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Never out of season : how having the food we want when we want it threatens our food supply and our future / by Dunn, Rob,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-310) and index.A banana in every bowl -- An island like ours -- The perfect pathological storm -- Escape is temporary -- My enemy's enemy is my friend -- Chocolate terrorism -- The meltdown of the chocolate ecosystem -- Prospecting for seeds -- the siege -- The grass eaters -- Henry Ford's jungle -- Why we need wild nature -- The Red Queen and the long game -- Fowler's ark -- Grains, guns, and desertification -- Preparing for the flood -- Epilogue: What do I do?Biologist Rob Dunn takes readers on a tour of our precarious dependence on ten species ranging from bananas to chickens--all of which are just a bug or a virus away from a collapse.
Subjects: Food crops.; Food consumption.; Food supply.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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Never home alone : from microbes to millipedes, camel crickets, and honeybees, the natural history of where we live / by Dunn, Rob,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue: homo indoorus -- Wonder -- The hot spring in the basement -- Seeing in the dark -- Absence as a disease -- Bathing in a stream of life -- The problem with abundance -- The far sighted ecologist -- What good is a camel cricket? -- The problem with cockroaches is us -- Look what the cat dragged in -- Gardening the bodies of babies -- The flavor of biodiversity.Even when the floors are sparkling clean and the house seems silent, our domestic domain is wild beyond imagination. In Never Home Alone, biologist Rob Dunn introduces us to the nearly 200,000 species living with us in our own homes, from the Egyptian meal moths in our cupboards and camel crickets in our basements to the lactobacillus lounging on our kitchen counters. You are not alone. Yet, as we obsess over sterilizing our homes and separating our spaces from nature, we are unwittingly cultivating an entirely new playground for evolution. These changes are reshaping the organisms that live with us--prompting some to become more dangerous, while undermining those species that benefit our bodies or help us keep more threatening organisms at bay. No one who reads this engrossing, revelatory book will look at their homes in the same way again.
Subjects: Biology; Natural history;
Available copies: 22 / Total copies: 26
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The call of the honeyguide : what science tells us about how to live well with the rest of life / by Dunn, Rob,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-330) and index.How rethinking our relationships with other species can help us reimagine the future of humankind. In the woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa, sometime deep in our species' past, something strange happened: a bird called out, not to warn others of human presence, but to call attention to herself. Having found a beehive, that bird-a honeyguide-sought human aid to break in. The behavior can seem almost miraculous: How would a bird come to think that people could help her? Isn't life simply bloodier than that? As Rob Dunn argues in The Call of the Honeyguide, it isn't. Nature is red in tooth and claw, but in equal measure, life works together. Cells host even smaller life, wrapped in a web of mutual interdependence. Ants might go to war, but they also tend fungi, aphids, and even trees. And we humans work not just with honeyguides but with yeast, crops, and pets. Ecologists call these beneficial relationships mutualisms. And they might be the most important forces in the evolution of life. We humans often act as though we are all alone, independent from the rest of life. As The Call of the Honeyguide shows, we are not. It is a call to action for a more beneficent, less lonely future.
Subjects: Human-animal relationships; Mutualism (Biology); Biology; Natural history;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 12
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The man who touched his own heart : true tales of science, surgery, and mystery / by Dunn, Rob,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-364) and index.The human heart -- The bar fight that precipitated the dawn of heart surgery -- The Prince of the Heart -- When art reinvented science -- Blood's orbit -- Seeing the thing that eats the heart -- The rhythm method -- Frankenstein's monsters -- Atomic cows -- Lighter than a feather -- Mending the broken heart -- War and fungus -- The perfect diet -- The beetle and the cigarette -- The book of broken hearts -- The evolution of broken hearts -- Sugarcoating heart disease -- Escaping the laws of nature -- The future science of the heart."The Man Who Touched His Own Heart tells the raucous, gory, mesmerizing story of the heart, from the first "explorers" who dug up cadavers and plumbed their hearts' chambers, through the first heart surgeries-which had to be completed in three minutes before death arrived-to heart transplants and the latest medical efforts to prolong our hearts' lives, almost defying nature in the process. Thought of as the seat of our soul, then as a mysteriously animated object, the heart is still more a mystery than it is understood. Why do most animals only get one billion beats? (And how did modern humans get to over two billion-effectively letting us live out two lives?) Why are sufferers of gingivitis more likely to have heart attacks? Why do we often undergo expensive procedures when cheaper ones are just as effective? What do Da Vinci, Mary Shelley, and contemporary Egyptian archaeologists have in common? And what does it really feel like to touch your own heart, or to have someone else's beating inside your chest? Rob Dunn's fascinating history of our hearts brings us deep inside the science, history, and stories of the four chambers we depend on most"--
Subjects: Cardiology; Heart; Heart; Heart;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 16
