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Swift : catching gamma-ray bursts on the fly. by United States.National Aeronautics and Space Administration.(CARDINAL)137327;
Subjects: Swift (Artificial satellite); Astronomy projects.; Gamma ray astronomy; Orbiting astronomical observatories.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Maryland / by Heinrichs, Ann.(CARDINAL)344689; Kania, Matt,illustrator.(CARDINAL)344688;
Includes bibliographical references (page 39) and index.Our Maryland trip -- Welcome to Maryland -- Fun on Chesapeake Bay -- The wild horses of Assateague -- The Piscataway Indian Museum in Waldorf -- Historic St. Mary's City -- The state house in Annapolis -- The National Colonial Farm in Accokeek -- Fort McHenry and the Star-Spangled Banner -- Antietam Battlefield and the Civil War -- Riding down the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal -- Salisbury Pewter Company -- Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt -- Life on Smith Island -- Skipjack races and the watermen -- Let's visit Baltimore! -- Oceans of fun in Ocean City -- For more information -- Our trip -- Words to know -- State symbols and song -- Famous people.590LAccelerated Reader AR
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bet on it / by Slaughter, Jodie,author.;
"The first time Aja Owens encounters the man of her dreams, she's having a panic attack in the frozen foods section of the Piggly Wiggly. The second time, he's being introduced to her as her favorite bingo buddy's semi-estranged grandson. From there, all it takes is one game for her to realize that he's definitely going to be a problem ... In Walker Abbott's mind, there are only two worthwhile things in Greenbelt, South Carolina. The peach cobbler at his old favorite diner and his ailing grandmother. Dragging himself back after more than a decade away, he's counting down the days until Gram heals and he can get back to his real life, far away from the trauma inside of those city limits. Just when he thinks his plan is solid, enter Aja to shake everything up."--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; African American women; Grandmothers; Homecoming; Panic attacks; Bingo;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 17
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12 Mighty orphans [videorecording] / by Bryan, Brinton,1981-film producer.; Crouch, James K.(Film editor),editor of moving image work.; De Luca, Angelique,1974-film producer.; De Luca, Michael,1965-film producer.(CARDINAL)539053; Duvall, Robert,actor.(CARDINAL)808220; Dylan, Levi,actor.; Garrison, Lane,1980-screenwriter.(CARDINAL)592892; Haze, Scott,actor.; Hill, Houston,film producer.; Knight, Wayne,actor.; Lofland, Jacob,actor.; McFarland, David B.,director of photography.(CARDINAL)868075; Meyer, Kevin,screenwriter.; Orton, Mark,composer (expression)(CARDINAL)884388; Roberts, Ty,1974-film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Shaw, Vinessa,1976-actor.(CARDINAL)848809; Sheen, Martin,actor.(CARDINAL)161755; Walker, Jake Austin,actor.; Wilson, Luke,1971-actor.(CARDINAL)340633; Motion picture adaptation of (work) :Dent, Jim.Twelve mighty orphans.; 12 Productions,production company.; Branded Pictures Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Carte Blanche,production company.; Greenbelt Films,production company.; Michael De Luca Productions (Firm),production company.(CARDINAL)557731; Santa Rita Film Co.,production company.; Sony Pictures Classics (Firm),presenter.(CARDINAL)282400; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)282399;
Music, Mark Orton ; editor, James K. Crouch ; director of photography, David McFarland.Luke Wilson, Vinessa Shaw, Wayne Knight, Jake Austin Walker, Scott Haze, Levi Dylan, Jacob Lofland, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen.The true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes, or even a football, to playing for the Texas state championships. Over the course of their winning season, these underdogs and their resilient spirit became an inspiration to their city, state, and an entire nation in need of a rebound, even catching the attention of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The architect of their success was Rusty Russell, a legendary high school coach who shocked his colleagues by giving up a privileged position so he could teach and coach at an orphanage. Few knew Rusty's secret: that he himself was an orphan. Recognizing that his scrawny players couldn't beat the other teams with brawn, Rusty developed innovative strategies that would come to define modern football.MPAA rating: PG-13; for violence, language, some suggestive references, smoking and brief teen drinking.English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); closed-captioned.DVD, wide screen (2.39); Dolby digital 5.1; region 1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Film adaptations.; Historical films.; Sports films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Masonic Home and School of Texas (Fort Worth, Tex.); Football coaches; Football teams; Football; Orphans;
Available copies: 36 / Total copies: 41
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The lifeguards : a novel / by Ward, Amanda Eyre,1972-Author(DLC)n 2002047462;
