Tavia Gilbert
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
When Claire Díaz-Ortiz arrived in Kenya at the end of an around-the-world journey, she decided to stay the night, climb Mount Kenya, and then head back home. She entered an orphanage, seeing it as little more than a free place to spend the night before her mountain trek. Sammy Ikua Gachagua had lost his father to illness, his mother to abandonment, and his home to poverty. By age ten, he was living in a shack with several other children and very...
304) Stone cold heart
Author
Series
Tracers volume 13
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"A leading forensic anthropologist uncovers eerie clues in a high-stakes case that threatens to deliver her to the doorstep of a cold-blooded murderer"--
305) Leonardo da Vinci
Author
Series
Giants of science (Viking) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
For more than thirty years-half his life-he was obsessively devoted to investigating Everything in the natural world. Nothing escaped his interest-how our eyes see, why the sky is blue, what forces build mountains, how light travels, where water comes from, and-most fascinating of all to Leonardo-the inner workings of the human body. Nothing stopped him. It was illegal to dissect human corpses, so he did autopsies in secret, even devising a clever...
306) Benjamin Franklin
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"Kathleen Krull sheds new light on the Benjamin Franklin--who considered science his true calling in life, not nation building--in this perceptive, fair-minded portrait" --
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
Susan Cheever's comprehensive and definitive biography sheds new light on of life of Louisa May Alcott, whose work has inspired generations of women. Cheever laces this provocative biography with musings on the genesis of genius, and her identification with Jo March when she was a rebellious girl in the throes of puberty.
308) Days & Hours
Author
Series
Rachael Flynn mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Large Print Book
309) Safe Haven
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Following a whirlwind romance with an old acquaintance she bumped into at a high-school reunion, pregnant Dena Russell has moved back to her small hometown to start a new life with horse breeder Brian Riley. But something isn't right. As Brian's behavior grows increasingly disturbing, Dena flees her new home, finding refuge with an old school friend. Then the bloodstained, battered body is found, and Dena is forced to think the unthinkable: Could...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"The ... memoir of a young woman who is slowly losing her sight and hearing yet continues to live each day with grace and purpose. Thirty-four-year-old Rebecca Alexander is a psychotherapist, a spin instructor, a volunteer, and an athlete. She is also almost completely blind, with significantly deteriorated hearing. [Her book is an] exploration of the obstacles we all face: physical, psychological, and philosophical"--
311) Albert Einstein
Author
Series
Giants of science (Viking) volume 5
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Albert Einstein: his name has become a synonym for genius. His wild case of bedhead and playful sense of humor made him a media superstar-the first, maybe only, scientist-celebrity.
He wasn't much for lab work-in fact he had a tendency to blow up experiments. What he liked to do was think-not in words, but in "thought experiments." What was the result of all his thinking? Nothing less than the overturning of Newtonian physics.
Once again, Kathleen...
312) Take the lead
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Growing up in foster care, Officer Traci Lucky had a rough start to life, but things are looking up now that she's found a place in Bridgeport with two sisters she never knew she had. One night while on the job Traci finds Gwen, a pregnant teen caught up in a dangerous world of drugs, and takes her straight to the hospital. There Traci encounters the oh-so-charming Dr. Matt Rossi, who surprises Traci with his compassion--and his movie-star good looks....
313) Charles Darwin
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Traces the life and work of the British biologist made famous by his controversial theory of natural selection.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Nobody in Nashville has a bigger name to live up to than Bezellia Grove. As a Grove she belongs to one of the city's most prominent families and is expected to embrace her position in high society. And her given name Bezellia has been passed down for generations which only adds to the expectations since the original Bezellia was a passionate and courageous woman. Being a Grove is hard. Her mother is a closet alcoholic. Her father is distant and inaccessible....
315) The law of Moses
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Someone found him in a laundry basket at the Quick Wash, wrapped in a towel, a few hours old and close to death. They called him Baby Moses when they shared his story on the ten o'clock news. Born to a crack addict and expected to have all sorts of problems, Moses grew messed up. Moses was a law unto himself. But he was also strange and exotic and beautiful. To be with him would change my life in ways I could have never imagined.
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