: Better Late Than Never
Goth girl Jenna Kelley can read people's minds without even trying. When her alcoholic mother is hospitalized, a stranger shows up who says he's her long-lost dad and promises a better future. Her gifted classmates think the offer is too good to be true, but Jenna is so determined to have a real parent around that she might have lost her ability to listen.
Gifted 3: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Being able to see the future is supposed to be a gift, but Emily's visions have caused nothing but problems. Now Gifted students are disappearing one by one, and Emily's gift is their only hope of having a future at all.
Gifted 4: Finders Keepers
Dead people don't make great companions - something cute, athletic Ken finds out the hard way when, following an accident on the football field, he starts hearing ghostly voices. It's not the kind of gift he would have asked for, but there's nothing he can do about it, until an anonymous note invites him to a seance. Completely convinced by the medium he meets, Ken tries to tell her about his secret. Only his gifted classmates can save him from revealing the truth - and finding himself in terrible danger.
Gifted 5: Now You See Me
The Gifted class believes there is a spy in their midst, so Tracey and Jenna join forces to investigate, but when Jenna is framed for a crime and sent to an institution, Tracey is left on her own to find answers.
Gifted 6: Speak No Evil
When mysterious student "Carter Street," a mute amnesiac named for the street where he was found wandering, joins the gifted class at Meadowbrook Middle School, the other students in the class suspect that something strange is going on behind his blank stare. What mysterious talent does he possess and, more importantly, is he a danger to the rest of the class?
Havoc
Everyone knows the rumors--if you gather the right things and say the right words, you'll be taken to Malice, a world that exists within a terrifying comic book. Seth managed to escape from Malice, but it meant leaving his best friend, Kady, trapped there. And he's not sure whether he should try to take down the Malice comic from his own world or go back with an artifact he thinks can help from within. He is sure that he's desperate to save Kady. Meanwhile, Kady has her own battles to fight. She's trying to find Havoc, a rebel group of kids who want to fight Tall Jake, Malice's cruel overlord. But she can't help feeling that someone's watching her and that Tall Jake knows what her plans are before she puts them into action. Malice is spreading. Tall Jake is gaining influence on the world outside the comic. Seth and Kady
think that if they gather the right objects and find the right people, they'll be able to defeat Tall Jake once and for all. The only question is...how?
Hollow Trilogy - Book Two: The Haunted
Trying to forget the boy with whom she fell in love, Abbey returns to Sleepy Hollow and throws herself into school, her perfume making, and her friendship with Ben to get over Caspian, but Caspian, who is dead, is a Shade and Abbey is his destiny.
Hollow Trilogy - Book Three: The Hidden
Seventeen-year-old Abbey knows that Caspian is her destiny and theirs is a bond that transcends even death, but as Abbey finally learns the full truth about the dark fate that links her to Caspian and ties them both to the town of Sleepy Hollow, she suddenly has some very difficult choices to make.
How to Rock Braces and Glasses
When popular middle schooler Kacey Simon gets glasses and braces and is rejected by her crowd, she befriends a boy who is in a punk rock band and discovers some things about friendship, relationships, and herself.
Just Deserts
In order to help his troubled son Ethan, Ethan's father has him dropped off in the Sahara desert with a guide and three other young people in order to hike 200 km to the city of Tunis.
The Kingdom on the Waves: The Astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation - Volume II.
After escaping a death sentence in the summer of 1775, Octavian and his tutor find shelter but no safe harbor in British-occupied Boston and, persuaded by Lord Dunmore's proclamation offering freedom to slaves who join his counterrevolutionary Royal Ethiopian Regiment, Octavian and his friends soon find themselves engaged in naval raids on the Virginia coastline as the Revolutionary War breaks out in full force.
Looking for Alaska
Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.
Magic's Child
Reason Cansino must uncover the secret of the magic in her family's background to save the lives of her friends Tom and Jay-Tee.
