Category Archives: Non-fiction
Adult Books for Adults and Teens: The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr –“Intensive multitakers are ‘suckers for irrelevancy,’ commented Clifford Nass, the Stanford professor who led the research. ‘Everything distracts them.’” The Shallows, p. 142 People have long felt … Continue reading
Posted in Controversial Issue/Debate, Non-fiction
Tagged Adult books for teens, brain research, deep reading, Google, Internet, multitasking, reading, science, technology
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Adult Books for Adults: “Switch”
Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath This title was recommended to me by a colleague as a good book for thinking about changes in education. It may be very interesting to … Continue reading
Adult Books for Teens; “It Calls You Back”
It Calls You Back by Luis J. Rodriguez Many students know about Luis J. Rodriguez’s memoir Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in LA. We have multiple copies in the library as it has remained popular. From my … Continue reading
New Biography and Memoir
Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall In September 2007, a packed courtroom in St. George, Utah, sat hushed as Elissa Wall, the star witness against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, gave captivating testimony of how Jeffs forced her to marry her … Continue reading
Posted in Biography/Memoir, Non-fiction, Over 375 pages
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New Series: Is That a Fact?
Quick, fun and full of photos: Is That a Fact? series Can Rats Swim from Sewers into Toilets? and other Questions about Your Home You’re not going to like the answer. And try not to think about the cockroaches! Is … Continue reading
Posted in Hi-Low/Quick Read, Non-fiction, Read 180, Young Adult Literature
Tagged bermuda triangle, mites, planets, rats, Read 180, space
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