Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
Everyone has heard of the Great Wall of China and knows of Hadrian's Wall and the other barriers lining stretches of Rome's imperial frontiers. But Peter Spring's original new study demonstrates that far from being exceptional, the building of walls and other linear defenses was commonplace among the peoples and states of pre-modern era. He finds examples virtually all across the globe and analyses their forms and strategic functions. He finds patterns...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Coastal Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef 8 is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Dive the Great Barrier Reef, walk through the magnificent Daintree Rainforest, then surf and play on the Gold Coast; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef...
Author
Language
English
Description
Are you ready to change your life by changing your mind?
Every problem in life starts with a thought. Often we get stuck in perpetual cycles of bad thought patterns that cause us to repeat behaviors over and over again.
But what if there was another way? What if we could unlearn the limiting beliefs, thoughts and ingrained patterns we learnt from childhood? What if we could free our minds and become who ever we wanted to be?
You may think its is...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This book is about David Davey whose life changed when he was stricken with polio in 1948-go into the thoughts of a twelve-year-old as he lay in an iron lung, recovering. Read how he recognized that God gave him a purpose and how he spent the rest of his life fulfilling it. Witness Dave's Christian leadership skills as he joined Goodwill Industries and set about to change laws and attitudes of American people regarding those with disabilities. Dave...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Great Barrier Reef is a special place. Come see the coral. Look at colorful sea creatures. Australia's underwater attraction is waiting for you. Along the way, you'll learn place value! This nonfiction math book combines math and reading skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject-area content. The dynamic images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning place value easy and fun. Text features...
6) Barrier
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When Jessica is diagnosed with social anxiety disorder, she finally understands why it's hard to interact with others. Rondo Alternative High School gives her a fresh start. Can she overcome her fears and make some friends?
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Santaroga seemed to be nothing more than a prosperous farm community. But there was something ... different ... about Santaroga.
Santaroga had no juvenile delinquency, or any crime at all. Outsiders found no house for sale or rent in this valley, and no one ever moved out. No one bought cigarettes in Santaroga. No cheese, wine, beer or produce from outside the valley could be sold there. The list went on and on and grew stranger and stranger.
Maybe...
Author
Language
English
Description
FIRST US PUBLICATION
"If you haven't read Galouye, Project Barrier is a fine place to start."-Mike Resnick
Here is a unique collection from a distinctive author whose works include such classic titles as Dark Universe and Similacron-3. Project Barrier showcases five loosely-connected stories, never before published in the U.S.
In "Rub-a-Dub" Galouye helps us explore what it is that makes us human, in a future were advanced technologies can copy...
10) Barrier Down
Author
Language
English
Description
Back when Karantu was wading through the swamplands getting knocked about by trolls and evading the elven army, his quest to murder his human father had been simple. That he formed a found family of enemy factions along the way-and that they alone have knowledge of the abhorrent beginning and imminent end of Mibekel-has complicated things. After all that they've been through as a group, Kar must dodge his own execution a little longer for the futures...
11) No Barrier
Author
Language
English
Description
Book three of The Timeless Land trilogy, Eleanor Dark's best known work, continues the story of colonial Sydney up to the crossing of the Blue Mountains. the story of the Mannion family continues after the Bligh rebellion. As the young Mannions grow to maturity, so too the settlement at Sydney Cove develops into a town of substance. And later, the longings of young Miles Mannion are echoed in the efforts of the settlers to spread to the west. the...
12) Barrier Islands
Author
Language
English
Description
At age twenty-two, Brooke Fulcher Howard has landed in the island paradise of her earliest dreams. But when this paradise proves to be less than she had hoped or expected, she must explore both the island around her and the one within her heart to discover a future for herself and her infant daughter.
13) Frail Barrier
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
At summer's end, Urbino Macintyre races to save an innocent life In the sun-blasted expanse of St. Mark's Square, hundreds of tourists form a slow-moving herd, dragging themselves forward on a tortuous sightseeing expedition. Inside the elegant Caffè Florian, the atmosphere is more refined as Urbino Macintyre shares a conversation with his beloved friend, the Contessa da Capo-Zendrini. Life in Venice is serene, and they are happier than they have...
14) Barriers Between
Author
Language
English
Description
When Crow tastes the district's imitation jerky, they know something is wrong. Not with just the food – but with life. A barrier stands between life and the thing a person needs. Between happiness and this life.
Crow knows they can't change the big things, but getting a better perspective seems fine. So, Crow climbs to the top of a skyscraper instead of returning to work. And there, on a ledge, Crow makes a choice between life and death.
And the...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Mammoth Cave, a National Park in Brownsville, Kentucky, is the world's largest cavern with more than 400 miles of cavern space. The first to explore the cave was an enslaved Black man, Stephen Bishop. With bravery and a curious mind, Bishop became a popular tour guide and mapped out the extensive caverns, all while remaining enslaved. Learn about this respected explorer's work in this inspiring graphic novel.
Author
Language
Deutsch
Description
Tivertons sirrend heißer Sommer, der müde Steinmauern zermalmt und träge Windräder unter seiner Hitze in die Knie zwingt, wird von einem kalt grünen Winter abgelöst. Unentwegt fährt Constable Hirschhausen über die einsamen Landstraßen, um nach dem Rechten zu sehen. Oft sind es Kleinigkeiten, mit denen das große Verbrechen sich ankündigt. Ein Unterwäschedieb in den Gärten. Ein randalierender Vater an der Grundschule. Ein vernachlässigtes,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Fish, turtles, and many other creatures make their home among a huge coral reef off the coast of Australia. Great Barrier Reef looks at when and how this reef formed and what the future looks like for the massive ecosystem. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The never-before-told story of the barrier-breaking NASA class of 1978, which for the first time consisted of a diverse crew of women, people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and more, and their triumphs and tragedies working on the newly launched space shuttle program, with the exclusive cooperation of five astronauts"-- Provided by publisher.
Bagby introduces readers to the barrier-breaking NASA class of 1978, which for the first time consisted of a diverse...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request