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Author
Series
Deep volume Book 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
440 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Seven years ago Atagaris set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a "mockumentary" bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Some have called it a hoax; others have called it a maritime tragedy. Now, a new crew has been assembled. But this time they're not out to entertain. Some seek to validate their life's work. Some seek the greatest hunt of all. Some seek the truth. But for the ambitious young...
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1967, four female scientists worked together to build the world's first time machine. But just as they are about to debut their creation, one of them suffers a breakdown, putting the whole project-and future of time travel-in jeopardy. To protect their invention, one member is exiled from the team-erasing her contributions from history. Fifty years later, time travel is a big business. Twenty-something Ruby Rebello knows her beloved grandmother,...
Author
Series
Pandominion volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
535 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Pandominion: a political and trading alliance of a million worlds - except that they're really just the one world, Earth, in many different realities. And when an AI threat arises that could destroy everything the Pandominion has built, they'll eradicate it by whatever means necessary, no matter the cost to human life. Scientist Hadiz Tambuwal is looking for a solution to her own Earth's environmental collapse when she stumbles across the secret...
Author
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
356, 10 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"For generations, every Frankenstein has found their true love and equal, unlocking lifetimes of blissful wedded adventure. Clever, pretty (and odd) Angelika Frankenstein has run out of suitors and fears she may become the exception to this family rule. When assisting in her brother Victor's ground-breaking experiment to bring a reassembled man back to life, she realizes that having an agreeable gentleman convalescing in the guest suite might be a...
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
Unpaginated : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Nadia spent the entire first half of her life a captive, but now this teenage super scientist is spreading her wings! Hank Pym's daughter has a lot of time to make up for, and she's determined to change the world. With Jarvis at her side, she's on a mission to bring together the brightest girl geniuses of the Marvel Universe--starting with Lunella Lafayette, the miraculous Moon Girl! But Nadia didn't count on evil scientists, man-eating giant rats...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A violent past leads to a present danger... When an old college roommate invites Claire Britten to join her on an archaeological dig at a Florida peat bog, it's an offer the renowned forensic psychologist can't refuse. Claire's husband, criminal lawyer Nick Markwood, is comforted to see Claire working on a prehistoric burial site instead of an open grave for once. But Claire's investigative instincts kick in when some of The Black Bog's perfectly...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Kit Owens harbored only modest ambitions for herself when the mysterious Diane Fleming appeared in her high school chemistry class. But Diane's academic brilliance lit a fire in Kit, and the two developed an unlikely friendship... until Diane shared a secret that changed everything between them. More than a decade later, Kit thinks she's put Diane behind her forever, and she's begun to fulfill the scientific dreams Diane awakened in her. But the ...
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
325 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
The Unstoppable Wasp volume Vol. 1
Publisher
Marvel Comics
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
Unpaged : Color Illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Back by popular demand, it's Nadia Van Dyne - the Unstoppable Wasp! And her team of girl scientists is along for the ride too! With the backing of Janet Van Dyne, the original Wasp, there's no problem the Agents of G.I.R.L. can't solve! But they're not the only acronym-toting science organization out there - and when A.I.M. strikes, Nadia and the ladies of Genius In action Research Labs answer the call! But who is A.I.M.'s new super-powered lieutenant?...
Author
Series
The Unstoppable Wasp volume Vol. 2
Publisher
Marvel Comics
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
Unpaged : Color Illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
The buzzworthy adventures of the Unstoppable Wasp continue! The agents of G.I.R.L. rally around Nadia Van Dyne as she recovers from a personal crisis that put the whole lab at risk. But after a fateful A.I.M. attack, one of Nadia's lab mates is undergoing some mysterious changes...and Nadia finds herself flying into battle once more. What newfound danger will the Wasp and her loyal allies have to face this time? Is Nadia ready to return to action?...
13) Unstoppable!
Author
Series
Publisher
Spotlight, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[4] volumes (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Nadia Pym recruits girl geniuses of the Marvel universe, battles evil scientists and man-eating rats, and eludes the Red Room.
15) Dragonfell
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
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,...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Shares the story of renowned astronaut and distinguished scientist Kathryn Sullivan, describing how she defied the conventions of her childhood to pursue interests previously limited to boys and how she became the first woman to walk in space.
17) Triple jeopardy
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Young lawyer Daniel Pitt must defend a British diplomat who's accused of a theft that may hide a deadly crime in this compelling novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Twenty-one Days. Daniel Pitt, along with his parents, Charlotte and Thomas, is delighted that his sister Jemima has returned to London from the States for a visit. But it's not on the happiest of terms, since a violent theft just before her departure has left Jemima's...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
195 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A biographical novel in verse of three different girls in three different time periods who grew up to become groundbreaking scientists"--
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xx, 219 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Marie Curie was the first person to be honored by two Nobel Prizes and she pioneered the use of radiation therapy for cancer patients. But she was also a mother, widowed young, who raised two extraordinary daughters alone: Irene, a Nobel Prize winning chemist in her own right, who played an important role in the development of the atomic bomb, and Eve, a highly regarded humanitarian and journalist, who fought alongside the French Resistance during...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 409 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1999, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted to discriminating against women on its faculty, forcing institutions across the country to confront a problem they had long ignored: the need for more women at the top levels of science. Written by the journalist who broke the story for The Boston Globe, The Exceptions is the untold story of how sixteen highly accomplished women on the MIT faculty came together to do the work that triggered...