Search Results: Returned 11 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 11
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-- Arctic and Antarctic1996, Thunder Bay Press Call No: 508.311 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The Changing worldSummary Note: Discusses such topics as the physical features, climate, plant and animal life, and environmental concerns related to the earth's polar regions.
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2011., Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: Historical Fiction Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Cai, a thief in seventh-century Constantinople, finds himself held captive on a trading ship bound for Britain--the home his father, a ruthless barbarian assassin, fled long ago--where he discovers that his Anglish captors know more about the secrets of his family than he does.
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-- Bullie$ of Wall StreetBy Bair, Sheila2016., Juvenile, Simon & Schuster BFYR Call No: 330.97 Bai Bai Edition: First Simon & Schuster BFYR paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Presents the argument that a broken financial system and the greed of Wall Street big wigs are to blame for the 2008 financial crisis. Describes the decisions bank CEOs and heads of government regulatory committees made that contributed to the financial collapse.
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-- Bullies of Wall Street: this is how greedy adults messed up our economyBy Bair, Sheila2015., Simon & Schuster BFYR Call No: HI-INT 330.973 BAI Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: What caused the 2008 economic collapse? What can we learn from the Great Recession? Sheila Bair, former head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, provides her take.
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-- Bullies of Wall Street: this is how greedy adults messed up our economyBy Bair, Sheila2015., Simon & Schuster BFYR Call No: 330.973 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: What caused the 2008 economic collapse? What can we learn from the Great Recession? Sheila Bair, former head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, provides her take.
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c2011., W.W. Norton Call No: 621.042 09 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a scientific view at how carbon dioxide affects climate change, explaining how a buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is contributing to global warming, and discussing various energy innovation methods and techniques that can be used to improve and safeguard the future of the planet.
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2008, 2007., History Channel Call No: DVD 363.73 GLO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: ScienceSummary Note: The History Channel answers the question: After 650 million years of climate change, is global warming simply a naturally occuring phenomenom, or the result of human activity? Arctic ice is melting, sea levels are rising and glaciers are shrinking at alarming rates. And the Earth is getting unmistakably warmer. But is this vast potentially catastrophic climate change the result of human behavior? Or is it simply the Earth's natural cycle of warming and cooling periods that have occurred since the planet formed? An in-depth study of the science behind this controversial hot-button issue. Scientists explore the skies to examine the warming effects of the sun and dig deep into the Earth to study continental movement and the volatile activity at the planet's core. Experts speculate on how natural events including volcanic eruptions and massive meteor impacts have affected temperatures and weather systems over the planet's 600-million-year history.--Container.
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[2008]., General, History Channel : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Call No: ENVIRONMENT NF Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The History Channel answers the question: After 650 million years of climate change, is global warming simply a naturally occurring phenomenon, or the result of human activity? Arctic ice is melting, sea levels are rising and glaciers are shrinking at alarming rates. And the Earth is getting unmistakably warmer. But is this vast potentially catastrophic climate change the result of human behavior? Or is it simply the Earth's natural cycle of warming and cooling periods that have occurred since the planet formed? An in-depth study of the science behind this controversial hot-button issue. Scientists explore the skies to examine the warming effects of the sun and dig deep into the Earth to study continental movement and the volatile activity at the planet's core. Experts speculate on how natural events including volcanic eruptions and massive meteor impacts have affected temperatures and weather systems over the planet's 600-million-year history.--Container.
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2007., Pre-adolescent, Random House Call No: Historical Fiction Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Contributor biographical information More... Summary Note: Greece, 1200 BCE: Determined to fend for herself in a world where only men have real freedom, headstrong Helen, who will be called queen of Sparta and Helen of Troy one day, learns to fight, hunt, and ride horses while disguised as a boy, and goes on an adventure throughout the Mediterranean world.
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2008., Pre-adolescent, Random House Call No: Historical Fiction Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Summary Note: Still longing for adventure, Princess Helen of Sparta maintains her disguise as a boy to join her unsuspecting brothers as part of the crew of the Argo, the ship commanded by Prince Jason in his quest for the Golden Fleece.
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2011., Adolescent, Annick Press Call No: Historical Fiction Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Marguerite, daughter of the Count of Flanders in 1347, grows up riding horses, fencing, and outwitting the boys, and although her father was disappointed to have a girl as his firstborn child, he waits and watches, seeing more in her than she knows.