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English
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Radioactive is the mesmerizing, landmark biography of Marie Curie, by acclaimed author and artist Lauren Redniss. Through brilliant storytelling, Redniss walks us through Curie's life, which was marked by extraordinary scientific discovery and dramatic personal trauma—from her complex working and romantic relationship with Pierre Curie, to their discovery of two new scientific elements, to Pierre's tragic death, to Marie's two Nobel Prizes. A haunting...
2) Time capsule
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A child gathers keepsakes from everyday life, seals them in a jar, and buries them underground. A gift from the present day ... to people of the future ... that tells a story about the past. A time capsule. The first book for children by renowned artist and writer Lauren Redniss will get readers thinking about the times they are living through and how their world will be remembered in ages to come. It will also spark creativity, inviting young people...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Focusing on the intricate nature of the world around us, as well as the personal relationship we all have to the weather, a National Book Award finalist and visionary writer combining personal stories with history, interviews, scientific research and full-color photos explores the transformative power of weather. --Publisher
4) Heatwave
Author
Pub. Date
[2024].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
An almost unbearably hot day of one hundred degrees is transformed as raindrops fall one by one, culminating in a downpour.
5) Century girl: 100 years in the life of Doris Eaton Travis, last living star of the Ziegfeld Follies
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Ziegfeld star discusses the social and cultural movements that shaped her career, in a portrait that discusses such topics as her entry into the Ziegfeld Follies at the age of fourteen and her interactions with numerous famous figures.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Oak Flat tells the story of a race-against-time struggle for a swath of American land, which pits one of the poorest communities in the United States against the federal government and two of the world's largest mining conglomerates. The book follows the fortunes of two families with profound connections to the contested site: the Nosies, an Apache family whose teenage daughter is an activist and leader in the Oak Flat fight, and the Gorhams, a mining...
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