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Anecdotes. bibliography Documentaires télévisés. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Science television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives. Émissions scientifiques télévisées. Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.Klaas, Brian P. (Brian Paul)
Summary: A social scientist dispels people's tidy versions of reality and delves deeply into the theories of random chance and chaos to demonstrate that the world really works through random events that can alter the trajectory of our lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 123 KLABroadway, Anna.
Summary: "How can the church do better for its millions of singles? Everyone spends at least part of life single--and research shows that singles are leaving the church faster than other groups. To better understand singleness in the church, journalist Anna Broadway traveled around the world to interview Christians from nearly fifty countries and all three major church traditions. From cooking to aging,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NavPress 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.84 BROSummary: "No One Talks About This Stuff is a support group for almost-parents. A place to share their journeys of loss and limbo, to confront social pressure and to find courage in the darkness of tragedies which happen every day yet are brushed under the carpet. So, we hear from a stepmother who wrestles with infertility. A husband and wife each tell their experience of losing their baby. A lesbian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Unbound 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 NORose, Jessica
Summary: "This illustrated nonfiction book for middle-grade readers examines how artists are using their creativity to help the environment and build a more sustainable world."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 704.9 ROSEaster, Mark J.
Summary: "Do you really know what's for dinner? The Blue Plate is the perfect dinner companion for food lovers who also care about the planet. Ecologist Mark Easter offers a detailed picture of the impact the foods you love have on the earth. Organized by the ingredients of a typical dinner party, including seafood, salad, bread, chicken, steak, potatoes, and fruit pie with ice cream, each chapter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Patagonia 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 338.19 EASKolbert, Elizabeth
Summary: "In 26 connected essays, Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter Elizabeth Kolbert takes us on an illustrated journey through the landscape of climate change and the stories we tell ourselves about the future"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 KOLMintz, Sidney W. (Sidney Wilfred)
Summary: In this book the author shows how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of modern life, and how it changed the history of capitalism and industry. He discusses the production and consumption of sugar, and reveals how closely interwoven are sugar's origins as a "slave" crop grown in Europe's tropical colonies with its use first as an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.1 MINGuilbeault, Nina
Summary: A Harvard-trained sociologist (and vegan), exploring the history of the vegan movement and its present-day tensions, grapples with the most fundamental questions of all: Is there a truly ethical way to eat?, which results in an eye-opening portrait of how social change happens, with profound implications for our plates--and our planet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.8 GUISummary: An epic new series, filmed over three years,that travels to the extremes on all seven continents to meet an extraordinary group of people and animals living and working on the front line of climate change. They reveal how science, nature and tradition can prepare us for the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: From a #1 New York Times best-selling author and beloved television host comes a new book on how to come home to our core values, fortify our families and re-embrace self-determination and self-governance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Editions 2024