New Books 2/18/10

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Violent video game effects on children and adolescents : theory, research and public policy / Craig Anderson, Douglas Gentile, & Katherine Buckley

Grand theft childhood : the surprising truth about violent video games and what parents can do/ Lawrence Kutner & Cheryl K. Olson

Mental retardation in America : a reader / Steven Noll & James W. Trent, ed.
School calendar reform : learning in all seasons / Charles Ballinger & Carolyn Kneese

Year-round education : change and choice for schools and teachers / Shelly G. Haser & Ilham Nasser

Teaching in the block : strategies for engaging active learners / Robert L. Canady & Michael D. Rettig

God and man at Yale / William F. Buckley, Jr.
Published in 1951, the twenty-five-year old Yale graduate described his first book as “a lover’s quarrel with his alma mater.” He criticized the faculty for forcing liberal ideology on their students and for trying to break down students' religious beliefs through their teaching.

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Charles and Emma : the Darwin’s leap of faith / Deborah Heiligman
Charles and Emma, his wife and first cousin, disagreed about the role of God in creation. This National Book Award Finalist presents the intersection of science and faith, the struggles of life in the Victorian era, and the Darwins’ romance.

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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot
In 1951, Henrietta Lacks, an African American farm worker, died of cancer at age 30. Without her knowledge or consent, doctors took a sample of her cancerous tissue. While Lacks’s family lived in poverty and often lacked health care, her cells gave scientists the building blocks for many discoveries, including the cure for polio. Skloot’s work explores the ethical issues raised by Lacks’s story.

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A jury of her peers : celebrating American women writers from Anne Bradstreet / Elaine Showalter

Here, bullet / Brian Turner
Poems from Turner’s seven years in the U.S. Army which included deployment to Bosnia and Iraq.

The education of a British-protected child / Chinua Achebe
Seventeen autobiographical essays.

Fiction
Remarkable creatures : a novel / Tracy Chevalier
Chevalier’s newest novel features characters drawn from history, Elizabeth Philpot and Mary Anning. The two form a friendship based on their mutual interest in finding fossils.

Flash burnout / L.K. Madigan
While working on a photography assignment, fifteen-year-old Blake unknowingly snaps a photo of his friend’s long-lost, drug- addicted mother. In the drama that follows, Black must reconcile the roles of friend and boyfriend. Winner of the 2010 William C. Morris Award.

The ask and the answer (Chaos walking; bk. 2) / Patrick Ness
Todd Hewitt, 13, is locked in a tower in New Prentisstown, a space colony, and separated from Viola, after the dramatic cliff-hanger in The Knife of Never Letting Go (Candlewick, 2008). In this sequel, Todd is pressed into service with the “Ask,” while trying to keep secret his plans to reunite with Viola and contact her people. Another exciting, fast-paced science fiction book.