"In Austin's Zilker Park, vigilance and money are enough to keep one insulated from the world's problems and inconveniences. Here, three mothers--Whitney, Annette, and Liza--have grown thick as thieves, and so have their fifteen-year-old sons. While each of them has their own set of values and backgrounds, they share the belief that they can shelter their boys from an increasingly dangerous world. They've raised their families together, and their three sons are about to begin a carefree summer as lifeguards. Their friendship is unbreakable--as safe as the neighborhood where they've raised their sweet little boys. Until the body is found. One night, the three women have been chatting away, drinking wine, when their boys come back with a harrowing story about finding a young woman dead beside a swimming hole in the Greenbelt, a swath of hiking trails and dim wilderness areas that runs through their neighborhood. They swear they haven't done anything. They agree not to call the police--because who would want to cause a scene, to topple their fragile images and arouse suspicion? What choice do mothers have but to believe their sons? All families harbor secrets. Privately, none of them is sure that the boys are telling the truth. And with each woman questioning her son--and her friends' sons--each wonders how many lies they've told each other."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Mothers and sons; Female friendship; Family secrets; Murder; Large type books.;
Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 17
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Play to win : a novel / by Slaughter, Jodie,author.;
"Miriam Butler's life is going nowhere in the slowest, most excruciating way possible. Stuck in the same barely-paying job she's had since she was sixteen and spending every night sleeping in the spare twin bed in her mother's house, her existence might be hilarious if it wasn't so bleak. One trip to her favorite corner store upends everything when she finds herself the winner of a Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot. Unfortunately, not even life-altering roses come without their painful thorns. Hers just so happen to be in the form of an estranged husband who has the right to claim his share of her money. It's been eight years since Leo Vaughn has had a conversation with his wife. When she calls out of the blue, practically begging him to come back to Greenbelt, the last thing he expects her to tell him when he gets there is that she's come into a whole heap of money. She offers him a life-changing proposition of his own. Take a lump sum, finally sign the divorce papers, and be done with her for good. Only, a forever without her is the last thing Leo wants. So he gives a proposition of his own. One that won't cost her nearly as many millions, but will buy him the time to do the one thing he's been hungry to do since he left -- win her back"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Man-woman relationships; Married people; Estranged families; African Americans; Lottery winners; Married people.;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 14
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Roadside magic / by Saintcrow, Lilith.(CARDINAL)550150;
"New York Times Bestselling author Lilith Saintcrow returns to dark fantasy with the second novel in her Gallow & Ragged series where the faery world inhabits diners, dive bars and trailer parks. Robin Ragged has revenge to wreak and redemption to steal. She knows the source of the plague ravaging the sidhe of both Courts, and that knowledge might be enough to buy off even the Hunt if she can just survive. The poison in Jeremy Gallow's wound is slowly killing him. Old friends turn traitor and old enemies return, but he'll kill whoever he has to, to see his Robin safe. In the diners and trailer parks, the dive bars and greenbelts, the sidhe are hunting. Mercy and disaster follow in their wake. War looms, and on a rooftop in the heart of the city, the most dangerous sidhe of all is given new life. He has only one thought, this new hunter: Where is the Ragged? The Wild Hunt is riding. Gallow and Ragged Trailer Park FaeRoadside Magic, for more from Lilith Saintcrow, check out: Blood Call (coming August 2015) Bannon and Clare The Iron Wyrm Affair The Red Plague Affair The Ripper Affair The Damnation Affair (e-only) Dante Valentine Novels Working for the Devil Dead Man Rising Devil's Right Hand Saint City Sinners To Hell and Back Dante Valentine (omnibus) Jill Kismet Novels Night Shift Hunter's Prayer Redemption Alley Flesh Circus Heaven's Spite Angel Town Jill Kismet (omnibus) A Romance of Arquitaine Novels The Hedgewitch Queen The Bandit King"--
Subjects: Fiction.; Fairies;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The lifeguards : a novel / by Ward, Amanda Eyre,1972-author.(CARDINAL)670360;
"The bonds between three picture-perfect, viciously protective mothers are tested when their sons uncover a horrible crime in this provocative novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters. In Austin's Zilker Park, vigilance and money are enough to keep one insulated from the world's problems and inconveniences. Here, three mothers-Whitney, Annette, and Liza-have grown thick as thieves, and so have their fifteen-year-old sons. While each of them has their own set of values and backgrounds, they share the belief that they can shelter their boys from an increasingly dangerous world. They've raised their families together, and their three sons are about to begin a carefree summer as lifeguards. Their friendship is unbreakable--as safe as the neighborhood where they've raised their sweet little boys. Until the body is found. One night, the three women have been chatting away, drinking wine, when their boys come back with a harrowing story about finding a young woman dead beside a swimming hole in the Greenbelt, a swath of hiking trails and dim wilderness areas that runs through their neighborhood. They swear they haven't done anything. They agree not to call the police-because who would want to cause a scene, to topple their fragile images and arouse suspicion? What choice do mothers have but to believe their sons? All families harbor secrets. Privately, none of them is sure that the boys are telling the truth. And with each woman questioning her son-and her friends' sons-each wonders how many lies they've told each other. The Lifeguards is a riveting, high-stakes novel about the secrets we tell to protect the ones we love-and how sometimes your closest neighbor and ally can become your most dangerous foe."