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"This book-the first ethnography of water conservation on the Great Plains-provides an account of High Plains aquifer decline through an exploration of the different ways in which heartland residents inhabit and understand the imminent depletion of groundwater. This literary ethnography offers a vividly sketched look into the lives and stories of this community, based on interviews with members of the community such as fellow farmers and state regulators,...
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American Library Association Youth Media Awards 2021
Caldecott Medal | Winners and Honorees | 2020-Current
Children's Books for Native American Heritage Month
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Caldecott Medal | Winners and Honorees | 2020-Current
Children's Books for Native American Heritage Month
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Publisher Annotation: Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth’s water from harm and corruption―a bold and lyrical picture book written by Carole Lindstrom and vibrantly illustrated by Michaela Goade.
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Lance Kilkenny's gun is believed to be the fastest in the West, but once the gunfight is over, he disappears. Most folks don't even know what he looks like. Some time back, Mort Davis saved Kilkenny's life after he was shot up. Now Davis needs Kilkenny's help. He has filed a claim on a water hole near Lost Creek in the live oak country. The district is dominated by two wealthy cattlemen, Webb Steele and Chet Lord, each one claiming for himself the...
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NUMA files volume 2
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p2003
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Earth us a paradox - a fertile world three-quarters covered with water, yet in danger of running dry. Overuse and pollution have drained most of its fresh water, and scientist Francesca Carval's brilliant formula for desalination has vanished with her plane over South America. But when Kurt Austin and his NUMA team come across a pod of dead whales, their investigation takes them to the Venezuelan jungle where a cadre is bent on controlling the world's...
9) Angel Creek
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Brilliance Audio
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p2008
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The death of Dee Swann's father brings with it one unexpected opportunity: Dee becomes sole owner of Angel Creek Valley and attains complete independence. When Lucas Cochran comes to town, however, he sets his sights on the clear, cool water running from Angel Creek. In this drought-ridden high country, water is a hot commodity and Cochran needs it to create his cattle dynasty. He'll try anything to get what he wants, including seduction.
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Boxcar children volume 157
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Jessie is studying water pollution for her science fair project. But when the stream she is studying starts to disappear, the Boxcar Children have a much bigger mystery to solve!
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Paddington takes off on a new adventure at the beach with the Browns and Mrs. Bird! This charming, brand-new Level One I Can Read introduces classic Paddington stories to the I Can Read line. A day full of sunny surprises awaits Paddington at the beach. It's his very first time by the shore, and the Browns provide him with new sunglasses, a floating tube, and a shovel and pail so he can swim in the water and build sand castles. But with so much to...
14) Kill Alex Cross
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Detective Alex Cross is thwarted at every turn while he attempts to investigate the abduction of the president's son and daughter and also discovers a deadly contagion released in the capital's water supply that foreshadows a larger, more devastating attack.
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"From the heroic pediatrician who rallied a community and brought the fight for justice to national attention comes a powerful firsthand account of the Flint water crisis--a dramatic story of failed democracy and inspiring citizen advocacy and action. In the heart of the world's wealthiest nation, one hundred thousand people were poisoned by the water supply for two years--with the knowing complicity of their government. Written by the crusading...
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The story of the American West is the story of a relentless quest for a precious resource: water. It is a tale of rivers diverted and dammed, of political corruptions and intrigue, of billion-dollar battles over water rights, of ecologic and economic disaster. In Cadillac Desert, Marc Reisner writes of the earliest settlers, lured by the promise of paradise, and of the ruthless tactics employed by Los Angeles politicians and business interests
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Ty Hauck novels volume 4
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"A pulse-pounding thriller from New York Times bestselling author Andrew Gross, about a whitewater rafting guide who investigates a suspicious death and uncovers a multinational conspiracy"--
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