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Price: $25.95
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Sale: $15.75
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Manufacturer: Basic Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: John Palfrey::Urs Gasser
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Publisher: Basic Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 302.2310835
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Publication Date: 2008-08-25
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Reading Level: 288
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Description: The first generation of “digital natives” – children who were born into and raised in the digital world – are coming of age, and soon our world will be reshaped in their image. Our economy, our cultural life, even the shape of our family life will be forever transformed. But who are these digital natives? How are they different from older generations – or “digital immigrants” – and what is the world they’re creating going to look like? In Born Digital, leading internet and technology experts John Palfrey and Urs Gasser offer a sociological portrait of this exotic tribe of young people who can seem, even to those merely a generation older, both extraordinarily sophisticated and strangely narrow. Based on original research, Born Digital explores a broad range of issues, from the highly philosophical to the purely practical: What does identity mean for young people who have dozens of online profiles and avatars? Should we worry about privacy issues – or is privacy even a relevant concern for digital natives? How does the concept of safety translate into an increasingly virtual world? Is “stranger-danger” a real problem, or a red herring? What lies ahead – socially, professionally, and psychologically – for this generation? A smart, practical guide to a brave new world and its complex inhabitants, Born Digital will be essential reading for parents, teachers, and the myriad of confused adults who want to understand the digital present – and shape the digital future.
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $4.88
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Manufacturer: Vintage
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: John Berendt
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Publisher: Vintage
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Dewey Decimal Number: 975.8724
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Publication Date: 1999-06-28
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Reading Level: 400
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Description: John Berendt's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil has been heralded as a "lyrical work of nonfiction," and the book's extremely graceful prose depictions of some of Savannah, Georgia's most colorful eccentrics--remarkable characters who could have once prospered in a William Faulkner novel or Eudora Welty short story--were certainly a critical factor in its tremendous success. (One resident into whose orbit Berendt fell, the Lady Chablis, went on to become a minor celebrity in her own right.) But equally important was Berendt's depiction of Savannah socialite Jim Williams as he stands trial for the murder of Danny Hansford, a moody, violence-prone hustler--and sometime companion to Williams--characterized by locals as a "walking streak of sex." So feel free to call it a "true crime classic" without a trace of shame.
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Price: $22.95
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Sale: $13.88
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Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Alex (Sandy) Pentland
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Publisher: The MIT Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 302.12
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Publication Date: 2008-10-31
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Reading Level: 192
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Description: How can you know when someone is bluffing? Paying attention? Genuinely interested? The answer, writes Sandy Pentland in Honest Signals, is that subtle patterns in how we interact with other people reveal our attitudes toward them. These unconscious social signals are not just a back channel or a complement to our conscious language; they form a separate communication network. Biologically based "honest signaling," evolved from ancient primate signaling mechanisms, offers an unmatched window into our intentions, goals, and values. If we understand this ancient channel of communication, Pentland claims, we can accurately predict the outcomes of situations ranging from job interviews to first dates.
Pentland, an MIT professor, has used a specially designed digital sensor worn like an ID badge—a "sociometer"—to monitor and analyze the back-and-forth patterns of signaling among groups of people. He and his researchers found that this second channel of communication, revolving not around words but around social relations, profoundly influences major decisions in our lives—even though we are largely unaware of it. Pentland presents the scientific background necessary for understanding this form of communication, applies it to examples of group behavior in real organizations, and shows how by "reading" our social networks we can become more successful at pitching an idea, getting a job, or closing a deal. Using this "network intelligence" theory of social signaling, Pentland describes how we can harness the intelligence of our social network to become better managers, workers, and communicators.
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Price: $14.00
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Sale: $7.82
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Manufacturer: Holt Paperbacks
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Bill McKibben
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Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
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Dewey Decimal Number: 301
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Publication Date: 2008-03-04
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Reading Level: 272
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Description: “Masterfully crafted, deeply thoughtful and mind-expanding.”—Los Angeles Times In this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a generation to the prevailing view of our economy. Deep Economy makes the compelling case for moving beyond “growth” as the paramount economic ideal and pursuing prosperity in a more local direction, with regions producing more of their own food, generating more of their own energy, and even creating more of their own culture and entertainment. Our purchases need not be at odds with the things we truly value, McKibben argues, and the more we nurture the essential humanity of our economy, the more we will recapture our own.
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $5.95
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Manufacturer: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Clint Johnson
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Publisher: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
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Dewey Decimal Number: 301
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Publication Date: 2007-01-17
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Reading Level: 288
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Description: The latest installment in the New York Times bestselling Politically Incorrect Guide series expands on the pro-South slant of the hugely successful Politically Incorrect Guide to American History. Author Clint Johnson shows why the South, with its emphasis on traditional values, family, faith, military service, good manners, small government, and independent-minded people, should certainly rise again.
