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64) Red flags
Author
Series
Locard Institute thriller volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
D.C. crime scene analyst Dr. Ellie Barr and pathologist Dr. Rachael Davies, former adversaries-turned-allies, must work together to find a missing baby, the child of a Washington power couple, in a kidnapping linked to a lobbying effort to loosen regulations on a billion-dollar gaming empire.
66) Silent scream
Author
Series
Physical Desc
316 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"He was history's most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? The author of the acclaimed bestsellers Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography. Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1963, in a Siberian prison, former nuclear specialist Valery Kolkhanov has mastered what it takes to survive: the right connections to the guards for access to food and cigarettes, the right pair of warm boots, and the right attitude toward the small pleasures of life so he won't go insane. But one day, all that changes: Valery's university mentor steps in and sweeps him from the frozen camp to a mysterious unnamed city. It houses a set of nuclear...
69) Toxic prey
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"Lucas Davenport takes on another challenging case in this thrilling new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author"--
Gaia is dying. That, at least, is what Dr. Lionel Scott believes. A renowned expert in tropical and infectious diseases, Scott has witnessed the devastating impact of illness and turmoil at critical scale. Society as it exists is untenable, and the direct link to Earth's death spiral; population levels are out of control...
Author
Series
Fourteenth goldfish volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Ellie's Grandpa Melvin, a world-renowned scientist in the body of a fourteen-year-old boy, comes for an extended visit, he teaches her that experimenting--and failing--is part of life.--
71) Deception point
Author
Language
English
Description
On the eve of a presidential race in which NASA's budget is a pivotal issue, the space agency announces the discovery of an ancient meteorite filled with fossils deep in the Arctic ice.
72) Prime directive
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
188 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Lieutenant Amanda Bostick is ordered to investigate why scientists on a distant outpost on the planet of Lorian are being murdered with no alarm raised.
73) The night gate
Author
Series
Enzo files volume 7
Publisher
Riverrun
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
486 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Enzo's investigations reveal an unexpected link between two murders-the Mona Lisa.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Even when he was a kid, Albert Einstein did things his own way. He thought in pictures instead of words, and his special way of thinking helped him understand big ideas like the structure of music and why a compass always points north. Those ideas made him want to keep figuring out the secrets of the universe. Other people thought he was just a dreamer, but because of his curiosity, Einstein grew up to be one of the greatest scientists the world...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
333 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After a brush with death while chasing down a brutal murderer with the FBI, serial killer expert Dr. Charlotte Stone wants nothing more than to retire to her research on criminal psychology. But when a colleague, Special Agent Lena Kaminsky, suspects her missing sister has fallen prey to the vicious Cinderella Killer, Charlie rushes to her side. Along with Special Agents Tony Bartoli and Buzz Crane--and of course, Michael Garland, the ever-present,...
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Professor Dame Sue Black is an internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and anatomist. She has lived her life eye-to-eye with the Grim Reaper, and she writes vividly about her experiences in this award-winning book, which is part primer on the basics of identifying human remains, part frank memoir of a woman whose first paying job as a schoolgirl was an apprenticeship in a butcher shop, and part no-nonsense but deeply humane introduction to...
Author
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of astronaut Mae Jemison, discussing her childhood, education, her career as a doctor working for the Peace Corps, and her training to become an astronaut.
79) The last lecture
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.