Mediterranean Holiday, or How I moved to a tiny island and found the love of my life
Chloe accompanies a new girl from school to a small Mediterranean island for the summer, but soon learns some disturbing things about her new friend.
Messenger
In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand.
Micki Shallow (written by Ms. Weidman's daughter!)
Micki Shallow, a small prairie mouse, was out in the prairie fields of Saskatchewan. A snake by the name of Rattle Boardis was after her! Then one day, two kind girls, Shalene Copper and Kristie Stows, came along with their little sisters and their dogs and found Micki at a campsite. She was scared and she needed a place to stay. Mr. and Mrs. Copper disliked animals, so it was clearly a "No" for Micki to stay in their trailer. Kristie’s parents didn’t like the idea of a mouse sleeping in their camper, either! Micki was afraid to go out and face Rattle Boardis. Shalene and Kristie wanted to keep her safe, but nothing worked. Micki might have to battle a vicious snake!
Misty of Chincoteague
Paul and Maureen Beebe's determination to own a pony from the herd on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, is greatly increased when the elusive Phantom and her colt are among the ponies rounded up for the yearly auction.
My Life in Pink and Green
When the family's drugstore is failing, seventh-grader Lucy uses her problem solving talents to come up with solution that might resuscitate the business, along with helping the environment.
The Nancy Drew Sleuth Book: Clues to good sleuthing
In solving a series of mysteries, Nancy Drew and her Detective Club study techniques of criminal investigation involving handwriting, fingerprints, codes, and moulages.
Not a Nickel to Spare: The Great Depression diary of Sally Cohen (Dear Canada series)
Sally and her cousin Benny must deal with poverty and anti-Semitism during the 1930's Depression years in Toronto.
Nineteen Minutes
Peter Houghton, an alienated teen who has been bullied for years by the popular crowd, brings weapons to his high school in Sterling, N.H., one day and opens fire, killing 10 people.
Pendragon - Book Ten: The Soldiers of Halla:
Each of the Travelers returns home to learn the truth about their origins before being reunited for a final, ineveitable confrontation with Saint Dane, whose efforts to control Halla are destroying its very foundations.
Pathfinder (by Orson Scott Card, author of Ender's Game, a very popular sci-fi series)
Thirteen-year-old Rigg has a secret ability to see the paths of others' pasts, but revelations after his father's death set him on a dangerous quest that brings new threats from those who would either control his destiny or kill him.
Pearl Verses The World (novel in verse)
Since Pearl's grandmother's became seriously ill, Pearl's world view has changed, causing her to feel like an island in school, isolated and alone, especially when her teacher keeps asking for poems that rhyme and Pearl's, somehow, seldom do.
The Schwa Was Here
A Brooklyn eighth-grader nicknamed Antsy befriends the Schwa, an "invisible-ish" boy who is tired of blending into his surroundings and going unnoticed by nearly everyone.
Sold
A thirteen-year-old girl growing up in Nepal is sold into prostitution by her family.
Spells (Sequel to Wings)
Summoned to study at The Academy of Avalon, sixteen-year-old Laurel learns about the town with friend Tamani, while honing her long-forgotten skills as a Fall faerie in order to protect her human family and Avalon from trolls.
This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein
When his twin brother falls ill in the family's chateau in the independent republic of Geneva in the eighteenth century, sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein embarks on a dangerous and uncertain quest to create the forbidden Elixir of Life described in an ancient text in the family's secret Biblioteka Obscura.
Tempest
After his girlfriend Holly is fatally shot during a violent struggle, nineteen-year-old Jackson uses his supernatural abilities and travels back in time two years, where he falls in love with Holly all over again, learns that his father is a spy, and discovers powerful enemies of time who will stop at nothing to recruit him for their own purposes.
Unwind
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and, perhaps, save their own lives.
The Vampire Diaries - Stefan's Diaries #5: The Asylum:
When a vampire from Katherine's past sets out to destroy the Salvatore brothers, Stefan and Damon must join forces to defeat their foe.
