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Moments of truth: Robert R. Davila, the story of a deaf leader
By Harry G Lang. 2007
Chronicles the life of the first deaf Hispanic vice president of Gallaudet University, Robert Davila (b. 1932), from his impoverished…
childhood in the California barrio to his 1989 appointment as assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Education and 2006 appointment as the interim president of Gallaudet. 2007Seven-tenths: love, piracy, and science at sea (Leapsci)
By David Fisichella. 2010
David Fisichella, a mechanical engineer, chronicles a series of research cruises on which he served as the "eyes" for Amy…
Bower, a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute oceanographer with deteriorating vision. He reflects on their experiences together, including surviving a pirate attack, and their courtship. 2010An American admirer of Charles Darwin (1809-1882) chronicles his own journeys to South America with Darwin's diary in hand. Compares…
the youthful naturalist's enthusiastic impressions of Brazilian forests, Patagonian plains, a gold mine, and other sites with the author's twenty-first-century perspective. 2009Biography of Dorothy Harrison Eustis (1886-1946), founder of the Seeing Eye, the first guide-dog school in America. Chronicles her childhood…
in upper-class Philadelphia, two marriages, and vacations in Switzerland, where she was introduced to dogs assisting blinded German veterans. Describes the 1929 establishment of Eustis's school in New Jersey. 2010Destiny of the republic: a tale of madness, medicine, and the murder of a president
By Candice Millard. 2011
Chronicles the life of James A. Garfield (1831-1881), the twentieth American president. Highlights Garfield's rise from poverty to the Oval…
Office. Details the attack by deranged office-seeker Charles Guiteau and the medical care that killed Garfield despite the efforts of Alexander Graham Bell. Bestseller. 2011The invention of air: a story of science, faith, revolution, and the birth of America
By Steven Johnson. 2009
Biography of British chemist and ordained minister Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) discusses his contributions to natural philosophy, science, religion, and politics.…
Describes Priestley's relationships with Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and other Americans and highlights his discovery of oxygen. 2008Now I see you: a memoir
By Nicole C. Kear. 2014
Kear, diagnosed at age nineteen with retinitis pigmentosa, shares her struggles with acceptance of the condition and the risks and…
adventures she engaged in during her twenties. Describes falling in love and having children, and how she focused on them before admitting to having RP. Strong language. 2014Six dots: a story of young Louis Braille
By Jen Bryant, Boris Kulikov. 2016
A narrative biography of Louis Braille, who lost his sight as a young child while playing in his father's workshop.…
After being exposed to coded military messages at the Royal School for the Blind in Paris, Louis invented his own alphabet--a system for writing using six dots. For grades K-3. 2016Life's work: from the trenches, a moral argument for choice
By Willie Parker. 2017
Physician describes his faith-based journey to become an itinerant abortion provider. Examines the role religion played in his life while…
growing up, his work as an obstetrician-gynecologist, the patients who have influenced his career, and the political climate surrounding women's health care in the early twenty-first century. 2017The awakening of HK Derryberry: my unlikely friendship with the boy who remembers everything
By Andy Hardin, Jim Bradford. 2016
Account of friendship that developed between Bradford, a retiree, and HK Derryberry, a young boy who has Highly Superior Autobiographical…
Memory in addition to having cerebral palsy and being blind from birth. Shares the challenges HK and his grandmother faced, as well as opportunities HK experienced as he grew up. 2016Hands of my father: a hearing boy, his deaf parents, and the language of love
By Myron Uhlberg. 2009
Children's book author Uhlberg describes his childhood in 1930s and 1940s Brooklyn with two deaf parents and a hearing but…
epileptic younger brother. He recounts dealing with his sometimes uncomfortable role as an interpreter and with the looks of curiosity and shock from strangers. Some strong language. 2008High point of persistence: the Miriam Richards story
By Damara Goff Paris. 2007
Biography of deaf climber Miriam Richards, who set a goal to reach the highest elevation in each of the fifty…
states and seven continents. Chronicles her childhood, Gallaudet University years, and memorable summits. Discusses challenges she faced, including a fall from Mount Hood and being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. 2007Young Charles Darwin and the voyage of the Beagle
By Ruth Ashby, Suzanne Duranceau. 2009
This biography of Charles Darwin (1809-1882) focuses on the scientific observations and discoveries about the natural world that he made…
during his five-year shipboard voyage around the world. Discusses his collections of plants and birds, which led him to his theory of evolution. For grades 4-7. 2009A life in the wild: George Schaller's struggle to save the last great beasts
By Pamela S Turner. 2008
Examines the background and fieldwork of wildlife conservationist George Schaller. Discusses his first Alaska expeditions and experiences observing gorillas in…
the Congo; studying tigers in India, lions in East Africa, and snow leopards in the Himalayas; and tracking pandas and surveying other endangered animals in China. For grades 5-8. 2008Rachel Carson: a twentieth-century life (Up Close)
By Ellen Levine. 2008
Biography of Rachel Carson (1907-1964), the woman who started the U.S. environmental revolution during the 1960s. Discusses her education and…
fascination with nature, her battles against sexism and big-business interests, and the writing of Silent Spring (BR 11887)--her wake-up call about pesticide pollution. For grades 6-9. 2007The thing about life is that one day you'll be dead
By David Shields. 2008
Fifty-one-year-old professor and author of Remote (BR 10661) discusses his own take on mortality and contrasts it with his ninety-seven-year-old…
father's optimistic attitude. He peppers his musings with biographical vignettes, biological facts about the aging body and mind, and quotes from people throughout history. Some strong language. 2008A professor, a president, and a meteor: the birth of American science
By Cathryn J. Prince. 2011
Chronicles the December 14, 1807, landing of a celestial fireball on a farm in Weston, Connecticut, and the event's effects…
on American science. Recounts professor Benjamin Silliman's study of the meteor and President Thomas Jefferson's influence on the post-colonial scientific community. Young adult appeal. 2011Gabby: a story of courage and hope
By Jeffrey Zaslow, Gabrielle D. Giffords, Mark E. Kelly. 2011
Arizona congresswoman Giffords and her husband, astronaut Kelly, describe their lives before and after the near-fatal shooting of Giffords in…
January 2011. They discuss their anguish over the other victims, Kelly's support during Giffords's recovery, and Giffords's determination to return to work. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2011The man who made lists: love, death, madness, and the creation of Roget's Thesaurus
By Joshua C Kendall. 2008
Biography of Englishman Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869), physician, mathematician, inventor, writer, and chess expert. Discusses Roget's family, marriage, and social…
life. Describes Roget's invention of the log-log slide rule, near-capture by Napoleon's army, progressive medical practices, and love of list-making that culminated in his publishing a book of synonyms. 2008Biography of Marie Curie (1867-1934), a dedicated scientist who became the first woman to win two Nobel Prizes. Describes her…
childhood in Poland, university education in Paris, pioneering research on radioactivity, and use of X-rays to help wounded soldiers. Places her achievements in historical contexts. For grades 4-7. 2006