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1) Lost Wonders
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moa ? piopio ? huia ? laughing owl ? grayling ? meriki ? Hutton's rail ? Haast's eagle ? Chatham Island bellbird ? bush wren ? adzebill ? Chatham Islands fernbird ? Eyles' harrier ? greater short-tailed bat ? Hawkins' rail ? kawekaweau ? koreke ? Lyall's wren ? moho ? South Island snipe ? whekau
These are just some of the lost wonders of Aotearoa. Here are their stories.
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Illustrated with line drawings by Phoebe Morris, this book tells true...
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[2025]
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431 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
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"Many scientists believe that we are currently living through the Earth's sixth mass extinction, with species disappearing at a rate not seen for tens of millions of years a trend that will only accelerate as climate change and other pressures intensify. What does it mean to live in such a time? And what exactly do we lose when a species goes extinct? In a series of fascinating encounters with subjects that are now nowhere to be found on Earth from...
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Lost Cleveland is an engrossing excursion into the city's rarefied architectural air during its heyday as the sixth-largest city in the country. Author Michael DeAloia recounts the histories of seven culturally significant and iconic architectural gems that defined Cleveland's position of wealth and importance during the industrial age. Inspired by noble visions of Cleveland's most elite residents, these structures reflect the vigor and imagination...
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2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (26 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Get up close and personal with barrier island state parks in Georgia, South Carolina, and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Discover the incredible variety of history, culture, and outdoor adventures waiting for you in spots like Reynolds Mansion State Park, Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site, and Jockey’s Ridge State Park.
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Wonders of America's State Parks volume 8
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Get up close and personal with barrier island state parks in Georgia, South Carolina, and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Discover the incredible variety of history, culture, and outdoor adventures waiting for you in spots like Reynolds Mansion State Park, Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site, and Jockey's Ridge State Park.
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🗿 The Lost City of the Monkey God: A Journey Through Time and Mystery Buried in myth. Reclaimed by science. Unveiled by courage. Deep within the untamed rainforests of Honduras lies one of the greatest archaeological enigmas of our time-the fabled City of the Monkey God, also known as La Ciudad Blanca. Once thought to be mere legend, this lost civilization has risen from obscurity through cutting-edge technology, fearless exploration, and the enduring...
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Agnes never expected to receive grace from the man whose pockets she had just picked.
When Henry Watson offers her honest employment as a downstairs maid in his household, her determination to survive shifts to a resolution to prove her loyalty and worth. But the past is a hard enemy to lose, and it soon comes back with a vengeance, sending Agnes across the seas to the convict settlement of Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. Though not before,...
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For much of Christian history, pastors not only served as theologians and preachers, but also as poets and hymn writers. They ministered through their preaching and their poetry, their sermons and their songs--laboring to see God's truth planted not only in people's minds, but helping it find its way into their hearts and even onto their lips. They viewed such labors as an artistic and devotional tool of catechesis, one that has largely gone missing...
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Gerard Manley Hopkins, one of the most beloved English-language poets of all time, lived a life charged with religious drama and vision. The product of a High-Church Anglican family, Hopkins eventually converted to Roman Catholicism and became a priest-after, which he stopped writing poetry for many years and became completely estranged from his Protestant family.
A Heart Lost in Wonder provides perspective on the life and work of Gerard Manley Hopkins...
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Required reading for fans excited about the upcoming television series PARADISE LOST, announced by James Gunn as part of the first chapter of the new DC Universe media slate! Batman finds himself in the need of help from Wonder Woman. Gotham City is being transformed into a land resembling ancient Greece, lorded over by evil gods. The Amazon princess finds that even the aid of Gotham's other protectors, Nightwing and Robin, as well as her own protégé,...
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Wonder Woman (1987-2006) volume 11
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Batman's home, Gotham City, is being transformed into a land resembling ancient Greece, lorded over by evil gods. And once the gods of war, discord, fear and terror combine their essences with those of the Joker, Scarecrow, and Poison Ivy, Batman finds himself in the need of help from Wonder Woman. But when the gods decide to merge with Batman as well, the Amazon princess finds that even the aid of Gotham's other protectors, Nightwing and Robin, as...
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Have you ever lost something so important to you that you were willing to go to great lengths to find it? Travel along with Charlie the Wiener Wonder Dog as he crosses the country in pursuit of his precious woobie! While leaving the familiar McDurgle farm is scary, Charlie decides he must venture out of his comfort zone to retrieve the woobie! Along the way, Charlie encounters friends and relatives who try to help him locate his coveted woobie. Will...
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Lost and Found Music Studios volume 3
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Luke and the boys come up with a crazy video idea. Eva deals with her mom's disapproval after breaking curfew, and Mary's plan to shoot a video is hindered when she becomes grounded. Michelle makes a tough decision about John.
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"When it came to understanding love, a teenage Jillian Keenan had nothing to guide her--until a production of The Tempest sent Shakespeare's language flowing through her blood for the first time. In Sex with Shakespeare, she tells the story of how the Bard's plays helped her embrace her unusual sexual identity and find a love story of her own."-- Provided by publisher.
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"Hannah is a fusion scientist working alone at a remote cottage off the coast of Scotland when she sees a figure making his way from the sea. It is a visitor from the future, a young man from a human settlement on Mars, traveling backwards through time totry to make a crucial intervention in the fate of our dying planet, and he needs Hannah's help. Laboring in the warmth of a Scottish summer, Hannah and the stranger are on the path towards a breakthrough-and...
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The legacies of theaters, hotels, fire stations, flour mills, and more, torn down, burned down, and otherwise lost, are uncovered in this bittersweet collection. Using archival photographs, blueprints, and written reports, Raymond Biesinger has rendered a selection of Canada's most iconic lost buildings in his signature minimalist style.
Accompanying Biesinger's illustrations are Alex Bozikovic's descriptions which capture each building's historical,...






