In "Alone Together," MIT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle explores the power of our new tools and toys to dramatically alter our social lives. It's a nuanced exploration of what we are looking for--and sacrificing--in a world of electronic companions and social networking tools, and an argument that, despite the hand-waving of today's self-described prophets of the future, it will be the next generation who will chart the path between...

Dot's a spunky little girl well versed in electronic devices. Dot knows a lot. She knows how to tap... to swipe... to share... and she pays little attention to anything else, until one day Dot sets off on an interactive adventure with the world surrounding her. Dot's tech-savvy expertise, mingled with her resourceful imagination, proves Dot really does know lots and lots.

Shares the story of the remarkable NASA scientists and engineers who created America's space program and fulfilled President Kennedy's mandate to put a man on the Moon before 1970. "President John F. Kennedy astonished the world on May 25, 1961, when he announced to Congress that the United States should land a man on the Moon by 1970. No group was more surprised than the scientists and engineers at NASA, who suddenly had less than a decade to invent...

"Vivi and her classmates take a field trip to the beach to study tide pools"--

Presents things which the Pilgrims knew how to do, tells how we do these things today, and gives simple experiments to demonstrate the knowledge in question. For example, tells how the Pilgrims kept food from spoiling and how it is done today, and suggests an experiment involving milk storage.

Friedman discusses how the key to understanding the 21st century is understanding that the planet's three largest forces -- Moore's law (technology), the market (globalization) and Mother Nature (climate change and biodiversity loos) -- are accelerating all at once. And these accelerations are transforming the five key realms: the workplace, politics, geopolitics, ethics, and community. Friedman posits that we should purposely "be late" -- we should...

Relates how an enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity, and a future, to his family.

Identifies the moon as our only natural satellite, describes its movement and phases, and discusses how we have observed and explored it over the years.

"Profiles some of the most innovative and popular tractors ever made"--

With more than 30 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading!

In this eleventh book of the My Weird School Daze series, A.J.'s mom has a new job! That means A.J. will have to go to After School Kids' Kare. And Mr. Tony, the guy who runs it, is totally weird. He wants to get into the Guinness Book of World Records by making the world's largest pizza! Will A.J. and the gang be able to tunnel out

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