Round Rock Public Library

"At 85 years old, Alejandro 'Sandy' Stern, a brilliant defense lawyer with his health failing but spirit intact, is on the brink of retirement. But when his old friend Dr. Kiril Pafko, a former Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, is faced with charges of insider trading, fraud, and murder, his entire life's work is put in jeopardy, and Stern decides to take on one last trial"--

A biography of the nun who founded the order known as "The Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity" to work with the sick and destitute in Calcutta and other places and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

An illustrated collection of ideas about peace based on the lives of Nobel Peace Prize laureates of the 20th and 21st centuries. Includes Jean Henry Dunant, Fridtjof Nansen, Jane Addams, John Boyd Orr, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, Desmond Tutu, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Nelson Mandela, Shirin Ebadi, Wangari Maathai, Malala Yousafzai.

Contains photographs and background information on more than 200 of the most famous and most interesting laureates as well as a complete list of all prize winners.

A biography of the Danish physicist who won a Nobel Prize for his discoveries about the nature of the atom, saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis, and, after helping to develop the atomic bomb, campaigned for peaceful uses of atomic energy.

"I am innocent: biography of Liu Xiaobo" by Yu Jie, Liu's confidant and assistant in the past two decades. Liu, the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been a reluctant Chinese human rights activist and leader. Liu has been sentenced for 11 years and is currently imprisoned in China. Yu was given access and interviewed more than 50 people all around the world who have first hand knowledge of Liu's life and activism. Yu has also compiled a rich body...

The story of Marie Curie, also about Pierre Curie, and the discovery of radium.

"Marie Curie wasn't just a scientist. She was also an inventor and professor. Young readers will discover how she pioneered research on radioactivity and won two Nobel prizes while doing so"--Provided by publisher.

Biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Polish scientist whose work with radium helped to change the world.

The true story of how Mexican-American scientist Mario Molina helped solve the ozone crisis of the 1980s and went on to become a Nobel laureate and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His inspiring story gives hope in the fight against global warming. Full color.