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This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm

TED GENOWAYS - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

Is there still a place for the farm in today's America?The family farm lies at the heart of our national identity, yet its future is in peril. Rick Hammond grew up on a small ranch, and for forty years he has raised cattle and crops on his wife's fifth-generation homestead in York County,...
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Garden City: Supergreen Buildings, Urban Skyscapes and the New Planted Space

Anna Yudina - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover

A spectacular global survey of some of the world's most inventive buildings -- increasingly relevant in the face of climate change -- which bring architecture and horticulture into a sustainable wholeHow can our urban jungles be transformed into skyscraper forests that help our cities...
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The Body Builders: Inside the Science of the Engineered Human

Adam Piore - Ecco
Format: Print book

For millennia, humans have tried - and often failed - to master nature and transcend our limits. But this has started to change. The new scientific frontier is the human body: the greatest engineers of our generation have turned their sights inward, and their work is beginning to revolutionize...
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John Lennon vs. The U.S.A.: The Inside Story of the Most Bitterly Contested and Influential Deportation Case in United States History

Leon Wildes - Amer Bar Association
Format: Print book

At a time when the hottest issue in US immigration law is the proposed action by President Obama to protect from deportation as many as 5 million illegals in the United States, the 1972 John Lennon deportation case takes on special relevance today, notwithstanding the passage of forty years...
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Patent Law Essentials: A Concise Guide, 5th Edition

Alan L Durham - Praeger
Format: Hardcover

This essential desk reference for patent attorneys, engineers, entrepreneurs, innovators, development professionals, and students has been updated with the latest court cases and legislation.* Makes patent law accessible to both novice and expert practitioners* Discusses a number of recent...
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Who Can You Trust?: How Technology Brought Us Together and Why It Might Drive Us Apart

Rachel Botsman - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

If you can't trust those in charge, who can you trust?From government to business, banks to media, trust in institutions is at an all-time low. But this isn't the age of distrust--far from it. In this revolutionary book, world-renowned trust expert Rachel Botsman reveals that we are at the tipping...
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Undocumented: A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League

Dan-el Padilla Peralta - Penguin Press
Format: Print book

An undocumented immigrant's journey from a New York City homeless shelter to the top of his Princeton classDan-el Padilla Peralta has lived the American dream. As a boy, he came here legally with his family. Together they left Santo Domingo behind, but life in New York City was harder than...
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Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World

Marc Raboy - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book

A little over a century ago the world went wireless. Cables and all their limiting inefficiencies gave way to a revolutionary means of transmitting news and information almost everywhere, instantaneously. By means of "Hertzian waves," as radio waves were initially known, ships...
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Beyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home in the Planets

Charles P Wohlforth - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

From a leading planetary scientist and an award-winning science writer, a propulsive account of the developments and initiatives that have transformed the dream of space colonization into something that may well be achievable. We are at the cusp of a golden age in space science, as increasingly...
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Poor Justice: How the Poor Fare in the Courts

Vicki Lens - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book

Poor Justice: How the Poor Fare in the Courts provides a vivid portrait and appraisal of how the lives of poor people are disrupted or helped by the judicial system, from the lowest to the highest courts. Drawing from court room observations, court decisions, and other material, this book...
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How to Fix the Future

ANDREW KEEN - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover

Former Internet entrepreneur Andrew Keen was among the earliest to write about the dangers that the Internet poses to our culture and society. His 2007 book The Cult of the Amateur was critical in helping advance the conversation around the Internet, which has now morphed from a tool...
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The Brain Defense: Murder in Manhattan and the Dawn of Neuroscience in America's Courtrooms

Kevin Davis - Penguin Press
Format: Print book

In 1991, the police were called to East 72nd St. in Manhattan, where a woman's body had fallen from a twelfth-story window. The woman's husband, Herbert Weinstein, soon confessed to having hit and strangled his wife after an argument, then dropping her body out of their apartment...
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A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution

