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1) The great quake: how the biggest earthquake in North America changed our understanding of the planet
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English
Description
"In the tradition of Erik Larson's Isaac's Storm, a riveting narrative about the biggest earthquake in recorded history in North America--the 1964 Alaskan earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and obliterated the coastal village of Chenega--and the scientist sent to look for geological clues to explain the dynamics of earthquakes, who helped to confirm the then controversial theory of plate tectonics. On March 27, 1964, at 5:36 p.m., the biggest...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The unbelievable true story of the Cold War's strangest proxy war, fought between the zoos on either side of the Berlin Wall and unlike anything readers have heard before. This historical piece is an epic tale of desperate rivalries, human follies, and an animal-mad city."--
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Publisher
Lonely Planet
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From wild camping to curling up in a cabin, discover 200 amazing places to sleep under the stars in Europe. Lonely Planet's experts have scoured the continent to recommend the best campsites, wild camping spots, huts, cabins and refuges in regions across 20 countries, providing practical advice about how to plan your trip, when to go, how to get there, and what to take. In each country profile we provide an introduction to the destination and an...
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Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Uncover the masterworks of modern art hidden across New York City in this charmingly illustrated exploration of one of the world's greatest artistic treasure troves. There's so much to love about New York, and so much to see. The city is full of art, and architecture, and history -- and not just in museums. Hidden in plain sight, in office building lobbies, on street corners, and tucked into Soho lofts, there's a treasure trove of art waiting to be...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York's Lower East Side who stowed away on the Roaring Twenties' most remarkable feat of science and daring: an expedition to Antarctica. It was 1928: a time of illicit booze, of Gatsby and Babe Ruth, of freewheeling fun. The Great War was over and American optimism was higher than the stock market. What better moment to launch an expedition to Antarctica, the planet's final frontier? This...
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Go behind-the-scenes of a live sketch comedy show. Watch as Jack comes back to GE; Liz gets a visit from an adoption agency caseworker; Liz sits next to Oprah on her flight from Chicago to New York; Tracy and Jenna conduct a 'social experiment;' Jack hooks up with Liz's psycho ex-roommate; Liz thinks she has found the perfect mate; Don Geiss wakes from his coma; Jack falls in love with his mother's nurse; Liz has a disastrous first date; Jack gets...
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Power Broker and The Years of Lyndon Johnson: an unprecedented gathering of vivid, candid, deeply revealing recollections about his experiences researching and writing his acclaimed books. For the first time in book form, Robert Caro gives us a glimpse into his own life and work in these evocatively written, personal pieces. He describes what it was like to interview the mighty Robert Moses;...
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"By the power of Grayskull, I have the power!" With those magical words, Prince Adam of Eternia is transformed into the valiant defender of his realm, and a television icon was born! Inspired by the wildly popular toys, the original He-Man series became a cultural phenomenon starring He-Man, Orko, Skeletor, Man-at-Arms, and more unforgettable characters.
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Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The internationally bestselling author of the Guido Brunetti mysteries tells her own adventurous life story as she enters her eighties. In a series of vignettes full of affection, irony, and good humor, Donna Leon narrates a remarkable life she feels has rather more happened to her than been planned. From a childhood in the company of her New Jersey family, with frequent visits to her grandfather's farm and its beloved animals, and summers spent...
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Publisher
Office of Location and Environment, Iowa Dept. of Transportation
Pub. Date
2007]
Language
English
Description
Indianola Avenue is located in the southeast portion of the City of Des Moines in Polk County, Iowa. The study corridor begins at US Highway 69 (S.E. 14th Street) on the north and continues south along Indianola Avenue to East Army Post Road (formerly Iowa Highway 5). The corridor is approximately 3 miles west of U.S. Highway 65 and 1.5 miles north of Iowa Highway 5. The project location can be viewed in Exhibit 1-1. Indianola Avenue follows a route...
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