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1) Divergent
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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In a society that has organized itself into five factions, a teenage girl learns that she is a Divergent, and when she chooses to join a warring faction she discovers that her personality type is seen as a danger to other factions.
A thrilling action-adventure film set in a world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues. Tris Prior is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a...
Series
Divergent volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Tris and Four are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine, the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris's family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past and...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Español
Description
A society is divided into five factions and each person must choose one and commit to it for the rest of their lives. Tris discovers that she is a Divergent and she won't be able to fit into just one faction and this fact must be hidden so she does not risk her life.
Una sociedad es dividida en cinco facciones y cada persona debe escoger un y cometerle para el resto de sus vidas. Tris descubre que ella es una Divergente y ella no será capaz de caber...
4) Divergent
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Series
Language
English
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Dystopian (Adult/YA)
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Description
In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.
Series
Divergent volume 3
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Tris must escape with Four and go beyond the wall enclosing Chicago. For the first time ever, they will leave the only city and family they have ever known. Once outside, old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless with the revelation of shocking new truths. Tris and Four must quickly decide who they can trust as a ruthless battle ignites beyond the walls of Chicago which threatens all of humanity. In order to survive, Tris will be forced to...
Series
Divergent volume 3
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
Tris must escape with Four and go beyond the wall enclosing Chicago. For the first time ever, they will leave the only city and family they have ever known. Once outside, old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless with the revelation of shocking new truths. Tris and Four must quickly decide who they can trust as a ruthless battle ignites beyond the walls of Chicago which threatens all of humanity. In order to survive, Tris will be forced to...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
As part of his series on Making Sen$e of financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports from two Ohio counties—Crawford and Delaware—that had similar incomes 30 years ago, but their economies and populations have since taken very different paths.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women-those with ADHD, autism, and other sensory processing differences-exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish As a successful, Harvard- and Berkeley-educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted mother, Jenara Nerenberg was shocked to discover that her "symptoms" that were only ever labeled as anxiety were considered autistic...
12) Insurgent
Author
Series
Divergent trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love"-- Provided by publisher.
13) Allegiant
Author
Series
Divergent trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered-- fractured by violence and power struggles, and scarred by loss and betrayal. When offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. But, will she be prepared to face impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love?
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The Galápagos experiences a strongly seasonal environment. Finches breed when the rains arrive, typically in January or February. In some years there is no rain and no breeding. This program illustrates the various ways that environmental fluctuations dictate the activities of finches on Daphne. It follows the stages of the breeding cycle, from pair formation and nest building a few days after the first heavy rainfall to fledging about a month later....
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
Description
There is no music more beautiful, more compelling, more American than Black Sacred Music. It is the soul of the Black Church and the Black Church is the foundation of the Black Community. This program from Tony Brown's Journal is the second part in the Thank God four-part series that started out as a documentary on the African oral tradition which manifested on these shores largely as America's indigenous music. As the scenes unfolded and research...
Series
Language
English
Description
Learn all about earthquakes. What is an earthquake? What causes an earthquake? What are plate tectonics and subduction? What are divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries? What are the core, mantle and crust of the earth? What are the biggest earthquakes of all time, and what have seismologists learned from them? What can you do to protect yourself if you are caught in an earthquake? The answers to these questions and more are covered...
18) Apocalypse
Series
Apocalypse volume Episode 3
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When can the beginning of Christianity be dated? Should it be when Jesus is born? When he dies? When a mixed community of Jews and Pagans is created? At the time of Constantine's conversion? When Theodosius decrees Christianity to be the Empire's official religion? Or at another date? What measures does Theodosius take to impose Christianity? Do the Pagans accept the new religion? Who are the Christians' main enemies: Jews or heretics?
19) Catalyst
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The protective gear worn by motorcyclists can be extremely hot and uncomfortable in sweltering Australian conditions. Does heat stress contribute to accidents, and how protective is safety gear anyway? Mark Horstman lays his mind and body on the line as scientists put motorcycle clothing to the test. Also, what did the beginning of time look like - that moment of creation? What are the biggest explosions in the universe like? We've never been able...
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