Jennifer A Doudna - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

A trailblazing biologist grapples with her role in the biggest scientific discovery of our era: a cheap, easy way of rewriting genetic code, with nearly limitless promise and peril. Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world about its use....
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Royal Britain: A Magnificent Study Of Britain'S Royal Heritage With A Directory Of Royalty And Over 120 Of The Most Important Historic Buildings

CHARLES PHILLIPS - Lorenz Books
Format: Hardcover

Britain's royal and architectural heritage is celebrated in this sumptuous history, with 1000 images.
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Reinventing Hollywood: How 1940s Filmmakers Changed Movie Storytelling

David Bordwell - University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover

In the 1940s, American movies changed. Flashbacks began to be used in outrageous, unpredictable ways. Soundtracks flaunted voice-over commentary, and characters might pivot from a scene to address the viewer. Incidents were replayed from different characters' viewpoints, and sometimes...
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You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn

Wendy Lesser - Farrar
Format: Print book

The first biography of the iconic American architect that delves fully into his life and workBorn to a Jewish family in Estonia in 1901 and brought to America in 1906, the architect Louis Kahn grew up in poverty in Philadelphia; by the time of his death in 1974, he was widely recognized...
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Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil

William Middleton - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST ART BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY ARTNEWS**. The first and definitive biography of the celebrated collectors Dominique and John de Menil, who became one of the greatest cultural forces of the twentieth century through groundbreaking exhibits of art, artistic scholarship,...
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Dirty Genes: A Breakthrough Program to Treat the Root Cause of Illness and Optimize Your Health

Ben Lynch - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Instant National BestsellerAfter suffering for years with unexplainable health issues, Dr. Ben Lynch discovered the root cause - "dirty" genes. Genes can be "born dirty" or merely "act dirty" in response to your environment, diet, or lifestyle - causing lifelong,...
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The Lives of the Constitution: Ten Exceptional Minds that Shaped America's Supreme Law

JOSEPH TARTAKOVSKY - Encounter Books
Format: Hardcover

In a fascinating blend of biography and history, Joseph Tartakovsky tells the epic and unexpected story of our Constitution through the eyes of ten extraordinary individuals -- some renowned, like Alexander Hamilton and Woodrow Wilson, and some forgotten, like James Wilson and Ida B. Wells-Barnett....
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Music Preservation and Archiving Today

Norie Guthrie - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Paperback

Here are the stories of how music archives are preserving independent music and saving a part of our cultural heritage. Music Preservation and Archiving Today moves beyond the how-to and assembles the work currently being done to preserve music and "scenes" via essays, case studies,...
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Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times

Joel R Paul - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

The remarkable story of John Marshall who, as chief justice, statesman, and diplomat, played a pivotal role in the founding of the United States.No member of America's Founding Generation had a greater impact on the Constitution and the Supreme Court than John Marshall, and no one did more...
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The Heart of the Constitution: How the Bill of Rights became the Bill of Rights

Gerard N Magliocca - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

This is the untold story of the most celebrated part of the Constitution. Until the twentieth century, few Americans called the first ten constitutional amendments drafted by James Madison in 1789 and ratified by the states in 1791 the Bill of Rights. Even more surprising, when people finally...
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Artist Management for the Music Business

Paul Allen - Routledge
Format: Paperback

Anyone managing an artist's career needs to be well versed and have a savvy understanding of the moving parts of the music business. You'll learn how and why those moving parts "move," as well as how to manage and navigate a music-based career. Artist Management for the Music...
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Making Contact: Jill Tarter and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Sarah Scoles - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

For anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered, "Are we alone?" A brilliant examination of the science behind the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and its pioneer, Jill Tarter, the inspiration for the main character in Carl Sagan's Contact. Jill Tarter...
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Language at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can't, and What Can Be Done About It

Seidenberg Mar - Basic Books
Format: Print book

In 2011, when an international survey reported that students in Shanghai dramatically outperformed American students in reading, math, and science, President Obama declared it a "Sputnik moment": a wake-up call about the dismal state of American education. Little has changed,...
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Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Max Tegmark - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology - and there's nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark,...
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The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos

