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Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Elegantly tracing the intellectual history of computer science, Foer puts the DNA of the very idea of "tech" under the microscope. Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon, he argues, are breaking laws intended to protect intellectual property and privacy. This is not the path towards freedom and prosperity, but the total automation and homogenization of our social, political, and intellectual lives. Today's corporate giants want access to every facet...
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"Federal agencies apply GIS to a wide variety of solutions and workflows, such as targeting financial aid, combating the effects of climate change, protecting forests, and conserving water resources. The maps in this volume tell compelling stories of how GIS adapts to countless disciplines, engages citizens, and presents limitless opportunities to transform our nation and our planet"--From Foreword.
Pub. Date
2021
Description
This resource guide is structured around the 89 most prevalent chronic illnesses and provides a comprehensive overview of the support services and information resources available for people diagnosed with a chronic illness. Each chronic illness has its own chapter and contains a brief description in layman's language followed by important resources
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Pub. Date
♭2015
Description
The 2015 edition of The Ultimate Search Book displays Lori Carangelo's mastery for finding adopted children, missing relatives, runaway children, and others that was cultivated over an adult lifetime. Inside you will learn just how search experts get past the wall of secrecy and roadblocks to their loved ones; how, in the case of adoptees, they find someone without a prior knowledge of the name; and the trade secrets of both professional investigators...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Research remains a core purpose of every library. This book provides a text for LIS students and a practical handbook to librarians and other educators who need to conduct research in their libraries. In Research Methods for Librarians and Educators, contributors reinforce the essential nature of research and provide readers with the confidence that they can conduct research to find solutions to various problems and improve their libraries and library...
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Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
On Monday , January 10, 2000, America Online announced that it was buying Time Warner for $163 billion. The news was crazy, incredible. The biggest merger ever, it was, according to the media, an "awesome megadeal" and "a fusion of guts and glory." It was "the deal of the century" and "a mega-marriage of earth and cyberspace." An Internet upstart, AOL was buying the world's most powerful media and entertainment company. "A company that isn't old enough...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Instead of buying the myths these companies broadcast, Galloway asks fundamental questions. How did the Four infiltrate our lives so completely that theyre almost impossible to avoid (or boycott)? Why does the stock market forgive them for sins that would destroy other firms? And as they race to become the worlds first trillion-dollar company, can anyone challenge them?
55) Information hunters: when librarians, soldiers, and spies banded together in World War II Europe
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Information Hunters examines the unprecedented American effort to acquire foreign publications and information in World War II Europe. An unlikely band of librarians, scholars, soldiers, and spies went to Europe to collect books and documents to aid the Allies' cause. They travelled to neutral cities to find enemy publications for intelligence analysis and followed advancing armies to capture records in a massive program of confiscation. After the...
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