Biography & Autobiography, Science & Technology
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Microbial Mysteries
A Rocky Road by Lee F. Walters
In this compelling third part of their life story, Lee Walters, MD, and his wife, Cara, along with their triplet daughters, set out from Scottsdale, Arizona, to Pennsylvania, seeking a slower-paced life. It seems like they’ve found paradise, with...
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Water Lust
A Candid Coming-of-Age Saga by Gerhard Pohle
Gerhard Pohle fell in love with the water when he was a child. His parents travelled widely, and he spent his formative years in Indonesia, Madagascar, and India, along with his native Germany. Snorkeling in tropical waters left the little boy...
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Life As I Know It
A Biologist's View of the World by Richard Penner
Can a biologist be fiercely supportive of the scientific process and still believe in God? How does travelling shape a young mind, and can it influence the path you take in life? Are humans really all that different from each other, when we...
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Bob Collymore
A Short Impactful Life (?) by Washington M. Osiro
This book is as much about Robert William Collymore, the man many Kenyans fell in love with, as it is about a Kenyan society that seemingly saw only what was good about him. “Bob Collymore: A Short Impactful Life(?)” is the dichotomy between the...
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Contagion Chaser
The Story of an Infectious Disease Detective by Lee F. Walters
Picking up where his previous book, Rescues from the Sky, left off, Contagion Chaser details Dr. Lee F. Walters’ transition from saving lives at sea as part of an air medical rescue team with the US Coast Guard to becoming an infectious disease...
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Carpe Data: CONNECT
by Jim Ryan
Have you ever had the feeling you were being guided down a specific path in life? A real, deep in your guts, crap in your pants inclination? What if you came to believe you were placed on this earth to do something that would change everything?...
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Six Degrees of Freedom
Opportunities met. Risks taken. Lessons learned. by Peter Carlisle Hughes
Octogenarian aerospace engineer Peter Hughes identified 6 critical points in his life at which an important decision was required, and where the rest of his life could have been quite different, depending on that decision. In every case, he was...
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Our Family Had Big Dreams
From English Schoolgirl to Canadian Scientist, and Expanding Horizons in Retirement by Jennifer Murphy
Our Family Had Big Dreams is a multi-generational story about working towards goals while living and learning along the way. Written with honesty, humility, and humour, author Jennifer Murphy’s memoir starts with the story of her parents in...
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Musings of a 98 year old Scientist
Reflections on Life, God, and the World from a Different Viewpoint by John E. Burgener
Musings of a 98-Year-Old Scientist is a mix of stories and discussions by a scientist who was deeply religious, and lived a unique life. John E. Burgener was born on March 10, 1917. The world was at war and women had just earned the right to...
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Miner With a Heart of Gold
Biography of a Mineral Science and Engineering Educator by Franklin White
During the mid-twentieth century, Mineral Science and Engineering educator Frank White played an influential role in the advancement of his field, widely respected not only for his knowledge but also for his advocacy, leadership, and visionary...