Christian Davenport - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

The historic quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rivals and their vast fortunes, egos, and visions of space as the next entrepreneurial frontier The Space Barons is the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes...
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LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media

P W Singer - Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

Two defense experts explore the collision of war, politics, and social media, where the most important battles are now only a click away. Through the weaponization of social media, the internet is changing war and politics, just as war and politics are changing the internet. Terrorists...
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Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew

Michael D Leinbach - Arcade Publishing
Format: Hardcover

The "gripping and dramatic" inside story of the epic search and recovery operation after the Columbia shuttle disaster that united thousands of Americans (BOOKLIST ) .Voted the Best Space Book of the Year by the Space HipstersOn February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry...
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The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World

Damon Krukowski - New Press
Format: Print book

What John Berger did to ways of seeing, well-known indie musician Damon Krukowski does to ways of listening in this lively guide to the transition from analog to digital cultureHaving made his name in the late 1980s as a founding member of the indie band Galaxie 500, Damon Krukowski has watched...
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Chasing Captain America: How Advances in Science, Engineering, and Biotechnology Will Produce a Superhuman

E Paul Zehr - ECW Press
Format: Paperback

Could we create a real-life superhero by changing human biology itself? The form and function of the human body, once entirely delimited by nature, are now fluid concepts thanks to recent advances in biomedical science and engineering. Professor, author, and comic book enthusiast E. Paul...
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Bridge to Brilliance : How One Principal in a Tough Community Is Inspiring the World

Nadia Lopez - Viking
Format: Print book

"The story of Mott Hall Bridges Academy is the story of American education. Nadia Lopez . . . must be a principal, a mentor, and sometimes a mother. I hope that you're as impressed by her dedication to these kids as I've been." - Brandon Stanton, #1 New York Times bestselling...
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Last Days of the Concorde: The Crash of Flight 4590 and the End of Supersonic Passenger Travel

Samme Chittum - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover

The gripping true tale of a devastating plane crash, the investigation into its causes, and the race to prevent similar disasters in the future.On July 25, 2000, a Concorde, the world's fastest passenger plane, was taking off from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris when it suddenly...
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A Space Traveler's Guide to the Solar System

Mark Thompson - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

An eye-opening and provocative tour of our solar system, from one of Britain's celebrated astronomists. Have you ever dreamed of being an astronaut, traveling through the universe on your very own space mission? What would it be like to tour the solar system, visiting the sun and the planets,...
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Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies Thatll Improve and/or Ruin Everything

Kelly Weinersmith - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover

The instant New York Times bestseller!A Wall Street Journal Best Science Book of the Year!A Popular Science Best Science Book of the Year! From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a hilariously illustrated investigation into...
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Graphene: The Superstrong, Superthin, and Superversatile Material That Will Revolutionize the World

Les Johnson - Prometheus Books
Format: Paperback

Two scientists give an enthusiastic, layperson's overview of a new supermaterial now in development that could transform many features of daily life, from creating new conveniences to improving health and safety.What if you discovered an infinitesimally thin material capable of conducting...
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Small Gas Engine Repair, Fourth Edition

PAUL DEMPSEY - MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION
Format: Print book

The bestselling step-by-step guide to gas engine maintenance and repair - updated for today's do-it-yourselferThe Fourth Edition of Small Gas Engine Repair shows readers how to troubleshoot and repair virtually any type of small gas engine used in garden equipment, chain saws, pumps,...
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Rocket Billionaires: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the New Space Race

Tim Fernholz - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

The inside story of the new race to conquer space, as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos spend billions of their own money to explore the final frontier For the largerthanlife personalities now staking their fortunes on the development of rocket ships, the new race to explore space could be a dead...
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Pogue's Basics: Essential Tips and Shortcuts

David Pogue - St Martin's Press
Format: Print book

New York Times BestsellerDid you know that can you scroll a Web page just by tapping the space bar How do you recover photos you've deleted by accident What can you do if your cell phone's battery is dead by dinnertime each day When it comes to technology, there's no driver's ed class...
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Networking All-in-One For Dummies

