Berne, Jennifer.
Summary: Albert Einstein was a dreamer, a thinker; this story follows his life and his scientific discoveries through easy to understand text.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J ORANGE ONFrank, Barney
Summary: Growing up in Bayonne, New Jersey, the fourteen-year-old Barney Frank made two vital discoveries about himself: he was attracted to government, and to men. He resolved to make a career out of the first attraction and to keep the second a secret. Now, fifty years later, his sexual orientation is widely accepted, while his belief in government is embattled. Frank: A Life in Politics from the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC FRACallan, Michael Feeney.
Summary: Draws on the actor, director, and producer's personal documents to offer insight into his complex life behind his famous roles, discussing the death of his son, his relationship with Sydney Pollack, and his establishment of the Sundance Film Festival.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 REDFORD, ROBERT CalWorth, Jennifer
Summary: When 22-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the direst section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and touched many lives; she also became the neighborhood's most vivid chronicler. Woven into the ongoing tales of her life in the East End are the true stories of the people Worth met who grew up in the dreaded workhouse, a...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Highbridge Co. 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 WORTH, JENNIFER WORIsaacson, Walter
Summary: A portrait of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist explores the impact of James Watson's "The Double Helix" on her career and how her team's invention of CRISPR technology enabled revolutionary DNA-editing approaches to fighting disease, as well as curing diseases, fending off viruses, and enhancing our children
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 576.5 ISACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 DOUDNA, JENNIFER ISACheng, Long
Summary: "A candid, thrilling memoir from one of the most recognizable, influential, and beloved cinematic personalities in the world. Everyone knows Jackie Chan. Whether it's from Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon, The Karate Kid, or Kung Fu Panda, Jackie is admired by generations of moviegoers for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and mind-bending stunts. In 2016--after fifty-six years in the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018