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Hurricane Season!Hurricane Season, June - November
Access the latest hurricane news, Web sites or scroll down to COM Only Resources like related eBooks and print books in COM Library. Thanks to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/ Department of Commerce for the use of the Hurricane Image.

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  • After the flood
    F379.N543 P655 2006
  • Breach of faith : Hurricane Katrina and the near death of a great American city
    HV636 2005.N4 H66 2006
  • Encyclopedias of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones
    QC 944 L66 1998 Ref
  • The great deluge : Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
    HV636 2005.L8 B75 2006
  • Hurricane almanac
    QC944 .H863 Ref
  • Hurricane Katrina
    HV551.4.G85 h36 2006
  • Hurricane watch : forecasting the deadliest storms on earth
    QC944 .S56 2001
  • Hurricanes : a reference handbook
    QC944 .F58 2005
  • Katrinaville chronicles : images and observations from a New Orleans photographer
    F379.N543 S68 2007
  • The Scariest Place on Earth: Eye to Eye With Hurricanes
    QC 944 F57 1994

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Go GreenGoing Green
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Things You Can Do to Save the Planet

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new!EBSCO: GreenFILE
Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE will serve as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. GreenFILE’s initial release will include A&I for more than 600 titles, including comprehensive coverage – from to volume 1, issue 1 to present – for Bioscience (back to 1964), Conservation Biology (back to 1987), Journal of Ecology (back to 1913) and Journal of Environmental Planning & Management (back to 1948). The total number of records is approximately 295,000, and full text is provided for more than 4,600 records from open access titles.

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  • 365 ways to save the Earth
    TR721 .B68 2005
  • Climate : the force that shapes our world and the future of life on Earth
    QC981.8.C5 O26 2005
  • new!Don't throw it out : [recycle, renew, and reuse to make things last]
    TX303 .B35 2007b
  • Earth almanac : an annual geophysical review of the state
    of the planet
    QB 631 G65 2000 Ref
  • Earth and you : tales of the environment
    GE 140 O34 2000
  • The earth around us : maintaining a livable planet
    GE 105 E16 2000
  • Earth from space : Smithsonian National Air and Space
    Museum
    QB637 J63 2004
  • new!The emerald planet : how plants changed Earth's history
    QE905 .B44 2007
  • The empty ocean : plundering the world's marine life
    QL121 .E5794 2003
  • new!Environmental disasters, natural recovery and human responses
    QH545.N3 M67 2007
  • new!Environmental science : earth as a living planet
    GE105 .B68 2007
  • Firefly guide to the state of the world
    D860 W75 2005 Ref
  • The future of life
    QH75 .W535 2002
  • Genetically modified planet : environmental impacts of genetically engineered plants
    SB123.57 .S74 2004
  • Global warming : very short introduction
    QC981.8.G56 M38 2004
  • Global Warming: The Complete Briefing
    QC 981.8 G56 H68
  • Global Warming: Opposing Viewpoints
    QC 981.8 G56 G581945 1997
  • new!The global warming survival handbook : 77 essential skills to stop climate change--or live through it
    QC981.8.G56 R68 2007
  • Impact of Global Warming on Texas
    QC 981.8 G56 I47 1995 Texana
  • Land Use and the Causes of Global Warming
    HD 156 A34 1994
  • Greenhouse: The 200-year Story of Global Warming
    QC 981.8 G56 C48 1999
  • High noon : 20 global issues, 20 years to solve them
    GE140 .R57 2002
  • Life on earth : an encyclopedia of biodiversity, ecology,
    and evolution
    QH541.15.B56 L54 2002
  • new!Raising baby green : the earth-friendly guide to pregnancy
    RG525 .G7284 2007
  • Satanic Gases: Clearing the Air About Global Warming
    QC 981.8 G56 M537 2000
  • Weighing the world : the quest to measure the Earth
    Q334 .D36 2005


Declaration of IndependenceJuly 4th, Independence Day
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  • 1776
    E208 .M396 2005
  • American Revolution
    E208 .M9 2003
  • American Revolution : a history
    E208 .W85 2002
  • American Revolution : an eyewitness history
    E 275 A2 B87 2001
  • American Revolution : writings from the War of Independence
    E 203 A579 2001
  • Daily life during the American Revolution
    E209 .V65 2003
  • The Declaration of Independence : the story behind America's founding document and the men who created it
    E221 .G865 2005
  • The Fourth of July : and the founding of America
    E286 .A266 2007
  • George Washington : the Founding Father
    E312 .J67 2005
  • Leap in the dark : the struggle to create the American republic
    E195 .F47 2003
  • Revolutionary mothers : women in the struggle for America's independence
    E276 .B47 2005
  • Samuel Adams : father of the American Revolution
    E302.6.A2 P85 2006
  • Thomas Jefferson : author of America
    E332 .H66 2005
  • Young patriots : the remarkable story of two men,their impossible plan, and the revolution that created the Constitution
    E303 .C38 2005

Swine Flu
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