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Lake: First Water
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When the Rivers Run Dry: Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century
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In this groundbreaking book, veteran science correspondent Fred Pearce travels to more than thirty countries to examine the current state of crucial water sources. Deftly weaving together the complicated scientific, economic, and historic dimensions of the world water crisis, he provides our most complete portrait yet of this growing danger and its ramifications for us all.
“A strong—and scary—case that a worldwide water shortage is the most fearful looming environmental crisis. With a drumbeat of facts both horrific (thousands of wells in India and Bangladesh are poisoned by fluoride and arsenic) and fascinating (it takes 20 tons of water to make one pound of coffee), the former... -
Water (First Discovery Books)
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A fact-filled, brightly illustrated book introduces young readers to many facts about water with laminated pages that highlight a fire-fighting aircraft, a melting glacer, and a river that leads to the ocean.
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Unknown Waters: A First-Hand Account of the Historic Under-ice Survey of the Siberian...
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This title tells about charting the Siberian continental shelf during the height of the Cold War.This book tells the story of the brave officers and crew of the nuclear submarine USS Queenfish (SSN-651), who made the first survey of the remote and important Arctic Ocean region. The unpredictability of floating sea ice, shallow waters, and possible Soviet discovery, all play a dramatic part in this fascinating 1970 voyage.Covering 3,100 miles over a period of some 20 days at a laborious average speed of 6.5 knots, the attack submarine threaded its way through underwater canyons of ice and rolling seafloor, at one point becoming lodged in an "ice garage." Only cool thinking and...
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Do Fish Drink? First Questions and Answers about Water
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Discusses, in question-and-answer format, the sources, cycle, and uses of water, why oceans are salty, and other related topics. Includes simple experiments.
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The Water Cycle (First Facts, Water All Around)
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Water is everywhere, from rain and your tap water to our lakes and river. With vivid photographs, clear text, diagrams, and fun facts, this informative set covers all the basic facts about water in our world.
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Where Is Water? (First Step Nonfiction)
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Summarizes where water is found on Earth, including lakes, icebergs, and a garden hose, and introduces related concepts such as how to find water on a map and facts such as how high the highest waterfall is.
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The Water Cycle (First Step Nonfiction Water)
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Summarizes how Earth's water changes to vapor and rises into the sky where it turns into rain, and introduces related concepts such as the shape of raindrops and the presence of pollutants in rainfall.
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Blue Water Creek and the First Sioux War, 1854 - 1856 (Campaigns and Commanders, 6)
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Today Blue Water Creek is merely one of many modest streams coursing through Sioux country. The conflicts along its margins have been overshadowed by later, more spectacular confrontations, including the Great Sioux War and George Custer's untimely demise along another modest stream. The Blue Water legacy has gone largely underappreciated--until now. Blue Water Creek and the First Sioux War, 1854-1856 provides a thorough and objective narrative, using a wealth of eyewitness accounts to reveal the significance of Blue Water Creek in Lakota and U.S. history.
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Making Water Clean (First Facts: Water All Around)
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Water is everywhere, from rain and your tap water to our lakes and river. With vivid photographs, clear text, diagrams, and fun facts, this informative set covers all the basic facts about water in our world.
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Almost First Dog: The Secret (Rejected) Portuguese Water Dog Applications
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One of the most closely watched developments of Obama's first 100 days has been the arrival of the first dog. Before Portuguese Water Dog Bo was chosen, there were months of speculation over what privileged pooch would be The One. Now that we know, the popularity of "Porties" is expected to surge and the country—desperate for some lighthearted news—is enthralled. In Sharon Montrose's Almost First Dog, Portuguese Water Dogs of all shapes, ages, and colors submit their "headshots" and "resumes" for the first family's consideration. Along with each photo—some studio shots, some outdoor shots, some action shots in the water—is a form the dogs fill out...
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