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It might seem like weeks away (because it is) but summer reading will be here before you know it. Only two weeks until sign-up opens on June 17!
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Update on Prizes!
Our librarians are still hard at work gathering donations from local businesses and assembling raffle baskets. Here's a peek at a few more prizes...
Praline's Ice Cream in Berlin has once again donated ice cream coupons! Participants will receive a free ice cream coupon when they sign up for the summer reading program (while supplies last). So don't forget to visit the Reference Desk on or after June 17 to sign up.
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| | Helen visits Labyrinth Brewing Company to pick up a gift certificate and glass! |
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A Universe of Stories
You don't need to read anything space-y to participate in summer reading, but for those looking to dip their toes in this year's theme, here are a few staff favorites that involve space and space exploration. |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
After waking up to find big yellow bulldozers waiting to demolish his home, Englishman Arthur Dent escapes Earth mere seconds before it is demolished by a fleet of big yellow spaceships to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. He finds himself on an adventure with the president of the galaxy, his girlfriend, and a depressed robot. Smartly written, irreverent, and perfect for fans of British humor. |
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The Martian by Andy Weir
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and his crew evacuates without him, Mark finds himself stranded with nothing but air, solar energy, and an ipod full of disco music. A must-read for fans of MacGyver! |
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In the near future, an aggressive new form of dementia is affecting victims of all ages. Dr. Gillian Ryan is desperately determined to find a cure. She's already lost her husband to the disease, and now her daughter is slowly succumbing as well. She is given the opportunity to travel with a NASA team to a space station where the crew has been stricken with symptoms of a similar inexplicable psychosis: memory loss, trances, and violent, uncontrollable impulses.
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It was not common to awaken in a cloning vat streaked with drying blood. At least, Maria Arena had never experienced it. She had no memory of how she died. That was also new; before, when she had awakened as a new clone, her first memory was of how she died. A space thriller set on a lone ship where the clones of a murdered crew must find their murderer—before they kill again.
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Chris Hadfield takes readers deep into his years of space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible. With eye-opening stories filled with the adrenaline of launch and the wonder of spacewalks, he explains how conventional wisdom can get in the way of achievement and happiness. His experience in space has taught him some counterintuitive lessons: don't visualize success, do care what others think, and always sweat the small stuff.
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What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson. But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in tasty chapters consumable anytime and anywhere in your busy day.
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Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. |
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Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much can a person give up? How much weirdness can they take? What happens to you when you can’t walk for a year? have sex? smell flowers? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a space walk? From the space shuttle training toilet to a crash test of NASA’s new space capsule, Roach takes us on an entertaining trip into the science of life in space.
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Once summer reading begins, you'll have a chance to earn extra raffle tickets with bonus newsletter challenges. For now, we have an unofficial challenge for you... please consider forwarding this email to a friend so they can sign up too! |
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Questions, comments, concerns?
Feel free to reply to this email, call 860-828-7126, or stop by the Reference Desk.
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