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Unraveling fibers / by Keeler, Patricia A.(CARDINAL)750867; McCall, Francis X.(CARDINAL)376823;
Subjects: Animal fibers; Fibers to cloth.; Fibers.; Fibers; Plant fibers; Silk and silkworms; Textile fabrics.; Textile fabrics; Textile fibers, Synthetic; Textile fibers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Silk [videorecording] by Baricco, Alessandro,1958-(CARDINAL)775533; Fichman, Niv.; Girard, François,1963-; Golding, Michael.(CARDINAL)377397; Knightley, Keira,1985-(CARDINAL)340618; Molina, Alfred,1953-(CARDINAL)348900; Nakatani, Miki.; Pitt, Michael,1981-(CARDINAL)346646; Yakusho, Kōji.; New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)356389; Picturehouse (Firm);
Photography, Alain Dostie ; composer, Ryuichi Sakamoto ; casting, Susie Figgis.Keira Knightley, Michael Pitt, Koji Yakusho, Miki Nakatani, Alfred Molina.Herve Joncour's devotion to his beautiful bride is tested by dangerous trade missions in search of silkworms for his town's survival. In the Far East he becomes torn by the temptation of a local warlord's sensuous concubine and his love for Helene.MPAA rating: R.DVD; 5.1 Dolby digital surround sound.
Subjects: Film adaptations.; Films for the hearing impaired.; Spanish language materials; Feature films.; Materiales en español; Baricco, Alessandro, 1958-; Man-woman relationships.; Silk industry; Silkworms; Smugglers;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Textiles / by Whyman, Kathryn.(CARDINAL)759310;
Subjects: Animal fibers.; Cotton gins and ginning.; Fibers; Knitting, felting, dyeing and printing.; Man-made fibers.; Plant fibers.; Serigraphy.; Silk; Textile fabrics.; Textile fabrics; Textile fabrics; Textile fibers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Silkworms. by Johnson, Sylvia A.(CARDINAL)317146;
Subjects: Silkworms;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The biography of silk / by Gleason, Carrie,1973-;
Luxury fabric -- Silk lands -- Silkworm -- Making silk -- Ancient China's silk -- Silk road -- Silk in Europe -- America's silk industry -- Young textile workers -- Silk uses -- Future of silk -- Glossary and index.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Silk;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Silk / by Llewellyn, Claire.;
An introduction to the production, characteristics, and uses of silk.IG740LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Silk;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Silkworms / by Schaffer, Donna.(CARDINAL)317365;
Includes bibliographical references (page 23) and index.Describes the physical characteristics, habits and stages of development of silkworms, as well as how they are raised to produce silk.710LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Silkworms;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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The Empress and the silkworm / by Hong, Lily Toy.(CARDINAL)358266;
A fictionalized account of the Empress of China's discovery, around 2700 B.C., that the cocoons of the worms in her mulberry trees were made of fine, shiny, silken thread which could be made into beautiful cloth.740LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Silk;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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Silkworms / by Johnson, Sylvia A.(CARDINAL)317146; Kishida, Isao,illustrator.(CARDINAL)508551; Kishida, Isao.Kaiko.; Kishida, Isao.(CARDINAL)508551; Kishida, Isao,illustrator.(CARDINAL)508551; Kishida, Isao.Kaiko.;
An introduction to the domesticated silkworm moth, raised on farms in Japan and elsewhere for the sake of the silk thread out of which its cocoons are constructed.
Subjects: Silkworms; Moths; Silkworms.; Moths.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Stronger than steel : spider DNA and the quest for better bulletproof vests, sutures, and parachute rope / by Heos, Bridget.(CARDINAL)352524; Comins, Andy,illustrator.(CARDINAL)498324;
Includes bibliographical references (page 78) and index.Spider silk : stronger than steel -- Banana spider -- Spider goat, spider goat -- Born on the Fourth of July -- Silk milk -- Potential spider silk products -- Growing silk? Experimenting with alfalfa -- Fun activity : isolate DNA from strawberries! -- Spider silk ... from silkworms? -- Silkworms : no longer wild and free -- The hunt for spider silk genes -- Different types of silk -- Dragline silk -- From bacteria to goats -- E.coli in the lab -- Transgenic organisms : ethical concerns and lifesaving possibilities -- Be a part of the discussion -- Spinning spider silk -- A new lab : Utah -- Spider ... cotton? -- All my kids -- Have you guessed what the first spider silk product will be? -- Space spiders."In The Spider Silk Scientists, readers enter Randy Lewis' lab where they come face to face with golden orb weaver spiders and genetically engineered goats, whose milk contains the proteins to spin spider silk--and to weave a nearly indestructible fiber. Learn how this amazing material might someday be used to repair or replace human ligaments and bones, improve body armor, strengthen parachute rope, and even tether an airplane to an aircraft carrier! Readers explore rapid advancements in the application of genetic medicine and their potential to save and improve lives while considering the crucial ethical concerns of genetic research. A timely addition to the acclaimed Scientists in the Field series. "-- Provided by publisher.860LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Young adult literature.; Nephila maculata.; Nephila maculata; Scientists.; Scientists; Spider webs.; Spider webs; Spider webs; Spider webs;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 17
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