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How to Fix the Future
ANDREW KEEN · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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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 providing... |
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Bioinspired Devices: Emulating Nature's Assembly and Repair Process
Eugene Curtis Goldfield · Harvard University Press
Pages: 459
Format: Hardcover
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Robotic exoskeletons that allow stroke survivors to regain use of their limbs, 3D-printed replacement body parts, and dozens of other innovations still in schematic design are revolutionizing the treatment of debilitating injuries and nervous system disorders. What all these technologies... |
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Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era
Tony Wagner · Scribner Book Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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From two leading experts in education and entrepreneurship, an urgent call for the radical re-imagining of American education so that we better equip students for the realities of the twenty-first century economy.Today more than ever, we prize academic achievement, pressuring our children... |
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Renters' Rights: The Basics
Janet Portman Attorney · NOLO; Eighth Edition edition
Format: Print book
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Handle problems with landlords and roommates The landlord ignores your repair requests. Your roommate is always late with his share of the rent. Your upstairs neighbors party all the time. The landlord won't return your security deposit. How can you deal with these problems - and others... |
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The Game Believes in You: How Digital Play Can Make Our Kids Smarter
Greg Toppo · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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What if schools, from the wealthiest suburban nursery school to the grittiest urban high school, thrummed with the sounds of deep immersion? More and more people believe that can happen - with the aid of video games. Greg Toppo's The Game Believes in You presents the story of a small... |
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Trustee's Legal Companion, The: A Step-by-Step Guide to Administering a Living Trust
Liza Weiman Hanks · Nolo
Pages: 416
Format: Print book
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Serving as the trustee of a living trust after someone has died can be a big task -- and you probably wonder just where you're supposed to start. The Trustee's Legal Companion contains the help you need to get organized, get moving, and do a good job. You'll learn how to: decide... |
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Make: Getting Started with MakerBot
Bre Pettis · Maker Media, Inc; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Ready to join the personal fabrication movement? This hands-on book shows you how to make a wide variety of physical objects with the amazing MakerBot 3D printer.It’s handy when you need a replacement for something lost, broken, or no longer made—like a knob on your stove. You can make... |
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How to Study
Ron Fry · Cengage Learning PTR; 7 edition
Format: Book
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The bestselling How to Study (Seventh Edition) reveals the study skills that all students need to know in order to be successful, whether the goal is landing a top scholarship or excelling in school. This edition includes information on how to create an effective work environment, stand... |
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Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
ZACH WEINERSMITH · Penguin Press
Pages: 358
Format: Hardcover
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From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a hilariously illustrated investigation into future technologies -- from how to fling a ship into deep space on the cheap to 3D organ printing What will the world of tomorrow be like?... |
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Open Concept Houses
FRANCESC ZAMORA · Harper Design
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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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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Patent Searching Made Easy: How to do Patent Searches on the Internet and in the Library
David Hitchcock · Nolo; Sixth Edition edition
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
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In the past, if you wanted to assess the novelty of an idea, you had to wade through the patent database at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) in Virginia -- or hire a lawyer to do a patent search for $500 and up. The cost and inconvenience of these searches often meant that good... |
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