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A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention

Matt Richtel · William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Matt Richtel, a brilliant, narrative-driven exploration of technologys vast influence on the human mind and society, dramatically-told through the lens of a tragic texting-while-driving car crash that claimed the lives of two rocket scientists in 2006.In...
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Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon: Official Strategy Guide

Pokemon Company International · The Pokémon Company International
Pages: 351
Format: Video Game

The official strategy guide from Pokémon for the Pokémon Sun & Pokémon Moon video games!Be prepared for each part of your journey with the step-by-step walkthrough and extensive hints in Pokémon Sun & Pokémon Moon: The Official Strategy Guide! From your first steps...
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Networking All-in-One For Dummies

Doug Lowe · John Wiley & Sons, 2015.
Pages: 912
Format: Print book

Are you ready to build a network, but aren't sure where to start? Networking All-In-One For Dummies, 6th Edition walks you through the basics. With nine self-contained minibooks that feature the latest updates on networking trends, including revised content for Windows 10 and Windows...
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The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters

Tom Nichols · Oxford University Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

People are now exposed to more information than ever before, provided both by technology and by increasing access to every level of education. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed...
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How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee

Bart D. Ehrman · HarperOne; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and Bible expert Bart Ehrman reveals how Jesuss divinity became dogma in the first few centuries of the early church.The claim at the heart of the Christian faith is that Jesus of Nazareth was, and is, God. But this is not what the original disciples believed...
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A World Without "Whom": The Essential Guide to Language in the BuzzFeed Age

EMMY J FAVILLA · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

A World Without "Whom" is Eats, Shoots & Leaves for the internet age, and BuzzFeed global copy chief Emmy Favilla is the witty go-to style guru of webspeak. As language evolves faster than ever before, what is the future of "correct" writing? When Favilla was tasked...
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The Glass Cage: Automation and Us

Nicholas Carr · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

In The Glass Cage, best-selling author Nicholas Carr digs behind the headlines about factory robots and self-driving cars, wearable computers and digitized medicine, as he explores the hidden costs of granting software dominion over our work and our leisure and reveals something we already...
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Troubleshooting & Maintaining Your PC All-in-One For Dummies

DAN GOOKIN · For Dummies
Pages: 504
Format: Paperback

Stop being a prisoner to your PC! Need a PC problem fixed in a pinch? Presto! Troubleshooting & Maintaining Your PC All-in-One For Dummies offers 5 books in 1 and takes the pain out of wading through those incomprehensible manuals, or waiting for a high-priced geek to show up days or weeks...
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QuickBooks 2018 For Dummies

Stephen L. Nelson · For Dummies
Pages: 408
Format: Paperback

The perennial bestseller - now in a new edition for QuickBooks 2018 QuickBooks 2018 For Dummies is here to make it easier than ever to familiarize yourself with the latest version of the software. It shows you step by step how to build the perfect budget, simplify tax return preparation,...
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Android Phones For Dummies

Dan Gookin · John Wiley & Sons
Pages: 350
Format: Print book

This book documents all the features of the Android phones, approaching them from the point of view of a smart person who is intimidated by the technology and baffled by the scant documentation and online support. All topics for the Android phone will be covered, from setup and configuration,...
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Biocode: The New Age of Genomics

Dawn Field · Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

The living world runs on genomic software - what Dawn Field and Neil Davies call the biocode - the sum of all DNA on Earth. In Biocode, they tell the story of a new age of scientific discovery the growing global effort to read and map the biocode, and what that might mean for the future....
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My Digital Entertainment for Seniors

Jason R Rich · Que
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

<> Learn On-Demand TV, DVRs, Music, Games, Books, and More! With My Digital Entertainment for Seniors, you'll discover easy ways to access and experience entertainment using today's technology, without getting confused or bogged down with techno-babble - and without...
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Crash Override: How Gamergate

Zoe? Quinn · PublicAffairs
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

You've heard the stories about the dark side of the internet--hackers, #gamergate, anonymous mobs attacking an unlucky victim, and revenge porn--but they remain just that: stories. Surely these things would never happen to you.Zoe Quinn used to feel the same way. She is a video game developer...
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How To Blog For Profit: Without Selling Your Soul

Ruth Soukup · Ruth Soukup; 2 edition
Format: Print book

Do you want to earn a living doing what you love? Whether you have been blogging for years or just a few weeks, How to Blog For Profit Without Selling Your Soul offers solid advice and practical action plans for creating an authentic, successful, and profitable blog. With wit, wisdom,...
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China's Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa

Howard W. French · Knopf; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

An exciting, hugely revealing account of Chinas burgeoning presence in Africa—a developing empire already shaping, and reshaping, the future of millions of people.             A prizewinning foreign correspondent and former New York Times bureau chief in Shanghai and in West...
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