Thursday, March 31, 2011

Nonfiction:
America's Recession by Corona Brezina -- Roots of the recession -- Addressing the crisis -- Economic effects of the recession -- Living through the recession -- The path to economic recovery.
Robotics Careers: Preparing for the Future by Simone Payment -- Shows the reader how to transform an interest in robotics into a life-long pursuit. Four major robotics careers are covered: robotics researcher, computer scientist, robotics engineer, and robotics technician.
How to Build a Prize-winning Robot by Joel Chaffee -- Robotics competitions are among the most competitive school extracurricular activities around, and the loyal and enthusiastic hobbyists take each competition to a new level of excitement. This book explains how to build a competitive robot, and it encourages readers to take a try at this thrilling pastime.
Robots Through History by Jeri Freedman -- Shows the fascinating development of robots through the ages. Readers will learn about the invention of the earliest robot-like mechanical devices, the advent of electronics, the first instances of robot automation, and the development of artificial intelligence.


Fiction:
Recovery Road by Blake Nelson -- While she is in a rehabilitation facility for drug and alcohol abuse, seventeen-year-old Maddie meets Stewart, who is also in treatment, and they begin a relationship, which they try to maintain after they both get out.
Invincible by Sherrilyn Kenyon -- Chronicles of Nick #2 -- He might have survived the zombie invasion, but Nick Gautier is anywhere but in the clear. Now, with several entities pulling him in all directions, Nick must discover how to raise the dead in less than a week, otherwise he will meet his own demise.
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys -- In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.
Chime by Franny Billingsley -- In the early twentieth century in Swampsea, seventeen-year-old Briony, who can see the spirits that haunt the marshes around their town, feels responsible for her twin sister's horrible injury until a young man enters their lives and exposes secrets that even Briony does not know about.

Graphic Novels:
Shonen Jump for May 2011 -- we have not yet received the previous two issues, but we're working to get them replaced. Sorry!

New Books

Nonfiction:
America's Recession by Corona Brezina -- Roots of the recession -- Addressing the crisis -- Economic effects of the recession -- Living through the recession -- The path to economic recovery.
Robotics Careers: Preparing for the Future by Simone Payment -- Shows the reader how to transform an interest in robotics into a life-long pursuit. Four major robotics careers are covered: robotics researcher, computer scientist, robotics engineer, and robotics technician.
How to Build a Prize-winning Robot by Joel Chaffee -- Robotics competitions are among the most competitive school extracurricular activities around, and the loyal and enthusiastic hobbyists take each competition to a new level of excitement. This book explains how to build a competitive robot, and it encourages readers to take a try at this thrilling pastime.
Robots Through History by Jeri Freedman -- Shows the fascinating development of robots through the ages. Readers will learn about the invention of the earliest robot-like mechanical devices, the advent of electronics, the first instances of robot automation, and the development of artificial intelligence.


Fiction:
Recovery Road by Blake Nelson -- While she is in a rehabilitation facility for drug and alcohol abuse, seventeen-year-old Maddie meets Stewart, who is also in treatment, and they begin a relationship, which they try to maintain after they both get out.
Invincible by Sherrilyn Kenyon -- Chronicles of Nick #2 -- He might have survived the zombie invasion, but Nick Gautier is anywhere but in the clear. Now, with several entities pulling him in all directions, Nick must discover how to raise the dead in less than a week, otherwise he will meet his own demise.
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys -- In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.
Chime by Franny Billingsley -- In the early twentieth century in Swampsea, seventeen-year-old Briony, who can see the spirits that haunt the marshes around their town, feels responsible for her twin sister's horrible injury until a young man enters their lives and exposes secrets that even Briony does not know about.

Graphic Novels:
Shonen Jump for May 2011 -- we have not yet received the previous two issues, but we're working to get them replaced. Sorry!