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Movies:
Jason Reitman’s
“In God We Trust”
Mitch Albom's “The
Five People You Meet in
Heaven”
Another
Heaven-sent story: this
now-classic novel, by
the author of “Tuesdays
with Morrie,” about
an 83-three-year-old man
whose sudden death and
departure for Heaven leads
him to understand his
life.
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Let's
Get Animated:
Trevor Van Meter’s
“Fly Guy”
Ted
Arnold’s “Fly
Guy #1” Book
A totally
different “Fly Guy”
than Van Meter’s
animation, this book uses
hyperbole, puns, slapstick,
silly drawings and a holographic
cover to create a fun
book for ages 4-8. |
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Games
On The Net:
Grant Robinson’s
“Guess-the-Google”
John
Battelle‘s “The
Search: How Google and
Its Rivals Rewrote the
Rules of Business and
Transformed Our Culture”
If
Grant Robinson’s
game makes you curious
about the rise and meaning
of Internet searching
in our culture, “The
Search” may give
you some answers. |
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Stories:
Scott McCloud’s
“Mimi's Last Coffee”
James
Kakalios’s “The
Physics of Superheroes”
Author
James Kakalios tries to
base superheroes—among
the ancestors of reality-based
Hypercomics—in real-world
science: how the law of
gravity would have worked
on Krypton, how the Flash
can breath when he runs
so fast, and more wonders. |