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- License to thrill / by Gutman, Dan.;
- "Ages 8-12"--P. [2] of cover.LSC
- Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Genius; Brothers and sisters; Twins; Assassins; Families; Recreational vehicles;
- © c2015., Harper,
- Charlie Thorne and the lost city / by Gibbs, Stuart,1969-;
- Charlie Thorne must search for Charles Darwin's hidden treasure in South America--with plenty of enemies hot on her trail.Ages 10 up.LSC
- Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Spy stories.; Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882; Genius; Adventure and adventurers; Treasure troves;
- Miss May does not exist : the life and work of Elaine May, Hollywood's hidden genius / by Courogen, Carrie,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."Miss May Does Not Exist, by Carrie Courogen is the riveting biography of comedian, director, actor and writer Elaine May, one of America's greatest comic geniuses. May began her career as one-half of the legendary comedy team known as Nichols and May, the duo that revolutionized the comedy sketch. After performing their Broadway smash An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Elaine set out on her own. She toiled unsuccessfully on Broadway for a while, but then headed to Hollywood where she became the director of A New Leaf, The Heartbreak Kid, Mikey and Nicky, and the legendary Ishtar. She was hired as a script doctor on countless films like Heaven Can Wait, Reds, Tootsie, and The Birdcage. In 2019, she returned to Broadway where she won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in The Waverly Gallery. Besides her considerable talent, May is well known for her reclusiveness. On one of the albums she made with Mike Nichols, her bio is this: "Miss May does not exist." Until now. Carrie Courogen has uncovered the Elaine May who does exist. Conducting countless interviews, she has filled in the blanks May has forcibly kept blank for years, creating a fascinating portrait of the way women were mistreated and held back in Hollywood. Miss May Does Not Exist is a remarkable love story about a prickly genius who was never easy to work with, not always easy to love and frequently often punished for those things, despite revolutionizing the way we think about comedy, acting, and what a film or play can be"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; May, Elaine, 1932-; Women comedians; Women motion picture producers and directors; Women screenwriters;
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Science : facts at your fingertips. --
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- Subjects: Science;
- © 2013., DK Pub.,
- Charlie Thorne and the last equation : a Charlie Thorne novel / by Gibbs, Stuart,1969-;
- The CIA forces twelve-year-old Charlotte "Charlie" Thorne, a rebellious genius, to use her code-breaking skills on an epic global chase to locate Einstein's last equation before dangerous agents discover it and unlock the solution to harnessing energy.Ages 10 up.LSC
- Subjects: Spy stories.; Adventure fiction.; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955; Genius; Adventure and adventurers; Racially mixed people;
- Max Einstein saves the future / by Patterson, James,1947-; Grabenstein, Chris.; Johnson, Beverly.;
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- Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Einstein, Max (Fictitious character); Genius; Gifted children; Science; Problem solving;
- A theatre for dreamers / by Samson, Polly,author.;
- 1960. The world is dancing on the edge of revolution, and nowhere more so than on the Greek island of Hydra, where a circle of poets, painters and musicians live tangled lives. Forming within this circle is a triangle: its points the magnetic, destructive writer Axel Jensen, his dazzlingly beautiful wife Marianne Ihlen, and a young Canadian poet named Leonard Cohen. Into their midst arrives teenage Erica, with little more than a bundle of blank notebooks and her grief for her mother. Settling on the periphery of this circle, she watches, entranced and disquieted, as a paradise unravels. Burning with the heat and light of Greece, A Theatre for Dreamers is a spellbinding novel about utopian dreams and innocence lost - and the wars waged between men and women on the battlegrounds of genius.
- Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Artists; Communities; Genius; Interpersonal relations; Poets;
- Charlie Thorne and the curse of Cleopatra / by Gibbs, Stuart,1969-;
- Ages 10 up.LSC
- Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C.; Genius; Treasure troves;
- Nikki Tesla and the ferret-proof death ray / by Keating, Jess.; Marlin, Lissy.;
- Nikki Tesla is a genius, who amuses herself by inventing things, like her father. Unfortunately most of her inventions have serious, even lethal potential (like the death ray, which just blew a hole in her floor), so she is enrolled in the special Genius Academy with classmates who are equally exceptional. When her death ray disappears she sets out to find out who took it and what they are planning to do with it.LSC
- Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Gifted children; Fathers and daughters; Children as inventors; Ferrets as pets; Private schools; Inventions; Weapons;
- Nikki Tesla and the fellowship of the bling / by Keating, Jess.; Marlin, Lissy.;
- When Mary Shelley is kidnapped by a mad scientist, Nikki Tesla and the other members of the Genius Academy team are forced to agree to steal a priceless, lethal high-tech ring in order to free her; but Nikki also plans to use the heist to get closer to her long-lost father who claims he is not the criminal mastermind she believes him to be.LSC
- Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Gifted children; Private schools; Inventions; Theft; Fathers and daughters; Kidnapping;
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