LOWE. - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Becoming a master of networking has never been easier Whether you're in charge of a small network or a large network, Networking All-in-One is full of the information you'll need to set up a network and keep it functioning. Fully updated to capture the latest Windows 10 releases...
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Sonic Wind: The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest Man on Earth

Craig Ryan - Liveright Publishing Corporation
Format: Hardcover

The untold story of an eccentric, scientific visionary whose death-defying research has saved millions of lives.Sixty years ago, cars and airplanes were still deathtraps waiting to happen. Today, both are safer than ever, thanks in part to one pioneering air force doctor's research...
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Why Write?: A Master Class on the Art of Writing and Why it Matters

Mark Edmundson - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Print book

Why write? Why write when it sometimes feels that so few people really read--read as if their lives might be changed by what they're reading? Why write, when the world wants to be informed, not enlightened; to be entertained, not inspired? Writing is backbreaking, mindbreaking, lonely...
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Now You're Talking: Human Conversation from the Neanderthals to Artificial Intelligence

Trevor J Cox - Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover

A history of how humans developed our capacity for conversation -- and what might happen now that computers are catching up Trevor Cox has been described by The Observer as "a David Attenborough of the acoustic realm." In Now You're Talking, he takes us on a journey through...
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64 Geeks: The Brains That Shaped our World

Chas Newkey-Burden - Ilex Press
Format: Hardcover

See the greatest minds in history like never before; rendered in the greatest way imaginable: 8-bit pixel art! This book celebrates the 64 Best. Brains. Ever; the geeks who each played an essential part in taking humanity from mud huts to the world we live in today.Discover more than you knew...
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The Imagineers of War: The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World

Sharon Weinberger - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book

The definitive history of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency--the most authoritative account we have of the Pentagon agency that has quietly shaped war and technology for nearly sixty years. Founded in 1958 in response to the launch of Sputnik, DARPA has been responsible for countless...
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The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth

MICHIO KAKU - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

The #1 bestselling author of The Future of the Mind traverses the frontiers of astrophysics, artificial intelligence, and technology to offer a stunning vision of man's future in space, from settling Mars to traveling to distant galaxies.Formerly the domain of fiction, moving human...
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Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work

Steven Kotler - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

It's the biggest revolution you've never heard of, and it's hiding in plain sight. Over the past decade, Silicon Valley executives like Eric Schmidt and Elon Musk, Special Operators like the Navy SEALs and the Green Berets, and maverick scientists like Sasha Shulgin and Amy Cuddy have turned...
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Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World

Steven Johnson - Riverhead Books
Format: Print book

From the New York Times-bestselling author of How We Got to Now and Where Good Ideas Come From, a look at the world-changing innovations we made while keeping ourselves entertained. This lushly illustrated history of popular entertainment takes a long-zoom approach,...
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A Description of the New York Central Park

Clarence C Cook - NYU Press
Format: Hardcover

A new facsimile edition of a classic work on New York's architectural masterpiece - Central Park
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Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon

JEFFREY KLUGER - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

The untold story of the historic voyage to the moon that closed out one of our darkest years with a nearly unimaginable triumphIn August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three...
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Safely to Earth: The Men and Women Who Brought the Astronauts Home

Jack Clemons - University Press of Florida
Format: Hardcover

National Federation of Press Women National Communications Contest, First Place for Autobiography/MemoirDelaware Press Association Communications Contest, First Place for Autobiography/MemoirIn this one-of-a-kind memoir, Jack Clemons - a former lead engineer in support of NASA - takes readers...
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Principles of food sanitation

Norman G Marriott - Chapman & Hall
Format: Print book

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How to Make a Spaceship: A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race, and the Birth of Private Spaceflight

