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Hatchet

Paulsen, Gary.


After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given to him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
Date Published:1996

Dead End in Norvelt

Gantos, Jack.


Sequel: From Norvelt to nowhere. In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.
Date Published:2011

Farm Profits and Adoption of Precision Agriculture

Schimmelpfennig, David.


Cover title.
Date Published:2016

A Sick Day for Amos McGee

Stead, Philip Christian,


"A Neal Porter book." Art technique used: Delicate woodblock prints and fine pencil work. Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day, he woke with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests. -- From book jacket.
Date Published:2010

"A Neal Porter book." Art technique used: Delicate woodblock prints and fine pencil work. Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day, he woke with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests. -- From book jacket.

Date Published:2010

Life among the Aztec

Hall, Eleanor J.


Discusses the rise and fall of the Aztecs in Mesoamerica before the Europeans arrived in the 15th century and explores their culture, government, architecture, warfare, religion, and education.
Date Published:2004

Information Technology Control and Audit


Information technology environment : why are controls and audit important? -- Audit and review : its role in information technology -- The audit process in an information technology environment -- Auditing information technology using computer-assisted audit tools and techniques -- IT strategy and standards -- Planning and controlling -- Project management -- Quality management -- Software acquisition -- System implementation -- Application risks and controls -- Change management -- IT operations environments : complexities and control issues -- Operational control issues -- Assessing risk in IT operations -- Audit methods and techniques for operations -- Using tools and techniques in IT operation reviews -- The legal environment and its impact on information technology : from IT crime law to IT contract law to netlaw -- Security and privacy of information technology : from the individual to the Extranet/Intranet/Internet -- IT auditing : career planning and development, evaluating audit quality, and best practices -- IT auditing in the new millennium.
Date Published:2004

Information technology environment : why are controls and audit important? -- Audit and review : its role in information technology -- The audit process in an information technology environment -- Auditing information technology using computer-assisted audit tools and techniques -- IT strategy and standards -- Planning and controlling -- Project management -- Quality management -- Software acquisition -- System implementation -- Application risks and controls -- Change management -- IT operations environments : complexities and control issues -- Operational control issues -- Assessing risk in IT operations -- Audit methods and techniques for operations -- Using tools and techniques in IT operation reviews -- The legal environment and its impact on information technology : from IT crime law to IT contract law to netlaw -- Security and privacy of information technology : from the individual to the Extranet/Intranet/Internet -- IT auditing : career planning and development, evaluating audit quality, and best practices -- IT auditing in the new millennium.

Date Published:2004

Hendrix : Setting the Record Straight

McDermott, John, 1963-



Date Published:1992

Medicinal Plants of the Heartland

Kaye, Connie.



Date Published:1997

Foundations in microbiology

Talaro, Kathleen P.


