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Par Tony Giles. 2010
Follows Tony Giles' journey of adventure as he travels across North America, Asia and Australasia. Full of drama, danger and…
discovery, this travel biography is a young blind man's view of the world as he sets out to achieve his dream, dealing with disability while living life to the limit. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. c2010.Par Eldon Lee. 1997
This book is a series of short historical profiles about medical pioneers in Central British Columbia, many of whom set…
up practices in the latter part of the 19th century. 1997.Par Heather Summerhayes Cariou. 2006
At the age of four, Cariou's sister Pam was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis, a terminal disease of the lungs and…
pancreas marked by severe coughing and malnutrition; unable to pronounce her condition, young Pam dubs it instead "Sixtyfive Roses." Written to fulfill a deathbed promise Cariou made to write "our" story, and a promise to her mother to tell the truth, the result is an honest and gritty description of a family dealing with chronic illness. Canada Reads 2012. 2006.Par Al Purdy, Sam Solecki. 1995
A collection of essays, anecdotes, travel pieces, and criticism by Canadian poet Al Purdy. The pieces are divided into essays…
on encountering the world through Canadian sensibilities, opinions on other writers like Charles Bukowski, Margaret Atwood, and Bliss Carman, and reviews of poets like bill bissett and Russian Anna Akhmatova. 1995.Par Jess Keating. 2017
At nine years old, Eugenie Clark developed an unexpected passion for sharks after a visit to the Battery Park Aquarium…
in New York City. At the time, sharks were seen as mindless killing machines, but Eugenie knew better and set out to prove it. Despite many obstacles in her path, Eugenie was able to study the creatures she loved so much. From her many discoveries to the shark-related myths she dispelled, Eugenie made wide scientific contributions that led to her being nicknamed Shark Lady. Winner of 2018 Forest of Reading The Blue Spruce Award. Grades K-3. 2017.Par Brian Hall. 1988
Par Melissa McDaniel. 1994
Biography of the British scientist who is famous for his work with black holes. Details Hawking's early experience with computer…
technology, his diagnosis with Lou Gehrig's disease in his youth, and his achievement in spite of the illness. Recounts his education, which led to a doctorate, and his scientific research. Grades 5-8. c1994.Par Michael White, John R Gribbin. 1992
This biography of the famous cosmologist looks at his early years and the brilliant theories he has developed during his…
career as well as the effect of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on his life and work. 1992.Par Jamie Doran. 1999
In April 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human in history to leave the Earth's atmosphere and venture into space.…
An icon of the 20th century, he also became a danger to himself and a threat to the Soviet state until he was killed in a plane crash at the age of 34. The book is based on material from sensitive KGB files and restricted documents from the Russian space authorities. 1999.Chilling and absorbing account of a week spent by the author at the famed Livermore nuclear lab in California. Describes…
the young scientists absorbed in making futuristic space weapons with lasers, particle beams, and microwaves. 1985.Par Donna Williams. 1994
Australian Williams continues the story of her battle with what she terms an information-processing problem. After giving up her alternate…
personalities, Williams once more confronts the Big Black Nothingness that they had shielded her from. While trying to remember to breathe and eat, she also has to deal with publishing her first book. Strong language. Sequel to "Nobody nowhere" (DC12339). 1994.Par Persimmon Blackbridge, Bonnie Sherr Klein. 1997
Bonnie Sherr Klein recounts her catastrophic stroke, the friends and family who rallied round, the health care system that both…
helped and hindered, and her road back to a full and active life. 1997.Par Anthony Bailey. 1986
The author's jaunts take him round the Isle of Wight, along the Massachusetts to Maine coastline, into the bizarre and…
hilarious history of Nice's Promenade des Anglais, and down the Severn River. A world of friendly conversation, tranquil landscapes, antique churches and country pubs. 1986.Par Jefferson Lewis. 1981
Par Gavin Young. 1981
The author's love of the sea, inspired by Conrad, led him to set off on a voyage that was to…
take him halfway round the world on small, local boats of every kind. 1981.Par James Maskalyk. 2009
In 2007 James Maskalyk, a doctor newly recruited by Médecins Sans Frontières, set out for the contested border town of…
Abyei, Sudan. He spent his days treating malnourished children, coping with a measles epidemic and watching for war. Worn thin by the struggle to meet overwhelming needs with few resources, he returned home six months later more affected by the experience, the people, and the place than he had anticipated. Descriptions of sex, explicit strong language, and explicit descriptions of violence. c2009.Par Barbara Mortimer. 2013
On September 3, 1939, the Prime Minister declared that Britain was at war with Nazi Germany. Thousands of young women,…
many of them barely out of school, were sent headlong into gruelling training regimes that would see them become wartime nurses. 'Sisters' features over 150 previously unpublished stories from the archives of the Royal College of Nursing. The vivid, poignant, and riveting stories capture these nurses' incredible bravery and touching friendships. 2013.Par Gavin Weightman. 2003
On a winter's evening in the East End of London in 1896, an unassuming young Italian gave the first public…
demonstration of a device he had created in the attic of his family home near Bologna. It consisted of two wooden boxes, one of which could apparently transmit messages to the other. Many of those in the audience suspected that they were witnessing a mere conjuring trick. None can have guessed that Signor Marconi's magic box would be regarded as the most remarkable invention of the nineteenth century, and that he himself would become one of the most famous men in the world. 2003.Par David Paton. 2011
A memoir written by an ophthalmologist best known for creating ORBIS, the not-for-profit flying eye hospital staffed by volunteer eye…
surgeons, and designed for hands-on teaching of eye care that is applicable to the needs of the host country. Includes stories about everyone from the Shah of Iran and Madame Chiang Kai-chek to Adlai Stevenson and the author’s boss at Baylor, heart doctor Michael E. DeBakey. Paton asserts that no career rewards exceed the thrill of personally restoring sight through surgery. 2011.