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The unwinding of the miracle: a memoir of life, death, and everything that comes after
Par Julie Yip-Williams. 2019
Born blind in Vietnam, the author--who fled the political upheaval with her family, gained partial sight from an American surgeon,…
became a Harvard-educated lawyer, married, and started a family--turned to writing her memoir after being diagnosed with terminal metastatic colon cancer at thirty-seven. Some strong language. 2019Be with (New Directions Paperbook #1408)
Par Forrest Gander. 2018
Collection of eighteen poems exploring the themes of loss, grief, regret, and intimacy. In "Ruth," the author reflects on communicating…
with and caring for his mother as her Alzheimer's disease symptoms worsen. Strong language. 2018Nouns & verbs: new and selected poems (G - Reference,information And Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.)
Par Campbell McGrath. 2019
Collection of more than one hundred poems--some previously published--that explore American spiritual and material hungers. "Reading Emily Dickinson at Jiffy…
Lube" is a musing on the work and impact of Emily Dickinson and the author himself, geography, Smirnoff Ice, and Bruce Springsteen. Strong language. 2019Will my cat eat my eyeballs?: big questions from tiny mortals about death
Par Caitlin Doughty. 2019
Mortician and author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (BR 20548) answers questions she has frequently received from children. Topics…
include the title question, the disposition of an astronaut's body, keeping parents' skulls, and the decomposition process. 2019Monument: poems : new and selected
Par Natasha D. Trethewey. 2018
Collection of poems--some previously published--by the former US poet laureate and author of Native Guard (DB 65666) and Thrall (DB…
75891). Highlights the voices and experiences of working-class African American women, a mixed-race prostitute, black Civil War fighters, and Gulf Coast victims of Hurricane Katrina. 2018The equations of life: how physics shapes evolution
Par Charles Cockell. 2018
Astrobiologist presents an argument that evolution is subject to the laws of physics. Pays particular attention to which features of…
life are determined by physical laws and which are products of chance. For senior high and older readers. 2018The order of time
Par Carlo Rovelli. 2018
Physicist and author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (BR 21539) and Reality Is Not What It Seems (BR 21925)…
presents his views on the concept and science of time. Pays particular attention to the works of Aristotle, Isaac Newton, and Albert Einstein. Translated from the original 2017 Italian edition. 2018The rough patch: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner
Par Brian Lies. 2018
Farmer Evan and his dog do everything together, and they especially love working in the garden. But when his dog…
passes away, Evan lets his garden fill with weeds until a pumpkin vine brings new hope. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 2018The last: Endling (Endling Ser. #1)
Par Katherine Applegate. 2018
Fearing she may be the last of her kind, Byx sets off to find a safe haven and to see…
if the legends of hidden dairne packs are true. For grades 4-7. 2018Mask of the sun: the science, history, and forgotten lore of eclipses
Par John Dvorak. 2017
Exploration of myths, science, and history of eclipses through recorded history worldwide. Discusses the 1925 total solar eclipse that was…
observed by scientists on a dirigible, superstitions about the accomplishment of daily activities during eclipses, the development of astronomy, and more. Includes an epilogue about the 2017 eclipse. 2017Light: a radiant history, from creation to the quantum age
Par Bruce Watson. 2016
Journalist chronicles historical and contemporary explorations into the nature of light, both scientific and artistic. Discusses creation myths, Greek philosophers,…
religious representations, scientific investigations and feuds, filmmaking, and the development of such artistic movements as Romanticism. 2016Reality is not what it seems: the journey to quantum gravity
Par Carlo Rovelli. 2017
Author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (BR 21539) examines the ways thinking about the universe around us and the…
interpretation of it by physicists have changed since ancient times. Discusses the concept of quantum gravity. Translated from the original 2014 Italian edition. 2016Einstein's masterwork: 1915 and the general theory of relativity
Par John Gribbin. 2016
An astrophysicist examines Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, which he presented in 1915 and which was partially confirmed a…
century later by the detection of gravitational waves. Places the theory into context within Einstein's larger body of work as well as the scientific research being conducted at the time. 2016The universe in your hand: a journey through space, time, and beyond
Par Christophe Galfard. 2016
Physicist, associate of Stephen Hawking, and coauthor of George's Secret Key to the Universe (DB 66970) uses stories to explore…
the concepts of the cosmos, outer space, speed, quantum mechanics, the beginnings of the universe, what is known versus what is unknown, and more. 2015Dark matter and the dinosaurs: the astounding interconnectedness of the universe
Par Lisa Randall. 2015
Physicist examines the nature of dark matter in the universe and hypothesizes its role in the extinction of dinosaurs sixty-six…
million years ago. Explores scientific understandings of the universe, Milky Way, solar system, and conditions for a habitable Earth in the early twenty-first century. 2015Seven brief lessons on physics
Par Carlo Rovelli. 2016
Theoretical physicist expounds the scientific and philosophical implications of the discoveries in physics over the last one hundred years, as…
well as the questions that still face the field. Uses examples from outside of physics to explain such concepts as Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Translated from 2014 Italian edition. Bestseller. 2015Magnificent Principia: exploring Isaac Newton's masterpiece
Par Colin Pask. 2013
Mathematician uses the third edition of Isaac Newton's Principia (1726) and explains the ways it frames his approach to science.…
Discusses Newton's place in scientific history, the Principia's reception by Newton's contemporaries, and the impact of the work on later generations of scientists. 2013A tour of bones: facing fear and looking for life
Par Denise Inge. 2014
Academic recounts her experience living in a home that was located above an ancient charnel house--a vault where skeletal remains…
are stored. Describes using the opportunity to confront fears of death as she dealt with cancer, and discusses her travels to other charnel houses in Europe. 2014Life on the edge: the coming of age of quantum biology
Par Jim Al-Khalili, Johnjoe McFadden. 2014
Molecular geneticist McFadden and physicist Al-Khalili, author of Paradox (DB 75728), present the emerging field of quantum biology. They discuss…
the introduction of quantum mechanics theory into the field of biology and explore investigations into puzzles facing biologists, including the ways migrating birds know where to go, interpreting scents, and gene replication. 2014Good mourning: A Memoir
Par Elizabeth Meyer, Caitlin Moscatello. 2015
A funeral director shares her journey to involvement in the industry. She begins with the death of her father from…
cancer and her first job at the elite funeral home where his service was held. She describes funerals she has helped plan, workplace issues, family reactions, and more. Strong language. 2015