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The Future Is Analog: How to Create a More Human World

David Sax - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

The beloved author of The Revenge of Analog lays out a case for a human future--not the false technological utopia we've been living.For years, consumers have been promised a simple, carefree digital future. We could live, work, learn, and play from the comforts of our homes, and have...
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iPod and iTunes For Dummies

Tony Bove - For Dummies; 10 edition
Format: Paperback

Get going with your iPod & iTunes and this perennial bestseller - now in full-color! iPod & iTunes For Dummies is the ultimate beginner's guide for getting started with your iPod and Apple's iTunes service. Now in its tenth edition, this helpful guide has been completely overhauled...
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Uberland: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work

Alex Rosenblat - University of California Press
Format: Hardcover

Silicon Valley technology is transforming the way we work, and Uber is leading the charge. An American startup that promised to deliver entrepreneurship for the masses through its technology, Uber instead built a new template for employment using algorithms and Internet platforms. Upending...
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Restart: Designing a Healthy Post-Pandemic Life

Doreen Dodgen-Magee - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Restart prepares readers to do the hard work of reentering an in-person post-pandemic world by examining the relationships we have formed with ourselves, our devices, and others in quarantine. Social anxiety and a tendency to avoid any awkwardness in embodied spaces were on the rise before...
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Niche: A Memoir in Pastiche

Momus - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

"Diarist, novelist, satirist, lyricist beyond peer."* In Niche: A Memoir in Pastiche, Nick Currie, a.k.a. Momus, presents the story of his life, career, and conquests on the margins of multiple music and art scenes.Momus -- named for the ancient Greek god of mockery, and described...
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Cybersecurity and Information Security Analysts: A Practical Career Guide

Kezia Endsley
Format: Paperback

Welcome to the cybersecurity (also called information security or InfoSec) field! If you are interested in a career in cybersecurity, you've come to the right book. So what exactly do these people do on the job, day in and day out? What kind of skills and educational background do you need...
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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, 8th Edition

Michael Meyers - McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 8 edition
Format: Hardcover

The bestselling CompTIA A reference and test preparation guide--fully revised for the new 2012 exam topics Written by the leading authority on CompTIA A certification and training, the new edition of this trusted resource offers complete, up-to-date coverage of CompTIA A exams 220-801...
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Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing: Essays

Lauren Hough - Vintage
Format: Paperback

.As an adult, Lauren Hough has had many identities: an airman in the U.S. Air Force, a cable guy, a bouncer at a gay club. As a child, however, she had none. Growing up as a member of the infamous cult The Children of God, Hough had her own self robbed from her. The cult took her all over...
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Blockchain Chicken Farm: And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside

Xiaowei Wang - FSG Originals
Format: Paperback

In Blockchain Chicken Farm, the technologist and writer Xiaowei Wang explores the political and social entanglements of technology in rural China. Their discoveries force them to challenge the standard idea that rural culture and people are backward, conservative, and intolerant. Instead,...
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JavaScript in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself

Phil Ballard - Sams Publishing; 6 edition
Format: Print book

In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours helps you learn the fundamentals of programming using the JavaScript language. Designed for beginners with no previous programming experience, this book's straightforward, step-by-step approach...
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