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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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Year of No Clutter: A Memoir
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Eve Schaub
amom
, February 14, 2018
Not a self help book, but a book that will help and/or entertain you. This book took me by surprise. Being someone that has "collections" myself, I have read my share of motivational and organizational books, but not one of them touched me like this amazingly entertaining and wild ride alongside the author. She is real. She is determined. And she is mired in stuff. The mental journey is highlighted even more than the real world solutions that she finds to getting rid of stuff. She goes from thinking about it, recruiting help, wallowing in it, vanquishing it, and resigning to keeping her own variety of stuff that sparks memories. This book is wildly motivating because she gets it. She really understands and lives the life of someone attached to her stuff who has found a way through it to live a life among collections instead of buried under clutter. Surprisingly motivating and heartwarming, the laughs are real and she keeps it upbeat. If you or someone you love keeps way too many things that just don't make sense, give this book a try. Who knows? Maybe you can dig your way out and change the way you think about all that stuff.
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The Guy Who Invented Home Video Games: Ralph Baer and His Awesome Invention
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Edwin Brit Wyckoff
amom
, November 22, 2017
A surprisingly historic story. This is an introduction to the life of an engineer and inventor who also successfully defended his creations in court, representing himself. That is no small feat. His story of immigration and survival in a new country is a wonderful representation of the diversity that is our nation and the hard work required to make one's own way in the world. This story is short and focuses on the life of the inventor of the home video game and his journey to creating what is now an icon in almost every household. I used this book both in library reading time and in the curriculum of a History of Video Games class. You really can't go wrong with this short and interesting story to inspire kids in STEAM and in their own dreams. Pair it with an activity to trace his journey on the globe or have students design their own video game console.
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Framed 01
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James Ponti
amom
, November 22, 2017
This is a well paced detective story which is refreshingly actually suited to tween/teen audiences. The trend of adults reading teen books has obscured the line between genres, but this book is squarely in the realm of the young adult. It is mildly simplistic in the diction and the concepts, but that is also deceiving, because the author had woven clues within clues. The main character is named Florian and together with this friend Margaret, they use his own detective game to uncover vital clues to a real art heist. Although the young detectives do land themselves in peril and make some poor choices, the outcome of the story is deliciously refreshing and may...or may not surprise you. Definitely add to any library that needs an age-appropriate and ultimately satisfying detective story. This is the first in a series, but can stand on its own.
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Rosie & The Rustlers
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Roy Gerrard
amom
, October 05, 2007
The charming drawings breathe life into every facet of this dear children's book. The vocabulary stretching rhyme makes learning virtually painless. Heroes are found in the face of Rosie and the quirky cowboys that populate her ranch. Faced with survival in the great West, these characters must go beyond their comfort zones to track down evil-doing rustlers. There is enough excitement and intrigue to hold the attention of a preschooler with just enough restraint in the storytelling to keep mom satisfied as well.
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