Search:

Results 101 to 110 of 733 | « previous |

Billionaire, nerd, savior, king : Bill Gates and his quest to shape our world / by Das, Anupreeta(Journalist),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the finance editor of The New York Times, an examination of Bill Gates -- one of the most powerful, fascinating, and contradictory figures of the past four decades -- and an eye-opening exploration of our national fixation on billionaires"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Gates, Bill, 1955-; Businesspeople; Computer scientists; Philanthropists;

The last kiss goodbye : a novel / by Robards, Karen.;
Dr. Charlotte "Charlie" Stone has paranormal abilities and has dedicated her career as a psychiatrist to exploring the the hearts and minds of serial killers. When murder comes pounding at Charlie's door in the form of a terrified young woman fleeing a homicidal maniac, saving her life places Charlie squarely in the cross-hairs of a sadistic predator nicknamed "the Gingerbread Man."
Subjects: Romantic suspense fiction.; Psychic ability; Serial murder investigation; Serial murderers; Women forensic scientists; Women psychiatrists;

Show me the bunny / by Meyer, Gabrielle.; Beaty, Andrea.; Roberts, David,1970-;
LSC
Subjects: Easter stories.; Scientists; Curiosity; Easter egg hunts; Easter Bunny;

Shakedown : a novel / by Gingrich, Newt,author.; Earley, Pete,author.;
Mayberry and Garrett, introduced in the national bestseller Collusion, are caught in the middle of a deadly crisis with an impending nuclear bomb attack and little help from the government that sidelined them both. When an exiled Iranian scientist is assassinated in Washington, DC, the former FBI counterintelligence agent and ex-SEAL are pulled back into the world of clandestine ops--and the fate of the entire East Coast is at stake. Joining ranks with a heralded Mossad agent, Mayberry and Garrett pursue a skilled international killer hired to murder a legendary Israeli spymaster. Their pursuit draws them into an international conspiracy led by a power-hungry Russian oligarch intent on destroying Washington, DC, and the Navy's most important Atlantic base. The oligarch plots to unleash a nuclear onslaught first devised by the KGB but shelved by Kremlin leaders during the Cold War. On top of this, Iran's sudden offer to help the United States raises suspicions about its possible role in a global shakedown. With too many enemies emerging and too little time, the two Americans are forced to operate outside official channels to stay ahead of naive US politicians and foreign enemies out to entangle their efforts in red tape. Operating in an international tinderbox, Mayberry and Garrett must decipher which players are allies and which are posers--in time to thwart a cataclysmic nuclear attack on US soil and prevent an international incident that could ignite a third world war. And they must keep themselves alive.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Political fiction.; Spy fiction.; Scientists; Assassination; Nuclear warfare; Terrorism;

Frederick Banting : hero, healer, artist / by Hume, Stephen Eaton,1947-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-171) and index.
Subjects: Banting, Frederick Grant, Sir, 1891-1941; Diabetes; Medical scientists; Physicians;
© c2001., XYZ Pub.,

Leonardo da Vinci / by Wood, Alix.; Leonardo,da Vinci,1452-1519.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.LSC
Subjects: Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519; Artists; Scientists;
© 2013., Windmill Books,

To place a rabbit / by Anand, Madhur,1971-author.;
"This delightfully clever, artfully layered novel begins when a scientist who has written a popular book of non-fiction attends a literary festival, where she strikes up a friendship with a charismatic novelist. The novelist reveals that her new work is an experiment: a novella she wrote in English only to have it translated and published solely in French -- a language the novelist cannot read. Moreover, she has lost her original English manuscript of this work. Hearing this, the scientist, who is fluent in French, impulsively offers to retranslate the novella back into English for the novelist. As she embarks on this task, the scientist finds herself haunted by vivid memories and distracting questions -- particularly about a passionate affair from her own life with a French lover. These insert themselves into her translation process, troubling it, then disrupting it entirely. She desperately tries to complete her task before losing control of both the work and her well-organized existence -- but soon the novelist and the French lover reappear in the present, further complicating both life and art."--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Authors; Identity (Psychology); Man-woman relationships; Memory; Scientists;

The planet, the portal, and a pizza / by Mass, Wendy,1967-; Baskin, Nora Raleigh.;
Told in alternate voices, twelve-year-old Piper discovers her parents are in jeopardy, while budding scientists Raisa and Lev find themselves stuck in the wrong universe, and the key to saving them lies with each other. Twelve-year-old Piper's life has always been unusual: her parents are clockmakers whose inventions are anything but ordinary, and she's the only kid she knows with a robotic talking dog. But her life takes a turn for the truly bizarre when she discovers her parents are in jeopardy and the key to saving them is a book full of strange equations. When Raisa and Lev travel through the portal to Piper's world, Raisa can finally prove that her mother's multiverse project worked. Now, she just needs the book containing her mother's equations to get back to her world...if only she can find it! As Raisa and Piper adventure to the bounds of the multiverse, they'll need to discover their place in the world if they ever want to find their way back home.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Multiverse; Scientists; Time travel; Family secrets;

The asteroid hunter : a scientist's journey to the dawn of our solar system / by Lauretta, D. S.(Dante S.),1970-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."On September 11, 1999, humanity made a monumental discovery in the vastness of space. Scientists uncovered an asteroid of immense scientific importance--a colossal celestial entity. As massive as an aircraft carrier and towering as high as the iconic Empire State Building, this cosmic titan was later named Bennu. Remarkable for much more than its size, Bennu belonged to a rare breed of asteroids capable of revealing the essence of life itself. But just as Bennu became a beacon of promise, researchers identified a grave danger. Hurtling through space, it threatens to collide with our planet on September 24, 2182. Leading the expedition was Dr. Dante Lauretta, the Principal Investigator of NASA's audacious OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. Tasked with unraveling Bennu's mysteries, his team embarked on a daring quest to retrieve a precious sample from the asteroid's surface--one that held the potential to not only unlock the secrets of life's origins but also to avert an unprecedented catastrophe. A tale of destiny and danger, The Asteroid Hunter chronicles the high-stakes mission firsthand, narrated by Dr. Lauretta. It offers readers an intimate glimpse into the riveting exploits of the mission and Dr. Lauretta's wild, winding personal journey to Bennu and back. Peeling back the curtain on the wonders of the cosmos, this enthralling account promises a rare glimpse into the tightly woven fabric of scientific exploration, where technical precision converges with humanity's profound curiosity and indominable spirit"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Lauretta, D. S. (Dante S.), 1970-; OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission.; Planetary science; Planetary scientists;

The last victim : a novel / by Robards, Karen.;
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Serial murder investigation; Serial murderers; Women forensic scientists; Women psychiatrists;
© c2012., Ballantine Books,

Results 101 to 110 of 733 | « previous |