The Vampire Diaries - Stefan's Diaries #6: Compelled
When Stefan and Damon seek help from a coven of witches, they discover that the evil Samuel's plan to control both humans and vampires is more sinister than they could have imagined.
War Horse
Joey the horse recalls his experiences growing up on an English farm, his struggle for survival as a cavalry horse during World War I, and his reunion with his beloved master.
Wings
When a plant blooms out of fifteen-year-old Laurel's back, it leads her to discover the fact that she is a faerie and that she has a crucial role to play in keeping the world safe from the encroaching enemy trolls.
Wings: A fairy tale
When Tamisin discovers that she is half fairy, she decides to find out more answers directly from the fairies themselves, including her mother, the fairy queen.
FINE ARTS
Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers: The Life of Marc Chagall in Verse
Two equally esteemed poets lend their voices to the art of Marc Chagall. Fourteen poems, which take their titles from Chagall's paintings, provide a chronological narrative of the artist's life, up to his death at age 97 in 1985. Excellent-quality reproductions grace this picture-book-size volume, as do photographs of the artist. There are explanatory notes beneath each poem and a bibliography at the end.
GENERAL INTEREST
Aircraft Carriers: Runways at Sea
An aircraft carrier is an enormous ship that acts as a runway on the water for jet aircraft to take off and land. Children will be amazed by the different kinds of ships designed to carry different kinds of aircraft, the different ways in which aircraft take off and land on carriers, and the carrier's role as a base on the water for aircraft.
The Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Chess & Bridge: How to play, winning strategies, rules, history.
This superb instructional book will tell you everything you need to know about chess and bridge, from the fascinating histories of the games to how to play and master strategies to win.
Chess for Kids
This book uses the characters of the twins Sam and Alice who are always arguing and fighting. They decide to join the army where they are told about an impending invasion of aliens from the planet Caissa. The outcome of the invasion will be decided by a game of living chess. During their lessons they learn about the battlefield and the different types of soldier and get to play the part of each in turn.
Convertibles
A celebration of the classic drop-top, from the earliest of coach cars where convertible style was the norm, to the high-end sports cars of today. Today’s convertible is a metaphor for freedom on the open road. To drop the top and feel the wind and sun and to be able to cover up again in rain and cold represents the ultimate automotive luxury. From Ford’s Model T to sporty Jaguar roadsters, from classic Chevys to modern Miatas, the convertible is a body style that never goes out of style.
Exotic Cars
These are the cars so fast and powerful, so superior in design and performance, that they could only be called supercars. Since legendary British motor journalist L. J. K. Setright christened the first, the Lamborghini Miura, in a review, others have followed from the finest automakers in the world: Bugatti, Porsche, McLaren, Maserati, Ferrari, Koenigsegg. And these are the supercars profiled in this book, with over 200 color photographs, detailed descriptions, performance specs, and curious facts about each. From historic classic cars to the latest breakthroughs in design and technology, this exhilarating survey of the supercar should thrill any high-performance auto enthusiast.
A Smart Girl's Guide to Friendship Troubles: Dealing with fights, being left out & the whole popularity thing
This guide helps girls deal with backstabbing, bullying, betrayal, and other tough friendship problems. It features sound advice, quizzes, tips, and inspiring real-life stories about girls who have overcome their differences and strengthened their friendships.
A Smart Girl's Guide to Manners: The secrets to grace, confidence, and being your best
An introduction to socially acceptable conduct in all sorts of situations.
Chicken Soup for the Horse Lover's Soul: Inspirational stories about horses and the people who love them
Filled with inspiring stories of rescue and rehabilitation, heartbreaking losses, dedication and commitment, and positive messages of responsibility and unconditional love. Readers will enjoy uplifting and humorous stories that depict the horse's intelligence, versatility and intuitiveness; they will discover the horse's healing powers, marvel at the graceful performance of a Grand Prix Dressage winner, be awed by the stamina and strength of a working horse and the athletic prowess of a champion racer.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Stories for a Better World
The Feelings Book: The care & keeping of your emotions
Discusses a variety of emotions girls might experience and suggests ways of dealing with them.