Includes index. 1. The main themes of microbiology -- The scope of microbiology -- The impact of microbes on earth : small organisms with a giant effect -- The general characteristics of microorganisms -- The historical foundations of microbiology -- Taxonomy : organizing, classifying, and naming microorganisms -- 2. From atoms to cells : a chemical connection -- Atoms, bonds, and molecules : fundamental building blocks -- Bonds and molecules -- Macromolecules : superstructures of life -- Cells : where chemicals come to life -- 3. Tools of the laboratory : the methods of studying microorganisms -- Methods of culturing microorganisms : the five I's -- The microscope : window on an invisible realm -- 4. Procaryotic profiles : the bacteria and archaea -- Procaryotic form and function : external structure -- The structure of a generalized procaryotic cell -- Bacterial form and function : internal structure -- Bacterial shapes, arrangements, and sizes -- Bacterial identification and classification systems -- Survey of procaryotic groups with unusual characteristics -- 5. Eucaryotic cells and microorganisms -- The nature of eucaryotes -- Form and function of the eucaryotic cell : external structures -- Form and function of the eucaryotic cell : internal structures -- Survey of eucaryotic microorganisms -- The kingdom of the fungi -- The protists -- The parasitic helminths -- 6. An introduction to the viruses -- The search for the elusive viruses -- The position of viruses in the biological spectrum -- The general structure of viruses -- How viruses are classified and named -- Modes of viral multiplication -- Techniques in cultivating and identifying animal viruses -- Medical importance of viruses -- 7. Elements of microbial nutrition, ecology, and growth -- Microbial nutrition -- Environmental factors that influence microbes -- The study of microbial growth -- 8. Microbial metabolism : the chemical crossroads of life -- The metabolism of microbes -- The pursuit and utilization of energy -- Pathways to bioenergetics -- Biosynthesis and the crossing pathways of metabolism -- 9. Microbial genetics -- Introduction to genetics and genes : unlocking the secrets of heredity -- Applications of the DNA code : transcription and translation -- Genetic regulation of protein synthesis and metabolism -- Mutations : changes in the genetic code -- DNA recombination events -- 10. Genetic engineering : a revolution in molecular biology -- Basic elements and applications of genetic engineering -- I. Tools and techniques of genetic engineering -- II. Methods in recombinant DNA technology : how to imitate nature -- III. Biochemical products of recombinant DNA technology -- IV. Genetically modified organisms -- V. Genetic treatments : introducing DNA into the body -- VI. Genome analysis : maps, fingerprints, and family trees -- 11. Physical and chemical control of microbes -- Controlling microorganisms -- Methods of physical control -- Chemical agents in microbial control -- 12. Drugs, microbes, host : the elements of chemotherapy -- Principles of antimicrobial therapy -- Interactions between drug and microbe -- Survey of major antimicrobial drug groups -- Characteristics of host-drug reactions -- Considerations in selecting an antimicrobic drug -- 13. Microbe-human interactions : infection and disease -- The human host -- The progress of an infection -- Epidemiology : the study of disease in populations -- 14. The nature of host defenses -- Defense mechanisms of the host in perspective -- Introducing the immune system -- Systems involved in immune defenses -- Nonspecific immune reactions of the body's compartments -- Specific immunities : the third and final line of defense -- 15. The acquisition of specific immunity and its applications -- Further explorations into the immune system -- The dual nature of specific immune responses -- Essential