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Reading material for 07/17/12:

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Some reading material from around the internet:

RIP Donald J. Sobol, creator of Encyclopedia Brown.

The juiciest tidbits from this year’s Comic-con.

Predicting crime before it happens.

The FDA has approved the first drug to prevent HIV infection.

Roswell really happened, says former CIA agent.

A list of the most impactful TV moments.

Lifting weights slows down memory loss.

from here.

A lot of teens are reading the Fifty Shades Of Grey books.

Is a national digital library possible?

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art is fighting for its survival.

Great opening sentences from classic fantasy novels.

Italo Calvino on why you should read the classics.

10 famous literary characters based on real people.

Neil Gaiman has signed a 5 book deal to write YA novels.

Science would like to ruin Batman for you.

They are definitely making The Hangover, Part 3.

Johnny Depp will be in Wes Anderson’s next movie.

Check out this really interesting fan film for Y The Last Man.

Darren Aronofsky is building an actual ark for his movie about Noah and his ark.

31 bizarre foreign titles for American movies.

from here.

10 reasons why the number 13 is so unlucky.

Women have higher IQs than men.

Meet the “rightful heir” to the British throne.

Crisis-struck Athens is a tough draw for tourists.

The inside story of Netflix’s really bad year.

The guinea worm is near extinction.

A survey of awkward couples in art history.

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Previous online reading material:

07/09/12.

07/02/12.

06/25/12.

06/18/12.

06/11/12.

New and Featured Books for 06/27/2012:

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Come and check out these and some of the other new books and materials (or at least new to us) added to our library collection…

FICTION:

Warlord: An Alex Hawke Novel by Ted Bell

A Touch Of Dead – Sookie Stackhouse: The Complete Stories by Charlaine Harris

Dead In The Family by Charlaine Harris

The Risk Agent by Ridley Pearson

A Fatal Debt by John Gapper

This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Naked Heat by “Richard Castle”

Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich

Prey by Linda Howard

Batman: Detective Comics, volume 1: Faces Of Death, written and illustrated by Tony S. Daniel

Hunt The Wolf: A SEAL Team Six Novel by Don Mann with Ralph Pezzullo

The Hypnotist’s Love Story by Liane Moriarty

NON-FICTION:

Broken Promises: How The AIDS Establishment Has Betrayed The Developing World by Edward C. Green

Kill Or Capture: The War On Terror And The Soul Of The Obama Presidency by Daniel Klaidman

Democrips And Rebloodicans: No More Gangs In Government by Jesse Venture with Dick Russell

Little America: The War Within The War For Afghanistan by Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Cemetery John: The Undiscovered Mastermind Of The Lindbergh Kidnapping by Robert Zorn

Hostile Takeover: Resisting Centralized Government’s Stranglehold On America by Matt Kibbe

Inside China, edited by Rebecca Lescaze

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Please note that books mentioned here could be checked out between the time they end up on the blog and when you come to check them out. If you don’t see the items you’re looking for then please come up to the front desk, OR call us, OR send us an email at robinsbaselibrary@gmail.com and  we’ll put your name on the reserve list for when the item returns.

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

06/14/12.

06/07/12.

05/31/12.

05/01/12.

04/26/12.

04/19/12.