CHILDREN'S
Released:
"Subtle, surprising and ultimately spectacular. (iPad storybook app. 3-7)"
A little girl ponders the secret life of her stuffed bear and attempts to catch him in the act.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 1, 1993
"For Kaysen, writing well has been the best revenge."
When Kaysen was 18, in 1967, she was admitted to McLean Psychiatric Hospital outside Boston, where she would spend the next 18 months.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 1, 2004
"Undeniably fun, but readers may well wonder just how much of this could actually be true."
Sex, money, and more than a whiff of criminal activity enliven this too-good-to-be-true real-life business drama.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: April 12, 2005
"An absolutely, hilariously, dead-on perfect celebration of the relationship between child and toy. (Picture book. 5-8)"
Traction Man is ready for anything—but can he overcome the gift of an all-in-one knitted green romper suit with matching bonnet?
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 12, 2006
"A blend of Toy Story and the stories of Johnny Gruelle and A.A. Milne, this is a solid collection that will serve as a good read-aloud, as well as a nice choice for young readers, who will enjoy exploring the warm, secret world of toys. (Fiction. 6-10)"
A little girl has three toys who are best friends: Stingray, a stuffed stingray who claims to know it all, Lumphy; a daring and curious stuffed buffalo; and Plastic, a bouncing, red toy who has yet to find out her true identity.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 1, 2008
"A second volume on the Civil War, Two Miserable Presidents (ISBN: 978-1-59643-320-5-0), is also out. (index, adult-level source lists) (Nonfiction. 10-13)"
For middle-graders who find Joy Hakim's 11-volume A History of US just too daunting, historian Sheinkin offers a more digestible version of our country's story—opening with an account of the American Revolution from the despised but not-unreasonable Stamp Act to the dramatic race to Yorktown.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 11, 2009
"A real shot to the heart--a resonant portrait of a man out to prove he can take anything the world throws at him."
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 13, 2009
"Compelling. (Fiction. YA)"
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 3, 2009
"Though not a vivid stylist, Auletta uncovers some endlessly colorful material and assesses its prospects critically but fairly--Google will thrive, he thinks, but they'd better guard against naïveté and complacency."
The
New Yorker's "Annals of Communication" columnist Auletta (
Media Man: Ted Turner's Improbably Empire, 2004, etc.) goes behind the digital revolution to detail the past decade of astonishing growth at Google.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2010
"Distinctly subpar. (Graphic classic. 13 & up)"
Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre may seem a fairly innocuous choice for a graphic-novel adaption, but Corzine proves otherwise.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 18, 2010
"Techno-mysticism aside, a timely and urgent book about the possibly dangerous fruits of human inventiveness."
Wired founding editor Kelly (
Asia Grace, 2002, etc.) attempts to balance a clear-eyed overview of the rise of technology and its place with a grand statement about
what it all means.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 26, 2010
"All legendary athletes should hope for treatment by such capable, compassionate hands."
A sympathetic, moving life of the Brown Bomber by veteran cultural historian and biographer Roberts (History/Purdue Univ.;
The Rock, the Curse, and the Hub: A Random History of Boston Sports, 2005, etc.).
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 7, 2011
"Most readers already realize that online personas are often different from those in real life, but Aboujaoude offers a unique psychiatrist's perspective and an urgent wake-up call for those still in the dark."
A psychiatrist who specializes in obsessive-compulsive disorders argues persuasively that the Internet can be hazardous to our mental health.
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