http://guysread.neenahlibrary.org Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:35:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When Troy White proved his remarkable "football genius" to the Atlanta Falcons, they brought him on board as a team consultant. Now, thanks to Troy's ability to predict winning plays, the Falcons are pulling in victories. Troy loves his starring role behind the scenes and the ... http://guysread.neenahlibrary.org/?p=307 Fish—nicknamed for his incredible swimming abilities—is a twelve-year-old boy from a poor farming family. After taking a job as a courier for his uncle, Fish is waylaid by pirates, who steal the package he's carrying. He soon learns that it's the key to locating the Chain ... http://guysread.neenahlibrary.org/?p=342 Combining all the excitement of international espionage and all the awkwardness of elementary school, NERDS, featuring a group of unpopular students who run a spy network from inside their school, hits the mark. With the help of cutting-edge science, their nerdy qualities are enhanced and transformed ... http://guysread.neenahlibrary.org/?p=338 Baseball is in the Schneider family blood. Each member of this family, from family founder Felix Schneider in the 1800s to Snider Flint in the present day, has a strong tie to the game and to Brooklyn. Through the years this family has dodged bullets on a ... http://guysread.neenahlibrary.org/?p=311 Josh feels like he's starting to make it big! Jaden, the school reporter, says he's going to take the baseball team to number one. Then his dad pulls him off the field and signs him up with Coach Rocky Valentine's youth championship team, the Titans. He says ... http://guysread.neenahlibrary.org/?p=305 To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, hyperactive Joey has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his prescription meds wear off and he starts feeling wired. One mishap after another leads Joey first from his regular classroom to special education ... http://guysread.neenahlibrary.org/?p=298 Super-smart Julian Calendar thinks starting junior high at a new school will mean he can shed his nerdy image–but then he meets Ben and Greta, two secret scientists like himself! The three form a secret club, complete with a high-tech lair. There, they can work to their ... http://guysread.neenahlibrary.org/?p=295 This is the story about a secret. but it also contains a secret story. When adventurous detectives, Cass, an ever-vigilant survivalist, and Max-Ernest, a boy driven by logic, discover the Symphony of Smells, a box filled with smelly vials of colorful ingredients, they accidentally stumble upon a mystery ... http://guysread.neenahlibrary.org/?p=291 YIKES! Professor Brain-Drain is on the loose! This supervillain menaces the fine supercitizens of Superopolis, concocting evil-genius schemes and draining everyone's brainpower! (And in this town, there's not a whole lot of that to begin with.) NEVER FEAR! The AMAZING INDESTRUCTO will save the day! He is indestructible! He ... http://guysread.neenahlibrary.org/?p=287 Ok everyone, I have added a couple of links, over on the right there, to LibraVox and Project Gutenberg.  Each on offers free editions of books in the public domain.  LibraVox specializes in the audio formats, and Project Gutenberg has mostly text ebooks, along with some audio ... http://guysread.neenahlibrary.org/?p=314