Julian Guthrie - Penguin Books
Format: Print book

The historic race that reawakened the promise of manned spaceflight Alone in a Spartan black cockpit, test pilot Mike Melvill rocketed toward space. He had eighty seconds to exceed the speed of sound and begin the climb to a target no civilian pilot had ever reached. He might not make it back...
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Pinpoint: How GPS Is Changing Technology, Culture, and Our Minds

Greg Milner - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book

Pinpoint tells the story of GPS, a scientific marvel that enables almost all modern technology -- but is changing us in profound ways.Over the last fifty years, humanity has developed an extraordinary shared utility: the Global Positioning System. Even as it guides us across town, GPS helps...
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Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics, 6th Edition

Stan Gibilisco - Mcgraw-Hill Education
Format: Print book

Learn electricity and electronics fundamentals and applications -- all without taking a formal course This fully updated guide offers practical, easy-to-follow instruction on electricity and electronics. Written by a pair of experienced instructors, Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics,...
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Atari Age: The Emergence of Video Games in America

Michael Z Newman - MIT Press
Format: Print book

Beginning with the release of the Magnavox Odyssey and Pong in 1972, video games, whether played in arcades and taverns or in family rec rooms, became part of popular culture, like television. In fact, video games were sometimes seen as an improvement on television because they spurred...
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Words Onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World

Naomi S. Baron - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Discusses the rise of e-readers and how their popularity is affecting the way people read books, the way people write books, and what might be lost if reading goes entirely digital.-- Publsiher's description.Overview: People have been reading on computer screens for several decades...
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Cyberspies: The Secret History of Surveillance, Hacking, and Digital Espionage

Gordon Corera - Pegasus Books
Format: Print book

The previously untold -- and previously highly classified -- story of the conflux of espionage and technology, with a compelling narrative rich with astonishing revelations taking readers from World War II to the internet age. As the digital era become increasingly pervasive, the intertwining...
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Free Speech Beyond Words: The Surprising Reach of the First Amendment

Mark V Tushnet - New York University Press
Format: Print book

The Supreme Court has unanimously held that Jackson Pollock's paintings, Arnold Schoenberg's music, and Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky" are "unquestionably shielded" by the First Amendment. Nonrepresentational art, instrumental music, and nonsense: all receive...
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The Early American Daguerreotype: Cross-Currents in Art and Technology

Sarah Kate Gillespie - The MIT Press
Format: Print book

The daguerreotype, invented in France, came to America in 1839. By 1851, this early photographic method had been improved by American daguerreotypists to such a degree that it was often referred to as "the American process." The daguerreotype -- now perhaps mostly associated with...
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Lady Liberty

Luce Lebart - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback

A photographic essay recounting the creation and installation of the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is known around the world as a symbol of freedom and democracy. Poet Emma Lazarus' words inscribed on its pedestal -- "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses...
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Open Concept Houses

FRANCESC ZAMORA - Harper Design
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the successful 150 Best series comes the debut entry in the forward-thinking Open Concept Houses series, filled with nearly 500 pages of color photos - sure to become the ultimate resource for this fast-growing trend in home design and renovation.One of the hottest lifestyle...
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Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda

Marion Nestle - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book

Sodas are astonishing products. Little more than flavored sugar-water, these drinks cost practically nothing to produce or buy, yet have turned their makers--principally Coca-Cola and PepsiCo--into a multibillion-dollar industry with global recognition, distribution, and political power....
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1,001 Praxis Core Practice Questions For Dummies With Online Practice

Consumer Dummies - For Dummies
Format: Print book

Score higher on the Praxis Core exam Test your skills with practice problems for every question type Practice problems online, from easy to hard Track your progress, pinpoint your strengths, and work through your weaknesses
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Blood & Ivy: The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard

Paul Collins - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A delectable true-crime story of scandal and murder at America's most celebrated university.On November 23rd of 1849, in the heart of Boston, one of the city's richest men simply vanished. Dr. George Parkman, a Brahmin who owned much of Boston's West End, was last seen that afternoon visiting...
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Legal Research: How to Find & Understand the Law