Friends: Making them & keeping them
Offers advice to and from girls on how to make and keep friends, and includes five mini friendship posters inserted in the back of the book.
From Jazz Babies to Generation Next: The History of the American Teenager
Non-judgmental history of American teenagers, from factory laborers to present-day, billion-dollar consumers. Readers will feel a swell of pride upon learning about their predecessors' roles in the Civil Rights crusade, the antiwar movement, and other seminal events. Coverage of each generation's music, clothing, entertainment, and technology, which may give today's teen some insight into the pop-culture phenomena romanticized by parents, grandparents, and other older people.
Hot Rods
Chopped or channeled, candy metalflaked or rusted-out, hot rods are institutions of American motoring. This collection of more than three dozen roadsters, coupes, rat rods, and show cars provides a nicely priced, all-color survey of this enduring hobby. Each hot rod is featured in full-vehicle and detail shots of the car, a brief history of the car and the build, and more.
Muscle Cars
The 1960s and early 1970s were the age of raw American automotive power. Whether it was a classic Hemi ‘Cuda, Pontiac GTO, Charger, or Boss Mustang, big engines were king at local drag strips and cruises. Muscle Cars explores this era and the current models with a broad survey of classic muscle and today’s new machines. Each chapter is organized around a theme (milestones, factory racers, etc), each model getting a multi-page spread of full-color photography, performance stats, trivia, and more. Photos and stories from the people who built and raced these amazing machines make the book a must-read for any fan of American muscle.
My Maasai Life: From Suburbia to Savannah
A memoir of a girl's choice to leave childhood comforts behind to live in her adoptive country of Kenya. Growing up in suburban Illinois, Robin Wiszowaty never pictured herself living with an impoverished Maasai family in rural Kenya. Yet in her early twenties Wiszowaty embarked on an incredible journey that would shake her from complacency, take her to unimaginable locales, and change her life forever. My Maasai Life follows Wiszowaty's remarkable voyage as she explores some of the most remote areas of East Africa and has her eyes opened to the diverse issues facing the fascinating Maasai people.
My Point... And I Do Have One
Ellen Degeneres offers hilarious observations on daily life and the battle between the sexes, along with strange-but-true stories from her own life.
NASCAR Racers
A behind-the-scenes look at the hard-driving elite of stock car racing, "NASCAR Drivers" profiles today's top racers from garage and pit lane to finish line and winners circle.
Sports Cars
The sports car has always been the ultimate symbol of automotive fun and freedom, from the earliest Bentleys and Stutzes through the Porsche Boxster and Lotus Elise of today. Sports Cars profiles over 50 cars from the early twentieth century to today, with lavish color photography from renowned automotive lensman James Mann. This book will surely grab the attention of any sports car lover.
Who Moved My Cheese? for Teens: An A-mazing Way to Change and Win!
Presents the author's parable about change framed in a story about a group of high school friends trying to handle change in their lives.
GEOGRAPHY
Canada's National Parks: A Celebration
A pictorial celebration of Canada's National Parks. Includes a timeline of park creation.
Mountains Around the World series
The Alps
The Alps : Europe's Most Popular Peaks -- Peaks and Passes of the Alps -- Climate of the Alps -- Animal and Plant Life -- Alpine History, People, and Cultures -- Natural Resources and Tourism -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Find Out More
The Andes
The Andes Mountains -- How Did the Andes Form? -- Weather in the Andes -- Plants and Animals -- People in the Andes Mountains -- Natural Resources and Tourism -- Timeline -- Find Out More -- Glossary
The Appalachians
The Appalachian Mountains -- How Did the Appalachians Form? -- Weather in the Appalachians -- Plants and Animals -- People in the Appalachians -- Natural Resources and Tourism -- Timeline -- Find Out More -- Glossary
The Himalayas
The Himalaya Mountains -- How Did the Himalayas Form? -- Weather in the Himalayas -- Plants and Animals -- People in the Himalayas -- Natural Resources and Tourism -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Find Out More
The Urals
The Great Divide -- Shaping the Urals -- Changing Weather -- Plants and Animals -- Homes on the Range -- Rich in Resources -- Timeline -- Find Out More -- Glossary
HISTORY
World Religions and Beliefs series
The Birth of Christianity
Discusses the early years of Christianity, detailing the struggles early Roman Catholics faced when practicing their faith, the legitimization of Christianity by Constantine, and the development of the Catholic Church.
