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Author
Publisher
Tyndale Refresh
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Nowadays, beliefs rule the day. "Personal truth" is more important than "the truth." In one study, more than 91 percent of the respondents couldn't tell the difference between opinion and fact. For them, in other words, opinions are facts and beliefs are truth. In Believing is Seeing, former ABC News Science Editor and Harvard physics instructor Dr. Michael Guillen explains how every aspect of the human experience, from science to religion, is powered...
Publisher
Marvel Comics
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A selection from 1961- 2004 of the "best" of The Fantastic Four, the superhero group composed of Mr. Fantastic, the Thing, the Human Torch, and the Invisible Girl, four ordinary humans who gained extraordinary powers when they are exposed to cosmic rays in space.
Series
Publisher
Future Publishing Ltd
Language
English
Description
Explore the science of life with this guide to understanding biology. From the plant and animal kingdoms to human biology and medicine, and the strange and tiny world of microbiology, discover how life evolves and the complex processes that keep it going.
Author
Publisher
R.J. White
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
""Are we living in the End Times?" The question is on everyone's mind. Cities worldwide are overrun by crime, homelessness, and drug addiction. Now comes an ominous new crisis - people are committing suicide in alarming numbers, and no one knows why it's happening. Even children are not immune. As authorities scramble helplessly to control what they call a "mental health pandemic," there are growing whispers of a supernatural origin. When two mysterious...
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"Steve Rogers is the most inspirational hero in the Marvel-Verse - the Sentinel of Liberty, Captain America! Now discover why he's known as a living legend with some of Cap's most action-packed adventures! First, flash back in time for a thrilling re-examination of Captain America's incomparable origin story! See frail Steve Rogers became a super-soldier, and thrill to his first mission as the Fighting Avenger of World War II! Plus, the Black Panther...
Publisher
A360 Media, LLC
Language
English
Description
Everyone's afraid of something. Whether it's bears or bats, public speaking or the dark, our fears betray an ancient, gut-level response that's hard to understand and even harder to address. This magazine dives into a dizzying array of morbidly entertaining fears and phobias, from common ones like acrophobia (fear of heights) and arachnophobia (fear of spiders) through odder entries like triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13), and
...Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The year 2016 witnessed an unprecedented shock to political elites in both Europe and America. Populism was on the march, fueled by a substantial ignorance of, or contempt for, the norms, practices, and institutions of liberal democracy. It is not surprising that observers on the left and right have called for renewed efforts at civic education. For liberal democracy to survive, they argue, some form of political education aimed at "the people" is...
Author
Publisher
Molino
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
Es la mąana de la cosecha que dar̀ inicio a los Ďcimos juegos del hambre. En el Capitolio, Coriolanus Snow, de dieciocho ąos de edad, se prepara para la oportunidad ͠nica de alcanzar la gloria como mentor de los juegos. La casa de los Snow, antes tan influyente, atraviesa tiempos dif̕ciles. por lo que su destino, por lo que su destino depende de que Coriolanus consiga superar a sus compąeros en encanto, ingenio y estrategia como mentor...
Series
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Two Marvel storybook collections in one volume! Avengers Storybook Collection: Join your favorite Avengers and their friends as they unite to battle foes no single hero could withstand! Defeat an ancient beast with Thor, journey to Wakanda with Black Panther, travel back in time with Iron Man, and more. This thrilling collection brings the epic power of the expanding Marvel Universe to life! Selected stories from Marvel Super Heroes Storybook Collection:...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Mutants Rule! Emerging from their hidden lair in the sewers, teenage bros Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael face off against the most dangerous baddies and the most delicious pizza in New York City! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are martial arts masters-in-training on a mission to defeat all enemies, protect the innocent, and make it home in time to chill. With the help of powerful pals like April O'Neil, Casey Jones, and Ice Cream...
Author
Publisher
CAEZIK SF & Fantasy
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
While J. Robert Oppenheimer and his Manhattan Project team struggle to develop the A-bomb, Edward Teller wants something even more devastating: a bomb based on nuclear fusion--the mechanism that powers the sun. Teller's research leads to a terrifying discovery: by the year 2030, the sun will eject its outermost layer, destroying the entire inner solar system--including Earth. As the war ends with the use of fission bombs against Japan, Oppenheimer's...
Publisher
DK/Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"This unique encyclopedia provides the complete picture of planet Earth as you've never seen it before, showcased in stunning photography and state-of-the-art maps. You'll discover exactly what is happening across the continents in six diverse chapters covering the Earth, the living world, people and planet, engineering and technology, history, and culture. On this endless adventure you'll climb the tallest buildings, swim the longest rivers, and...
Author
Series
Q and Ray volume case 2
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 470L
Language
English
Description
"Quillan Hedgeson, a hedgehog, and Raymond Ratzburg, a rat, are students (and crime solvers) at Elm Tree Elementary school. When a famous local meteorite goes missing, Q and Ray set out to solve the case, using their wits and a series of disguises"--
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The extraordinary story of American special operator and trailblazer Shannon Kent, who was killed at the age of 35 by a suicide bomber while hunting high value targets on a classified mission in Syria in 2019. Of the 1.3 million active-duty service members in the U.S. military, only a tiny fraction are selected as "operators" in elite special mission units. Shannon Kent was one of the first women to serve at this level and was widely recognized as...
19) Fifty in reverse
Author
Publisher
Tiller Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Peter Wyatt falls asleep in 2020 as a 65-year-old man, only to wake up back in his life as a 15-year-old. After unsuccessful attempts to wake himself from what he can only perceive as a dream, he tries to figure out how he's going to find his way back to his life, and his family, in 2020. As his parents, his therapist, and others around him try to figure out the change that came over Peter overnight, and what they see as his delusions, Peter tries...
