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Presents information about renewable energy through a collection of diagrams and charts. Discusses what renewable energy is, different types of renewable energy, how it works, and where it's used. Includes an activity, a glossary, and resources for further information.
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Explores how waste and pollution is created by virtually everything we do, from litter and factory gases to leftover foods and old gadgets. Shows where such waste goes, how it adversely affects the planet, and what readers can do to help reduce such pollution. Includes a glossary.
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In this volume, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are brought together with dozens of other historic documents and speeches which shaped the destiny of the United States of America. Also included are the Bill of Rights, the Federalist Papers, and the Articles of Confederation. Gregg Jarrett introduces and explains how each of these great documents created the America we know today. In addition to these Founding documents, this deluxe...
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"The transition to clean energy is moving far too slowly. Trapped by a century of fossil fuel investments and politicians that struggle to plan beyond the next election, the "Big Grid" that powers our modern world is outdated and in dire need of an upgrade. Freeing Energy offers a new and faster path towards a clean energy future-one that is more reliable, more equitable, and cheaper. Just like personal computers eclipsed mainframes, millions of solar...
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"Perhaps the best-known American diplomatist of this century, Henry Kissinger is a major figure in world history, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and arguably one of the most brilliant minds ever placed at the service of American foreign policy, as well as one of the shrewdest, best-informed, and most articulate figures ever to occupy a position of power in Washington." "The third and final volume of his memoirs completes a major work of contemporary...
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"In the absence of motorized boats and gondolas, Venice's waters have returned to a sparkling blue color. Deer have been spotted roaming cities in Italy, and mountain goats recently took over a small seaside town in Wales. Taking advantage of the decreased boat traffic, whales have returned to roaming Vancouver's harbours. The absence of "regular" human activities has dramatically affected our environment. In this book, Bob McDonald turns his focus...
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Scope and content: Two scrapbooks compiled by sports fan J.R. Heath, featuring news clippings, some photographs, and a few programs or other ephemera related to boys high school football and basketball teams at DuPont High School. Materials are compiled in two volumes. Volume 1 spans the time frame of 1943-1953; volume 2 runs 1953-1965. Basketball games were of special interest to Heath, as he frequently compiled box scores for every season, showing...
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Scope and Content: Scrapbook compiled by Clura Haney containing items circa 1933 to circa 1947. Contents include numerous postcards from various locations, including: Wilmington, Del.; Oklahoma; New York City; Chicago; Atlantic City and other locations in New Jersey; St. Louis; Florida; and Nashville, Tenn. Some pre-printed photographs, sold to tourists, are also included. Frequent brief annotations often accompany the items in the scrapbook. There...
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Scope and Content: Du Pont Company Magazines consist primarily of employee publications, most issued monthly, from Du Pont's rayon and cellophane factories in Old Hickory, Tennessee. The collection also includes some magazines and newsletters from Du Pont's national headquarters. The earliest publication in this collection is from 1936 and the latest is 1987 with the bulk being 1940-1960.
Content in most of these publications consists of: factory...
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Scope and Content: Approximately 30 pages of materials, mostly newsclippings, concerning the organization of and activities of the Hadley's Bend Historical Association. Items include initial organizational and incorporation documents, by-laws (1986), articles about meetings and activities of the organization as well as more general articles of a historical nature, especially concerning Old Hickory and the DuPont powder plant. News articles mention...
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Scope and Content: Four audio interviews (with transcripts) conducted in 2012 by the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, in partnership with the Metro Arts Commission and Metro Parks. Each interviewee discusses the positive impact they believe the 28th Connector Project will have on their community. They discuss the separation of North Nashville from the rest of Nashville following the construction of Interstate 40 between...
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Abstract: Materials, mostly from the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp, documenting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Nashville's local economy, particularly as it relates to the hospitality and tourism industry, including music performances, sporting events, restaurants, bars and hotels. Public health protocols, such as masking, social distancing, and capacity restrictions as they relate to these activities are also mentioned. Other major...
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Scope and Content: This collection includes 35 audio-recorded interviews created in 2015 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in partnership with the Music Industry Coalition and the Nashville Public Library. The time periods covered within the interviews range from the 1940s to 2015. Each interview has a transcript, and most have indexes.
Primary topics addressed in the interviews include: individuals' stories of how they got started...
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Scope and Content: Architectural and personal papers of Robinson Neil Bass, consisting primarily of architectural plans and renderings, news clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and related materials documenting numerous commercial, residential, and government buildings designed by Bass through the latter half of the twentieth century. The collection is organized in to two series: I. Building Projects; and II. Personal Papers.
Series I. Building Projects...