Johnson, Steven
Summary: The $10 billion video gaming industry is now the second-largest segment of the entertainment industry in the United States, outstripping film and far surpassing books. Reality television shows featuring silicone-stuffed CEO wannabes and bug-eating adrenaline junkies dominate the ratings. But prominent social and cultural critic Steven Johnson argues that our popular culture has never been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2006
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Summary: "A riveting account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York-and the detective duo who transformed policing to meet the threat-from the bestselling author of The Ghost Map"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2024
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Summary: "As a species, humans have doubled their life expectancy in one hundred years. Medical breakthroughs, public health institutions, rising standards of living, and the other advances of modern life have given each person about 20,000 extra days on average.This book attempts to help the reader understand where that progress came from and what forces keep people alive longer. The author also...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2021
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Summary: "From the New York Times-bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Everything Bad Is Good for You, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas. In this illustrated volume, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks, and eyeglass lenses, to name a few) from their creation by hobbyists, amateurs, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) 2014
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Summary: "From the New York Times-bestselling author of How We Got to Now and Where Good Ideas Come From, a look at he world-changing innovations we made while keeping ourselves entertained. This lushly illustrated history of popular entertainment takes along-zoom approach, contending that the pursuit of novelty and wonder is a powerful driver of world-shaping technological change. Steven Johnson...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2002
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Summary: "How did a single manhunt spark the modern era of multinational capitalism? Henry Avery was the seventeenth century's most notorious pirate. The press published wildly popular--and wildly inaccurate--reports of his nefarious adventures. The British government offered enormous bounties for his capture, alive or (preferably) dead. But Steven Johnson argues that Avery's most lasting legacy was his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2020
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Summary: "The hardest choices are also the most consequential. So why do we know so little about how to get them right? Big, life-altering decisions matter so much more than the decisions we make every day, and they're also the most difficult: where to live, whom to marry, what to believe, whether to start a company, how to end a war. There's no one-size-fits-all approach for addressing these kinds of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.8 JOHStott, Carole
Summary: Presents information about space, including how fast the Earth is spinning, how many galaxies there are, and how many exoplanets have been discovered.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher 2020
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Summary: n 1989, Bill Porter, having spent much of his life studying and translating Chinese religious and philosophical texts, began to wonder if the Buddhist hermit tradition still existed in China. At the time, it was believed that the Cultural Revolution had dealt a lethal blow to all religions in China, destroying countless temples and shrines, and forcibly returning thousands of monks and nuns to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 PORFoster,Steven and Johnson,Rebecca L
Summary: Before formal science enabled a systematic approach to medicine, healers used plants to alleviate pain, ease the symptoms of diseases, and treat complaints of every kind. Today, people still use medicinal plants, in traditional roles or as building blocks for new research and innovative drugs. Featuring 350 full-color photographs, botanical drawings, and maps, this book is based on the work of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2006
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Summary: A resource organized by body system lists the key herbal remedies available, their uses, and cautionary advice, in a book that includes full-color photos, a glossary and several thematic indexes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.3 JOHKraybill, Donald B.
Summary: The authors argue that the intensely private and insular Amish have devised creative ways to negotiate with modernity that have enabled them to thrive in America. The transformation of the Amish in the American imagination from "backward bumpkins" to media icons poses provocative questions. What does the Amish story reveal about the American character, popular culture, and mainstream values?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 2013