preliminary concepts for understanding immune reactions of section I-V -- The lymphocyte response system in depth -- 16. Immunization and immune assays -- Practical applications of immunologic function -- 17. Disorders in immunity -- The immune response : a two-sided coin -- Overreactions to antigens : allergy/hypersensitivity -- Type I allergic reactions : atopy and anaphylaxis -- Type II hypersensitivities : reactions that lyse foreign cells -- Type III hypersensitivities : immune complex reactions -- Type IV hypersensitivities : cell-mediated (delayed) reactions -- Immunodeficiency diseases : hyposensitivity of the immune system -- Cancer : cells out of control -- Introduction to identification techniques in medical microbiology -- Preface to the survey of microbial diseases -- On the track of the infectious agent : specimen collection -- Universal blood and body fluid precautions -- 18. The cocci of medical importance -- General characteristics of the staphylococci -- General characteristics of the streptococci and related genera -- The family neisseriaceae : gram-negative cocci -- Other gram-negative cocci and coccobacilli -- 19. The gram-positive bacilli of medical importance -- Medically important gram-positive bacilli -- Gram-positive spore-forming bacilli -- Gram-positive regular non-spore-forming bacilli -- Gram-positive irregular non-spore-forming bacilli -- Mycobacteria : acid-fast bacilli -- Actinomycetes : filamentous bacilli -- 20. The gram-negative bacilli of medical importance -- Aerobic gram-negative nonenteric bacilli -- Identification and differential characteristics of the enterobacteriaceae -- Coliform organisms and diseases -- Noncoliform lactose-negative enterics -- 21. Miscellaneous bacterial agents of disease -- The spirochetes -- Other curviform gram-negative bacteria of medical importance -- Medically important bacteria of unique morphology and biology -- Mollicutes and other cell-wall-deficient bacteria -- Bacteria in dental disease -- 22. The fungi of medical importance -- Fungi as infectious agents -- Systemic infections by true pathogens -- Subcutaneous mycoses -- Cutaneous mycoses -- Superficial mycoses -- Opportunistic mycoses -- Fungal allergies and intoxications -- 23. The parasites of medical importance -- The parasites of humans -- Typical protozoan pathogens -- Apicomplexan parasites -- A survey of helminth parasites -- 24. Introduction to the viruses of medical importance : the DNA viruses -- Viruses in infection and disease -- Survey of DNA virus groups -- Enveloped DNA viruses -- Nonenveloped DNA viruses -- Nonenveloped single-stranded DNA viruses : the parvoviruses -- 25. The RNA viruses of medical importance -- Enveloped segmented single-stranded RNA viruses -- Enveloped nonsegmented single-stranded RNA viruses -- Other enveloped RNA viruses -- Arboviruses : viruses spread by arthropod vectors -- Enveloped single-stranded RNA viruses with reverse transcriptase : retroviruses -- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) -- Other retroviral diseases in humans -- Nonenveloped nonsegmented single-stranded RNA viruses : picornaviruses and caliciviruses -- Nonenveloped segmented double-stranded RNA viruses : reoviruses -- Slow infections by unconventional viruslike agents -- 26. Environmental and applied microbiology -- Ecology : the interconnecting web of life -- Applied microbiology and biotechnology -- Microorganisms and food -- General concepts in industrial microbiology -- Appendix A. Exponents -- Appendix B. Significant events in microbiology -- Appendix C. Methods for testing sterilization and germicidal processes -- Appendix D. Classification of major microbial disease agents by system affected, site of infection, and routes of transmission -- Appendix E. Answers to multiple-choice questions and selected matching questions -- Glossary.
Date Published:2005

