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A. Rodin
Eddy Simon’s smart, entertaining graphic biography of the renowned sculptor and artist Auguste Rodin begins with Rodin’s childhood and his first steps toward sculpture, shaping dough at the side of his mother. His adult life is shown...
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Stand Up!
Psychologist Wendy L. Moss’s "Stand Up!" is designed to help teach children how to stand up and support fairness and respect with the hope of decreasing bullying and injustice. "Stand Up!" is an actionable and practical learning tool....
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The Lost Brothers
by Meg Nola
Jack El-Hai’s true crime story "The Lost Brothers" focuses on the disappearance of three young Minneapolis boys in November of 1951. Kenneth, David, and Danny Klein went to play at a park mere blocks from their home, but they never...
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Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River
Cult favorite Jung Young Moon’s "Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River" is a meditation on the nature of existence that’s mediated through the question of what constitutes a novel. It is a “story about Texas, but at the same time, a...
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Harbart
Nabarun Bhattacharya’s "Harbart" is a wild ride—a short novel that documents the unexpected rise and precipitous fall of Harbart’s fortunes in vibrant, humorous prose. The novel opens with a scene of debauchery that is followed by...
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Planetarium
Enter the museum, no ticket needed. View the stars, the night sky, a solar system of planets, or a galaxy, each contained in a series of oversized galleries full of intricate line drawings whose subtle coloration is set against the inky...
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Who's Afraid of AI?
If you’re worried about computers becoming masters of the world, don’t hold your breath: the greatest minds in artificial intelligence can’t imagine even the first baby steps to building a machine as complex as the human brain,...