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"After the death of her beloved husband and becoming a single parent to her nine-year-old son Alexander, overworked scientist Helen desperately needs an escape. So when Alexander proposes a trip to Greece--somewhere he's always dreamed of visiting--Helen quickly agrees. After spending several days exploring the tourist-filled streets, they stumble upon the ancient city of Mystras and are instantly drawn to it. Its only resident is Elias, a mysterious...
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Memoirs of Lady Trent volume 4
Pub. Date
2016.
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350 pages : map ; 22 cm
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Even those who take no interest in the field of dragon naturalism have heard of Lady Trent's expedition to the inhospitable deserts of Akhia. Her discoveries there are the stuff of romantic legend, catapulting her from scholarly obscurity to worldwide fame. The details of her personal life during that time are hardly less private, having provided fodder for gossips in several countries. As is so often the case in the career of this illustrious woman,...
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Memoirs of Lady Trent volume 3
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2015.
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348 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
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Iconoclastic scientist Isabella, Lady Trent of Scirland, embarks on a two-year global voyage, hoping to determine the relationships among the endless varieties of dragon.
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[2019]
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75 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 x 24 cm.
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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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California, 1984. Detective Tony Mendez, fresh from a law enforcement course at FBI headquarters, is charged with discovering the identity of a brutal, calculating psychopath. His search pushes him ever deeper into the lives of three children, and closer to the young teacher whose interest in recent events becomes as intense as his own.
29) Warming trend
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Anidyr Bycall is frozen in her past, regretting words never spoken to the woman she loves and the one impulsive act that cost her all her dreams. Running from the courts of public and academic opinion in Fairbanks, she has landed in Key West. The nights are hot but she is colder than the glaciers she once explored.
Tending bar by night, she spends her days immersed in the research of her only remaining passion in life: the ice fields of Alaska....
30) Thursday's child
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Impersonating her twin sister, Allison Leamon falls in love with Annie's fiancé's best friend.
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"Stage four. Surgery. Recovering." While those are the simple words that once described Dr. Francine Burk's situation, the reality is much more complex. Her new reality is feeling unduly thrilled by her increasing ability to walk across a room without assistance. And it's being offered a placement at a prestigious research institute where she can put to good use her recent award money. With the Foundation's advanced technological resources and a group...
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2020.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Las muñecas no son para ella, y prefiere los tratados de astronomía y anatomía a los cuentos de príncipes y princesas. Todos la llaman la Pequeña Einstein porque no puede mantenerse alejada de cualquier cosa que suene a ciencia, o tal vez porque, como el gran científico, ¡ella también es un poco despistada! La Pequeña Einstein tiene un gran sueño: ¡ganar el Premio Nobel! Cualquier ocasión es buena para hacer nuevos experimentos,...
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Adding to the ever-growing pile of books about women in STEM fields, this entry in the Superwomen in STEM series (6 titles) offers brief, pithy profiles of a handful of notable figures who made pivotal contributions to the field. Splashy pages with bright colors, inset boxes, and plenty of photos offer key tidbits about each woman’s life and work, with sidebars mentioning other key women they worked with or learned from. It’s an amiable, inviting...
34) Invader
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"When an alien creature menaces two scientists marooned on a desert island, Rose, who has lost her memory, must rely on Thomas, though his behavior is suspicious. In California, Kailey is pressed into a life of crime by her corrosive lover, following a psychologically abusive past. As each woman faces invaders of different sorts, the questions mount. What is their underlying connection? What is Thomas trying to hide? And when will the beast strike...
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2018.
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115 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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Recounts the lives and accomplishments of women scientist from the ancient physician Agnodice to Fields Medal winner Maryam Mirzakhani, including astronomers, biologists, inventors, and leaders in computer science, health, and other fields.
36) Dragonfell
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[2019]
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261 pages ; 22 cm
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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,...
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"Sophie Jones is a physics prodigy on track to unlock the secrets of the universe. But when she meets Jake Kristopher during their first week at Yale they instantly feel a deep connection, as if they've known each other before. They quickly become a couple, and as college goes on, Sophie distances herself from academia as Jake intensely pursues a finance career. But when a shocking change forces Sophie into a new reality, she returns to physics and...
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Memoirs of Lady Trent volume 1
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2013.
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334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
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Isabella, Lady Trent, known as the world's preeminent dragon naturalist, writes her memoir detailing how she sought true love and happiness despite her lamentable eccentricities; and of her thrilling expedition to the perilous mountains of Vystrana, where she made the first of many historic dragon discoveries that would change the world forever.
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"Blending a fascinating personal history with dramatic historical events, this book brings long-overdue attention to a brilliant woman whose work proved essential for America's early space program. This is the extraordinary true story of America's first female rocket scientist. Told by her son, it describes Mary Sherman Morgan's crucial contribution to launching America's first satellite and the author's labyrinthine journey to uncover his mother's...
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Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 5
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When pets go missing in Blue River Creek it is up to Ada to follow the scientific method by making a hypothesis, collecting data, and experimenting to find the missing animals.
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