Includes index. 1. The main themes of microbiology -- The scope of microbiology -- The impact of microbes on earth : small organisms with a giant effect -- The general characteristics of microorganisms -- The historical foundations of microbiology -- Taxonomy : organizing, classifying, and naming microorganisms -- 2. From atoms to cells : a chemical connection -- Atoms, bonds, and molecules : fundamental building blocks -- Bonds and molecules -- Macromolecules : superstructures of life -- Cells : where chemicals come to life -- 3. Tools of the laboratory : the methods of studying microorganisms -- Methods of culturing microorganisms : the five I's -- The microscope : window on an invisible realm -- 4. Procaryotic profiles : the bacteria and archaea -- Procaryotic form and function : external structure -- The structure of a generalized procaryotic cell -- Bacterial form and function : internal structure -- Bacterial shapes, arrangements, and sizes -- Bacterial identification and classification systems -- Survey of procaryotic groups with unusual characteristics -- 5. Eucaryotic cells and microorganisms -- The nature of eucaryotes -- Form and function of the eucaryotic cell : external structures -- Form and function of the eucaryotic cell : internal structures -- Survey of eucaryotic microorganisms -- The kingdom of the fungi -- The protists -- The parasitic helminths -- 6. An introduction to the viruses -- The search for the elusive viruses -- The position of viruses in the biological spectrum -- The general structure of viruses -- How viruses are classified and named -- Modes of viral multiplication -- Techniques in cultivating and identifying animal viruses -- Medical importance of viruses -- 7. Elements of microbial nutrition, ecology, and growth -- Microbial nutrition -- Environmental factors that influence microbes -- The study of microbial growth -- 8. Microbial metabolism : the chemical crossroads of life -- The metabolism of microbes -- The pursuit and utilization of energy -- Pathways to bioenergetics -- Biosynthesis and the crossing pathways of metabolism -- 9. Microbial genetics -- Introduction to genetics and genes : unlocking the secrets of heredity -- Applications of the DNA code : transcription and translation -- Genetic regulation of protein synthesis and metabolism -- Mutations : changes in the genetic code -- DNA recombination events -- 10. Genetic engineering : a revolution in molecular biology -- Basic elements and applications of genetic engineering -- I. Tools and techniques of genetic engineering -- II. Methods in recombinant DNA technology : how to imitate nature -- III. Biochemical products of recombinant DNA technology -- IV. Genetically modified organisms -- V. Genetic treatments : introducing DNA into the body -- VI. Genome analysis : maps, fingerprints, and family trees -- 11. Physical and chemical control of microbes -- Controlling microorganisms -- Methods of physical control -- Chemical agents in microbial control -- 12. Drugs, microbes, host : the elements of chemotherapy -- Principles of antimicrobial therapy -- Interactions between drug and microbe -- Survey of major antimicrobial drug groups -- Characteristics of host-drug reactions -- Considerations in selecting an antimicrobic drug -- 13. Microbe-human interactions : infection and disease -- The human host -- The progress of an infection -- Epidemiology : the study of disease in populations -- 14. The nature of host defenses -- Defense mechanisms of the host in perspective -- Introducing the immune system -- Systems involved in immune defenses -- Nonspecific immune reactions of the body's compartments -- Specific immunities : the third and final line of defense -- 15. The acquisition of specific immunity and its applications -- Further explorations into the immune system -- The dual nature of specific immune responses -- Essential preliminary concepts for understanding immune reactions of section I-V -- The lymphocyte response system in depth -- 16. Immunization and immune assays -- Practical applications of immunologic function -- 17. Disorders in immunity -- The immune response : a two-sided coin -- Overreactions to antigens : allergy/hypersensitivity -- Type I allergic reactions : atopy and anaphylaxis -- Type II hypersensitivities : reactions that lyse foreign cells -- Type III hypersensitivities : immune complex reactions -- Type IV hypersensitivities : cell-mediated (delayed) reactions -- Immunodeficiency diseases : hyposensitivity of the immune system -- Cancer : cells out of control -- Introduction to identification techniques in medical microbiology -- Preface to the survey of microbial diseases -- On the track of the infectious agent : specimen collection -- Universal blood and body fluid precautions -- 18. The cocci of medical importance -- General characteristics of the staphylococci -- General characteristics of the streptococci and related genera -- The family neisseriaceae : gram-negative cocci -- Other gram-negative cocci and coccobacilli -- 19. The gram-positive bacilli of medical importance -- Medically important gram-positive bacilli -- Gram-positive spore-forming bacilli -- Gram-positive regular non-spore-forming bacilli -- Gram-positive irregular non-spore-forming bacilli -- Mycobacteria : acid-fast bacilli -- Actinomycetes : filamentous bacilli -- 20. The gram-negative bacilli of medical importance -- Aerobic gram-negative nonenteric bacilli -- Identification and differential characteristics of the enterobacteriaceae -- Coliform organisms and diseases -- Noncoliform lactose-negative enterics -- 21. Miscellaneous bacterial agents of disease -- The spirochetes -- Other curviform gram-negative bacteria of medical importance -- Medically important bacteria of unique morphology and biology -- Mollicutes and other cell-wall-deficient bacteria -- Bacteria in dental disease -- 22. The fungi of medical importance -- Fungi as infectious agents -- Systemic infections by true pathogens -- Subcutaneous mycoses -- Cutaneous mycoses -- Superficial mycoses -- Opportunistic mycoses -- Fungal allergies and intoxications -- 23. The parasites of medical importance -- The parasites of humans -- Typical protozoan pathogens -- Apicomplexan parasites -- A survey of helminth parasites -- 24. Introduction to the viruses of medical importance : the DNA viruses -- Viruses in infection and disease -- Survey of DNA virus groups -- Enveloped DNA viruses -- Nonenveloped DNA viruses -- Nonenveloped single-stranded DNA viruses : the parvoviruses -- 25. The RNA viruses of medical importance -- Enveloped segmented single-stranded RNA viruses -- Enveloped nonsegmented single-stranded RNA viruses -- Other enveloped RNA viruses -- Arboviruses : viruses spread by arthropod vectors -- Enveloped single-stranded RNA viruses with reverse transcriptase : retroviruses -- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) -- Other retroviral diseases in humans -- Nonenveloped nonsegmented single-stranded RNA viruses : picornaviruses and caliciviruses -- Nonenveloped segmented double-stranded RNA viruses : reoviruses -- Slow infections by unconventional viruslike agents -- 26. Environmental and applied microbiology -- Ecology : the interconnecting web of life -- Applied microbiology and biotechnology -- Microorganisms and food -- General concepts in industrial microbiology -- Appendix A. Exponents -- Appendix B. Significant events in microbiology -- Appendix C. Methods for testing sterilization and germicidal processes -- Appendix D. Classification of major microbial disease agents by system affected, site of infection, and routes of transmission -- Appendix E. Answers to multiple-choice questions and selected matching questions -- Glossary.

