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The failure of capitalism, or an attack by space aliens?

This week Slate.com offers “Choose Your Own Apocalypse,” a nifty little feature where you can speculate about how all America’s infrastructures might fail.

Learn about 144 possible worst-case scenarios!

Could the Southwestern U.S. run out of water?

Will we lose our competitive edge due to rampant obesity?

Get a quick take on your worldview based on your choices at Slate, and speculate along with the experts (and the not-so-expert) on Facebook and Twitter.

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At TeenHealthFX you can anonymously post questions about health, sexuality, relationships, sports and nutrition, or drug use, and read answers already posted. The current Hot Topic is “Networking Websites – What You Post on Them Could Come Back to Haunt You.”

TeenGrowth.com covers a wide range of health and safety issues, from Bodybuilding to STDs, Fireworks or Flu Season, or Piercing, or Lice.

We don’t want to sound like your Mom, but– sometimes you should be careful what you do!

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Witch Hunter Robin contains all 26 episodes of the 2002 Japanese anime about a young woman with pyrokinesis who tracks witches newly awakened to their powers.

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Did You Hear Wind Sing Your Name? An Oneida Song of Spring is a poem posing questions about emotions and spiritual experiences that signal the end of winter.

In The Star People: a Lakota Story a young girl tells how she and her little brother survive a prairie fire and are led home by the grandmother’s spirit.

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The Tale of Genji follows the political fortunes– and many loves– of an emperor’s charming son in Heian Japan.

Written in the 11^th century, the Tale is one of the world’s first novels (maybe the first); we have Royall Tyler’s English translation.

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Match: the Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever chronicles the legendary 1956 golf match between professional players Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson and amateurs Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi.

New York Times bestsellers like Match are located in the BROWSE section on the second floor, just outside the door to the Hub.

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Who is alive, and who is purely a creation of the Net?

In Ghost in the Shell–an early example of Japanese anime integrating digital graphics with hand-drawn images—a cyborg security officer hunts for a thief who can hack into human minds.

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In the 1^st floor display cases we’re featuring alphabet books old and new, from our children’s literature collection. The oldest book displayed, Sally’s ABC, was first published in 1929!

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“The Business of Pre-K” tells why some of America’s top businesspeople have been advocating preschool programs.

The program is one segment of American Public Media’s Weekend America.

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