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A natural history of the future : what the laws of biology tell us about the destiny of the human species / by Dunn, Rob,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Blindsided by life -- Urban Galapagos -- The inadvertent ark -- The last escape -- The human niche -- The intelligence of crows -- Embracing diversity to balance risk -- The law of inseparability -- Humpty Dumpty and the robotic sex bees -- Living with evolution -- Not the end of nature -- Conclusion: No longer among the living."Biologist Rob Dun grew up listening to stories of the Mississippi River, how it flooded his grandfather's town of Greenville, swallowing up the townsfolk and leaving behind a muddy wasteland. Years later, Dunn discovered the cause of the great deluge. The Army Corps of Engineers had tried to straighten the river, cutting off its meandering oxbows in order to allow for the easy passage of boats. They had tried to bend nature to their own design. But as Dunn argues in A Natural History of the Future, nature has its own set of rules, and no amount of human tampering can rewrite them. We might think that we can meet the challenges of global warming by manipulating nature with our technology--and even that we can live without non-human life--but as Dunn shows, we can't. We not only rely on the natural world for food, but we need its microbes to carry out the most basic bodily functions. The rules of life, Dunn explains, are all-encompassing, governing where species are likely to abound, the inevitable arms race between humans and our predators, and even our own ignorance about nature. Collectively, these rules shed light on the future of life and our destiny, revealing where our visions for cities, roads, schools, and society at large run afoul of nature's inescapable dictates. The future we have been planning is one in which we try to hold back life. As Dunn argues, we cannot: Surviving or reversing climate change and other ecological catastrophes isn't just a question of reducing our carbon footprint with clean technologies or protecting ecosystems. It's not about "fixes." It's about working with nature, and so learning to live by the rules that entails. Drawing on topics as diverse as how microbes acquired during birth affect our health and what species might inhabit the crust of the Earth, Dunn reveals the surprising complexities of the natural world and the interconnectedness of life itself. Along the way, he offers plenty of simple lessons in how we can, individually and collectively, through environmental policy, make the lifestyle changes necessary to ensure our own species' survival. At once hopeful and practical, A Natural History of the Future offers a vision of our future in which humans and the natural world coexist symbiotically"--
Subjects: Nature; Human ecology.; Environmental sociology.; Ecological forecasting.; Environmental policy.;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 11
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Delicious : the evolution of flavor and how it made us human / by Dunn, Rob,author.; Sanchez, Monica(Anthropologist),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue: Eco-evolutionary gastronomy -- Tongue-tied -- The flavor-seekers -- A nose for flavor -- Culinary extinction -- Forbidden fruits -- On the origin of spices -- Cheesy horse and sour beer -- The art of cheese -- Dinner makes us human."A savory account of how the pursuit of delicious foods shaped human evolution."--
Subjects: Flavor.; Perception; Smell; Taste;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dr. Eleanor's book of common ants / by Spicer Rice, Eleanor,author.(CARDINAL)352157; Dunn, Rob,author.; Wild, Alexander L.,1973-author.(CARDINAL)352156;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-136).Carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) -- Pavement ant (Tetramorium sp.e) -- Odorous house ant (Tapinoma sessile) -- Winter ant (Prenolepis imparis) -- Asian needle ant (Brachyponera chinensis) -- Winnow ant (Aphaenogaster rudis) -- Big headed ant (Pheidole) -- Southern fire ant (Solenopsis xyloni) -- Little black ant (Monomorium minimum) -- Thief ant (Solenopsis molesta) -- High noon ant (Forelius pruinosus) -- Lasius ant (Lasius) -- Field ant (Formica) -- Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) -- Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) -- Crazy ant (Nylanderia sp.) -- Tiny trapjaw ant (Strumigenys spp.) -- Acrobat ant (Crematogaster) -- Frequently asked ant questions -- How to keep ants at home -- Appendix 1: additional resources.Did you know that for every human on earth, there are about one million ants? They are among the longest-lived insects-with some ant queens passing the thirty-year mark-as well as some of the strongest. Fans of both the city and countryside alike, ants decompose dead wood, turn over soil (in some places more than earthworms), and even help plant forests by distributing seeds. But while fewer than thirty of the nearly one thousand ant species living in North America are true pests, we cringe when we see them marching across our kitchen floors. No longer! In this witty, accessible, and beautifully illustrated guide, Eleanor Spicer Rice, Alex Wild, and Rob Dunn metamorphose creepy-crawly revulsion into myrmecological wonder. Emerging from Dunn's ambitious citizen science project Your Wild Life (an initiative based at North Carolina State University), Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants provides an eye-opening entomological overview of the natural history of species most noted by project participants-and even offers tips on keeping ant farms in your home. Exploring species from the spreading red imported fire ant to the pavement ant, and featuring Wild's stunning photography, this guide will be a tremendous resource for teachers, students, and scientists alike. But more than this, it will transform the way we perceive the environment around us by deepening our understanding of its littlest inhabitants, inspiring everyone to find their inner naturalist, get outside, and crawl across the dirt-magnifying glass in hand.