The Birth of Islam
Describes the development of the Islamic faith by the prophet Muhammad, the creation of the Qur'an, and the early years of the religion, including the sectarian schism after Muhammad's death and the spread of Islam throughout the Middle East.
Founders of Faith
Explores the origins, fundamental teachings, and legacy of the founders, including Krishna, Jesus, and Confucius, of seven major religions.
The Force Born of Truth: Mohandas Gandhi and the Salt March, India, 1930
Young Gandhi -- Gandhi in South Africa -- Gandhi returns to India -- Setting the stage -- The Salt March -- Gandhi breaks the salt laws -- The end of the Raj
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
A revisionist history of the golden age of piracy draws on original archive records to provide a realistic study of pirates and their lives that refutes many of the myths about the era.
POETRY
Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems
A collection of poems in which fifteen-year-old Jessie voices such teenage concerns as making new friends, getting along with an annoying younger brother, finding the right makeup and hairstyle, playing volleyball, and attending school prep rallies.
SCIENCE
Bird
A photo essay on the world of birds examining such topics as body construction, feathers and flight, the adaptation of beaks and feet, feeding habits, courtship, nests and eggs, and bird watching.
New Technology Series:
Forensic Technology
Describes the technology used by forensic scientists to gather and analyze evidence from crime scenes.
Gaming Technology
Describes the technology used for creating and playing video games. Includes information on how different platforms work and the direction video game technology may be going.
Robot Technology
Describes current robotics technology, including the applications of robots in space, in the military, in industry, and around the house. Discusses the pros and cons of creating fully autonomous robots.
Sports Technology
Describes the technological advances in the sports industry, including the technology used to create better equipment, sports wear, judging tools, and playing surfaces.
Science Behind Sports series:
Basketball
Snowboarding
Sports play an important formative role in the lives of many middle and high school students. "Science Behind Sports" explores the science behind key contemporary sports. Volumes present in a clear and engaging manner the scientific principles and concepts involved, the biomechanics and physiology of playing, and related health issues and medical concerns related to the sport.
Seven Wonders of Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors
Ceres: a mountain in space -- Ganymede: the earth-grazer and other mavericks -- Halley's comet: iceberg in the sky -- Borealis basin: when worlds collide -- The Perseid meteor shower: rocks rain down -- The Kuiper belt: snowball in orbit -- Mystery worlds: Pluto and charon.
Seven Wonders Beyond the Solar System
Tarantula nebula -- Crab nebula -- The mysterious pulsing star -- The biggest known star -- The most earthlike extrasolar planet -- The biggest known galaxy -- The sculptor supercluster.
Seven Wonders of the Gas Giants and Their Moons
Describes seven phenomena about the outer planets of the solar system and their moons, including the great red spot of Jupiter and the underground sea of Europa, and explains how these phenomena occurred.
Seven Wonders of the Rocky Planets and Their Moons
Describes the geographic phenomena of the inner planets of the solar system and their moons, including the largest mountain of the planets, the deepest canyon, and the highest recorded temperatures.
Seven Wonders of Space Phenomena
Describes seven space phenomena, including dark matter, black holes, and the Sun, and explains what scientists have discovered about these phenomena and what they have yet to learn.
Seven Wonders of the Sun and Other Stars
Describes seven different phenomena of the Sun and other stars of the universe, including solar storms, eclipses, and supernovas, and explains why these phenomena occur.
