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Turbulence / by Foden, Giles,1967-(CARDINAL)534020;
The D-day landings--the fate of 2.5 million men, three thousand landing craft and the entire future of Europe depend on the right weather conditions on the English Channel on a single day. A team of Allied scientists is charged with agreeing on an accurate forecast five days in advance. But is it even possible to predict the weather so far ahead? Wallace Ryman has devised a system that comprehends all of this--but he is a reclusive pacifist who stubbornly refuses to divulge his secrets. Henry Meadows, a young math prodigy, is sent to Scotland to uncover Ryman's system and apply it to the Normandy landings. But turbulence proves more elusive than anyone could have imagined. When Henry meets Gill, Ryman's beautiful wife, events, like the weather, begin to spiral out of control.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Atmospheric turbulence; Meteorologists; Operation Overlord; Weather forecasting;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Twinkle twinkle little star, I know exactly what you are / by Kregenow, Julia,author.(CARDINAL)356563; Saldaña, Carmen,illustrator.(CARDINAL)343204;
Two siblings going to bed describe what stars really are--giant balls of hot, dense gas millions of miles from the Earth--in a book that examines constellations, atmospheric turbulence, and black holes.Ages 4 and up.750LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Picture books.; Stars;
Available copies: 27 / Total copies: 29
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Air pollution meteorology and dispersion / by Arya, S. Pal.(CARDINAL)313792;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-299) and index.1600L
Subjects: Air;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The space science handbook : 32 celestial science projects for kids / by Florance, Cara,author.(CARDINAL)355338;
Includes bibliographical references."THE SPACE SCIENCE HANDBOOK joins author and biochemist Cara Florance's THE SCIENCE SPELL BOOK as a twist on traditional experiment books. Combining play and science makes for an immersive fantasy experience rooted in real learning and investigation. THE SPACE SCIENCE HANDBOOK takes children on a tour of the cosmos through scientific experiments, creative projects, and demonstrations. In addition to exploring aspects of the solar system, extraterrestrial life, and space technology, this book teaches vital scientific concepts and helps children consider sociological and philosophical implications of a future in the stars. Each experiment includes a mission brief, simple instructions and diagrams, and an explanation of the science at work! Experiments include: -Atmospheric Pressure: Crush a can using the Earth's atmosphere -Turbulent Flow: Study turbulent flow using milk, food coloring, and dish soap -Space Sludge: Make magnetic slime -Emergency Battery: Create a battery from potatoes -Wearable Electronics: Create a signaling patch and more!" --
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Space sciences; Astronomy; Science projects;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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MY DEAR DETECTIVE : Mitsuko's case files. by Ito, Natsumi,author,artist.; Messner, Samuel R.,translator.;
"Hoshino Mitsuko is a determined and hard-working woman living in the 1930s, where career women are a rarity and looked down upon. Despite rampant sexism and pressure to "stay home," she's determined to prove herself as a successful detective no matter what. One day, she's approached by the handsome waiter Yoshida Saku, who presents Mitsuko with her very first solo case. Together, the two work closely to solve the mystery, and Mitsuko finds Saku quite capable-but very curious-and takes him on as her new assistant. Can this duo tackle cases and the turbulent atmosphere of the Showa era?"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Graphic novels.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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The change in the weather : people, weather, and the science of climate / by Stevens, William K.(William Kenneth),1935-(CARDINAL)385753;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-346) and index.
