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Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
In the title story, a middle-aged academic who had been an anti-apartheid activist embarks on an unadmitted pursuit of the possibilities for his own racial identity in his great-grandfather's fortune-hunting interlude of living rough on diamond diggings in South Africa, his young wife far away in London. "Dreaming of the Dead" conjures up a lunch in a New York Chinese restaurant where Susan Sontag and Edward Said return in surprising new avatars as...
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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"The New Bohemian Handbook guides readers in beautifully simple techniques for adding good vibes and style to living spaces. Packed with hundreds of ideas for bringing positive energy to your home, the book features exercises and activities for thinking about rooms in new ways. With Justina's expert guidance, learn how to rearrange, paint, prop, and plant your way to a home that's fresh and inspiring. Uncover your "spirit environment" and learn how...
63) Finding wild
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"All the ways and places that wild exists in our world and where you can find it"--
65) Nariz
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early readers to the structure and function of the nose. Includes picture glossary and index"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Can you describe how the flavor of halibut differs from red snapper? How Brie differs from cheddar? For most of us, unfortunately, the answer is: badly. Flavor remains a vague, undeveloped concept we don't know enough about to describe-or to appreciate-fully. In Flavor, Bob Holmes shows us just how much we're missing. He tackles questions like why cake tastes sweetest on white plates, how wine experts' eyes fool their noses, and how language affects...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"Welcome to the groundbreaking series from National Geographic, where you're invited to probe the inner workings of one of the most fascinating, intricate instruments known to science: the human brain. Through revealing experiments using sensory illusion and even magic tricks, some of the world's leading experts help us understand how we do things like solve puzzles, recognize faces and store memories. Narrated by Emmy winner Neil Patrick Harris,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Dive into the Wild Wicked Wonderful world of the animal kingdom with the Top 10: Super Senses. Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. Considerate text includes tons of fascinating information and wild facts that will hold the readers' interest, allowing for successful mastery and comprehension. A table of contents, glossary with simplified...
70) Kartusch
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The Furry Eyefulls love to see all there is to see on the Island of Serendipity. Afraid that they will miss something they refuse to go to sleep. Without sleep they become grouchier and grouchier. But with the guidance of a delightful blind snake named Kartusch, they learn to listen to the beauty around them and about the magic of sound, sleep and dreams.
71) How Animals Feel
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The sense of touch brings the world closer to us, and the same is true for the animals on Earth. This book explains how animals explore their world through the sense of touch, with skin, fur, biological systems, and more. A variety of animals are profiled, including butterflies, cats, monkeys, dogs, earthworms, and even humans, with specific examples of how feeling helps mammals, insects, and people find food, navigate the world, and stay safe from...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
From sniffing out a meal to finding a mate, species throughout the animal kingdom use their sense of smell every day. While most animals use their noses to smell, such as cats, dogs, and humans, others use different parts of their bodies. For example, bees use their antennae, snakes use their tongues, and butterflies use their legs. A good sense of smell can allow animals to survive in dark, underground habitats. It can help others locate food sources...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The sense of taste helps animals determine what is delicious, and what is deadly. Animals have evolved a wide variety of taste preferences and abilities. For instance, an octopus has ten thousand taste buds on each one of its arms' suckers; a bison has a great knack for using taste to avoid toxic plants while grazing, and gorillas and chimps like sweet-tasting food. With interesting, easy-to-understand text and vivid pictures, this book explores the...
74) How Animals Hear
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Animals rely on their sense of hearing to locate predators, find food, and sense danger. This book explores a variety of animal ears and describes how they work and how they help animals hear. From the super-sharp hearing of an owl to grasshoppers that hear through their legs, this book is full of fascinating facts that capture the reader's attention while providing scientific information and offering an opportunity to compare animal hearing to the...
76) Super senses
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about the science of super senses. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
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A special twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the classic work of Celtic spirituality and mysticism by beloved poet and philosopher, John O'Donohue, with a new introduction by the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, an afterword by the late author's brother, Pat O'Donohue, and insightful material from O'Donohue's circle of close friends.
In this revered classic, John O'Donohue excavates themes of friendship, belonging, solitude, creativity and...
79) Mama in the moon
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Pub. Date
2024.
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A baby sloth experiences a nighttime tumble and as mama sloth slowly makes her way down the tree, she helps him self-soothe by using his senses.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project discovers a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, and love: by tuning in to the five senses. For more than a decade, Gretchen Rubin had been studying happiness and human nature. Then, one day, a visit to her eye doctor made her realize that she'd been overlooking a key element of happiness: her five senses. She'd spent so much time stuck in her head that she'd allowed...
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