Paul Hecht
1) The patient
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
His name is ARTIE, a miracle of bio-engineering that is about to transform the field of neurosurgery. Dr. Jessie Copeland knows him better than anyone else at Eastern Mass Medical Center- and knows it's too soon to be using the tiny robot on a living patient's brain. But, Jessie's department chief is too busy to worry about such ethics. And neither of them has any idea that ARTIE will attract a patient from their worst nightmares.
Claude Malloche...
Claude Malloche...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
"The Illustrated Man is classic Bradbury--a collection of tales that breathe and move, animated by sharp, intaken breath and flexing muscle. Here are eighteen startling visions of humankind's destiny, unfolding across a canvas of decorated skin--visions as keen as the tattooist's needle and as colorful as the inks that indelibly stain the body. The images, ideas, sounds and scents that abound in this phantasmagoric sideshow are provocative and powerful:...
Author
Language
English
Description
Invited to lecture in America, von Igelfeld envisions a visit to California or New York. Instead, he finds himself at the University of Arkansas. Still, in von Igelfeld's view, one American state is very like the other. An expert philolgist, von Igelfeld prepares to deliver a talk on verbs, until he makes a grim discovery--he has been mistaken for a German master of veterinary science who has recently passed away.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Since 1666, [Rene] Descartes' bones have been fought over, stolen, and sold--by adherents to both religious and scientific doctrine. But why? The answer lies in Descartes' legendary expression, 'I think, therefore I am, ' which prompted the notion that knowledge can be found in facts, not church teachings. With that seemingly innocuous phrase, Descartes presented skepticism to the world--and profoundly changed the course of humankind."--Container....
Series
Publisher
Devine Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
In 1641, unchallenged by portraits of the rich and famous, the Dutch master, Rembrandt, indulges in auctions and in helping his adolescent neighbor, Samuel. Samuel works as Rembrandt's studio apprentice. Much to Samuel's dismay, the artist also neglects his infant son. After being convinced by Samuel to fulfill his parental duties, Rembrandt breaks with artistic convention to follow his heart, resulting in his masterpiece, The nightwatch.