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1) Horizon
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Language
English
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Britain's state-of-the-art Antarctic research base Halley VI is in trouble. Built on the Brunt Ice Shelf, it sits atop a massive slab of ice that extends far beyond the Antarctic shoreline. But the ice is breaking apart and just 6km from the station is a ginormous crevasse, which threatens to separate Halley from the rest of the continent, setting the £28 million base adrift on a massive iceberg. So Halley needs to move. But this is probably the...
2) Horizon
Author
Series
Horizon (Scholastic) volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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When Aero Horizon 16 crashes in the Arctic, eight children emerge from the wreckage to find themselves alone and surrounded, not by ice, but by a mysterious and deadly jungle full of carnivorous plants and predatory birds--the other five hundred people from the plane are gone, not necessarily dead, but taken by something that lives in the jungle.
3) Horizon
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
From the National Book Award-winning author of the now-classic Arctic Dreams, a vivid, poetic, capacious work that recollects the travels around the world and the encounters--human, animal, and natural--that have shaped an extraordinary life.
4) Horizon line
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Former couple Sara and Jackson board a single-engine plane for a routine and casual flight to their friend's tropical island wedding. However, within minutes of takeoff, their pilot suffers a fatal heart attack, leaving them with no idea where they are, and no clue how to land the plane. With nothing but miles of ocean and sky in every direction, and a terrifying storm that's about to envelop them, Sara and Jackson have only one shot, and there's...
Pub. Date
[2013], c1993
Language
English
Description
This program chronicles the lives of two families-a Native American family, which has recently moved from a reservation to the city; and a family from Laos, who recently immigrated to the same city. For a family coming from a Native American reservation, or for a family immigrating from another country, integrating one's culture, or even just retaining it, can be a trying and difficult process. Through their honesty and candor, the families explain...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
By 2050 there could be 10 billion people living on the planet. For Chris Packham, who’s dedicate his life to protecting the natural world, that may simply be too many people for the Earth to sustain. Travelling around the world in search of answers to difficult and controversial questions, Chris investigates what he believes may be the most important challenge of our time. Can we reduce the impact of our growing human population, and could humans...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
Description
"Horizontal vertigo. The title refers to the fear of ever-impending earthquakes, which led Mexicans to build their capital city outward rather than upward. With the perspicacity of a keenly observant flâneur, Villoro wanders through the city seemingly without a plan, describing people, places, and things, while ... drawing connections among them, the better to reveal, in all its multitudinous glory, the vicissitudes and triumphs of Mexico City's...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Is your smart phone making you stupid? Can you make yourself cleverer? The Great British Intelligence Test measures the brainpower of the nation in one of the largest intelligence experiments of its kind. Devised with leading scientists at Imperial College, London, over 250,000 people around the nation have taken part so far - revealing important new science about the nation’s changing intelligence. In this Horizon special, Dr Hannah Fry and Michael...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Whatever your views, climate change is now a familiar part of everyday conversation. We all know what it is, even if we don't all agree on what we think about it. But 50 years ago, the science of climate change was an academic backwater. The journey from scientific obscurity to the full glare of publicity has been fascinating, full of strange twists, extreme natural disasters, ambitious theories and changing fashions. This Horizon Guide looks back...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
MasterChef judge Gregg Wallace and mathematician Dr Hannah Fry take over a restaurant and invite five special guests to enjoy a dinner party with a difference, where they will be scored on the carbon footprint of every dish they choose. Food accounts for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions, so making informed choices about what we eat is more important than ever. Diners Sara Pascoe, Amol Rajan, Nikki Fox, Desiree Burch and Matthew Fort choose...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Welcome to a restaurant like no other. Where behind the scenes is not just the kitchen, but a secret gym and an army of exercisers – aiming to burn off every single calorie the diners eat. With a three-course meal plus drinks easily coming in at 2,500 calories, it’s going to get sweaty. How will the diners feel when all is revealed? And how will they feel when they have to take a turn on the treadmills?
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The untold story of Britain's worst foetal poisoning scandal since thalidomide, when a group of ordinary mothers took on the establishment and won. Set in a post-industrial Northamptonshire town, the Corby Litigation Case was a landmark case with worldwide legal and medical ramifications - the first time ever that a court has recognised a link between airborne toxins and foetal development damage. At the heart of the story is a group of young mothers...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
The incredible story of how Pluto has been propelled from an unremarkable ball of ice on the edge of the solar system to a world of unimaginable complexity - where some form of alien life might exist. Featuring first-hand accounts of the incredible discoveries made by New Horizons from many of the scientists involved in the mission.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In 1999, a group of parents-to-be were recruited for a filming project like no other. Their babies – the first children of the new millennium – would be filmed throughout childhood as part of the extraordinary Child of our Time project. Now, as those same babies reach adulthood, Horizon uses the archive of this unique project to chart their lives from birth, right up to the age of 18. Telling their own stories for the first time, these young...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Tony Slattery was one of the most gifted TV comedians of the late 80s and early 90s. One of the Cambridge Footlight set that included Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Emma Thompson, he became a household name on Whose Line is it Anyway? Then in 1996, amidst rumours of a massive breakdown, he seemed to vanish from our screens overnight. Now as he approaches 60, Tony has been touring the country with a show that explores his past and his mental health.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Dr Chris Van Tulleken is joined by his brother Xand and Dr Guddi Singh to take us through the latest developments and answer current concerns about Covid-19. Though the effect of the coronavirus pandemic has been devastating to many, the team reveals the breakthroughs in genetics, medicine, and modelling that have provided a way out of this situation and given hope and confidence that, in the event of a future pandemic, we can take it on and win.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A new report from Public Health England raises serious concerns about Britain's relationship with painkillers. Dr Michael Mosley embarks on an immersive journey to Britain's opioid frontline and meets patients struggling with addiction and GPs fighting a constant battle to help those suffering from chronic pain. He also uncovers worrying evidence of people abusing over-the-counter opioids and discovers how easy it is to buy strong opioids online....
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Running from 2014 to 2020 with a budget of just over €70 billion, Horizon 2020 is the EU’s new program for research and innovation and is part of the drive to create new growth and jobs in Europe. Ireland is well positioned to benefit from Horizon 2020, building on our excellent performance in the last EU program for research and development, the Seventh EU Framework Program (FP7). One company to benefit from FP7 funding is University of Limerick...
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