--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Murder; Mothers and sons; Female friendship; Family secrets; Women's friendships.;
Available copies: 57 / Total copies: 57
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Principles of sustainability / by Lerner Media Group,editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Agricultural runoff -- Air pollution policy -- Alternative energy sources -- Antibiotics as environmental waste -- Aquaculture's environmental impact -- Automobile emissions -- Beach erosion -- Bees and other pollinators -- Bhopal disaster -- Biodiversity action plans -- Biomagnification -- Biomass conversion -- Biomes and environmental issues -- Biopesticides and the environment -- Biopiracy and bioprospecting -- Bioremediation -- Biotechnology and genetic engineering -- BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill -- Carbon dioxide -- Carbon dioxide air capture -- Carcinogens in the environment -- Carrying capacity -- Chernobyl nuclear accident -- Chlorofluorocarbons and the ozone -- Clean air act and amendments -- Clean water act and amendments -- Climate accommodation -- Climate change and human health -- Climate change and oceans -- Climate models -- Cogeneration power systems -- Commercial fishing -- Community gardens -- Coniferous forests -- Conservation movement -- Conservation policy -- Controlled burning -- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) -- Coral reefs and coral bleaching -- Dams and reservoirs -- Dead zones -- Destruction of the rain forests -- Detoxification (environmental) -- Detrimental health effects of smog -- Development Gap -- Earth Day -- Earth resources satellites -- Ecological footprint -- Ecotourism: pros and cons -- El Nino and La Nina -- Electronic waste -- Endangered species and species protection policy -- Energy-efficiency labeling -- Environmental causes of cancer clusters -- Environmental effects of coal mining and coal burning -- Environmental impact assessments and statements -- Environmental impacts of desalination -- Environmental impacts of raising cattle -- Environmental refugees -- Erosion and erosion control -- Eutrophication -- Extinctions and species loss -- Floodplains and environmental threats -- Forest management -- Fossil fuels and environmental degradation -- Genetically modified organisms and environmentalism -- Geoengineering -- Glacial melting -- Global biodiversity assessment -- Globalization -- Grazing and grasslands -- Great Barrier Reef and preservation efforts -- Green buildings -- Green marketing -- Greenbelts -- Greenhouse gases and air pollution -- Greenwashing -- Groundwater pollution -- Habitat destruction -- Hazardous and toxic substance regulation -- Hazardous waste -- Health problems caused by exposure to lead -- Hybrid vehicles -- Impact of ocean currents on global climate -- Incineration of waste products -- Indoor air pollution -- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) -- International environmental law -- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) -- Iron Fertilization -- Land clearance -- Land pollution -- Land-use policy -- Light pollution -- Logging and clear-cutting -- Nuclear power industry and the environment -- Ocean dumping -- Ocean pollution -- Oil drilling -- Oil spills -- Organic gardening and farming -- Our common future -- Overconsumption -- Overgrazing of livestock -- Pandemics -- Planned obsolescence -- Plastics -- Poaching -- Pollution permit trading -- Population growth and environmental impact -- Positive feedback and tipping points -- Precautionary principle -- Preservation -- Radon as a health hazard -- Rainwater harvesting -- Renewable energy -- Renewable resources -- Resource depletion -- Resource recovery -- Riparian rights -- Seed banks -- Sewage treatment and disposal -- Slash-and-burn agriculture -- Smart grids and renewable energy -- Soil conservation -- Solid waste management policy -- Spaceship Earth metaphor -- Stormwater management -- Strip and surface mining -- Superfund legislation -- Sustainable agriculture -- Sustainable development -- Sustainable forestry -- Tidal energy -- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) -- Urban ecology -- Urban planning -- Volcanoes and weather -- Waste management -- Water conservation -- Water pollution -- Water treatment -- Watershed management -- Whaling -- Wilderness areas -- Wildfires -- Wildlife refuges -- Zoning laws -- U.S. federal laws concerning the environment -- Directory of U.S. National Parks -- Major world national parks and protected areas -- Environmental organizations -- Sustainability timeline -- Key figures in sustainability.Provides students and researchers with a solid foundation to study of sustainability.
