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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"From Academy Award-nominated producer Brian Grazer and acclaimed business journalist Charles Fishman comes a brilliantly entertaining peek into the weekly "curiosity conversations" that have inspired Grazer to create some of America's favorite and iconic movies and television shows--from 24 to A Beautiful Mind. For decades, film and TV producer Brian Grazer has scheduled a weekly "curiosity conversation" with an accomplished stranger. From scientists...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"National Geographic and science journalist Marc Kaufman combine inside stories, fascinating facts, and eye-popping pictures, some never before seen, of the red planet and NASA's groundbreaking Curiosity mission. Renowned author Kaufman spent two years embedded with the engineers and scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, cheering on the rover's spine-tingling landing, learning the backstory of anticipated findings, and witnessing the inescapable...
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English
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Drawing on the fields of psychology, neuroscience and anthropology, a New York Times best-selling author unlocks the secrets of mystery's allure, shedding new light on everything from the formulas of our favorite detective shows to the calculated risks of the stock market.
5) Pandora
Author
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Although Pandora has a house, gardens, and numerous gifts, she is drawn to the room that holds a forbidden jar. Is her curiosity a gift or a curse?
7) The Gruffalo
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
A mouse invents stories of the Gruffalo in order to scare other animals away from eating him. When a real Gruffalo shows up, what will he do?
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"In this specially combined edition with a new foreword, Academy Award-winning producer and New York Times bestselling author Brian Grazer, with Charles Fishman, offers a definitive take on curiosity. Deemed "a captivating account of how the simple act of asking questions can change your life" by Malcolm Gladwell, this expanded edition of A Curious Mind blends insights from Face to Face to transform the art of conncting with and through curiosity....
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Answering questions about his eye-patch slows Jacob and his family down as he anxiously tries to get to the store to buy a special globe, but soon he is reminded that even he is curious when he see someone who is different. Includes facts about eye conditions and handling strangers' curiosity.
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English
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Each of King Neptune's 50 mermaid daughters boasts a special talent, except for little Minnow, who seems to be good only at asking questions. When she finds a strange object, Minnow follows her questions to a wondrous place and finds answers, including the answer to the most important question of all: Who am I? A gorgeously illustrated story about finding one's purpose.
12) Maybe
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Three little monkeys, and their big monkey, are sat high up on their branch in the forest canopy. Ok, monkeys! I'm off, says the big monkey. Now remember. Whatever you do, do NOT go down to the mango tree. There are tigers down there. Mmm ... mangos! think the little monkeys. They LOVE mangos. Hmm ... maybe ... maybe they could just look at the mangos? That'd be ok, right?
13) The Curiosities
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
Visited by the Curiosities, who show him an extraordinary world that no one else notices, Miro wonders if he is not as alone as he thinks.
17) Ventanas
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Walking his dog at dusk, a boy catches glimpses of the lives around him in the lit windows along his route through the neighborhood.
18) One boy watching
Author
Language
English
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Description
"This lyrical picture book follows one boy's early morning bus ride to school and the many things he observes"--
20) A penguin story
Author
Language
English
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Description
Edna the penguin tries to find something in her surroundings that is not black, white, or blue
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