The Gecko's Foot: Bio-inspiration: Engineering New Materials from Nature by Peter ForbesFrom Goodreads: "Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you." When Frank Lloyd Wright said this, he probably wasn't envisioning self-cleaning surfaces, the photonic crystal, or Velcro. But nature...
Ready Player One by Ernest ClineFrom Goodreads: In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden...
Getting Gamers: The Psychology of Video Games and Their Impact on the People Who Play Themby Jamie MadiganFrom Goodreads: Video games are big business. They can be addicting. They are available almost anywhere you go and are appealing to people of all ages. They can eat...
Social Justice Art: A Framework for Activist Art Pedagogy by Marit DewhurstFrom Goodreads: In this lively and groundbreaking book, arts educator Marit Dewhurst examines why art is an effective way to engage students in thinking about the role they might play in addressing social injustice.Based...
Ready Player One by Ernest ClineFrom Goodreads: In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden...
Getting Gamers: The Psychology of Video Games and Their Impact on the People Who Play Themby Jamie MadiganFrom Goodreads: Video games are big business. They can be addicting. They are available almost anywhere you go and are appealing to people of all ages. They can eat...
A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom StandageFrom Goodreads: Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standage relates with authority and charm, six of them have had a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course...
Big Fat Disaster by Beth FehlbaumFrom Goodreads: Insecure, shy, and way overweight, Colby hates the limelight as much as her pageant-pretty mom and sisters love it. It's her life: Dad's a superstar, running for office on a family values platform. Then suddenly, he ditches his marriage...
From Goodreads: One boy. One dragon. A world of adventure.When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone...
From Goodreads: A Victorian boarding school story, a Gothic mansion mystery, a gossipy romp about a clique of girlfriends, and a dark other-worldly fantasy—jumble them all together and you have this complicated and unusual first novel.Sixteen-year-old Gemma has had an unconventional upbringing in India, until...
