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MLA Guide to Digital Literacy

Ellen C. Carillo - Modern Language Association
Format: Paperback

Updated edition providing students with hands-on strategies for digital literacy.The second edition of this best-selling classroom guide helps students understand why digital literacy is a crucial skill for their education, future careers, and participation in democracy. Offering practical...
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Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America's First Cyber Spy

Eric O'Neill - Crown
Format: Hardcover

A cybersecurity expert and former FBI "ghost" tells the thrilling story of how he helped take down notorious FBI mole Robert Hanssen, the first Russian cyber spy.Eric O'Neill was only twenty-six when he was tapped for the case of a lifetime: a one-on-one undercover investigation...
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The Ascent of Information: Books, Bits, Genes, Machines, and Life's Unending Algorithm

Caleb Scharf
Format: Hardcover

s using you to get what it wants.One of the most peculiar and possibly unique features of humans is the vast amount of information we carry outside our biological selves. But in our rush to build the infrastructure for the 20 quintillion bits we create every day, we've failed to ask exactly...
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Break Through the Noise: The Nine Rules to Capture Global Attention

Tim Staples - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

The odds of getting a video onto YouTube's front page are 1-in-2,000,0000, but Tim Staples, founder and CEO of Shareability, knows how to make the algorithms of Youtube, Google, Facebook and Instagram work for you - and he has the results to prove it, with a thriving business that has gotten...
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Getting Started With Arduino: The Open Source Electronics Prototyping Platform

Michael Shiloh - Make Community, LLC; 4th edition
Format: Paperback

Arduino is the open source electronics prototyping platform that has taken the Maker Movement by storm. This thorough introduction, updated for the latest Arduino release, helps you start prototyping right away. From obtaining the required components to putting the final touches on your...
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Chromebooks in easy steps: Ideal for Seniors

In Easy Steps Limited - In Easy Steps Limited
Format: Paperback

Chromebooks in easy stepsillustrates all the clever features of this versatile, budget-friendly alternative to a Windows laptop or MacBook. Covering all Chromebook models, it: Demystifies what a Chromebook is and how it differs from other types of laptops and tablets. Shows how to get your...
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Color Scheme: An Irreverent History of Art and Pop Culture in Color Palettes

Edith Young - Princeton Architectural Press
Format: Hardcover

From the shades of pink in the blush of Madame de Pompadour's cheeks to Prince's concert costumes, Color Scheme decodes the often overlooked color concepts that can be found in art history and visual culture. Edith Young's forty color palettes and accompanying essays reveal...
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A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence: What It Is, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going

Michael Wooldridge - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

The somewhat ill-defined long-term aim of AI is to build machines that are conscious, self-aware, and sentient; machines capable of the kind of intelligent autonomous action that currently only people are capable of. As an AI researcher with 25 years of experience, professor Mike Wooldridge...
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Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation

Reid Mitenbuler
Format: Hardcover

In 1911, famed cartoonist Winsor McCay debuted one of the first animated cartoons, based on his sophisticated newspaper strip "Little Nemo in Slumberland," itself inspired by Freud's recent research on dreams. McCay is largely forgotten today, but he unleashed an art form,...
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Full Spectrum: How the Science of Color Made Us Modern

Adam Rogers - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

From kelly green to millennial pink, our world is graced with a richness of colors. But our human-made colors haven't always matched nature's kaleidoscopic array. To reach those brightest heights required millennia of remarkable innovation and a fascinating exchange of ideas between...
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