Subjects: Ants;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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Veronica Mars. by Bell, Kristen,actor.(DLC)n 97854593; Daggs, PercyIII.actor.(local)tlcaut6767677132500; Dunn, Teddy,actor.(DLC)no2006010065; Thomas, Rob,author.(DLC)n 95099043; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.(DLC)no 95005960 ;
Disc 1: Pilot episode (Creator's cut) ; Credit where credit's due ; Meet John Smith ; The wrath of con -- Disc 2: You think you know somebody ; Return to the Kane ; The girl next door ; Like a virgin -- Disc 3: Drinking the kool-aid ; An Echolls' family Christmas ; Silence of the lambs ; Clash of the tritons -- Disc 4: Lord of the bling ; Mars vs. Mars ; Ruskie business ; Betty and Veronica -- Disc 5: Kane and Abel's ; Weapons of class destruction ; Hot dogs ; M.A.D. -- Disc 6: A trip to the dentist ; Leave it to Beaver (All enchanced content material).Kristen Bell, Percy Daggs III, Teddy Dunn, Jason Dohring, Francis Capra, Enrico Colantoni.In the wealthy, seaside community of Neptune, California, the rich and powerful make the rules. Unfortunately for them, there's Veronica Mars, a smart, fearless 17-year-old apprentice private investigator solving the town's toughest mysteries.MPAA rating: Not rated.DVD, region 1, widescreeen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 surround stereo., dual layer.
Subjects: Crime; Mystery; Films for the hearing impaired.; Women private investigators; Criminal behavior; Estudiantes; Delitos;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The hidden kingdom of fungi : exploring the microscopic world in our forests, homes, and bodies / by Seifert, Keith A.,author.; Dunn, Rob,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."For readers of Entangled Life and The Hidden Life of Trees comes an illuminating account of the "invisible" fungi that share our world: from the air we breathe to the dust beneath our feet. The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi traces the intricate connections between fungi and all life on Earth to show how these remarkable microbes enrich our lives: from releasing the carbon in plants for the benefit of all organisms to transmitting information between trees, to producing life-changing medicine, to adding umami flavor and B vitamins to our food. Divided into sections, each one exploring an environment where fungi live, this enthralling, science-backed book ventures into our homes, bodies, farms, and forests to profile the fungi that inhabit these environments, most of them invisible to the naked eye. Along the way, the author, the esteemed career mycologist Keith Seifert, explains the latest research into where these fungi came from: how yeast, lichens, slimes, and molds evolved and adapted over millions of years. And he shows us that, surprisingly, fungi share almost a quarter of human genes. We may have more in common with yeast and slime than we think ... But not all fungi are good for us. In fact, fungal diseases lead to over 1 million deaths each year and more than a quarter of our food goes to waste. How can we strike a better balance with our microbial cousins, both for their sake and ours? The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi urges us to better understand our relationship with fungi--and to plan our future with them in mind--while revealing their world in all its beautiful complexity"--
Subjects: Fungi; Fungi.;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 13
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Prosecuting Casey Anthony / by Werner, Peter,1947-2023Director(DLC)no 97041591; Lowe, Rob,Actor(DLC)n 81096858; Mitchell, Elizabeth,1970-Actor(DLC)no2001019619; Nuñez, Oscar,Actor(DLC)no2006119914; Ramirez, Marisa,Actor(local)tlcaut1710281219558528035; Dunn, Kevin,1956-Actor(DLC)no 98088133; Welch, Virginia,Actor(local)tlcaut1710281223526748058; Richmond-Peck, David, 1974-,Actor(local)tlcaut1710281228136660021; Kerr, Marina Stephenson,Actor(local)tlcaut1710281232682855192; Williams, Tonya Lee,Actor(local)tlcaut1710281236761923861; Akin, Philip,Actor(local)tlcaut1710281248262454620; Cross, Alison,Screenwriter(local)tlcaut1710281252184827328; Ashton, Jeff,Author(DLC)no2011174800; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.(local)tlcaut1685484512432839056; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.(DLC)n 78089065 ;
Rob Lowe, Elizabeth Mitchell, Oscar Nuñez, Marisa Ramirez, Kevin Dunn, Virginia Welch, David Richmond-Peck, Marina Stephenson Kerr, Tonya Lee Williams, Philip Akin.Rob Lowe stars as prosecutor Jeff Ashton in this riveting, true-life drama based on the high-profile murder trial that captivated, shocked and enraged the American public. Seen from Ashton's perspective, Prosecuting Casey Anthony takes you behind the scenes of the complex--and ultimately flawed--investigation surrounding the tragic death of two-year old Caylee Anthony, followed by the controversial trial that resulted in her mother's acquittal.DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Made-for-TV movies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Legal films.; Anthony, Casey, 1986-; Ashton, Jeff; Murder; Child abuse; Legal drama; Child Abuse;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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