Stephen Elias - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Legal Research: Take the law into your own hands Legal Research provides everything you need to answer your legal questions at home, work, or as part of your law-related coursework. The easy-to-follow instructions will help you find and understand statutes, regulations, cases, and more....
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HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship

Nadine Strossen - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

HATE dispels misunderstandings plaguing our perennial debates about "hate speech vs. free speech," showing that the First Amendment approach promotes free speech and democracy, equality, and societal harmony. We hear too many incorrect assertions that "hate speech" -- which...
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Get an Internship and Make the Most of It: Practical Information for High School and Community College Students

Joan E McLachlan - Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
Format: Print book

Too often students automatically think that an internship is not for them. They seem to believe that internships are just for those students who are in AP or engineering and science programs or for students who know exactly what career they want to pursue. They don't take internship...
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Teach Like a Champion Field Guide 2.0: A Practical Resource to Make the 62 Techniques Your Own

Doug Lemov - Jossey-Bass
Format: Print book

The must-have companion workbook to the bestselling Teach Like a Champion 2.0 Teach Like a Champion Field Guide 2.0 is the teacher's hands-on guide to improving their craft. In Teach Like a Champion 2.0, veteran teaching coach Doug Lemov updated, improved upon, and replaced the original...
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Treasures from the Map Room: A Journey through the Bodleian Collections

Debbie Hall - Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format: Hardcover

The Bodleian Library is home to one of the world's largest and oldest collections of maps, with atlases, maps, and books on cartography dating back to the fourteenth century, including many that are among the most rare and historically significant. Treasures from the Map Room publishes...
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101 Ways to Score Higher on Your Series 7 Exam: What You Need to Know Explained Simply

Claire Bradley - Atlantic Publishing
Format: Print book

This revised, new edition is filled with information about stocks, markets, government securities, municipal and corporate bonds, options, indexes, mutual funds, interest funds, interest rates, mortgages, margin accounts, insider trading, short selling, and dividends, which are addressed...
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Last Resort: The Financial Crisis and the Future of Bailouts

Eric A Posner - University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover

The bailouts during the recent financial crisis enraged the public. They felt unfair - and counterproductive: people who take risks must be allowed to fail. If we reward firms that make irresponsible investments, costing taxpayers billions of dollars, aren't we encouraging them to continue...
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Music Supervision, 2nd Edition: The Complete Guide to Selecting Music for Movies, TV, Games, & New Media

Ramsay Adams - Omnibus Press
Format: Paperback

The newly revised, definitive book on music supervision, which guides you through real-world scenarios and legal landmines, explores sound design, and profiles key players. Music supervision, or matching music to all the different mediums from films to ring tones, is one of the fastest-growing...
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Kafka's Last Trial: The Case of a Literary Legacy

Benjamin Balint - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

The story of the international struggle to preserve Kafka's literary legacy.Kafka's Last Trial begins with Kafka's last instruction to his closest friend, Max Brod: to destroy all his remaining papers upon his death. But when the moment arrived in 1924, Brod could not bring...
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Her Body, Our Laws: On the Front Lines of the Abortion War, from El Salvador to Oklahoma

Michelle Oberman - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

With stories from the front lines, a legal scholar journeys through distinct legal climates to understand precisely why and how the war over abortion is being fought.Drawing on her years of research in El Salvador - the only country to ban abortion without exception - legal scholar Michelle...
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The Campus Rape Frenzy: The Attack on Due Process at Americas Universities

KC Johnson - Encounter Books
Format: Hardcover

In recent years, politicians led by President Obama and prominent senators and governors have teamed with extremists on campus to portray our nations institutions of higher learning as awash in a violent crime wave -- and to suggest (preposterously) that university leaders, professors,...
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New York NYSTCE Students w/Disabilities

Ken Springer - Research & Education Association; Pap/Psc edition
Format: Print book

REA's NYSTCE Students with Disabilities (060) Test Prep with Online Practice TestsGets You Certified and in the Classroom!Nationwide, more than 4 million teachers will be needed over the next decade, and all must take appropriate tests to be licensed. REA gets you ready for your teaching...
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