Subjects: Sustainable development.; Sustainability.; Pollution.; Climatic changes.; Environmental degradation.; Renewable energy sources.; Pollution.; sustainable development.; pollution.; Environmental degradation.; Pollution.; Climatic changes.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Design like you give a damn : architectural responses to humanitarian crises / by Architecture for Humanity (Organization)(CARDINAL)550874;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-333).Introduction : I hope it's a long list-- / Cameron Sinclair -- 100 years of humanitarian design / Kate Stohr -- Lightweight emergency tent / Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees -- Shelter frame kit / World Shelters ; interview, Bruce LeBel -- GripClips / Shelter Systems -- BOLD / CHF International -- Global Village Shelters / Ferrara Design -- Burning Man Shelter tests : Podville / Icosa Village ; Hexayurt / Vinay Gupta ; Unofficial Strong Angel training exercises / Strong Angel -- Concrete canvas / Peter Brewis, William Crawford -- 139 Shelter / Future Systems -- Transitional Community / Oxfam -- Paper church ; Paper log houses ; Paper tube emergency shelter / Shigeru Ban Architects -- Super adobe / Cal-Earth ; interview, Nader Khalili -- Pallet house / I-Beam Design -- Rubble house / LA Architects -- Low-tech balloon system / TechnoCraft -- Extreme housing / Deborah Gans, Matt Jelacic -- Prefabricated core housing ; Core housing / Relief International -- Safe(R) House / Harvard, MIT -- Housing in northern Afghanistan / Shelter for Life -- Mobile migrant worker housing ; Pink houses with greenhouses / Design Corps -- Maasai Integrated Shelter Project / Intermediate Technology Development Group -- Lucy House ; 20.0 House / Rural Studio -- Hopi Nation Elder Home / Red Feather Development Group -- Bayview Rural Village / RBGC Architecture, Research & Urbanism ; interview, Maurice D. Cox -- Quinta Monroy Housing Project / ELEMENTAL Housing Initiative, Taller de Chile -- Northern Ireland Cross-Community Initiative / Habitat for Humanity, Northern Ireland -- Sistema Arde / Hierve-Diseñeria -- Huts and low-riders / Mad Housers -- Dome Village / Justiceville, USA -- First Step Housing / Common Ground Community -- paraSITE / Michael Rakowitz -- Mason's Bend Chapel / Rural Studio -- Appirampattu Village Center / Logan Allen -- Barefoot College / Barefoot Architects -- Homeboy Industries / Detroit Collaborative Design Center -- Center for Disabled Workers / Technical University, Vienna -- Siyathemba Soccer "clinic" / Swee Hong Ng -- Favela-Bairro Projects / Jorge Mario Jáuregui Architects -- Rufisque Women's Centre / Hollmẽn Reuter Sandman Architects -- Shelter 2 / Christopher Livingston, Montana State University -- Mobile health clinic / atelier [gilliland tolila] -- Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies / East Coast Architects -- Medwed Clinic / Michal Vital, Yuval Amir -- Gando Primary School / Diébédo Francis Kéré -- Bamboo Primary School / theskyisbeautiful architecture -- Druk White Lotus School / Arup Associates -- School solar kitchen / BASIC Initiative, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Washington -- Hole-in-the-Wall Schools / Dr. Sugata Mitra -- A bridge too far / Chinese University of Hong Kong -- Hippo Water Roller / Grant Gibbs -- PlayPump / Roundabout Outdoor ; interview, Trevor Field -- Ceramic water filter / Potters for Peace -- Watercone / Stephan Augustin -- MoneyMaker Pumps / KickStart -- Long-lasting antimalaria bed nets / Acumen Fund, Sumitomo Chemical Corp. -- Aquacube / Süd-Chemie -- Clean Hub System / Shelter Architecture -- Power Shade / FTL Design Engineering Studio -- Seba Dalkai School solar classroom / Native American Photovoltaics -- Himalayan Rescue Association Pheriche Clinic / Lotus Energy -- VIP latrine / Arup Associates -- Living Machine / BASIC Initiative, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Washington -- Ecological dry toilet / Cësar Añorve -- UnBathroom / William Hsu -- shelterproject / shelterproject.org -- Sphere Project / Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response, InterAction -- Roots of Peace / Heidi Kühn, Gary Kühn, Kyleigh Kühn -- European Greenbelt / World Conservation Union -- A civilian occupation : the politics of Israeli architecture / Rafi Segal, Eyal Weizman -- Sleeping Bag Project / Project Locus -- Housing for health / Paul Pholeros, Stephan Rainow, Paul Torzillo -- Viewing platforms ; Stair to park / Heavy Trash -- Finding public space in the margins / Center for Community Research and Design, Woodbury University -- City without a ghetto / Center for Urban Pedagogy -- Shrinking Cities / Shrinking Cities -- Urban acupuncture / Curitiba, Brazil." Edited by architecture for Humanity, a volunteer-based organization that provides architectural solutions to humanitarian crises, Design Like You Give a Damm brings the best of humanitarian design to the printed page. Proceeds from the sale of this book will support the work of Architecture for Humanity." From the bookjacket.
Subjects: Architecture and society.; Buildings, Temporary; Disaster victims; Emergency housing; Sustainable architecture.; Architecture et société.; Logement de secours; Victimes de catastrophes;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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