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Campbell Co. Public Library - Nonfiction
576.5 ISAACSON 2021
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576.5 ISAACSON 2021
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Audio Visual Collection
CD 576.5 ISAACSON 2021
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CD 576.5 ISAACSON 2021
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Summary
Driven by a passion to understand how nature works and to turn discoveries into inventions, Doudna and her collaborators turned a curiosity of nature into an invention that will transform the human race: an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. Known as CRISPR, it opened a brave new world of medical miracles and moral questions. Isaacson explores the development of CRISPR and the race to create vaccines for coronavirus will hasten our transition to...
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In this biography, young listeners will learn all about Elizebeth Friedman (1892-1980), the brilliant American code breaker who created the CIA's first cryptology unit.
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Young Adult Nonfiction
YA 940.5485 GREENFIELD 2021
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YA 940.5485 GREENFIELD 2021
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"Biography of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, an American woman who pioneered codebreaking in WWI and WWII but was only recently recognized for her extraordinary contributions to the field"--
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Nonfiction
940.5486 MUNDY 2017
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940.5486 MUNDY 2017
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Campbell Co. - Wright Branch - Nonfiction
940.5486 MUNDY 2017
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940.5486 MUNDY 2017
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Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them.
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Nonfiction
305.8 TUBBS 2021
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305.8 TUBBS 2021
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"In her groundbreaking and essential debut The Three Mothers, scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs celebrates Black motherhood by telling the story of the three women who raised and shaped some of America's most pivotal heroes: Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin. Much has been written about Berdis Baldwin's son James, about Alberta King's son Martin Luther, and Louise Little's son Malcolm. But virtually nothing has been said about the extraordinary...
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Young Adult Collection
YA DC ICONS
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YA DC ICONS
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Campbell Co. - Wright Branch - Young Adult Collection
YA DC ICONS
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YA DC ICONS
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Summary
Diana, Princess of the Amazons, longs to prove herself to her warrior sisters. When the opportunity comes, she throws away her chance at glory and breaks Amazon law to save a mere mortal. Alia Keralis just wanted to escape her overprotective brother with a semester at sea. When a bomb detonates aboard her ship, Alia is rescued and forced to confront a horrible truth: Alia is a Warbringer-- a direct descendant of the infamous Helen of Troy, fated to...
7) Wonder Woman
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Campbell Co. - Wright Branch - Audio Visual Collection
DVD MOVIE WONDER
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DVD MOVIE WONDER
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Diana, princess of the Amazons was trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers, and her true destiny.
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Audio Visual Collection
DVD MOVIE HIDDEN
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DVD MOVIE HIDDEN
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As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Nonfiction
363.17 MOORE 2017
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363.17 MOORE 2017
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Audio Visual Collection
CD 363.17 MOORE 2017
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CD 363.17 MOORE 2017
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Storage. See librarian for assistance.
LP BOOK CLUB KIT
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LP BOOK CLUB KIT
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Fiction
BOOK CLUB DISPLAY BK LP 363.17 MOORE 201
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BOOK CLUB DISPLAY BK LP 363.17 MOORE 201
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Large Print Collection
LP 363.17 MOORE 2017
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LP 363.17 MOORE 2017
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Summary
As World War I raged across the globe, hundreds of young women toiled away at the radium-dial factories, where they painted clock faces with a mysterious new substance called radium. Assured by their bosses that the luminous material was safe, the women themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered from head to toe with the glowing dust. With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" were considered the luckiest alive -- until they began to fall...
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This book examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned that doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Juvenile Nonfiction
J 509.2 IGNOTOFSKY 2016
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J 509.2 IGNOTOFSKY 2016
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Young Adult Nonfiction
YA 509.2 IGNOTOFSKY 2016
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YA 509.2 IGNOTOFSKY 2016
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Summary
A collection of artworks inspired by the lives and achievements of fifty famous women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, from the ancient world to the present, profiles each notable individual.
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Juvenile Nonfiction
J 920.72 SCHATZ 2015
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J 920.72 SCHATZ 2015
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"Profiled are 26 American women from the 18th through 21st centuries, who have made-or are still making--history as artists, writers, teachers, lawyers, or athletes. The women come from a variety of economic and ethnic backgrounds and many had to overcome extreme hardships. One woman represents each alphabetical letter beginning with Angela Davis, an activist, teacher, and writer, and concludes with Zora Neale Hurston, an anthropologist and writer."--Publisher....
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Juvenile Nonfiction
J 973.09 ROBERTS 2017
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J 973.09 ROBERTS 2017
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Nonfiction
973.4 ROBERTS 2008
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973.4 ROBERTS 2008
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Campbell Co. - Wright Branch - Juvenile Nonfiction
J 973.09 ROBERTS 2017
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J 973.09 ROBERTS 2017
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Summary
In Founding Mothers, Cokie Roberts paid homage to the women who helped establish our nation. Now she continues the story of more remarkable women and their achievements in moving the fledgling nation forward, from the election of John Adams in 1796 to the election of Andrew Jackson in 1828. Roberts reveals the often surprising and compelling stories of determined and passionate woman who courageously faced the challenges of their times and laid the...
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Juvenile Nonfiction
J 973.3092 ROBERTS 2014
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J 973.3092 ROBERTS 2014
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Campbell Co. - Wright Branch - Juvenile Nonfiction
J 973.3092 ROBERTS 2014
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J 973.3092 ROBERTS 2014
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Summary
Brief portraits of women from the period of the Revolution and early United States.
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Easy
E BEA A.
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E BEA A.
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Campbell Co. - Wright Branch - Easy
E BEA A.
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E BEA A.
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A young aspiring engineer must first conquer her fear of failure.
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Biography
B GINSBURG R.
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B GINSBURG R.
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"Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers a visually rich, intimate, unprecedented look at the Justice and how she changed the world. From Ginsburg's refusal to let the slammed doors of sexism stop her to her innovative legal work, from her before-its-time feminist marriage to her perch on the nation's highest court--with the fierce dissents to match--get to know RBG as never before. As the country struggles with the unfinished...
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Follow the story of Beyoncé as she finds her voice through trials and triumphs, and understand that you too can shine your light like Beyoncé.
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"Discover the life of Simone Biles. A story about believing in yourself and going for the gold"--
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Juvenile Nonfiction
E 796.082 CLINTON 2020
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E 796.082 CLINTON 2020
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"Stories of American woman Olympians who persisted and succeeded against the odds"-- Provided by publisher.
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Biography
B MALALA
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B MALALA
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Young Adult Biographies
YA B MALALA
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YA B MALALA
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Campbell Co. - Wright Branch - Biography
YA B YOUSAFZAI M.
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YA B YOUSAFZAI M.
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Audio Visual Collection
CD B MALALA
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CD B MALALA
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Summary
When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from...