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		Spook : science tackles the afterlife What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that’s that - the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my laptop?”In an attempt to find out, Mary Roach brings her tireless curiosity to bear on an array of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that life goes on after we die. Roach, Mary. 129 ROACH

		Packing for Mars : the curious science of life in the void Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much can a person give up? How much weirdness can they take? What happens to you when you can't walk for a year? smell flowers? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a space walk? Is it possible for the human body to survive a bailout at 17,000 miles per hour? To answer these questions, space agencies set up all manner of quizzical and startlingly bizarre space simulations. Roach, Mary. 571.0919 ROACH

		Wesley the owl : the remarkable love story of an owl and his girl On Valentine's Day 1985, biologist Stacey O'Brien first met a four-day-old baby barn owl -- a fateful encounter that would turn into an astonishing 19-year saga. With nerve damage in one wing, the owlet's ability to fly was forever compromised, and he had no hope of surviving on his own in the wild. O'Brien, a young assistant in the owl laboratory at Caltech, was immediately smitten, promising to care for the helpless owlet and give him a permanent home. Wesley the Owl is the funny, poignant story of their dramatic two decades together. O'Brien, Stacey. 598.97 OBRIEN

		Rats Observations on the history and habitat of the city's most unwanted inhabitants Sullivan, Robert, 1963- 599.3521 SULLIVA

		Electric dreams : one unlikely team of kids and the race to build the car of the future Two regional utilities had challenged a group of elite schools throughout the South to design and build battery-powered electric vehicles to be judged during a final contest at NASCAR's Richmond International Raceway. Although Ryan's underprivileged high school was not on the list, Miller managed to squeak them in. With a Ford Escort rescued from the compacter, a few hundred pounds of scavenged golf cart batteries, a local minor league NASCAR driver as coach, and the local constabulary looking the other way as the reborn "Shocker" began careening over back roads on test runs, the kids get their pasted-together dark horse to the big contest in Richmond. Kettlewell, Caroline. 629.2293 KETTLEW

		American Shaolin Flying kicks, buddhist monks, and the legend of iron crotch : an odyssey in the new China Polly, Matthew. 796.8155 POLLY

		Witches! : the absolutely true tale of disaster in Salem Tells the story of the victims, the accused witches, and the scheming officials that turned a mysterious illness into a witch hunt. Schanzer, Rosalyn. J 133.4309 SCHANZE

		The dark game : true spy stories A collection of true spy stories from throughout the history of the United States, discussing personalities, missions, traitors, technological advances, and more. Janeczko, Paul B. J 327.73 JANECZK

		Phineas Gage : a gruesome but true story about brain science The day a premature explosion drove a tamping iron through Gage’s brain, both his personality and life changed. Fleischman, John. J 362.1974 FLEISCH

		Written in bone : buried lives of Jamestown and colonial Maryland This book reports on the work of forensic scientists who are excavating grave sites in James Fort, in Jamestown, Virginia, to understand the people who lived in the Chesapeake Bay area in the 1600s and 1700s. Walker, Sally M. J 614.17 WALKER