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In The Phenomenon of Life, Alexander proposes a scientific view of the world in which all space-matter has perceptible degrees of life and sets this understanding of order as an intellectual basis for a new architecture. With this view as a foundation, we can ask precise questions about what must be done to create more life in our world whether in a room a humble doorknob a neighborhood or even in a vast region.
He introduces the concept of living...
2) The Amazon Rainforest: One of Earth's Largest Natural Resources, Children's Books about Forests and
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The information in this book will make you understand the need to protect Earth's natural systems - the Amazon Rainforest included. There will be a discussion on the functions, structures and characteristics of living things and how they interact with one another and their environment, too. Learn more about the Earth to appreciate it better. Begin reading today.
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Best known for his inspirational essay "A Message to Garcia," philosopher Elbert Hubbart wrote widely on a diverse range of topics, many of which dealt with the best ways to find happiness and fulfillment. This volume collects a series of Hubbart's writing on self-help concepts and ideas, with an emphasis on how individuals should balance their own quest for contentment with the needs of others. A must-read for fans of philosophically minded self-help
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From the author of the books The Seven Pillars of Health and I Can Do This Diet, along with best sellers Toxic Relief, the Bible Cure series, Living in Divine Health, Deadly Emotions, Stress Less, and What Would Jesus Eat? Dr. Don Colbert has sold more than TEN MILLION books.
Reclaim control over weight loss, inflammation, and your spiritual and emotional health.
By incorporating the time-tested advice from five of his best-selling Bible Cure books...
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As Nature tires of human destruction, two sisters must face a changing environment that stands between them and survival. When Quinn and Riley set out on a family vacation with their parents, the trip ends before it begins. Mother Nature interferes with their plans, setting off a sequence of events that thrusts the teens into a hostile landscape. Stranded, with limited supplies, struggling to figure out who they can trust along the way, they must...
10) The Naturals
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McClure Battle of the Books 2025-2026
2024 FPPL Summer Reading YA Mysteries
GPLD Best Mystery/Thriller/Horror for Teens
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2024 FPPL Summer Reading YA Mysteries
GPLD Best Mystery/Thriller/Horror for Teens
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"Seventeen-year-old Cassie, who has a natural ability to read people, joins an elite group of criminal profilers at the FBI in order to help solve cold cases"-- Provided by publisher.
"Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people, piecing together the tiniest details to know who a person is, and what they want. But it's not a skill she takes seriously until the FBI come knocking -- they've begun a classified program that uses exceptional...
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2024-25 Winter Reading: Your Next Favorite Read
A Cozy Read
Best of 2025: Adult Nonfiction
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A Cozy Read
Best of 2025: Adult Nonfiction
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"As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively...
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TFML-Native American Heritage Month
2024 FPPL Social Wellness Month Reading List
A Book About Nature
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2024 FPPL Social Wellness Month Reading List
A Book About Nature
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"An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders,...
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Monarch Award Nominees 2022
Books to Read Aloud Grades K-2
National Picture Book Month - November 2022
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Books to Read Aloud Grades K-2
National Picture Book Month - November 2022
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A caterpillar learns to be patient while trying to metamorphosize.
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Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams explore through intimate and thought-provoking dialogue one of the most sought after and least understood elements of human nature: hope. Drawing on decades of work that has helped expand our understanding of what it means to be human and what we all need to do to help build a better world, the book touches on vital questions, including: How do we stay hopeful when everything seems hopeless? How do we cultivate hope...
17) Caves
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"A masterful exploration of one of nature's most curious ecosystems, Caves is a magical journey into subterranean wonders perfect for fans of Jason Chin. Using evocative storytelling, Nell Cross Beckerman urges children to explore one of nature's most curious ecosystems. Dramatic, poetic language guides kids through different caves around the world while nonfiction text allows for deeper understanding"-- Provided by publisher.
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Nothing is as fun as snow, except maybe all the craziness happening right outside this little boy's window! Will he even notice? When the forecast calls for snow, one little boy is thrilled. He keeps peeking outside to see if it's snowing - but he only looks up! His single-minded focus on the sky makes him completely miss the increasingly comical chaos occurring outside his door, which includes a monster truck, a firetruck, escaped monkeys, and carousing...
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Double Exposure: Fiction & Nonfiction Pairings - WPL Youth
OBD Gardening - YOUTH
Smokey's Reading List
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OBD Gardening - YOUTH
Smokey's Reading List
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"Up in the garden, the world is full of green-- leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant book, discover the wonder and activity that lie hidden between the stalks, under the shade of leaves ... and down in the dirt."-- Provided by publisher.
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Stretching from Georgia to Maine, the Appalachian Trail offers some of America's most breathtaking scenery. It also offers an irresistible, amusingly ill-conceived adventure to Bryson & his out-of-shape walking companion, Stephen Katz. Mile by arduous mile, these unlikely pioneers walk the Appalachian Trail, along the way surviving the threat of bear attacks, cravings for hot showers & cream sodas, the loss of key provisions, & everything else this...










