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The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation's Golden Age

Jake S. Friedman - ?Chicago Review Press
Format: Hardcover

An essential piece of Disney history has been unreported for eighty years. Soon after the birth of Mickey Mouse, one animator raised the Disney Studio far beyond Walt's expectations. That animator also led a union war that almost destroyed it. Art Babbitt animated for the Disney studio...
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Microsoft® Word 2013 QuickSteps

Carole Matthews - McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 3 edition
Format: Paperback

Step-by-Step, Full-Color Graphics! Get up and running on Microsoft Word 2013 right away--the QuickSteps way. Full-color screenshots and clear instructions make it easy to start using the latest release of the leading word processing application. Take control and learn how to create and format...
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Block Wonders: How to Build Super Structures in Minecraft

Kirsten Kearney - ABRAMS
Format: Print book

Block Wonders is the ultimate guidebook for seasoned Minecraft players eager to take the game's "creative mode" to the max, presenting more than 30 of the most spectacular buildings, structures, and objects created by master Minecraft builders. This guide includes step-by-step...
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Uncanny Valley: A Memoir

Anna Wiener - MCD
Format: Hardcover

"A definitive document of a world in transition: I won't be alone in returning to Uncanny Valley for clarity and consolation for many years to come." -- Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion The prescient, page-turning account of a journey in Silicon...
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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

Jenny Odell - Melville House
Format: Hardcover

A galvanizing critique of the forces vying for our attention - and our personal information - that redefines what we think of as productivity, reconnects us with the environment, and reveals all that we've been too distracted to see about ourselves and our worldNothing is harder to do these...
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What Is Color?: 50 Questions and Answers on the Science of Color

Arielle Eckstut - Abrams
Format: Hardcover

A comprehensive illustrated exploration of the fascinating science of color Arielle and Joann Eckstut, authors of The Secret Language of Color, offer a thorough, readable, and highly visual exploration of the science of color. Organized by 50 of the most essential questions about color...
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You Will Get Through This Night

Daniel Howell - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

A practical guide to taking control of your mental health for today, tomorrow, and the days after, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author and beloved entertainer. 'There's a moment at the end of every day, where the world falls away and you are left alone with your thoughts....
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Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing

Chris Bail - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

In an era of increasing social isolation, platforms like Facebook and Twitter are among the most important tools we have to understand each other. We use social media as a mirror to decipher our place in society but, as Chris Bail explains, it functions more like a prism that distorts our identities,...
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Microsoft® Excel® 2013 QuickSteps

John Cronan - McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 3 edition
Format: Paperback

Full-color, step-by-step guide to the new release of the world’s most popular spreadsheet application Get up and running with Excel 2013 right away--the QuickSteps way. Full-color screenshots on every page with clear instructions make it easy to use the latest release of Microsoft's...
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Protecting Your Children Online: What You Need to Know About Online Threats to Your Children

KIMBERLY ANN MCCABE - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

As parents, our main job is to protect our children. These days, protection from includes not only the individuals we can see but, also, the individuals that we cannot see - yet who wish to harm our children. And with the growth of social networking and social media parents are often unaware...
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