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Tagalog
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Want to Teach Your Kids about Weather & Outdoors in Filipino?Wonder How They're Pronounced?Enhance your learning experience with our complimentary audio recordings. Follow the link in the book to not only read but also listen and familiarize yourself with authentic Filipino pronunciation.Delight in learning Filipino with our vivid picture book!Key Features of the Book: Filipino Names for Weather & Outdoors.Vibrant Illustrations of Each Weather & Outdoor...
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Español
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En este libro, el protagonista, el clima, se impone como principal eje articulador de toda la historia de la humanidad, asevera Rivera Mir en el prólogo. Este es un trabajo analítico en el que dialogan las ciencias con las humanidades. ¿En qué medida la caída de Roma estuvo determinada por el cambio climático? ¿Cuál es la relación de la Revolución francesa con la explosión de un sistema volcánico en Islandia? ¿La civilización Maya con...
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The research presented in this volume focuses on identifying and quantifying the major vulnerabilities to climate change in the Midwestern United States. By providing state-of-the-art spatially disaggregated information regarding the historical, current, and possible future climate within the region, the contributors assess the risks and susceptibility of the critical socio-economic and environmental systems. Key sectors discussed are agriculture,...
64) Spring plants
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Spring is a wonderful time of year. Readers will learn that there are many beautiful and colorful plants to see! Cherry blossoms bloom. Tulip fields are colorful. Lilacs smell wonderful! Complete with easy text and beautiful photos.
65) One snowy day
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English
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In this rhyming counting book, one energetic puppy and two children set out for some snowy day fun.
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English
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A beautiful, illustrated modern guide to nature for a new generation (including city-dwellers) and how it can impact our mental and physical wellbeing. Reconnect with nature and learn everything about the wonderful wild. Curator of the Thorp Perrow arboretum, Faith Douglas takes us on an adventure, and spans across all areas of nature to show how trees, birds, insects, seasons, the weather can impact us for the better, how they can heal and improve...
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Español
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* Más de quinientas especies de plantas carnívoras habitan en nuestro planeta, constituyendo un extraordinario fenómeno de adaptación a condiciones ambientales nada propicias, y dando vida a formas extremadamente diversificadas.
* En este libro descubrirá cómo funcionan, qué técnicas utilizan para capturar a sus presas y cómo asimilan las sustancias nutritivas; cuáles son sus hábitats originarios en la naturaleza...
* Además, aprenderá...
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A dramatic chronicle of Antarctica's penguins that bears witness to climate changes that foreshadow our own future.
The towering mountains and iceberg-filled seas of the western Antarctic Peninsula have for three decades formed the backdrop of scientist Bill Fraser's study of Adélie penguins. In that time, this breathtaking region has warmed faster than any place on earth, with profound consequences for the Adélies, the classic tuxedoed penguin...
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For almost thirty years, Merrill Gilfillan has written outdoor columns devoted primarily to describing and creating moods about the world of nature. These columns are informed by a rural background and field notes from more than sixty years of outdoor experience. In Gilfillan's words, 'Observation is more of the mind than of vision; our attitude is the secret of original observation. I choose the subjective approach to outdoor enjoyment. I did this...
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How to catch-- volume 19
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English
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A very clever snowman eludes the traps of the group of children who built him as a contest entry, while gathering items for a surprise.
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An investigation into climate change and increasingly dangerous hurricanes from the New York Times bestselling author of The Republican War on Science. One of the leading science journalists and commentators working today, Chris Mooney delves into a red-hot debate in meteorology: whether the increasing ferocity of hurricanes is connected to global warming. In the wake of Katrina, Mooney follows the careers of leading scientists on either side of the...
72) Chasing Helicity
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Chasing Helicity volume 1
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Helicity, not a victim of a horrific tornado but a survivor, connects with a local meteorologist and other stormchasers who support her plan to become one of them.--Provided by Publisher.
73) Waiting
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An owl, puppy, bear, bunny, and pig wait for marvelous things to happen.
75) Weather
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Teach beginning readers about the various types of weather including rain, sunshine, snow, fog, wind, and clouds with pages full of bright, colorful images and simple, informational text. Through the use of descriptive, academic vocabulary, readers are encouraged to notice the changes in the weather around them.
76) Almost time
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Ethan eagerly anticipates making maple syrup with his father, but it will not be time until the days are warmer, the nights shorter, and Ethan's loose tooth falls out.
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If you live in the Caribbean or Florida, you've probably heard tales about the Great Okeechobee Hurricane, which killed thousands and left behind wide swaths of destruction. Also known as the Saint Felipe (Phillip) Segundo Hurricane, it developed in the far eastern Atlantic before making its way over land and taking the lives of Bahamian migrant workers and Florida residents. This thoroughly researched history considers the storm and its aftermath,...
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Modern weather forecasting has made it possible to monitor, track, and predict the path of hurricanes like never before. Even so, they have the power to destroy homes, cities, and lives. Combining hurricane history, first-person accounts, and the basic hurricane science, this book takes a closer look at the most terrifying and devastating storms of the Caribbean and the Americas and the stories behind them and what made them so unique and memorable...
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One of the most dynamic writers and one of the most respected scientists in the field of climate change offer the first concise guide to both the problems and the solutions of global warming. Guiding us past a blizzard of information and misinformation, Gabrielle Walker and Sir David King explain the science of warming, the most cutting-edge technological solutions from small to large, and the national and international politics that will affect our...