Subjects: Climatic changes.; Weather.; Human beings;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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The field of blood : violence in Congress and the road to civil war / by Freeman, Joanne B.,1962-author.(CARDINAL)663445;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introductions: Tobacco-stained rugs and Benjamin Brown French -- The Union incarnate for better and worse: The United States Congress -- The mix of men in Congress: Meeting place of North and South -- The pull and power of violence: The Cilley-Graves duel (1838) -- Rules of order and the rule of force: Dangerous words and the gag rule debate (1836-44) -- Fighting for the Union: The compromise of 1850 and the Benton-Foote scuffle (1850) -- A tale of two conspiracies: The power of hte press and the battle over Kansas (1854-55) -- Republicans meet the slave power: Charles Sumner and beyond (1855-61) -- Epilogue: "I witnessed it all.""The Field of Blood offers a new and dramatically rendered portrait of American politics in its rowdiest years. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, historian Joanne B. Freeman shows that today's hyperpolarized environment cannot compare with the turbulent atmosphere of the decades before the Civil War, when the U.S. Congress itself was rife with physical conflict. Legislative sessions were routinely punctuated by canings, flipped desks, and all-out slugfests. One representative even killed another in a duel. And many were bullied in an attempt to intimidate them into compliance or silence, particularly on the issue of slavery. These fights didn't happen in a vacuum, and Freeman's accounts tell a larger story of how those behaviors--and a press that amplified conspiracy theories--raised tensions between North and South and fueled the coming war. The result is a fresh understanding of the workings of American democracy and the bond of Union on the eve of their greatest peril"--Back cover
Subjects: United States. Congress; Legislators; Legislators; Political violence; Political culture; Parlementaires; Violence politique;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Heaven and earth : global warming, the missing science / by Plimer, I. R.(CARDINAL)782039;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In this controversial new book Australia's leading geologist makes the case that carbon dioxide is just one of many factors that drive climate-- and a relatively insignificant one at that. Heaven and Earth engagingly and comprehensively synthesizes what we know-- or think we know-- about the sun, earth, ice, water, and air. Heaven and Earth is a powerful argument against many of the punitive-- and expensive-- laws that are now being passed to 'protect' our environment--Sources other than Library of Congress.
Subjects: Climatic changes.; Global warming.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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No man's land : the trailblazing women who ran Britain's most extraordinary military hospital during World War I / by Moore, Wendy,1952-author.(CARDINAL)420387;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A month after war broke out in 1914, doctors Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson set out for Paris, where they opened a hospital in a luxury hotel and treated hundreds of casualties plucked from France's battlefields. Although, prior to the war, female doctors were restricted to treating women and children, Flora and Louisa's work was so successful that the British Army asked them to set up a hospital in the heart of London. Nicknamed the Suffragettes' Hospital, Endell Street soon became known for its lifesaving treatments and lively atmosphere. In No Man's Land, Wendy Moore illuminates this turbulent moment when women were, for the first time, allowed to operate on men. Their fortitude and brilliance serve as powerful reminders of what women can achieve against all odds.
Subjects: Biographies.; Murray, Flora.; Anderson, Louisa Garrett, 1873-1943.; Women's Hospital Corps; Endell Street Military Hospital; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; Women in medicine; Women surgeons; Suffragists; Suffragettes.;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 13
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Thin walls : a Smokey Dalton novel / by Nelscott, Kris.(CARDINAL)703354;
"I hear you help people find things."So begins the latest case for Smokey Dalton, Kris Nelscott's enigmatic African-American p.i. But when Mrs. Alice Foster comes to the door of his small apartment, she's not missing a pet, or even a loved one: She wants Smokey to find her husband's killer. Three weeks ago, Louis Foster was found propped up against a tree in a city park, stabbed once through the heart. The cops have given up, and Smokey isn't surprised: It's 1968, and the Chicago PD cops who responded to the scene have clearly written off the death of this black man as a mugging gone wrong, or something equally unimportant. Case closed.Not for Smokey. He starts at the beginning, enlisting the reluctant help of a photojournalist who took pictures at the scene. Then, going back through newspaper archives, looking for patterns, clues, wild theories-anything that will help him figure out why a middle-class black man would be found dead in a public park miles from home-Smokey learns something startling. Louis Foster doesn't look to be the first.Amid trying to protect his adopted ten-year-old son, who's being hassled at school by some older gang members, Smokey, the photojournalist, and two renegade cops who risk their careers to help him, set off on the hunt for a killer.Nelscott's Edgar Award-nominated A Dangerous Road, which introduced Smokey Dalton and told the story of the days leading up to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination in Memphis, launched an atmospheric crime series set during one of the most turbulent times of our recent past. Now, in this third installment, she delivers a gripping thriller about one man struggling to build a life in this divided city the only way he knows how, and the men who would kill to stop him.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Dalton, Smokey (Fictitious character); Private investigators; African American men; African American men;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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