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"Set in 1960s California, this blockbuster debut is the hilarious, idiosyncratic and uplifting story of a female scientist whose career is constantly derailed by the idea that a woman's place is in the home, only to find herself starring as the host of America's most beloved TV cooking show. 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...
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Colorado Cowboys volume 2
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"Traveling the Santa Fe Trail on a botanical exploration, Linnea Newberry longs to be taken seriously by the other members of the expedition. When she is rescued from an accident by Flynn McQuaid, her grandfather hires him to act as Linnea's bodyguard, and Flynn soon finds himself in the greatest danger of all-falling for a woman he's determined not to love"--
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IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 4
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This “wittily illustrated [and] accessible volume” (The Wall Street Journal) highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from the ancient to the modern world.
“The must-read, girl-power STEM book.”—InStyle
It’s a scientific fact:...
“The must-read, girl-power STEM book.”—InStyle
It’s a scientific fact:...
4) Dragonfell
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IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
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"Rafi Bywater is unlike anyone else. The people in his village don't trust him because he spends too much time in an abandoned dragon lair. When a stranger, Mister Flitch, accuses Rafi of being 'dragon-touched, ' Rafi sets off to discover the truth about dragons--and about himself. On his journey, Rafi befriends a brilliant scientist, Maud, who has secrets of her own. Together they search for dragons while escaping from a dangerous dragon hunter,...
6) Lovelock
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The Mayflower trilogy volume 1
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Orson Scott Card, bestselling author of Ender's Game, teams up with Kathryn H. Kidd to launch an epic science fiction saga of space exploration—and a dramatic conflict between human and nonhuman intelligence.
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
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Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway receives an encrypted message, apparently from a solar system many light-years away.
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On a research trip to the jungles of Venezuela, mycologist Dr. Julia Fotheringham discovers that her associate's horrifying death was caused by an organism usually found only in insects--which means the infection jumped species. As she works to contain the organism and prevent an epidemic, she must also battle terrorists who have learned of her discovery and will go to any lengths to acquire a sample and unleash devastation on humanity. --
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Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of the most powerful underground organization in history, the Illuminati. Upon learning of an unstoppable terrorist act against the Vatican, Langdon travels to Rome and joins forces with Italian scientist Vittoria Vetra and together they will follow the 400-year-old Path of Illumination that leads to the Vatican's only chance for survival.
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"Born into a large, well-educated, and loving family in London, Rosalind grew up with a keen desire to do things that would better the lives of others. By the age of 15, she knew she wanted to be a scientist. Less than 20 years later, she took the world's first photograph of DNA, changing the future of science forever. This ... story of the pioneering scientist features a fact and photo section at the back"--Back cover.
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"The never-before-told story of the barrier-breaking NASA class of 1978, which for the first time consisted of a diverse crew of women, people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and more, and their triumphs and tragedies working on the newly launched space shuttle program, with the exclusive cooperation of five astronauts"--
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"Without the first family of the Marvel Universe around to answer the call, who's going to step up and solve the impossible? Lunella, that's who! Without Devil Dinosaur by her side, Lunella must join forces with some new friends who are missing their pals, too: the Human Torch and the Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Thing! You don't want to miss the debut of the Fantastic Three! Galactus and the Silver Surfer certainly won't! But who will join the ranks of...
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"Brains and brawn! Tony, Stark, Victor Von Doom, T'Challa, Amadeus Cho... the greatest minds in the Marvel Universe all have one thing in common: They're not smarter than a fourth grader! Lunella Lafayette is the smartest there is -- and her brain is matched by Devil Dinosaur's brawn! They'll need both to stand up to some of the worst villains the world has to offer -- and maybe even one of its greatest heroes! Because while Reed Richards, the guy...
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IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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"Dr Morley is about to embark on a quest to the northernmost tip of the world, to discover a creature that everyone talks about but nobody has ever seen: The Giant Arctic Jellyfish. After years of research and hard graft, she gathers together a highly trained crew and a boat full of specialist equipment, and sets sail for the vast icy scapes of the Arctic. Will she find what she is searching for? Or will it find her?"--Publisher's description.
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