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81) Exploratopia
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
373 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
viii, 294 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A head of the Human Genome Project and former atheist presents a scientific argument for the existence of God, revealing how science can support faith by citing the areas of nature that can and cannot be fully explained by Darwinian evolution.
83) After death
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Large print.
Physical Desc
563 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A modern-day Lazarus is humanity's last hope in a breathtaking novel about the absolute powers of good and evil by Dean Koontz, the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense. Michael Mace, head of security at a top-secret research facility, opens his eyes in a makeshift morgue twenty-four hours following an event in which everyone perished--including him and his best friend, Shelby Shrewsberry. Having awakened with an extraordinary ability...
86) A trick of light
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
viii, 330 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From Stan Lee, the pop culture legend behind Marvel's The Avengers, Black Panther, X-Men, Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, and Iron Man, comes a major literary event featuring two heroic teenagers-one born with extraordinary gifts, one unwillingly transformed. Together they can change the world...or put it in the destructive hands of a danger beyond imagination"--
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
New York Times Bestseller
A Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg
From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human."
One hundred thousand
...Author
Series
The Umbrella Academy volume 1
Language
English
Description
"In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born by women who had previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his only explanation was, 'To save the world.' These seven children form The Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers. Their first adventure at the age of ten pits them against...
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s book explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin—and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending—or are there boundaries? Are there other dimensions in space? What will happen when it all ends?
Told in language we all...
A landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s book explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin—and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending—or are there boundaries? Are there other dimensions in space? What will happen when it all ends?
Told in language we all...
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
46 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Young fans are invited to join the amphibious warrior Ackbar and his fellow squid-headed militants in an underwater battle on his aquatic home world of Mon Calamari.
Author
Publisher
Sterling Publishing
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
96 p. : ill.
Language
English
Description
This book describes sixty-five experiments using paper clips and other inexpensive supplies, demonstrating such basic physics and chemistry phenomena as weight, balance, flight, and surface tension.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
136 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When his father buys a SIMON Robot, advertised as "the perfect son," Chip decides that he can't compete with his new brother, but in the end, the whole family learns that perfection may not be so great after all.
Author
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
563 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a vision of climate change unlike any ever imagined. Kim Stanley Robinson is one of contemporary science fiction's most acclaimed writers, and with this new novel, he once again turns his eye to themes of climate change, technology, politics, and the human behaviors that drive these forces. But his setting is not a desolate, post-apocalyptic world--rather, he imagines a more hopeful...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.
95) Spider-Man 2
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (127 min.) : sd., col.
Language
English
Description
Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man, is desperately trying to balance his dual identities. Relationships with all those he holds dear are unraveling, and he encounters a new foe, Doc Ock. Peter must use all his powers to stop this diabolical madman.
"...Quite possibly the best superhero movie ever made."--Jam! Movies.
"Best comic book movie...ever."--Los Angeles Daily News.
"Every bit as good - if not better - than the original."--CNN.
96) Hero for Hire
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
104p. ill.
Language
English
Description
From a prisoner of Jabba the Hutt to the would-be boyfriend of a princess, Han Solo reveals his thoughts and feelings about his adventures in space.
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Torn between loyalty to his mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the seductive powers of the Sith, Anakin Skywalker ultimately turns his back on the Jedi, thus completing his journey to the dark side and his transformation into Darth Vader.