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Price: $15.00
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Sale: $7.62
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Manufacturer: Scribner
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Chuck Klosterman
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Publisher: Scribner
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Dewey Decimal Number: 306
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Publication Date: 2007-07-03
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Reading Level: 432
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Description: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SEX, DRUGS, AND COCOA PUFFS CHUCK KLOSTERMAN IV CONSISTS OF THREE PARTS: THINGS THAT ARE TRUE Profiles and trend stories: Britney Spears, Radiohead, Billy Joel, Metallica, Val Kilmer, Bono, Wilco, the White Stripes, Steve Nash, Morrissey, Robert Plant -- all with new introductions and footnotes. THINGS THAT MIGHT BE TRUE Opinions and theories on everything from monogamy to pirates to robots to super people to guilt, and (of course) Advancement -- all with new hypothetical questions and footnotes. SOMETHING THAT ISN'T TRUE AT ALL This is old fiction. There's a new introduction, but no footnotes. Well, there's a footnote in the introduction, but none in the story.
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Price: $7.99
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Sale: $3.86
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Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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Author: Candace Bushnell
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Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
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Dewey Decimal Number: 306.73
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Publication Date: 2006-08-01
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Reading Level: 304
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Description: The "Sex and the City" columnist for the New York Observer documents the social scene of modern-day Manhattan. The reader gets an introduction to "Modelizers," the men who only have eyes for models, as well as a more common species, the "Toxic Bachelor." Reading like a society novel gone downtown and askew, Sex and the City is a comically sordid look at status and ambition and the many characters consumed by the sexual politics of the '90s.
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Price: $15.00
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Sale: $8.37
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Manufacturer: Pocket
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Robin Norwood
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Publisher: Pocket
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Dewey Decimal Number: 305
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Publication Date: 2008-04-08
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Reading Level: 352
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Description: The relationship classic hailed by Erica Jong as "life-
changing" -- now updated with a new introduction
and resource section!
The #1 New York Times bestseller that asks
ARE YOU A WOMAN WHO LOVES TOO MUCH? - Do you find yourself attracted again and again to troubled, distant, moody men -- while "nice guys" seem boring?
- Do you obsess over men who are emotionally unavailable, addicted to work, hobbies, alcohol, or other women?
- Do you neglect your friends and your own interests to be immediately available to him?
- Do you feel empty without him, even though being with him is torment?
Robin Norwood's groundbreaking work will enable you to recognize the roots of your destructive patterns of relating and provide you with a step-by-step guide to a more rewarding way of living and loving. If being in love means being in pain, you need to read Women Who Love Too Much.
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Price: $18.95
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Sale: $10.56
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Manufacturer: Pantheon
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Edward S. Herman::Noam Chomsky
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Publisher: Pantheon
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Dewey Decimal Number: 381.4530223
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Publication Date: 2002-01-15
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Reading Level: 480
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Description: An absolutely brilliant analysis of the ways in which individuals and organizations of the media are influenced to shape the social agendas of knowledge and, therefore, belief. Contrary to the popular conception of members of the press as hard-bitten realists doggedly pursuing unpopular truths, Herman and Chomsky prove conclusively that the free-market economics model of media leads inevitably to normative and narrow reporting. Whether or not you've seen the eye-opening movie, buy this book, and you will be a far more knowledgeable person and much less prone to having your beliefs manipulated as easily as the press.
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $9.81
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Manufacturer: Seven Stories Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: John R. Talbott
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Publisher: Seven Stories Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 330.973
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Publication Date: 2008-07-01
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: Barack Obama’s greatest strength has been his ability to bring the country together in a meaningful dialog. For far too long the divisions among races, religions, cultures, and genders have prevented Americans from coming together to solve the most important problems of our generation: - Environment and energy shortages
- Mortgage and housing crises
- War and terrorism
- Healthcare and Social Security
- Poverty in the world’s richest nation
As the Obama administration takes on the current economic crisis amid accusations of planning a socialist system, economics and political writer John R. Talbott argues that such complex problems found both at home and abroad cannot just be left to the actions of government or the free market business world, or the Bush administration's version of Reagonomics that still sticks to a “trickle-down” policy. The change that Talbott sees from a Barack Obama presidency is one based on justice and cooperation, principles that have not held sway in Washington, DC for a very long time. Obamanomics, infused with Obama’s speeches, campaign policy statements, and other writings, describes not just a government but a NATION acting according to democratic principles to reform lobbying, banking, and housing as well as restore economic growth, address the healthcare system, improve education, and find solutions to our aging population and declining energy sources. Once emphasis is placed on citizen involvement, real solutions become apparent to our most pressing problems. The American values of goodness, justice, and fairness is reflected in this man with roots from Kenya, Kansas, Hawaii, and Illinois can once again be incorporated into our economic and financial system. A former investment banker for Goldman Sachs, John R. Talbott is the author of four books on economics and politics, including The Coming Crash in the Housing Market making him one of the first to predict the current housing and mortgage crisis. He has appeared on CNN, Fox News, CNBC, and CBS Marketwatch and has written for The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and the Boston Globe.
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