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Digital Legacy Plan: A guide to the personal and practical elements of your digital life before you die

Angela Crocker - Self-Counsel Press
Format: Paperback

When you die, what will be left about you online? How will your online accounts be accessed and how will you be remembered for posterity? From online banking to decades worth of digital family photos, copious creative or intellectual property, or personal history documented on social media,...
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The Power of One: How I Found the Strength to Tell the Truth and Why I Blew the Whistle on Facebook

Frances Haugen - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

The inside story of one woman's battles against Big Tech, by the Facebook whistleblower who is determined to help us all retake control of our lives. In the spring of 2021, when news outlets feasted on "the Facebook Files," Frances Haugen went public as the former employee...
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iPad For Seniors For Dummies

Dwight Spivey - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Get to know the exciting features of your new iPad! The iPad can do almost anything: entertain you, help you stay in touch with the world, boost your productivity, and more. If you have lots of life experience but are a little less tech savvy, iPad For Seniors For Dummies is here to help...
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Broken Code: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets

Jeff Horwitz - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

By an award-winning technology reporter for The Wall Street Journal, a behind-the-scenes look at the manipulative tactics Facebook used to grow its business, how it distorted the way we connect online, and the company insiders who found the courage to speak out. "A page-turning narrative...
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Easy OS X Mavericks

Kate Binder - Que
Format: Paperback

Easy Mac OS X is the perfect companion for everyone who's bought a new Macintosh with the new OS X pre-installed, every Mac user who's upgrading to the newest version of OS X, and for the many new Mac users who've just switched from Windows. This full-color, utterly simple,...
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A Brief History of Timekeeping: The Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks

Chad Orzel - BenBella Books
Format: Paperback


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Arduino for Beginners: Essential Skills Every Maker Needs

John Baichtal - Que
Format: Paperback

ARDUINO for BEGINNERS ESSENTIAL SKILLS EVERY MAKER NEEDS Loaded with full-color step-by-step illustrations! Absolutely no experience needed! Learn Arduino from the ground up, hands-on, in full color! Discover Arduino, join the DIY movement, and build an amazing spectrum...
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On the Future: Prospects for Humanity

MARTIN REES - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

A provocative and inspiring look at the future of humanity and science from world-renowned scientist and bestselling author Martin ReesHumanity has reached a critical moment. Our world is unsettled and rapidly changing, and we face existential risks over the next century. Various prospects...
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Excel 2019 in easy steps

Michael Price - In Easy Steps Limited
Format: Paperback

Excel 2019 in easy steps will help you get to grips with the latest version of this popular spreadsheet application. Areas covered include: Creating, editing and manipulating worksheets Formulas, Functions and Pivot Tables Handy templates to give you a head start Macros for everyday tasks...
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Quantum Computing for Everyone

Chris Bernhardt - The MIT Press
Format: Hardcover

An accessible introduction to an exciting new area in computation, explaining such topics as qubits, entanglement, and quantum teleportation for the general reader.Quantum computing is a beautiful fusion of quantum physics and computer science, incorporating some of the most stunning ideas...
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