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Guide to ducks and geese

Hagner, Chuck.


Includes index. Dabbling ducks. Mallard -- American Black Duck -- Mottled Duck -- Gadwall -- Northern Pintail -- American Wigeon -- Eurasian Wigeon -- Northern Shoveler -- Garganey -- Cinnamon Teal -- Blue-winged Teal -- Green-winged Teal -- Fulvous Whistling-duck -- Black-bellied Whistling-duck -- Muscovy Duck -- Wood Duck -- Diving ducks. Canvasback -- Redhead -- Tufted Duck -- Ring-necked Duck -- Greater Scaup -- Lesser Scaup -- Common Eider -- King Eider -- Spectacled Eider -- Steller's Eider -- Harlequin Duck -- Long-tailed Duck -- Surf Scoter -- Black Scoter -- White-winged Scoter -- Common Goldeneye -- Barrow's Goldeneye -- Bufflehead -- Hooded Merganser -- Common Merganser -- Red-breasted Merganser -- Masked Duck -- Ruddy Duck -- Loons, grebes, and other waterbirds. Red-throated Loon -- Pacific Loon -- Common Loon -- Yellow-billed Loon -- Red-necked Grebe -- Horned Grebe -- Eared Grebe -- Pied-billed Grebe -- Least Grebe -- Western Grebe -- Clark's Grebe -- Double-crested Cormorant -- Purple Gallinule -- Common Moorhen -- American Coot -- Geese -- Barnacle Goose -- Canada Goose -- Brant -- Greater White-fronted Goose -- Greylag Goose -- Emperor Goose -- Snow Goose -- Ross's Goose. Profiles all North American dabbling duck, diving duck, goose, loon, and grebe species and other waterbirds, listing their geographic ranges, describing their features, and presenting color photos.
Date Published:2006

Includes index. Dabbling ducks. Mallard -- American Black Duck -- Mottled Duck -- Gadwall -- Northern Pintail -- American Wigeon -- Eurasian Wigeon -- Northern Shoveler -- Garganey -- Cinnamon Teal -- Blue-winged Teal -- Green-winged Teal -- Fulvous Whistling-duck -- Black-bellied Whistling-duck -- Muscovy Duck -- Wood Duck -- Diving ducks. Canvasback -- Redhead -- Tufted Duck -- Ring-necked Duck -- Greater Scaup -- Lesser Scaup -- Common Eider -- King Eider -- Spectacled Eider -- Steller's Eider -- Harlequin Duck -- Long-tailed Duck -- Surf Scoter -- Black Scoter -- White-winged Scoter -- Common Goldeneye -- Barrow's Goldeneye -- Bufflehead -- Hooded Merganser -- Common Merganser -- Red-breasted Merganser -- Masked Duck -- Ruddy Duck -- Loons, grebes, and other waterbirds. Red-throated Loon -- Pacific Loon -- Common Loon -- Yellow-billed Loon -- Red-necked Grebe -- Horned Grebe -- Eared Grebe -- Pied-billed Grebe -- Least Grebe -- Western Grebe -- Clark's Grebe -- Double-crested Cormorant -- Purple Gallinule -- Common Moorhen -- American Coot -- Geese -- Barnacle Goose -- Canada Goose -- Brant -- Greater White-fronted Goose -- Greylag Goose -- Emperor Goose -- Snow Goose -- Ross's Goose. Profiles all North American dabbling duck, diving duck, goose, loon, and grebe species and other waterbirds, listing their geographic ranges, describing their features, and presenting color photos.

Date Published:2006

The Moodys of Galveston and their mansion

Wiencek, Henry.


Cover title: Moodys of Galveston & their mansion. The Moody family -- The Moody Mansion. Photographs and text trace the history of the W. L. Moody family of Galveston and the 28,000-square-foot home they resided in for more than eighty years.
Date Published:2010

Mysterious deaths and disappearances

Southwell, David, 1971-


Amelia Earhart -- Jimmy Hoffa -- Martin Luther King -- Death of a dream : assassination of RFK -- Chandra Levy -- David Kelly -- Dorothy Kilgallen -- The disappearance of Philip Taylor Kramer -- Lord Lucan -- Lee Harvey Oswald. Explores the circumstances, suspects, and evidence concerning ten mysterious deaths and disappearances, including Amelia Earhart, Jimmy Hoffa, David Kelly, and Lee Harvey Oswald.
Date Published:2008

Amelia Earhart -- Jimmy Hoffa -- Martin Luther King -- Death of a dream : assassination of RFK -- Chandra Levy -- David Kelly -- Dorothy Kilgallen -- The disappearance of Philip Taylor Kramer -- Lord Lucan -- Lee Harvey Oswald. Explores the circumstances, suspects, and evidence concerning ten mysterious deaths and disappearances, including Amelia Earhart, Jimmy Hoffa, David Kelly, and Lee Harvey Oswald.

