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Six dots: a story of young Louis Braille
Par Jen Bryant, Boris Kulikov. 2016
A narrative biography of Louis Braille, who lost his sight as a young child while playing in his father's workshop.…
After being exposed to coded military messages at the Royal School for the Blind in Paris, Louis invented his own alphabet--a system for writing using six dots. For grades K-3. 2016Life's work: from the trenches, a moral argument for choice
Par Willie Parker. 2017
Physician describes his faith-based journey to become an itinerant abortion provider. Examines the role religion played in his life while…
growing up, his work as an obstetrician-gynecologist, the patients who have influenced his career, and the political climate surrounding women's health care in the early twenty-first century. 2017Mummies (Mysterious & unknown)
Par Adam Woog. 2008
Examines the scientific study of mummies such as the deliberately preserved Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen. Discusses accidental mummies found in northern…
European bogs, Asian deserts, and glaciers. Includes information on the specially embalmed twentieth-century bodies of Lenin, Eva Perón, and Ferdinand Marcos. Uncontracted braille. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2009Young Charles Darwin and the voyage of the Beagle
Par Ruth Ashby, Suzanne Duranceau. 2009
This biography of Charles Darwin (1809-1882) focuses on the scientific observations and discoveries about the natural world that he made…
during his five-year shipboard voyage around the world. Discusses his collections of plants and birds, which led him to his theory of evolution. For grades 4-7. 2009A life in the wild: George Schaller's struggle to save the last great beasts
Par Pamela S Turner. 2008
Examines the background and fieldwork of wildlife conservationist George Schaller. Discusses his first Alaska expeditions and experiences observing gorillas in…
the Congo; studying tigers in India, lions in East Africa, and snow leopards in the Himalayas; and tracking pandas and surveying other endangered animals in China. For grades 5-8. 2008Rachel Carson: a twentieth-century life (Up Close)
Par Ellen Levine. 2008
Biography of Rachel Carson (1907-1964), the woman who started the U.S. environmental revolution during the 1960s. Discusses her education and…
fascination with nature, her battles against sexism and big-business interests, and the writing of Silent Spring (BR 11887)--her wake-up call about pesticide pollution. For grades 6-9. 2007The thing about life is that one day you'll be dead
Par David Shields. 2008
Fifty-one-year-old professor and author of Remote (BR 10661) discusses his own take on mortality and contrasts it with his ninety-seven-year-old…
father's optimistic attitude. He peppers his musings with biographical vignettes, biological facts about the aging body and mind, and quotes from people throughout history. Some strong language. 2008A professor, a president, and a meteor: the birth of American science
Par Cathryn J. Prince. 2011
Chronicles the December 14, 1807, landing of a celestial fireball on a farm in Weston, Connecticut, and the event's effects…
on American science. Recounts professor Benjamin Silliman's study of the meteor and President Thomas Jefferson's influence on the post-colonial scientific community. Young adult appeal. 2011Gabby: a story of courage and hope
Par Jeffrey Zaslow, Gabrielle D. Giffords, Mark E. Kelly. 2011
Arizona congresswoman Giffords and her husband, astronaut Kelly, describe their lives before and after the near-fatal shooting of Giffords in…
January 2011. They discuss their anguish over the other victims, Kelly's support during Giffords's recovery, and Giffords's determination to return to work. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2011The man who made lists: love, death, madness, and the creation of Roget's Thesaurus
Par Joshua C Kendall. 2008
Biography of Englishman Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869), physician, mathematician, inventor, writer, and chess expert. Discusses Roget's family, marriage, and social…
life. Describes Roget's invention of the log-log slide rule, near-capture by Napoleon's army, progressive medical practices, and love of list-making that culminated in his publishing a book of synonyms. 2008Biography of Marie Curie (1867-1934), a dedicated scientist who became the first woman to win two Nobel Prizes. Describes her…
childhood in Poland, university education in Paris, pioneering research on radioactivity, and use of X-rays to help wounded soldiers. Places her achievements in historical contexts. For grades 4-7. 2006Faces from the past: forgotten people of North America
Par James M. Deem. 2012
Case studies detail the reconstruction of skulls uncovered by archaeologists. Provides information about each excavation, the history of the site,…
and theories about the person's final moments. Includes Nevada's Spirit Cave Man, who lived 10,500 years ago, and skeletons from Albany's Almshouse Cemetery. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2012Mirage: Napoleon's scientists and the unveiling of Egypt
Par Nina Burleigh. 2007
Chronicles Napoleon's conquest of Egypt and the scientific research conducted there on his behalf. Highlights one of the earliest large-scale…
interactions between Western civilians and Islam in the modern era. 2007The blind doctor: the Jacob Bolotin story : a biography
Par Rosalind Perlman. 2007
Biography of Chicago-born Jacob Bolotin (1888-1924), blind from birth. The author, whose husband was related to Bolotin, discusses Bolotin's determination…
to become a physician and describes the hard-won training that enabled him to practice medicine as a respected heart and lung specialist. Some strong language. 2007Blame it on the rain: how the weather has changed history
Par Laura Lee. 2006
Surveys the impact of severe weather on historic events. Covers rainstorms and heavy winds during decisive battles, including the defeat…
of the Spanish Armada, Waterloo, and D-Day. Explores weather conditions related to the Stradivarius violin, the safety razor, and the hymn "Amazing Grace." 2006My stroke of insight: a brain scientist's personal journey
Par Jill Bolte Taylor. 2008
Neuroanatomist chronicles a severe brain hemorrhage she had when she was in her mid-thirties and the following eight-year recovery period.…
She describes the joy of the present moment she felt when she was operating solely with her brain's right hemisphere and explains ways the experience changed her. Bestseller. 2008Darwin: discovering the tree of life
Par Niles Eldredge. 2005
Analyzes Charles Darwin's notes from his travels to South America and the Galapagos Islands in 1831-36. Traces the scientist's personal…
and professional life during the twenty years the notebooks were kept private. Discusses advances in evolutionary theory since Darwin's time and disputes the concept of intelligent design. 2005Strong at the broken places: voices of illness, a chorus of hope
Par Richard M. Cohen. 2008
Author of Blindsided (RC 57643) relates his interviews with five people who, like himself, are dealing with chronic illness. They…
discuss the experiences that helped them to find control, peace, and grace since their diagnoses of ALS, muscular dystrophy, bipolar disorder, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and Crohn's disease. 2008Sky walking: an astronaut's memoir
Par Thomas D Jones. 2006
Astronaut describes his eleven years in the NASA program, from training experiences to four different space shuttle missions. Provides first-person…
accounts of stepping through the ship's airlock into the vastness of space, working with Russian cosmonauts, and sharing the camaraderie of his fellow astronauts. 2006Biography of Charles Darwin (1809-1882) focuses on the two decades in England during which the reclusive naturalist developed his revolutionary…
theories following his return in 1836 from the five-year data-gathering Beagle voyage. Examines the scientific research and introspective lifestyle that produced The Origin of Species (BR 12412) in 1859. 2006