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[2022]
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"Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel-prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with--of all things--her mind. True chemistry results. But like science,...
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[2013]
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English
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"A brilliant and dangerous group of scientists are determined to save the world from the perils of overpopulation by releasing into the world a brutal virus. Having just arrived at the research station at the earth's southernmost tip, returning hero Hallie Leland has seven days to stop them from putting their plan into action"--
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Mad Morelands volume 7
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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The long-awaited prequel to the Mad Morelands series-the story of Thisbe, the oldest Moreland daughter.
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2018.
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English
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Read about the women who changed the landscape of science: from pioneers of the ancient world to super-scientists like Marie Curie to unlikely geniuses, such as Hedy Lamarr, and much more. Women in Science includes scientific pioneers who came up with incredible ideas that changed the world; women who work in the fast-paced world of technology; amazing engineers who build incredible structures; and mathematical geniuses. Perfect for 7- to 9-year-olds...
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[2019]
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English
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"What if tornadoes could be stopped or slowed down? In this addition to the critically-acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, scientist Robin Tanamachi and her team are trying to come up with a way to predict tornadoes with even greater accuracy, and save countless lives across America's heartland."--
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Memoirs of Lady Trent volume 2
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2014.
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English
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"Attentive readers of Lady Trent's earlier memoir, A Natural History of Dragons, are already familiar with how a bookish and determined young woman named Isabella first set out on the historic course that would one day lead her to becoming the world's premier dragon naturalist. Now, in this remarkably candid second volume, Lady Trent looks back at the next stage of her illustrious (and occasionally scandalous) career. Three years after her fateful...
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2024.
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Inspire young scientists with the biographies of 50 fascinating women in science past and present, each paired with a hands-on experiment that brings the history and principles of science to life. Women have been involved in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) for thousands of years. While many have faced obstacles because of their gender, things are changing for the better, and today there are more women than ever working in these...
14) The split
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2020.
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English
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No matter how far you run, some secrets will always catch up with you... The remote Antarctic island of South Georgia is about to send off its last boat of the summer - which signifies safety to resident glaciologist Felicity Lloyd. Felicity lives in fear - fear that her ex-husband Freddie will find her, even out here. She took a job on this isolated island to hide from him, but now that he's out of prison, having served a term for murder, she knows...
15) Lovelock
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Mayflower trilogy volume 1
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[2013]
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English
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On the Ark, a colony ship bound outward across the stars, not everyone is a volunteer--or even human. Lovelock is a capuchin monkey engineered from conception to be the perfect servant: intelligent, agile, and devoted to his owner. He is a "witness," privileged to spend his days and nights recording the life of one of Earth's most brilliant scientists via digital devices implanted behind his eyes. But Lovelock is something special among witnesses....
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2020.
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Award-winning author Tonya Bolden explores the black women who have changed the world of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in America. Including groundbreaking computer scientists, doctors, inventors, physicists, pharmacists, mathematicians, aviators, and many more, this book celebrates over 50 women who have shattered the glass ceiling, defied racial discrimination, and pioneered in their fields. In these profiles, young readers...
17) Abyss
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Kirk McGarvey adventures volume 15
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2011.
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English
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When an NOAA scientist has a breakthrough that could enable a sustainable energy source and prevent dangerous weather systems, former CIA director Kirk McGarvey begins a cat-and-mouse chase with a contract killer seeking to trigger a nuclear disaster.
18) Annihilation
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[2018]
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English
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Biologist and former soldier Lena is shocked when her missing husband comes home near death from a top-secret mission into The Shimmer, a mysterious quarantine zone from which no one has ever returned. Now, Lena and her elite team must enter a beautiful, deadly world of mutated landscapes and creatures, to discover how to stop the growing phenomenon that threatens all life on Earth.
19) Never leave me
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Waters of time volume 2
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[2022]
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English
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"After the disappearance of her father and sister, Ellen Creighton wants nothing to do with the holy water they were seeking, even if it would cure her deadly genetic disease--until a friend helps her recognize its true power in this suspenseful, time-crossing romantic adventure"--
20) Whitewash
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[2007]
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English
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A leading scientist at EcoEnergy, a company seeking a clean, alternative energy source, Sabrina Galloway makes the alarming discovery that an unknown saboteur has tampered with the production process, and risks her life to uncover the truth about a deadly conspiracy.
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