Date Published:2008

Top 101 athletes


Chronicles the personal lives and athletic achievements of over one hundred of the greatest sportspersons of all time.
Date Published:2014

Women of discovery : a celebration of intrepid women who explored the world

Polk, Milbry.


Wilson's Senior High School. School Library Journal. Library Journal. Tells the stories of over eighty women explorers and adventurers who challenged the physical and social limitations of their times to expand the world's body of knowledge, including tenth-century Viking Unn the Deep Minded, botanical painter Anna Maria Sibylla Merian, and aviator Beryl Markham.
Date Published:2001

Famous Asian Americans

Morey, Janet.


Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. School Library Journal. Chronicles the lives and accomplishments of fourteen Asian Americans including Jose Aruego, Michael Chang, An Wang, and Ellison Onizuka.
Date Published:1992

Civil War leaders

McNeese, Tim.


Wilson's Junior High School, October 2010. School Library Journal, October 2009. Examines the lives and actions of six men from the North and South who played key roles in the course of the Civil War and its aftermath, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglass, Ulysses S. Grant, and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
Date Published:2009

The Manning brothers

Marcovitz, Hal.


Most valuable players -- A football heritage -- Getting serious about football -- The Manning Bowl -- Long careers ahead -- Citations -- Chronology -- Accomplishments and awards. Combines text, quotes, and full-color photographs to provide an overview of the lives and football careers of Eli and Peyton Manning; and includes information on relevant trends, events, people, and places, a chronology, a glossary, and a list of resources.
Date Published:2009

Most valuable players -- A football heritage -- Getting serious about football -- The Manning Bowl -- Long careers ahead -- Citations -- Chronology -- Accomplishments and awards. Combines text, quotes, and full-color photographs to provide an overview of the lives and football careers of Eli and Peyton Manning; and includes information on relevant trends, events, people, and places, a chronology, a glossary, and a list of resources.

Date Published:2009

The coldest March : Scott's fatal Antarctic expedition

Solomon, Susan, 1956-


Wilson's Senior High School. Library Journal. University Press Titles (A.A.S.L./P.L.A.). Tells the story of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to reach the South Pole in 1911, a goal he and his team achieved only to discover that a group of Norwegians had been there about a month earlier, and discusses the reasons why Scott and his four companions died on their return journey.
Date Published:2001

Antarctica : an intimate portrait of a mysterious continent

Walker, Gabrielle.


Originally published: London : Bloomsbury, c2012. Library Journal, October 2012. Publisher's Weekly, September 2012. Booklist, September 2012. Choice, October 2013. Kirkus Review, October 2012. Scientist Gabrielle Walker describes Antarctica, discussing its terrain, the people who visit it, scientists conducting research on the South Pole, the impact of global warming, and more.
Date Published:2013

Football stars

Buckman, Virginia.


Shaun Alexander -- Ladainian Tomlinson -- Dwight Feeney -- Chad Johnson -- Brian Urlacher -- Peyton Manning -- Rising stars. Provides brief profiles of the lives and careers of six NFL players, including, Shaun Alexander, LaDainian Tomlinson, Dwight Freeney, Chad Johnson, Brian Urlacher, and Peyton Manning, and discusses rising stars. Includes a glossary and a list of resources.
Date Published:2007

Explorers and settlers of Spanish Texas

Chipman, Donald E.


Real-life incidents, biographical sketches, and historical background profile legendary figures who discovered, explored, and settled Spanish Texas from 1528 to 1821.
Date Published:2001

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony : a friendship that changed the world

Colman, Penny.


