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xix, 331 pages ; 20 cm
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English
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Diane Ackerman's lusciously written grand tour of the realm of the senses includes conversations with an iceberg in Antarctica and a professional nose in New York, along with dissertations on kisses and tattoos, sadistic cuisine and the music played by the planet Earth. Delightful - gives the reader the richest possible feeling of the worlds the senses take in.
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300 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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An irreverent, provocative, and visually fascinating look at what our online lives reveal about who we really are--and how this deluge of data will transform the science of human behavior. Big Data is used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us things we don't need. In Dataclysm, Christian Rudder puts this flood of information to an entirely different use: understanding human nature. Drawing on terabytes of data from Twitter, Facebook, Reddit,...
84) Storytelling
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
A story that makes light of the dark side of human behavior. Discover the truth about sex, lies and race relations in suburban America. Includes a mixture of an emotionally needy college student, a slacker named Scooby and a very dysfunctional family man.
85) Bug and Bear
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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Bear's best friend Bug wants to play with her, but Bear is too tired and irritated to be nice to Bug.
86) Big Bad Baby
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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When Sweet Little Sammy suddenly turns into Big Bad Baby, nothing can stop his misbehavior--or that of his evil hench-dog, Boris--except, perhaps, his mother, armed with his favorite blue blanky.
87) Glamourpuss
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36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 29 cm
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English
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Glamourpuss loves being the center of attention. So when an unwelcome guest (a dog, no less!) steals the spotlight with some tasteless bow-wowing and undignified tail-wagging, Glamourpuss worries that she's going to fall out of fashion. Is there room for only one superstar in this mansion? When Glamourpuss makes her most majestic move to find out, the result is pure purrfection.
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English
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A grouchy ladybug, looking for a fight, challenges everyone she meets regardless of their size or strength. Brilliantly illustrated in collage, the pages vary in size with the size of the animal. Brilliantly illustrated in collage, the pages vary in size with the size of the animal. Concepts concerning time, natural cycles, and relative size and questions about manners and social behavior are dealt with in a humorous story about a bad-tempered, boastful...
91) Sadie and Ratz
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59 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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Hannah and her hands, named Sadie and Ratz, regularly get into trouble, especially when younger brother Baby Boy is around.
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379 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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"A radically immersive exploration of three pivotal moments in the evolution of human consciousness, asking what kinds of creatures humans were, are, and might yet be"--
How did humans come to be who we are? Foster explores three pivotal moments in the evolution of human consciousness in order to understand perhaps the strangest animal of all: the human being. Readers will experience the Upper Paleolithic era as a Cro-Magnon hunter-gatherer, living...
96) Clark the Shark
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1 volume unnumbered : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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Clark finds everything about school fun and exciting, but his enthusiasm causes problems until he begins inventing rhymes to remind himself to stay cool at school.
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47 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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"So you think you're special? Just because people have built cities, invented pop-up toasters, and put people on the Moon, that they are somehow different from (or better than) other living things? Well, it's time to think again! Humanimal explores the interconnections of the human and natural worlds in ways you never before imagined ... Inside you will discover how slime molds learn how to navigate through a maze; how rats are ticklish and how it...
98) No!
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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Once Otto learns the word "no" he will not stop saying it, but after a very bad day at school, Daddy finds a way to remind him of another special word.
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388 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"The gripping story of one scientist in outer space, another who watches over him, the family left behind, and the lengths people will go to protect the people and planet they love Scientist Alex Welch-Peters has believed for twenty years that his super-algae can reverse the effects of climate change. His obsession with his research has jeopardized his marriage, his relationships with his kids, and his own professional future. When Sensus, the colossal...
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vi, 302 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"Why do men talk and women gossip, and which is better for you? Why is monogamy a drain on the brain? And why should you be suspicious of someone who has more than 150 friends on Facebook?" "We are the product of our evolutionary history, and this history colors our everyday lives£from why we joke to the depth of our religious beliefs. In How Many Friends Does One Person Need? Robin Dunbar uses groundbreaking experiments that have forever changed...
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