Peter Nelson
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Pete Nelson, the world's best-known treehouse designer and builder, wants to put readers in trees--his motto is, "get 'er done, so you can BE in a TREE." His new book is a comprehensive source of inspiration and practical information about treehouse design and construction. To that end, he shares the basics of treehouse construction with his own recent projects as case studies. Using photographs taken especially for this project along with diagrams,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
292 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When almost-sixth-grader Alex, a video game fanatic, is forced on a "playdate" with his neighbor Herbert, an inventor, the two travel to the twenty-second century and face off against aliens, who are not as beneficent as most people think.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
313 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Pretending to be alien slayers when they travel via a wormhole to their hometown 100 years in the future, eleven-year-olds Alex, Herbert, and Sammi must pull together when an actual alien invasion occurs.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
xx, 201 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Recalls the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis at the end of World War II, the navy cover-up and unfair court martial of the ship's captain, and how a young boy helped the survivors set the record straight fifty-five years later.
8) Fatal tide
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of earthly delights is reunited with the pagans who commissioned it, a dark prophecy begins to unfold in East Salem, beginning with a savage double-murder by hellish creatures straight out of the painting itself. The lone survivor of the attack, a seventeen-year-old Brit, finds sanctuary at Tommy Gunderson's home, and the place is soon surrounded by demons who seem to be biding their time--but for how long?"--Dust jacket...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xv, 175 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
While hiking on a solo vacation in a remote, uninhabitable region of Arizona, Zachary Anderegg happened upon Riley, an emaciated puppy clinging to life, at the bottom of a 350-foot canyon. In a daring act of humanity that trumped the deliberate savagery behind Riley's presence in such a place, Zak single-handedly orchestrated a delicate rescue. What didn't come out in the initial burst of publicity this story received is that Zak and Riley's destinies...
12) Beekeeping
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
5th edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 466 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The latest information regarding every aspect of backyard beekeeping and honey production, this book describes how to get started, how to care for and safely handle bees, and how to maintain healthy and productive colonies.
Did you know that bees are responsible for every third or fourth bite of food we eat? Beekeepers make a valuable contribution to the food chain, but you'll need to keep up on medications, nutrition, bee health, and winter survival...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Americans own 73 million dogs and 90 million cats, considering them best friends, family members, and even children. Relationships with cats and dogs are some of the longest and most intimate of our lives. Why are we attached? Animal behavior experts, evolutionary biologists, veterinarians, and pet owners get personal in a series of interviews and stories that are insightful, funny, heartwarming, and life-changing.