"Christy Ottaviano Books." Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011. School Library Journal, May 2011. Library Media Connection starred, October 2011. Booklist, June 2011. Horn Book, April 2012. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2011. Kirkus Review, April 2011. Details the friendship between Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and examines how they fought against beliefs, customs, and laws that oppressed women.
Date Published:2011

"Christy Ottaviano Books." Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011. School Library Journal, May 2011. Library Media Connection starred, October 2011. Booklist, June 2011. Horn Book, April 2012. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2011. Kirkus Review, April 2011. Details the friendship between Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and examines how they fought against beliefs, customs, and laws that oppressed women.

Date Published:2011

100 families who shaped world history

Crompton, Samuel Willard.


Includes index. An alphabetically-arranged book that provides short biographies of one-hundred families who have made significant impacts on history.
Date Published:2000

The Black list

Greenfield-Sanders, Timothy.


Slash -- Toni Morrison -- Keenen Ivory Wayans -- Vernon Jordan -- Faye Wattleton -- Marc Morial -- Lou Gossett, Jr. -- Lorna Simpson -- Mahlon Duckett -- Zane -- Al Sharpton -- Kareem-Abdul Jabbar -- Thelma Golden -- Sean Combs -- Susan Rice -- Chris Rock -- Suzan-Lori Parks -- Richard Parsons -- Dawn Staley -- Colin Powell -- Bill T. Jones. Twenty-five notable African-Americans, including Toni Morrison, Russell Simmons, Sean Combs, and others, from a variety of professions discuss race and their accomplishments. Includes photographs.
Date Published:2008

Slash -- Toni Morrison -- Keenen Ivory Wayans -- Vernon Jordan -- Faye Wattleton -- Marc Morial -- Lou Gossett, Jr. -- Lorna Simpson -- Mahlon Duckett -- Zane -- Al Sharpton -- Kareem-Abdul Jabbar -- Thelma Golden -- Sean Combs -- Susan Rice -- Chris Rock -- Suzan-Lori Parks -- Richard Parsons -- Dawn Staley -- Colin Powell -- Bill T. Jones. Twenty-five notable African-Americans, including Toni Morrison, Russell Simmons, Sean Combs, and others, from a variety of professions discuss race and their accomplishments. Includes photographs.

Date Published:2008

Guitar gods : the 25 players who made rock history

Gulla, Bob.


Darrell Abbott -- Duane Allman -- Jeff Beck -- Chuck Berry -- Eric Clapton -- Kurt Cobain -- The Edge -- John Frusciante -- Jerry Garcia -- David Gilmour -- Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield -- George Harrison -- Jimi Hendrix -- Tony Iommi -- Yngwie Malmsteen -- Jimmy Page -- Darrell Paul -- Randy Rhoads -- Keith Richards -- Carlos Santana -- Slash -- Pete Townshend -- Eddie Van Halen -- Stevie Ray Vaughan -- Neil Young -- Frank Zappa. Profiles twenty-five guitar players who had a significant influence on rock music, including Eric Clapton, Kurt Cobain, Carlos Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Frank Zappa, and others.
Date Published:2009

Darrell Abbott -- Duane Allman -- Jeff Beck -- Chuck Berry -- Eric Clapton -- Kurt Cobain -- The Edge -- John Frusciante -- Jerry Garcia -- David Gilmour -- Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield -- George Harrison -- Jimi Hendrix -- Tony Iommi -- Yngwie Malmsteen -- Jimmy Page -- Darrell Paul -- Randy Rhoads -- Keith Richards -- Carlos Santana -- Slash -- Pete Townshend -- Eddie Van Halen -- Stevie Ray Vaughan -- Neil Young -- Frank Zappa. Profiles twenty-five guitar players who had a significant influence on rock music, including Eric Clapton, Kurt Cobain, Carlos Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Frank Zappa, and others.

Date Published:2009

1001 things everyone should know about women's history

Jones, Constance.


Contains over one thousand entries that provide information about the achievements of women throughout history; grouped within ten subject categories, including government, law, and politics; daily life; and arts and entertainment.
Date Published:1998

100 Native Americans who shaped American History

Juettner, Bonnie.


Includes index. Describes the lives and achievements of one hundred notable Native Americans, presented chronologically from sixteenth-century Iroquois leader Dekanawida to twentieth-century author Sherman Alexie.
Date Published:2003

100 Hispanic-Americans who shaped American history

Laezman, Rick.


Includes index. Presents brief biographies of one hundred men and women of Hispanic heritage whose actions helped shape the course of American history. Arranged chronologically.
Date Published:2002

Hamlet

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.


Includes list of additional resources.
Date Published:2002