Bradley Steffens
1) J.K. Rowling
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Examines the personal life and professional career of the author of the best-selling Harry Potter novels.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Screen addiction is a behavioral addiction that can cause a variety of problems. Mental health professionals found increases in screen time accompanied increases in the number of teens reporting anxiety, depression, and suicidal thinking. Digital technologies can expose children to bullying; contribute eating disorders; trade off with sleep and exercise; encourage children to negatively compare themselves to others; and can lead to depression and...
6) Censorship
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Explores various issues involving censorship, including civil liberties, obscenity, and the role of government.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"Social media addiction is a behavioral addiction similar to gambling disorder, gaming addiction, and shopping addiction. A behavioral addiction is a mental health condition in which a person repeatedly engages in a particular behavior, even if the behavior causes them harm"--
13) Cartoonists
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Discusses the lives and achievements of seven cartoonists who have made a major impact on society through their art and wit: Mort Walker, Chuck Jones, Charles Schulz, Garry Trudeau, Cathy Guisewite, Matt Groening, and Scott Adams.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Torture is currently practiced in at least 122 nations and by several paramilitary groups a direct violation of human rights. The tortured include prisoners of war, political dissenters, members of a persecuted religion, and victims of drug wars. The book discusses various types of torture, who uses it and why, its consequences, and steps being taken to reduce its use worldwide.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"All in all, 454 million people watched esports on television and online in 2019, an increase of 15 percent over 2018. More people watch esports than Netflix, Hulu, ESPN, and HBO put together. The global popularity of e-sports has drawn the attention of businesses looking to profit from the burgeoning industry"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
The Internet of the future, sometimes called Web 3.0, will feature machines communicating with machines to create immersive computing experiences. Cutting Edge Internet Technology describes current technologies that will make Web 3.0 possible, including cloud computing, the Internet of Things, Big Data, the Semantic Web, and cybersecurity.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"WHO reports that infectious diseases typically kill more than 17 million people a year around the globe. That number recently increased with the emergence of the first global pandemic in more than a century, the COVID-19 outbreak, which had killed more than 2.8 million people by April 2021. The number of infectious diseases is on the rise. Thirty new diseases have emerged in the last twenty years, including SARS and MERS. For many of these new diseases,...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"The US suicide rate increased 33 percent in the space of just eighteen years. What's more, suicide is now the second-leading cause of death among Americans between the ages of ten and thirty-four. Public health officials warn that suicide has reached epidemic proportions. The Suicide Epidemic explores this disturbing trend and its likely causes. The book also examines the phenomenon of teen suicide, the effects of suicide on friends and loved ones,...