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Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality
Jaron Lanier · Henry Holt and Co. Pages: 351 Format: Hardcover
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The father of virtual reality explains its dazzling possibilities by reflecting on his own lifelong relationship with technologyBridging the gap between tech mania and the experience of being inside the human body, Dawn of the New Everything is a look at what it means to be human at a moment... |
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Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration—and How to Achieve Real Reform
John F Pfaff · Basic Books Pages: 272 Format: Print book
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A groundbreaking examination of our system of imprisonment, revealing the true causes of mass incarceration as well as the best path to reformThe United States, home to about 5 percent of the world's population, holds nearly 25 percent of its prisoners. How did we get to this point?In Locked... |
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Bobby Flay Fit: 200 Recipes for a Healthy Lifestyle
Bobby Flay · Clarkson Potter Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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Cook, eat, and be fit with 200 recipes from Bobby Flay, whose approach to healthy eating is all about flavor - not eliminating anything from your diet. With a profession that has him constantly developing and tasting new recipes, chef Bobby Flay does not eschew any foods: bread, bacon,... |
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Ultimate Glory: Frisbee, Obsession, and My Wild Youth
David Gessner · Riverhead Books Pages: 352 Format: Paperback
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A story of obsession, glory, and the wild early days of Ultimate Frisbee. Before he made a name for himself as an acclaimed essayist and nature writer, David Gessner devoted his twenties to a cultish sport called Ultimate Frisbee. Like his teammates and rivals, he trained for countless... |
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Unplugged: Evolve from Technology to Upgrade Your Fitness, Performance, & Consciousness
Brian MacKenzie · Victory Belt Publishing Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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In the first quarter of 2016, Americans bought 19.7 million fitness wearables, an increase of 67 percent over the previous year. By 2020, the global market for fitness-focused apps and devices is expected to grow to $30 billion. This means that more than ever, we're looking at our wrists... |
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I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era
WILLIAM KNOEDELSEDER · PublicAffairs Pages: 304 Format: Paperback
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Now a Showtime original seriesIn the mid-1970s, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Andy Kaufman, Richard Lewis, Robin Williams, Elayne Boosler, Tom Dreesen, and several hundred other shameless showoffs and incorrigible cutups from across the country migrated en masse to Los Angeles, the new home... |
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God's Wolf: The Life of the Most Notorious of all Crusaders, Scourge of Saladin
Jeffrey Lee · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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"[Jeffrey Lee] brings a blockbuster sensibility to this slice of the 12th century Levant." -- Dan Jones, Sunday Times (UK) In a 2010 terrorist plot, Al-Qaeda hid a bomb in a FedEx shipment addressed to Reynald de Chatillon, a knight who had died centuries ago in the crusades.... |
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WTF?: What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us
Tim O'Reilly · HarperBusiness Pages: 448 Format: Hardcover
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Silicon Valley's leading intellectual and the founder of O'Reilly Media explores the upside and the potential downsides of our future - what he calls the "next economy."Tim O'Reilly's genius is to identify and explain emerging technologies with world shaking potential - the World... |
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We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.: Essays
Samantha Irby · Vintage Pages: 288 Format: Paperback
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Sometimes you just have to laugh, even when life is a dumpster fire. With We Are Never Meeting in Real Life., "bitches gotta eat" blogger and comedian Samantha Irby turns the serio-comic essay into an art form. Whether talking about how her difficult childhood has led to a problem... |
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Casey Stengel: Baseball's Greatest Character
Marty Appel · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Pages: 432 Format: Print book
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The definitive biography of one of baseball's most enduring and influential characters, from New York Times bestselling author and baseball writer Marty Appel. As a player, Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel's contemporaries included Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, and Christy Mathewson... |
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Fabio's 30-Minute Italian: Over 100 Fabulous, Quick and Easy Recipes
FABIO VIVIANI · ST MARTIN'S Press Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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Dinner doesn't have to be daunting. In half an hour or less you can cook up an Italian meal at home like a professional chef. In this case, just like Top Chef star Fabio Viviani. Infused with his warmth and humor, this book brings Fabio into your kitchen. If Fresh Fettuccini with Manila... |
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Present at the Creation: My Life in the NFL and the Rise of America's Game
UPTON BELL · University of Nebraska Press Pages: 400 Format: Hardcover
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To understand how the NFL became the sports phenomenon it is today, you can study its history or you can live its history as an active participant. Upton Bell grew up at the knee of the NFL's first great commissioner, his father, the legendary Bert Bell, who not only saved the game... |
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