‘Sleep’ author lets kids in on fun
A year ago, Adam Mansbach was an award-winning novelist and aspiring screenwriter wrapping up a two-year teaching job at Rutgers University. That was before his off-color picture book, "Go the...
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‘Sleep’ author lets kids in on fun
A year ago, Adam Mansbach was an award-winning novelist and aspiring screenwriter wrapping up a two-year teaching job at Rutgers University. That was before his off-color picture book, "Go the...
‘The Drowned Cities’ by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Drowned Cities A novel Paolo Bacigalupi Little, Brown., 439 pp.: $17.99, ages 14 and up Whether it's a conscious or subliminal reaction to U.S. military involvement in Iraq and...
Not Just for Kids: ‘I Hunt Killers’ by Barry Lyga
I Hunt Killers: A Novel Barry Lyga Little, Brown: 362 pp., $17.99, ages 15 and up A generation ago, young horror fans had to "read up" to adult authors such...
A prefab’s new eco promise
The concept is simple: Make a modern, prefabricated home with the lowest environmental impact — and price — possible. Starting at $179,000, the C6 prefab from Santa Monica, Calif.-based LivingHomes...
Wood a natural in green construction
A report released in October from the U.S. Forest Service found that using wood in building products yielded fewer greenhouse gases than other common building materials, such as concrete and...
Paring down our e-waste heap: TVs, cellphones and other electronics don’t belong in the trash
Americans have an insatiable appetite for the latest and greatest gadgets. We own an average of 23 consumer electronics per household and always want more. But all those flat-screen TVs...
Vintage aesthetic, modern performance
It's long been said there are only seven basic story lines in all of literature. Increasingly, the same might be said about cars, whose styles are becoming more of a...
Vintage aesthetic, modern performance
It's long been said there are only seven basic story lines in all of literature. Increasingly, the same might be said about cars, whose styles are becoming more of a...
New vision for classic tale
"The Little Prince" has long been beloved for its bittersweet pairing of a lost man and a searching youth. In the 67-year-old classic written by French aviator and author Antoine...