Shhh! Canadian Scientists and Inventors Rule
An ABC of Canadian science inventions and discoveries from Acetylene to Zipper, from Blackberry to Walkie-Talkie. Join Jon, Jesse, Max, and Beaver who have an adventure on each page with that letter’s Canadian invention. This book began as a project of the Government of British Columbia’s Year of Science. The project went forward under the auspices of the Langley School District and the projects’ creator and manager Diana Cruchley.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Business Leaders series:
Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg
Techno kid -- More than just a geek -- Hacking Harvard -- Whose idea was it? -- Palo Alto: a "mythical place" -- The world's biggest social network -- Facebook's global influence.
Google Founders: Larry Page and Sergey Brin
The boys who loved computers -- "LarryandSergey" -- From garage to Googleplex -- Google grows -- Ups and downs -- Changing the world -- To the moon and beyond -- Timeline -- Sources.
Twitter: Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams
The magic of maps -- East Coast, West Coast -- Setting up Twitter -- Building the buzz -- A plane in the Hudson -- New Twitter, new challenges -- Twitter 'round the world -- What's next for Twitter?
Bullying: An Opposing Viewpoints Guide
Describes the fundamental principles of essay writing while discussing various perspectives on bullying.
Current Controversies series:
Medical Marijuana
Issues surrounding the use of marijuana for medical purposes are discussed from a variety of perspectives.
Teen Pregnancy and Parenting - Current Controversies series
A compilation of opposing viewpoints on the issue of teen pregnancy and parenting.
Dealing with Drugs series
Inhalants and Solvents
A recent survey on drug use recorded 729,000 youths 12 years of age or older who had used inhalants and solvents for the first time within the past year. These substances, along with prescription and over-the-counter medications, can be found in almost every home and have become an easy-access entry point to drug use for young people. This important book carefully examines the facts and fiction about "huffing," and provides information on addiction and treatment, as well as useful alternatives to drug use.
Marijuana
There’s no denying that marijuana use is prevalent among today’s youth—and it has grown increasingly acceptable in popular culture. This informative and useful book for kids examines drug use and abuse. Topics of interest include the history of marijuana use and laws, and myths and facts about marijuana misuse and abuse. A resource section provides websites and contact information of organizations for those dependent on drugs as well as for their friends and families.
Steroids
Did you know about one third of high school students take steroids to improve their looks - not just their athletic skills? Steroid use is becoming a major issue among 12- to 18-year-olds today. This helpful and informative book looks at the pressures young people are under to look "cut" and perform well in sports. Special chapters examine the effects of anabolic steroids on the developing bodies and minds of young people and how difficult it can be to quit when you’ve got "the edge".
Street Pharma
Prescription and over-the-counter medications are the most commonly abused drugs by high school students after marijuana. One in five young people abuses prescription meds—cotton, rits, beans, tuss, and bricks—street names for these non-street drugs. Street Pharma looks at this growing problem and gives young readers the information they need to say no before they start using or find help to quit when they’ve become addicted.
Finding Fish: A Memoir
Baby Boy Fisher was raised in institutions from the moment of his birth in prison to a single mother. He ultimately came to live with a foster family, where he endured near-constant verbal and physical abuse. In his mid-teens he escaped and enlisted in the navy, where he became a man of the world, raised by the family he created for himself.Finding Fish shows how, out of this unlikely mix of deprivation and hope, an artist was born -- first as the child who painted the feelings his words dared not speak, then as a poet and storyteller who would eventually become one of Hollywood's most sought-after screenwriters.A tumultuous and ultimately gratifying tale of self-discovery written in Fisher's gritty yet melodic literary voice, Finding Fish is an unforgettable reading experience. It inspired the movie "Antwone Fisher".
Hot Topic series:
Racism
Racism today -- What motivates racism? -- Fighting racism -- Preventing racism -- Racism and the future.
Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Canadian Content Areas
A theme-based dictionary for second language learners and literacy students. It is divided by school content areas (curriculum based). It presents the essential words in topics that students are studying in their core class and makes these new concepts accessible through full-colour, contextualized illustrations.
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