Most Popular Books of 2012-2013

Did you ever wonder what your fellow students were working on in the library? Many of them were reading books.  Again this year our nursing and math students were hard at work in the library. Some students found time for recreational reading, and no surprise books from the Hungar Games Series flew off the shelf. Students were also interested in learning how use iPads. Don't forget that iPads and Kindles are available for weekly checkouts in the library. Here is the list of our most frequently checked out books from the 2012-2013 school year.

iPad2

This book looks at the features and functions of the iPad2, covering such topics as configuration, Web surfing, email, photos, the eBook library, iTunes, videos, managing contacts, using the Calendar App, and accessing the App Store.

Gerontological Nursing

A comprehensive and student-accessible text that offers a holistic and inter-disciplinary approach to caring for the elderly.

The Number Devil

Annoyed with his math teacher who assigns word problems and won't let him use a calculator, twelve-year-old Robert finds help from the number devil in his dreams. This international best-seller makes mathematics a thrilling exploration. In twelve dreams, Robert, a boy who hates math, meets a Number Devil, who leads him to discover the amazing world of numbers: infinite numbers, prime numbers, Fibonacci numbers, and numbers that magically appear in triangles.

 Life by the Numbers

This is a fascinating account of many of the ways in which mathematical ideas find application in the world around us.

Catching Fire

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.

Mockingjay

The greatly anticipated final book in the New York Times bestselling Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss Everdeen.

Shackleton’s Way

Sir Ernest Shackleton has been called "the greatest leader that ever came on God's earth, bar none". In 1914 he led 27 men in his Endurance expedition to Antarctica, through a long and harrowing fight for their lives after they became stranded on an ice floe, without a ship, more than 1,200 miles from the threads of civilization. For twenty-two months, the men endured temperatures that at times were so low they could hear the water freeze and subsisted on an incredibly difficult diet of penguins, dogs and seal. Amazingly every man survived.

The Secret Life of Numbers

50 easy pieces on how mathematicians work and think.

Flatland

Flatland, Edwin Abbott Abbott's story of a two-dimensional universe, as told by one of its inhabitants who is introduced to the mysteries of three-dimensional space, has enjoyed an enduring popularity from the time of its publication in 1884.

Inside your Calculator

Uncover the mysteries that lie within your calculator. This remarkable book explores the simple internal calculator processes.