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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and work of the renowned nineteenth-century biologist who transformed conventional Western thought with his theory of natural evolution.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This acclaimed study of the history of scientific exploration in the Southwest from renowned biologist Dr. Samuel Wood Geiser, first published in its present revised edition in 1948, would be of interest to many types of readers: For those who love stories, of adventure and struggle, it narrates the lives and varying fates of men who lived under strange and difficult conditions, and who met those conditions, some with heroic resolution and resourcefulness,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Follow the remarkable journey of Jeanne Villepreux-Power from her childhood in a small French village to her life as a naturalist in nineteenth-century Messina, Sicily, where she conducted groundbreaking research and invented aquariums"--
Author
Language
English
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Description
The acclaimed author transforms a single day on his small farm into a “gorgeously thoughtful meditation on the natural world” and our place in it (Vancouver Sun).
The acclaimed poet and author Brian Brett takes readers on an irreverent and illuminating journey through a day in the life of his small island farm in British Columbia, affectionately named Trauma Farm. With fascinating ruminations on everything from the
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A science educator honors children's curiosity and pockets full of "stuff" by introducing nine scientists who collected natural treasures when they were young. Collecting, sorting, and playing with shells, stones, and other objects taught these young people how to observe, classify, and discover"--
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A Best Book of 2020: The Washington Post * NPR * Chicago Tribune * Smithsonian
A "remarkable" (Los Angeles Times), "seductive" (The Wall Street Journal) debut from the new cohost of Radiolab, Why Fish Don't Exist is a dark and astonishing tale of love, chaos, scientific obsession, and—possibly—even murder.
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A "remarkable" (Los Angeles Times), "seductive" (The Wall Street Journal) debut from the new cohost of Radiolab, Why Fish Don't Exist is a dark and astonishing tale of love, chaos, scientific obsession, and—possibly—even murder.
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Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Shares the life of the French naturalist, including his childhood in the French countryside, his life-long interest in insects, and how he eventually met the president of France.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself.--
Author
Language
English
Description
My life has been full of unbelievably strange events. Many are funny, and a few are sad. This book is a compilation of the experiences from before I came to Christ to later in my life, seeing God work in and around people and countries where I have served as a pastor, traveling speaker, and a missionary.
My hope with this book is to offer laughter, understanding, hope during sad and painful times, and faith in God. The everyday normal person desperately...
Author
Language
English
Description
Life is a journey. Every journey has a beginning and an end. And every journey has a purpose.
God has a purpose for our life. Many people in this world live day by day without a purpose in their life other than to live and have pleasure. In other words, they live outside God's plan.
The author takes the readers on his life journey from birth to the time of writing this book. The journey straddles three continents and places. Each place represents...
Author
Language
English
Description
Rosanne S. McHenry worked as a California State Park Ranger at Folsom Lake and the Auburn State Recreation Area in the late 1980s, when the life of a patrol ranger could get extremely rough and tumble. From drug busts and drunken brawls to teen romance on display; from an attack goose to a pot-bellied pig on the loose, she regales her readers with madcap adventures.
Within the pages of this book is the madness and gladness of the profession. The...
Author
Language
English
Description
Tears can imply many things. There are tears (a split or rip), tears of sorrow (weeping), and tares that refer to weeds. I have experienced all three in my life. Some have to be healed, some endured, and some eradicated. Only with God's help can any of these processes be accomplished. This is my true story of how God has saved my life. I pray it will inspire and encourage others. Nothing is impossible with God!
Author
Language
English
Description
Richard A. Wilson is a remarkable man, grounded in courage and commitment, fighting for what he loves — the land, our water, and our forests. For most of his long life, he has lived near, played and worked in and sought solace from the deep woods in remote Northern California.
Richard's story, as transcribed in the early years of this century, records how he faced down and defeated powerful interests, including water guzzlers, intent upon developing...
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