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1) Rainforest
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
360 p. : chiefly col. ill., col. maps ; 31 cm. + 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in.)
Description
Follow the story and live the experience of one man's photographic journey through the rainforests of the world. 16+ years in the making, packed with spectacular photographs from Thomas Marent, a self-taught photographer who has dedicated half his life to capturing images of rainforest life, and including captions that present the stories behind the photographs, Rainforest is an extraordinary photographic biography of our planet's most beautiful yet...
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It's one of the most important and difficult questions of our time...can the human race find a way to co-exist with the natural world before we destroy it? With thirty football fields of forest lost each minute, the world needs answers now more than ever, and sometimes the most innovative solutions can come from unexpected places. Frontier Sumatra is the incredible story of a ground-breaking conservation project called Restorasi Ekosistem Riau (RER)....
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Abel is a political fugitive seeking gold in South America to fund his revenge against his father's assassins. Imprisoned by natives, he's told to enter the forbidden forest and kill Rima, an innocent whom the Indians think is an evil spirit. Abel and Rima are drawn to each other and start a quest of their own, but destiny awaits them.
9) Rainforests
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm.
Description
"Find out what a rainforest is and what kinds of plants and animals call the rainforests home"--
11) Spy: a thriller
Author
Series
Alexander Hawke thrillers volume 4
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
699 pages : map ; 19 cm
Description
Sent on a dangerous political mission to South America, intelligence operative Alex Hawke is challenged to employ his unique training as well as his agency's latest high-tech gadgetry in order to survive.
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Pub. Date
1973, c1966
Physical Desc
xxi, 86 p. : ill. (part col.) fold. map ; 28 cm.
Description
Between the rugged peaks of the Olympic Mountains and the wild shores of the Pacific lies the hushed green world of the Olympic rain forest - one of the unspoiled wonders of North America. In three river valleys sculptured by glaciers - the Hoh, the Queets, the Quinault - and in parts of others, topography and climate have combined to create the only coniferous rain forest in the world. This virgin area receives an annual rainfall as high as 160 inches...
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"In Canopy of Titans, Paul Koberstein and Jessica Applegate examine the global importance of the Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest that stretches from Northern California to Alaska. Their urgent and authoritative account sets out the threats facing a vital environmental resource, and celebrates the beauty and complexity of one of the world's great forests. Drawing on years of on-the-ground reporting, Koberstein and Applegate pull back the curtain...
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Description
"In Nature Numbers, math is beautiful, recognizable, and all around us! Highly engaging full-color photos of animals and nature scenes, along with cool chalk illustrations, are used to introduce basic math concepts and encourage kids to see a world of numbers all around them.K-2 math concepts include measuring. This book explores measuring elements of the rainforest with amazing nature pictures and chalk illustrations! "--
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Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 6
Description
Eight-year-old Jack, his seven-year-old sister, Annie, and Peanut the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon rain forests, where they encounter giant ants, flesh-eating piranhas, hungry crocodiles, and wild jaguars.
18) Happy sloth day!
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 27 cm
Description
"Take a sloth's-eye view of the world in this beautiful and informative photographic picture book. Young readers will see where sloths live, what they eat, how they hide from predators, and much more. They'll learn about the creatures that interact with and depend on sloths in the interconnected and fragile tropical forest ecosystem"--
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