Date Published:2005

This is Not My Hat

Klassen, Jon.


A little fish thinks he can get away with stealing a hat.
Date Published:2012

The Last School District : A Two-Act Play.



Date Published:2016

When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away: Marriage, Sexuality, and Power in New Mexico, 1500-1846

Gutierrez, Ramon A., 1951-


The Pueblo Indian world in the sixteenth century -- The Spanish conquest of New Mexico -- Seventeenth-century politics -- The reconquest of New Mexico -- Honor and social status -- Honor and virtue -- Honor and marriage -- Marriage and the church --Marriage, the empirical evidence -- The bourbon reforms on the Northern Frontier. "This social history of one remote corner of Spain's colonial American empire uses marriage as a window into intimate social relations, examining the Spanish conquest of America and its impact on a group of indigenous peoples, the Pueblo Indians, seen in large part from their point of view."--Amazon.
Date Published:1991

The Pueblo Indian world in the sixteenth century -- The Spanish conquest of New Mexico -- Seventeenth-century politics -- The reconquest of New Mexico -- Honor and social status -- Honor and virtue -- Honor and marriage -- Marriage and the church --Marriage, the empirical evidence -- The bourbon reforms on the Northern Frontier. "This social history of one remote corner of Spain's colonial American empire uses marriage as a window into intimate social relations, examining the Spanish conquest of America and its impact on a group of indigenous peoples, the Pueblo Indians, seen in large part from their point of view."--Amazon.

Date Published:1991

Teaching and Learning in a Concept-Based Nursing Curriculum

Ignatavicius, Donna D.



Date Published:2019

Neither lady nor slave : working women of the Old South



Date Published:2002

Dictionary of American Biography. : Comprehensive Index Through Supplement Eight. Comprehensive index :



Date Published:1990

The Ordeal of the Longhouse: The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization

Richter, Daniel K.


Preface -- Introduction -- The Iroquois in the world on the turtle's back -- The great league of peace and power -- The great league for war and survival -- The economic lifeline to the Dutch -- The ascendency of the Francophiles -- The revolt of the Anglophiles -- The last of the Beaver Wars -- The political crisis of the Iroquois confederacy -- The precarious settlement abroad and at home -- The neutralist diplomacy of peace and balance -- The Iroquois in a Euro-American world -- Methodological comments.
Date Published:1992

Preface -- Introduction -- The Iroquois in the world on the turtle's back -- The great league of peace and power -- The great league for war and survival -- The economic lifeline to the Dutch -- The ascendency of the Francophiles -- The revolt of the Anglophiles -- The last of the Beaver Wars -- The political crisis of the Iroquois confederacy -- The precarious settlement abroad and at home -- The neutralist diplomacy of peace and balance -- The Iroquois in a Euro-American world -- Methodological comments.

Date Published:1992

Jackson County - White River Oral History Program

Robert Craig, Ollie Burton, Kaneaster Hodges, Jr



Date Published:

Closing Arguments in the OJ Simpson Trial: Days 1-3 : ABC News Nightline. [1995-9-26], Closing arguments in OJ trial /


Disc 1. September 26, 1995 (44 min.) -- disc 2. September 27, 1995 (42 min.) -- disc 3. September 28, 1995 (42 min.). Closing arguments from the trial of O.J. Simpson for the murders of Simpson's ex-wife Nichole Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Includes statements from the prosecutors, Christopher Darden and Marcia Clark, and the defense team, Johnnie Cochran and F. Lee Bailey.
Date Published:2007

Seeing in the dark : reflections on dreams and dreaming

States, Bert O., 1929-



Date Published:1997

Ten great works of philosophy.

Wolff, Robert Paul,


Apology. Crito and the death of Socrates, from Phaedo, by Plato.--Poetics, by Aristotle.--St. Anselm and St Thomas Aquinas, Proofs for the existence of God: The ontological proof of St. Anselm, from Proslogium. St. Thomas's proofs of God's existence, from The summa theologica.--Meditations on the first philosophy, by R. Descartes.--An inquiry concerning human understanding, by D. Hume.--Prolegomena to any future metaphysics, by I. Kant.--Utilitarianism, by J. S. Mill.--The will to believe, by W. James.
Date Published:1969

Apology. Crito and the death of Socrates, from Phaedo, by Plato.--Poetics, by Aristotle.--St. Anselm and St Thomas Aquinas, Proofs for the existence of God: The ontological proof of St. Anselm, from Proslogium. St. Thomas's proofs of God's existence, from The summa theologica.--Meditations on the first philosophy, by R. Descartes.--An inquiry concerning human understanding, by D. Hume.--Prolegomena to any future metaphysics, by I. Kant.--Utilitarianism, by J. S. Mill.--The will to believe, by W. James.

Date Published:1969